Budget Cuts WOW!! I don't know what to say. My biggest thing is are we(CAP) going to fizzle away?
Quote from: usafcap1 on March 16, 2013, 05:01:51 PM
Budget Cuts WOW!! I don't know what to say. My biggest thing is are we(CAP) going to fizzle away?
No.
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I thought this was a thread about cheap haircuts.
Be careful with budget cuts. I stopped at a sportsclips on my way down to the Wing Conference and they jacked me up. Of course sportsclips isn't exactly budget....
I went to an old school barber and he was great on buzz cuts and 'high and tight' being a WWII and Korea Vet. Anyways I asked for a flat top one time and I looked like "Gumby" when he was done. Then I realize Old Joe had only one eye and told him maybe I should stick to a #2 buzz cut.
Great war stories indeed and nothing I could repeat on a family forum. ;)
Ha! I went home a few years ago and realized the guy that gave me my first high and tight as a cadet was still in business so I had to get a hair cut from him. After the haircut I remembered he had been old as dirt then......imagine 20 years later......
For my shame, I have to admit I need to get my monthly budget cut. :P
I am not a model for my cadets at this moment, thank God I am not a Cadet Programs Officer and I see them sparingly. And I took my promotion to Captain last week this way! Shame shame shame on me... This increased my visibility - temporarily - in the squadron since all promoted seniors have to go through a ceremony. We have a senior state "Attention to Orders" then the action is read, and the squadron commander administers the oath in the application again. In front of everyone. I went through that with long hair.
Well, as long - haired as a nearly 60-year-old can be... ::)
Promise all of you, that I will participate on a SAREX next week.
Will cut my hair before I go there... :P
Flyer
I cut my own hair. Seems to fit my budget much better than spending $20 for a stylist to mess it up... (I haven't been able to find a good barber shop around here).
Quote from: Duke Dillio on March 17, 2013, 10:35:47 PM
I cut my own hair. Seems to fit my budget much better than spending $20 for a stylist to mess it up... (I haven't been able to find a good barber shop around here).
You must be quadruple-jointed. No way could I bend my arms to do that.
Fortunately, I don't have a lot of hair to deal with. ;D
I've been cutting my own hair since turning 15. I'm on my third set of clippers...$40, $20, $30. So $90 for 8 years of haircuts.
My "budget cut" consists of shaving cream and a razor. ;D
Blow dryers, Axe Pomade, and a visit to Mimosa, my Albanian stylist, once a month. Sometimes I'll hit her up a second time if there's a special occasion, but I generally push the limits on grooming standards regularly. My wife, kids, and me have been going to Mimosa for 7 years now. Before that, it was Kim for 7 years in McLean, VA. I have paid $20 a visit (including tip) for 14 years now.
I can't stand high n' tights and I'm not a fan of self-inflicted buzz cuts. A clean shaven head is a good look for some, but not for me.
1/4" all over and then 1/8" for the ears, back of the neck, and other close-cut parts.
Takes 5 minutes to do and costs nothing, other than a kick-ass cutter I got for around $60 in Korea.
Oh yeah, I write off my haircuts each year during tax time. I'm required to meet certain grooming standards in the Air Guard, i.e. it is a requirement of my job. I've been doing it since my second year in the Army when I was required to have a fresh high n' tight for first formation every Monday morning.
Not sure if you can get away with it for CAP since its volunteer duty, but I'll be looking into it when I retire.
Quote from: Stonewall on March 18, 2013, 02:22:16 AM
Oh yeah, I write off my haircuts each year during tax time. I'm required to meet certain grooming standards in the Air Guard, i.e. it is a requirement of my job. I've been doing it since my second year in the Army when I was required to have a fresh high n' tight for first formation every Monday morning.
Not sure if you can get away with it for CAP since its volunteer duty, but I'll be looking into it when I retire.
My youngest son, 20, is working his way through college as a barber. He has a cosmetology license and a barber's license, majoring in Accounting (and getting his PPL).
