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He hasn't uploaded the image, there is noting on the server. Even if the image wasn't inserted, it should be present on the server.
Hi Jesus,
Your hair looks good, and that’s a fantastic length, a bit longer than mine.
I find that washing mine every 5 days is best for me. Mine is fairly dry, but I still find that going more than 5 days is a bit too much.
David
Hi Jim,
It’s great to see that you have found our new version of the MLHH.
Unfortunately, I cannot see your photo. I know that posting photos is different than it used to be, and that Jesus Forain indicated that he had posted instructions on how to post them. When I posted mine earlier, I had to upload the photos first, then the second, important thing to do is to “insert image”, at time it should turn green, then you can hit the “send” button to complete your post.
David
Hi Mãrk,
I wash my hair weekly, usually at weekend because it's when I work at renovation of my house. I wash once or twice the weekend. Now I do plasterboard joints and sanding, it's the wrost thing with lot of dust.
I didn't show often this pendant, the head with ponytail was under my clothes.
Hi Jesus,
I always liked my own hair after freshly washed and dried. However after ca day or so it sort of get weighed down and flat looking especially if in the summer when hot/humid.Normally I wash my own hair every there day but in the summer its daily. You hair looks great after being washed/ dried so do you dialy wash as well or space it out over several days? Also I notice a different pendant from your usual pony tailed one but looks cool either way.Cheers.
Mârk aka Hairball
Hi all,
I thinking of running for a representative post in my company, which in itself, has a rather inclusive culture. I usually do not have any issues with anyone (no odd looks, passing questions or awkward tones) even when I wear my long hair down, on a single braid, double-braids or a bun.
I am inclined to use this picture for the election, which I don't think it's your “usual” election photo, and wonder if it lacks professionalism.
Any opinion(s) will be appreciated.
Thanks :)
Jin
Hi Cicero,
Cheers to you, welcome to the new MLHH, and thank you for encouraging all of us.
I look forward to seeing your progress as well!
David
Hi Cicero,
Thank you for your kind words!
David
Awesome hair, dude!
Do you have pictures of your long hair too?
Nope, never tried it.
What's your length goal?
My hair made it to ankle-length without using eggs.
Good experiment.
Hi Philip,
Your hair is looking great for where you stand at this juncture but patience is key as growing your hair just takes time. You just have to stay motivated and resist any urges to make rash decisions if you start to feel your not exactly happy with where you are at a given moment. You'll get there and when you do the journey will have been well worth it my friend.Cheers.
Mârk aka Hairball
Hey Ares,
Wow, as David mentioned I don't ever recall this sort of problem mentioned here in all the years I've used this board.Sounds like you got sound advice from both David and Jesus.Be for warned once you actually start getting more length its vital to practice safety with longer hair especially if your job requires using certain machinery that could snag long hair.When I did HVAC field work my hair was always secured and under a baseball cap to avoid such disasters and especially outdoors in the wind is always an issue.However we longhair know how to survive and protect our manes.Cheers.
Mârk aka Hairball
Hi Ares,
I hope you learnt the lesson!
You still have very short hair so, it's not a big loss, it shouldn't be noticeable within one month. Take care of your hair and be careful with your hair when it becomes longer, be also careful when you use tools or other dangerous things. The best is to tie your hair.
You should read On being a longhair, written by Bill, a MLHH member, it's literally the “user manual” of long hair for guys.
Hi Ares,
My, this is a new one. Since I’ve never had gum in my hair, I had no idea that it was so difficult to remove. I’m sure that you tried to get rid of it the normal way, under the shower, with shampoo. I’m wondering whether slightly hotter water than usual would have softened up the gum so that it could be removed without resorting to scissors.
Hopefully, someone else will have tips as to how to remove gum from hair, in case it happens to anyone else. I’m sorry that this happened to you, though.
I edited this post to include tips on removing gum from hair without scissors, using this link. https://www.healthline.com/health/how-to-get-gum-out-of-hair#peanut-butter-and-vegetable-oils
I found this through a Google search, and peanut butter is mentioned commonly, along with any type of edible oil.
