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oldfashioned hard to find these days economist suntribune february 3 1988 cll so where does a fella go to get a good old fashioned haircut these days i mean the kind of barber shop that used to be so commonplace in days gone by complete with can dy striped pole out front now i personally have no prob lem with todays hair salons with their wash style blow dry and general pampering but thats probably got something to do with the fact that ive got a relatively full head of hair and if i were to be perfectly honest i suppose id have to say that i kind of get a kick out of how poor tina always gets so embar- assed when i act up while shes trimming my moustache but its been recently brought to my attention by a friend whose hair has know more prosperous times that there is a definite shor tage of shops that will give you a quick trim and send you on their way ron just doesnt see the logic in having one of those hair styling professionals give him the whole treatment and hit him up for 12 bucks plus tip when all he really needs is 350 worth of neaten up and comb theyre missing the boat ill tell you he says shaking his sparsely thatched head why when i go down to florida theyve got barber shops that offer topless specials for guys like me it would appear theyve got several tricks in their hair cutting marketing bag in the sunshine state ron reports there are early bird specials for people who can manage to get to the barber shop before 10 am he says one place he saw even from where i live bruce stapley has a happy hour i suggested to him that maybe that spot only looked like a barber shop when ron finally gave in and had his limited coiffure tended to by one of the local neighborhood professionals he asked them if they had ever considered the im plementation of some of these ideas that have gone over so well down south he says the lady just gave him a polite yet forced smile patted him on his bald spot and said something under her breath like im sure hes got a very nice house but i dont think all the lights are on ron says that if he times it right he might be able to arrange to be in florida for his next hair cut which should be due roughly around february of 19s9 in the meantime he plans to promote his cause to anyone wholl listen perhaps even orga nizing a filibuster at the next meeting of the central committee of hair cut big wigs heck if he plays his cards right he may be able to claim outright discrimination and take the thing all the way to the supreme court hed probably have a stronger case than some of those paranoid equal rights types whod have us rewrite the national anthem on grounds of it being prejudicial against women even the sunday shopping proponents have got nothing on a guy whod like to promote a fairer market place approach to having the haircutting suit fit the cloth so to speak i mean surely if this guy in toronto can make a case for his being thrown out of a ladies only martial arts course then people with a hair shortage can legiti mately complain about being forced to pay for an eight cylinder haircut when they only have a four cylinder head of hair i can see it now on the placards of the crusaders hairless peo ple of the world unite you have nothing to lose but your unwanted shampoo and blow dry i know i know i know his ele vator definitely doesnt go all the way to the top by the way i must apologize to carol gardner who now occupies my old weekender spot for in timating that readers would now have nothing to read on saturday mornings while they sat on the youknowwhat i was simply implying that her work deserves the royalty that is doulton on the couch as opposed to the slightly less regal throne from which my work was so often perused stouffville1 8 main street west 8402082 markham8 wellington street west 2944405 unionville1 05 main street 4771 270 family trust corporation bwrmb member canada deposit insurance corporation kgfvm