He cuts my hair a lot...so I guess I can't write THAT off! ;D
He also says that high-and-tight is pretty easy, and that what he does for me...which is very close like a high-and-tight but with a nice, blended fade...is actually pretty hard to get right. Especially since I'm so bloody bald anyway that a traditional high-and-tight would be pretty much Capt. Picard...
Quote from: ProdigalJim on March 18, 2013, 02:55:26 AM....with a nice, blended fade...is actually pretty hard to get right.
And that's why I hated high n' tights, because rarely could someone get it right. It's not skin, skin, skin then all of the sudden, HAIR! A good H&T has a fade to it.
This has to be one of the best thread drifts ever!
And it's my fault 8)
Your fault? More like the OP and Eclipse!
But Stonewall, you added zing! and wham! that suggested the thread to all others that followed. You are a leader!
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Flyer
Budget Cuts. I pay 12 Bucks for my Cut. Old Style Barber, Chairs are like 30 years old, buidling barely standing. There is also a old TV atop a fridge. What I like about them They know what i want, they shave your neck with the old school razor, no BS. I always tip them 2 dollars. You know what the coolest part is. The one that cuts my hair, is an Old Army Vet, always nice to give back to the Veterans.
Quote from: Devil Doc on March 18, 2013, 11:32:04 PM
Budget Cuts. I pay 12 Bucks for my Cut. Old Style Barber, Chairs are like 30 years old, buidling barely standing. There is also a old TV atop a fridge. What I like about them They know what i want, they shave your neck with the old school razor, no BS. I always tip them 2 dollars. You know what the coolest part is. The one that cuts my hair, is an Old Army Vet, always nice to give back to the Veterans.
My
stylist barber in DC (McLean, VA) did the whole warm shaving cream and straight razor on the back of the neck, sideburns, and around the ears, too. My current girl doesn't offer that, but she's too pretty and sweet to be concerned with it.
Growing up (as a cadet needing a military cut), my fellow cadets and I all went to Central Barbershop, with a retired Filipino Master Chief who spent an entire career in the Navy as a cook. We called him Kamikaze Eddie, because no matter what, you walked out with the same haircut as everyone else, a "quarter pounder", i.e. a buzz cut. But, he did the whole warm shave thing and gave you a neck and shoulder massage for about 5 minutes.
Baddest part of it was that it was a true military barber shop. You couldn't see an inch of the actual wall because the entire place was covered with military posters, pictures, banners, and plaques. Posters signed by the Golden Knights, Blue Angels, Leap Frogs, and a handful of generals and admirals. You know, the place is still open and across from the airport we meet at. I wonder if his son took his place. I'm too scared to walk in because I'd walk out with a buzz cut no matter what.
Quote from: Stonewall on March 18, 2013, 11:42:19 PMI'm too scared to walk in because I'd walk out with a buzz cut no matter what.
And that's a bad thing? Pffft. Action figure, indeed.
Yup, mine does the Warm Cream, Neck, Sideburns, Everything. There was a time when I was broke, I wne to get a haircut, they offered to do it for free, as long as i pay them next time. I declined, but it was nice to know they trust me.
Quote from: Stonewall on March 18, 2013, 11:42:19 PM
You know, the place is still open and across from the airport we meet at.
If I come up for the SAREX, you've got to show me the place. :)
Quote from: JoeTomasone on March 19, 2013, 01:03:20 AM
Quote from: Stonewall on March 18, 2013, 11:42:19 PM
You know, the place is still open and across from the airport we meet at.
If I come up for the SAREX, you've got to show me the place. :)
Central Barber Shop
1651 St Johns Bluff Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32246
(904) 645-3314
Southeast corner of St. Johns Bluff & Atlantic Blvd, same strip mall as Larry's Giant Subs, a squadron favorite during missions.