David
So… I was chewing gum last night, and I woke up with it in my hair. yikes
My friend took the photo. ( I had to cut out the gum with ✂️ scissors)
Hi Philip,
You’re actually doing very well, and at least some parts of your bangs are getting below your eyes now, so soon you will be able to either part in the middle, or slightly to the side, your choice, just one further step on the journey. Since hair only grows ½ inch per month on average, patience is definitely a virtue, but it will get there. The main thing is that you have great hair for growing long, it’s good and full, and you have straight hair, the easiest type to grow long.
Your beard is progressing nicely as well.
Sorry, I’ve never tried egg washing, just plain old shampoo and conditioner for me, but maybe someone else can chip in and add their thoughts.
I look forward to your future updates!
David
Good morning everyone,
It's been about 2 weeks since my last post, thought I'd make an update. Still on the path, alternating between feeling like I am making some progress and feeling like it's taking forever :) Not much growth since last time, but this is my hair freshly washed. Just as an experiment I've been trying egg-washing my hair once per week. It sounds strange, but it seems to work pretty well for me. Anyone else ever tried it?
Hope everyone has a great week!
Philip
Hi Matt,
It's been great working with Jesus these past few months getting the new mlhh set up to eventually launch.He did the bulk of the work as I was the go between with the host server since I hold the account with them. Years ago there was a donation link but we never really pushed the issue so I just took care of the finances myself when I took over the finances. If we were to restart donations I'd have to ask Jesus to set that up again as I don't even recall how monies were transferred back then since I wasn't treasurer at that time.On another note I love how the mlhh is ad free so no annoying pop ups. Frankly it makes a nicer experience for the user in my opinion.Thank you for mentioning it.Cheers my friend.
Mârk aka Hairball
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Hi Mârk
Ah OK that's simpler too!! Glad you and Jesus Forain were able to keep the site alive. Not sure if it's been thought of but I wonder if there is a way if people were inclined to donate a small amount to assist in maintaining if they liked and how that may work, without it being off-putting or feeling like an obligation to help keep it going into the future if it was needed? There must have been initial server costs and some power costs + your time of course, although I'm guessing it's a labor of love. Just a thought if it was needed. Glad to hear your hair is still long and look forward to seeing more posts from people new and old.
Cheers,
Matt.
Very interesting, I remember this show although didn't actually watch it a lot at the time, might have to try and find some ties similar to these designs.
Looks like your pic didn't work but I remember one you posted a few months back and it looked great!
Thanks OAD appreciated, your hair is awesome I hope you keep growing it, I remember seeing a youtube video some years ago where you described how someone made you cut it, I'm not sure of the context but I was really sorry and actually upset that happened and I'm glad to hear it's looking so great again now!
Great to know thanks!!!! 🧔🏻♀️
Hi Jesus,
I read your Q and A with David regarding posting videos on the mlhh and kind of get it about what you were saying regarding the server we use for the site.I imagine if we were to process videos a dedicated server would be needed which I assume would include more cost over and above what it is now.I have to figure out what we have now as I type this reply I see all these symbols above my text which I have no idea what they are for until I try them.The videos you posted played well as I had no issues viewing them.As for those ponytail holders he mentioned possibly still having some but actually I have a couple similar but don't recall where I purchased them.Cheers
Mârk aka Hairball
Thank you very much
Hugs from Montréal.
Here is a picture from today in a local book store.
Hi Jesus,
Thanks for confirming, and your explanation makes sense that one cannot link directly to one’s device. I do have a few hair videos on my YouTube channel, though, and may try, as an experiment, posting them here as a test in the near future.
I don’t use any of the other social media sites like FB, Instagram, or Twitter. I only started using Reddit recently.
David
Hi DavidN
However, one thing that strikes me most about your post is that it seems that we can now post videos on the new version of the MLHH. I don’t think we ever had direct videos on the old site, apart from giving the link to the video on YouTube. They could never be directly viewed on the MLHH, rather, one had to click on a link to watch them on YouTube.
