26 May 09 07:03, Roger Nelson wrote to Bob Ackley:


 BA>> Vaseline (and generic) petroleum jelly works just as well and is a
 BA>> whole LOT cheaper.

 RN> YUCK!  My mother used a small amount of vaseline in my hair to train
 RN> it when I was too young to know what was going on.  I don't put
 RN> anything in it today.

My mother gave me a Tony! That was the name of a permanent back in the
day. My hair has been curley ever since.

 RW>> It also worked just fine keeping up teenage boys' pompadours in the
 RW>> late 1950s - and was a whole lot cheaper than the stuff they
 RW>> recommended to do that (which was basically the same thing with some
 RW>> aromatics added).

 RN> You mean like that actor on 77 Sunset Strip?

"Kookie, lend me your comb."

 RN> Girls liked guys who were well-groomed and had manners when I was
 RN> dating.  Nowadays it appears to be a free-for-all.

In a pinch, a guy could use a little axle grease for the grooming...just
don't let her run her fingers thru it.

                R\%/itt

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