Quote from: Stonewall on March 18, 2013, 11:42:19 PM
Growing up (as a cadet needing a military cut), my fellow cadets and I all went to Central Barbershop, with a retired Filipino Master Chief who spent an entire career in the Navy as a cook. We called him Kamikaze Eddie, because no matter what, you walked out with the same haircut as everyone else, a "quarter pounder", i.e. a buzz cut. But, he did the whole warm shave thing and gave you a neck and shoulder massage for about 5 minutes.
That is the kind of place I like to go to. Stack of Playboy magazines from the 1980s and lots of military memobilia 8)
I do my own hair until I find a decent place that does a good high and tight.. the Asians on base... not the best
Quote from: J2H on March 19, 2013, 01:46:03 PM
I do my own hair until I find a decent place that does a good high and tight.. the Asians on base... not the best
Security Forces and their high n' tights...
Had a couple of SFS Airmen at our squadron last month TDY from Tyndall who had some really bad self-inflicted high n' tights. Man they look bad, i.e. unprofessional. That was the one thing I didn't like when I was active duty Army, my unit required high n' tights.
Quote from: Stonewall on March 18, 2013, 02:22:16 AM
Oh yeah, I write off my haircuts each year during tax time. I'm required to meet certain grooming standards in the Air Guard, i.e. it is a requirement of my job. I've been doing it since my second year in the Army when I was required to have a fresh high n' tight for first formation every Monday morning.
Not sure if you can get away with it for CAP since its volunteer duty, but I'll be looking into it when I retire.
You have been improperly deducting those haircuts since day 1 and I don't care if you tell me all your Guard buddies do it. Haircuts, whether required by an employer or not, are a personal expense and not deductible.
See US Tax Court T.C. Summary Opinion 2008-101 Cottrell v Commissioner. The petitioner in what follows is the Commissioner of the IRS - he wins this point.
Quote6. Haircuts
Petitioner claimed a deduction in 2004 for the cost of maintaining a haircut for his State job. Grooming remains an inherently personal expense and is not deductible, regardless of whether an employer requires a particularly neat appearance. Hynes v. Commissioner, supra at 1291-1292. Petitioner may not deduct the cost of his haircuts. Respondent's determination is sustained.
One year before the case above, the Tax Court had decided the issue involving a military member. And it didn't even matter that the petitioner's tax pro told him he could deduct the expenses.
White, Petitioner v. Commissioner of IRS, Respondent. The Commish wins again.
QuoteHaircuts
Petitioner claimed a deduction of $215 for haircuts in 2003. Petitioner testified that he paid $60 per month for haircuts and that his return preparer advised him that, since DHS and the military require petitioner to be well groomed, his weekly haircuts were deductible. Grooming remains an inherently personal expense and is not deductible, regardless of whether an employer requires a particularly neat appearance. Hynes v. Commissioner, supra at 1291-1292. Respondent's determination as to the claimed haircut expense deduction is sustained.
And what you are supposed to do now, now that you know the truth, is to go back and amend your prior year returns and remove the improper deduction. How far back you go is up to you but the IRS generally will not go back more than 10 years. If it is a small change somewhere between 3 and 6 years is probably good enough.
I'll get right on that, immediately.
I haven't done my own taxes in over 10 years. I'll make sure to follow up wih my accountant to make sure she knows not to write off my haircuts and to ensure I pay back my dues to the government.
Quote from: J2H on March 19, 2013, 01:46:03 PM
I do my own hair until I find a decent place that does a good high and tight.. the Asians on base... not the best
If you want a 'great' high and tight you need to get one on Okinawa. CONUS is just good.
Quote from: Stonewall on March 19, 2013, 11:59:07 PM
I'll get right on that, immediately.
I haven't done my own taxes in over 10 years. I'll make sure to follow up wih my accountant to make sure she knows not to write off my haircuts and to ensure I pay back my dues to the government.
I am going to have my accountant get right on it too.
Don't need a "great one", but one that looks normal, like when I was in Iraq.... the spouses in Charleston butchered me, so I started cutting my own