Welcome in the future! Just copy and paste URL of the video in the text editor. It's compatible with main video websites such as YouTube, Dailymotion, TikTok and Facebook. Facebook was the worst to integrate because they have multiple and complex URL patterns for videos compared to others services like YouTube where you have only one URL pattern to process.
I was wondering whether this applies directly to videos on one’s device, without having to go through YouTube? I know that photos are accessed through one’s device, and it’s certainly a huge improvement from the old MLHH if videos could be downloaded the same way. I have a few videos on my iPad, and it’s cool that one could post a video if one wanted to.
Hosting videos on the MLHH server would be a problem because for video files you need a lot of resources: lot of disk space, high bandwidth and a powerful CPU to process video. You have to use YouTube or any another video sharing service to host videos and then integrate the video in you message.
Hi Jesus,
Thank you for sharing these videos that give so much information about the hair styles of the actor in the Highlander series, and how he went about them.
However, one thing that strikes me most about your post is that it seems that we can now post videos on the new version of the MLHH. I don’t think we ever had direct videos on the old site, apart from giving the link to the video on YouTube. They could never be directly viewed on the MLHH, rather, one had to click on a link to watch them on YouTube.
I was wondering whether this applies directly to videos on one’s device, without having to go through YouTube? I know that photos are accessed through one’s device, and it’s certainly a huge improvement from the old MLHH if videos could be downloaded the same way. I have a few videos on my iPad, and it’s cool that one could post a video if one wanted to.
David
I suppose that everybody here knows this TV series form the 90s where the main character Duncan Macleod have long hair tied in a ponytail. Sadly, he cuts his hair at the beginning of the last season (119 episodes in 6 seasons). I found that this ponytail was a part of the Macleod character, it's a little like if we remove the costume of Superman in a movie.
The actor who played Duncan Macleod was Adrian Paul and I found his YouTube channel where he explains some beyond the scenes and answer questions about the Highlander TV series.
I thought he used a long hair wig but it's not exactly this. He had mid length hair, longer than usual but not long enough to be tied in a ponytail.
He got hair extensions for scenes with long hair and a short hair wig for scenes with short hair. His real hair was simply put under the wig behind his head with hair pins.
I always wanted to have these hair ties with Celtic symbols, I find them cool and it was the only hair ties specifically designed for men. They were sold when the official store used to exists a long time ago. I've searched on Ebay but I can't find ones.
You can insert specials characters by clicking on the “Ω” symbol on the toolbar of the text editor. But it seems that some chars is missing, need to add them.
You can also add any special characters, emoji 🧔🏻♀️and change colors and style of text like any word processing program.
You can also add various images like animated GIFs. I have this one in my folder of testing images:
He didn't send the photo because there is nothing on the server. Even if the photo wasn't added to message, it should be on the server if it was uploaded.
I added a more visible instructions text.
Oops I forgot to sign in when I left this message! For context here is my hair now:
Hi Kris,
Sorry, but like Mark, I can’t see the photos either. I do have a suggestion that could help, since I had issues at first when trying to post photos, then was able to fix it after realizing what I did wrong.
Posting photos requires two steps. The first, is actually to choose the files that you wish, then send them. Then, the second step is a bit trickier, and what happened to me the first time. Once you’ve done that, be sure to do the final step, “insert image”, at which time the background should turn green and you should be “good to go”. Once your photos are in your list, hit the “send” button to complete your post.
I hope that this helps.
David
Greetings Georges,
Wow, I certainly remember you from the old days here but admit I've seen you on Facebook nowadays so cool you stopped back in to celebrate the new mlhh launch! I recall being really active on the old mlhh around 2005 but also remember the older days before Bill Chossier redid the site.Now I'm confident new life was breathed into the mlhh so it'll be alive well into the future. Also I hope new faces will find us especially being a more modern format.Hoping all is well with you in retirement my friend.Cheers.
Mârk aka Hairball
Hi Jesus,
I was never a big carnival attendee but looking through your photos and watching the video makes the experience very attractive to me. If I was ever out your way during that time it would be a blast to attend that.Not sure I'd do all those rides but still fun to watch.Cheers.
