The Covid-19 Thread

[Sly Boots]

What is this joy you speak of?

[Tommy]

What is this joy you speak of?

Soap, and a shower that leaves bruises. Everything else is (ie. 7:00-7:15 (time it takes for me to wake up) and 8:00-sleep (the time I offer up to the gods for a monthly salary)) just foreplay.

It's a tantric experience. It's all about mindset.

I'm thinking about undertaking my first proper lockdown haircut too. I know the day I do they'll announce the date the barber's opens.

[Mantis]

I don't really get how some people need to shower every day. Fair play if you're exercising or whatever, but as a course of habit even when you've spent all day at home? Do people really sweat that much sat around doing nothing?

[Tommy]

I don't really get how some people need to shower every day. Fair play if you're exercising or whatever, but as a course of habit even when you've spent all day at home? Do people really sweat that much sat around doing nothing?

Well, a few things I guess:

1) People who wake up and don't shower smell of waking up and not showering. I don't know if that makes sense to anyone but if I wake up and don't shower, I feel like I know and I can smell the 'not showeringness'. Which is enough for me.
2) I like showering. At the moment it's honeslty the best part of my day. But in general I love it. It wakes me up, sets me up for the day. Honestly, I'd probably shower before I went to bed too if I didn't think it was extravagant.

2.25) If I'm really hungover and don't shower, the day will be exponentially more horrific. I'd rather shower and get a taxi to work than skip the shower.

EDIT: Changed to 2.25 given you stipulated staying at home. Broadly still applies.

[Sly Boots]

I don't really get how some people need to shower every day. Fair play if you're exercising or whatever, but as a course of habit even when you've spent all day at home? Do people really sweat that much sat around doing nothing?

This is partly it, I barely move let alone sweat.

Haircuts I'm not doing too badly on, though, I'd already started getting my wife to cut mine as a means to save a bit of cash prior to the first lockdown, so just continued with that. The beard, though... that reached a stage my wife referred to as "jihadi"

[Mantis]

I faced an ultimatum on a similar account, Sly. Nine months of nurturing that thing until it reached quite far down my chest when I brushed it straight and I was told it had to go on account of it making me look homeless, like a terrorist, like I was in a biker gang and like a viking; none of which were apparently redeeming aesthetics to my girlfriend.

[Sly Boots]

I faced an ultimatum on a similar account, Sly. Nine months of nurturing that thing until it reached quite far down my chest when I brushed it straight and I was told it had to go on account of it making me look homeless, like a terrorist, like I was in a biker gang and like a viking; none of which were apparently redeeming aesthetics to my girlfriend.

Mine wasn't quite as long as that, however after a certain point it does become particularly curly and untameable, which gives one a rather crazed appearance.

[Mantis]

It's avoidable with a bit of additional product, grooming time and decent trims. Was still a pain to maintain though.

I shaved it off in the new year and spent over a week trying to stroke my phantom beard and getting really upset that it was gone. I'm over it now though..

[Tommy]

My friend described my current look (as it was in July 20) as looking like a disgruntled Tory with a failing vineyard and high blood pressure.

I might just go bald.

[Wrathbone]

I don't really get how some people need to shower every day. Fair play if you're exercising or whatever, but as a course of habit even when you've spent all day at home? Do people really sweat that much sat around doing nothing?

Apparently I do. Not sweat exactly, more of a fine layer of caffeine grease, but I wouldn’t want to spend long with myself without a shower.

As for haircuts, I dived straight in around the first week of lockdown because I’d always wanted to try doing it myself and had never plucked up the courage. Necessity and prolonged isolation were the motivators I needed, and three haircuts later I’m doubtful I’ll ever go to a hairdressers again. Clippers on number 6 all round with some smaller gradients on the back and sides. Takes about 10 minutes. I’ve also kept my beard trimmed because after the Unhinged Wastrel phase it gets itchy. I once made it to the Trainee Buccaneer phase but it makes drinking a pain because your moustache gets unavoidably coated in everything.

An ex-colleague made it to the Vikings-Should-Have-Ended-At-Season-Four-Ragnar-Lothbrok phase. He could even fork it and decorate it like a fantasy dwarf.

[Sly Boots]

This is fucked up:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/us/h ... obal-en-GB

[Maturin]

Regarding haircuts, I've been using clippers to do my own hair for the last 10-12 years or so. Grade 7 on top and grade 4 on the sides - I'm really expert now at making it really neat.

So the pandemic hasn't changed my appearance at all.

I think I must be well over £1000 richer now than I would have been if I carried on going to the barbers all that time.

[Snowy]

I have sacked the aftershave off, I have particularly expensive tastes there and buggered if I am wasting it

I'm all ears if you have recommendations...

I'm chasing a certain aftershave at the moment but I don't know what it is.

Richard E Grant's Jack, available from Libertys, is especially nice but bloody should be as it is way more expensive than the sum of it's parts should warrant.

[Tommy]

I have sacked the aftershave off, I have particularly expensive tastes there and buggered if I am wasting it

I'm all ears if you have recommendations...

I'm chasing a certain aftershave at the moment but I don't know what it is.

Richard E Grant's Jack, available from Libertys, is especially nice but bloody should be as it is way more expensive than the sum of it's parts should warrant.

How did you come across it? Decant?

I'd like to buy one that's off the beaten track but reluctant to buy one entirely blind.

[Drarok]

Tbh if I didn't shower every day I'm unsure where I'd even derive joy.

Oh don't worry, I stopped that too around the same time as the showers.

Edit: that wasn't the last page as I'd thought.