Simviation Forum - Would I string you along?

May 12^th, 2011 at 8:02pm

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Good evening all...

Larry "Patchz" post in the Payware Screenshot Forum Calypso, North to Alaska
got me to thinking about this...

Why do Airforce Pilots wear hats....well I am going to tell you...

The Airforce boys were known as Brylcreem Boys and the Airforce in it's wisdom to stop the headsets from all getting greasy issued hats to the pilots and aircrew...yup... Cool

Now how many of you out there use these products?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomade

http://brylcreem.com/

Now would I string you folks along? Roll Eyes

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #1 - May 12^th, 2011 at 8:14pm

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"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"

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Reply #2 - May 13^th, 2011 at 12:48pm

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Glad to give you a chuckle Chuck... Wink

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Reply #3 - May 13^th, 2011 at 1:08pm

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I know Alfalfa on the Little Rascals used lard, but I have not used anything since about the seventh or eighth grade. And I don't remember what that was.

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #4 - May 13^th, 2011 at 1:51pm

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In the 50's I had a flat top, lots! of wax. Huh

In the AF we all used groom & clean & more less kept our hair under our hats. Grin

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Reply #5 - May 13^th, 2011 at 2:48pm

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I used Brylcreem untill the mid 60s. I can't recall what it smelled like, but artificially scented cold bacon grease comes to mind. Roll Eyes

A "little dab will do ya" and your do was indestructable all day long.

Flying with twins is a lot of fun..

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Reply #6 - May 13^th, 2011 at 5:12pm

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patchz wrote on May 13^th, 2011 at 1:08pm:

... I have not used anything since about the seventh or eighth grade. And I don't remember what that was.

Petroleum jelly?

1olehippy wrote on May 13^th, 2011 at 1:51pm:

In the AF we all used groom & clean & more [or] less kept our hair under our hats.

Not all used groom & clean but I was surprised at how long my hair actually was once I was discharged and I no longer wore a hat to contain it.

Flying Trucker, the question is not whether or not you'd ever string us along -- but how long the string.

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Reply #7 - May 13^th, 2011 at 7:06pm

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Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #8 - May 14^th, 2011 at 1:06am

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H wrote on May 13^th, 2011 at 5:12pm:

patchz wrote on May 13^th, 2011 at 1:08pm:

... I have not used anything since about the seventh or eighth grade. And I don't remember what that was.

Petroleum jelly?

No, that was for....never mind. Roll Eyes

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #9 - May 14^th, 2011 at 6:31pm

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When I was a kid (1960s) my dad made me and my brother get crew cuts at the beginning of summer.

Then we could use something called Butch Stick to make the front stick up - think of a large tube of Chap Stick but uncolored and unflavored. It may have had a scent. I don't remember.

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Reply #10 - May 14^th, 2011 at 7:54pm

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patchz wrote on May 13^th, 2011 at 1:08pm:

H wrote on May 13^th, 2011 at 5:12pm:

... I have not used anything since about the seventh or eighth grade. And I don't remember what that was.

Petroleum jelly?

...not to be confused with Vick's Vaporub!

Webb wrote on May 14^th, 2011 at 6:31pm:

Then we could use something called Butch Stick to make the front stick up - think of a large tube of Chap Stick but uncolored and unflavored...

Seems like Butcher's Wax in a stick... was your hair cut or sanded before the polish?

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Reply #11 - May 15^th, 2011 at 7:17pm

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Lots of great replies folks...much thanks...

I remember when you went into a Barber Shop there were seven or eight bottles of hair tonic on the counter top.

Also several tins of hair dressing.

I remember one such bottle, it was green I believe and called Russian Bear Oil....

We came from a large close family and grandfather would cut our hair. Usually on a saturday morning and grandmother would sweep the floor.

Therefore my brothers and I never got to try many of those wonderful smelling tonics. It is also odd not to see stuff like that on the counter of most Barber Shops today which are slowly disappearing in favour of the family unisex salon which most of the time requires an appointment.

When we did get to a Barber Shop I remember that wide strap that hung from chair or counter. The Barber would sharpen the razor with it. I think that is another thing that seems to have gone by the wayside as I do not see barbers sharpening their razors anymore.

Here is something you might find interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber's_pole

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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