Mârk aka Hairball
Hi Kris,
Not sure what happened but if you attempted to post an image I didn't see it so please try again as I'd love to see your hair my friend.Hope to see you again soon and have a great day.Cheers.
Mârk aka Hairball
Hi Matt,
Ha ha, I finally figured out the easy way to do the â by just holding the key down a couple seconds and a bunch of options appear with the one allowing you to select â,à,á,ǎ,etc.I used to do it another way but what I described was easier. Agreed Jesus Forain really saved this site for a potential extinction. I took care of financing the site with the host server but always worried that if something happened on the technical side I'd have no clue how to fix it.Today its a whole new world and basically the rebirth of the mlhh. This should take it well into the future and the fact its not attached to any corporate interests is a major plus. We are not subject to the demands to the likes of a facebook group.I love how we are independent here and I'm sure that will appeal to more new users as they find us.
As for your hair I feel you are in a good place for the long haul.I can't detect any issues. I turn 64 next month and still have all my hair maintained around shoulder blade length which I feel is my terminal length. I do color it monthly with henna as I've been doing that consistently since around 2011.My current profile pic is an older image from around that time.I probably should think about updating it.Anyway loving the activity here the past week and having you back in the fold.Cheers my friend.
Mârk aka Hairball
Hi Matt,
Thank you for your kind words, and you’ve always been an inspiration. Although my hair can’t match yours, I honestly can’t complain at my age. Just having a decent head of hair at 72 is a real blessing.
I look forward to your future updates!
David
Great to see you here Tom, hope you continue to grow your hair, it looks like it will be amazing as it grows!
Looking fwd to see your updates too :)
Matt
Thanks for all your efforts in preserving this site, can see a lot of work has gone into it, it's great! I like your hair and all the different interesting places you take photos. I'll have to try out what you said about PWA. Previously it would only work on my phone on the old samsung web app, now it's fine on chrome too.
It's good to see high activity now.
Will be back for sure!
Matt.
Hi Mârk, thanks! I finally worked out how to do your name with the â (alt and 131 on num pad) woo hoo! It's great work Jesus Forain has done for sure and the lack of ads still is a definite plus. I'm not that tech savvy but it looks good, it still has a feel of the old site too.
I don't think I have any serious MPB, my problem is some thinning at the front in the middle, I suspect wearing it in a bun is contributing to the problem so am trying not to do the man bun thing as much unless I'm in the corporate office - I'm lucky to be able to mostly work from home where I just wear a loose ponytail. I've always had the v shape peak which isn't getting much more pronounced, it's just that center front where it parts it's looking a little thin with shorter hairs. But looking at pics it seems to have been like that for 10 + yrs now so could just be my imagination that it's getting worse.
Will be sure to keep posting and great to be here mate, cheers!
Matt
Thanks David! Your hair is great I hope mine is that good moving forward. Not sure if it will get to knee length it may be the way the pics are posed that makes it look that way but it's getting there, can't hurt to try :)
Will keep doing updates when I can.
Cheers,
Matt
Thank you all for the kind words and the encouragement!!! I look forward to sharing my journey to (hopefully) shoulder blade length or longer. Hair health is my number 1 priority now, so I'm hoping that healthy hair plus genetics will help me.
Your hair looks amazing!!! As someone who is brand new to the journey, your hair is definitely inspirational. Definitely looking forward to seeing updates and pics!!
I just have to say… you STILL have some of the thickest long hair I have seen on a man! I loved your videos, especially during COVID. They really helped me get through that period especially when my hair was cut without my consent. My hair isn't nearly as long as your's hair (about belt length, and I took a couple inches off just to tidy up the ends) but I'm glad to see your hair is still past your belt!
I ride all these rides, I'm not scared at all!
The fairs in Europe aren't the same than in the US. Each ride is owned by a family and they are all independents not like in the US where it's a family or a company which own all of the rides of the fairground. Fairgrounds are generally clean here, I don't know how it is in the US. The main issue of this city square which is called “Place des Quinconces” is dust. It's gravel and when it's dry with lot of people walking, it creates lot of dust that ruins everything. Your hair becomes like sand paper!
