Comments on: The Dreaded Hair Salon http://melissamaples.com/the-dreaded-hair-salon/ Sat, 12 May 2012 19:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Melissa http://melissamaples.com/the-dreaded-hair-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-8109 Melissa Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:55:15 +0000 http://melissamaples.com/2007/06/14/the-dreaded-hair-salon/#comment-8109 No no, I understand where you're coming from, and as long as we're clearing things up, I wasn't having a go at you with the Turks vs. Arabs post, but this conversation reminded me that people make that mistake all the time and I was going to write about it, that's all. We're all cool. No no, I understand where you’re coming from, and as long as we’re clearing things up, I wasn’t having a go at you with the Turks vs. Arabs post, but this conversation reminded me that people make that mistake all the time and I was going to write about it, that’s all. We’re all cool.

]]> By: Melissa http://melissamaples.com/the-dreaded-hair-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-340408 Melissa Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:55:00 +0000 http://melissamaples.com/2007/06/14/the-dreaded-hair-salon/#comment-340408 No no, I understand where you're coming from, and as long as we're clearing things up, I wasn't having a go at you with the Turks vs. Arabs post, but this conversation reminded me that people make that mistake all the time and I was going to write about it, that's all. We're all cool. No no, I understand where you’re coming from, and as long as we’re clearing things up, I wasn’t having a go at you with the Turks vs. Arabs post, but this conversation reminded me that people make that mistake all the time and I was going to write about it, that’s all. We’re all cool.

]]> By: Craig Overend http://melissamaples.com/the-dreaded-hair-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-7974 Craig Overend Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:28:14 +0000 http://melissamaples.com/2007/06/14/the-dreaded-hair-salon/#comment-7974 Just to be clear I never meant Turkey was an Arab country. I checked Wikipedia on whether Arabs inhabited areas of it before I wrote that because I wasn't completely clear if the documentary I saw was made in Turkey. I mentioned Arabs in the context I used it because they were mostly illiterate Arab women discovering those pastels and job skills. I should have been clearer. Sorry Ayhan. This from the Wikipedia article on Turkey: "The literacy rate is 95.3% for men and 79.6% for women, for an overall average of 87.4%.[83] This low figure is mainly due to prevailing feudal attitudes against women in the Arab- and Kurdish-inhabited southeastern provinces of the country.[84]" It was a really nice story wherever it was. Just to be clear I never meant Turkey was an Arab country. I checked Wikipedia on whether Arabs inhabited areas of it before I wrote that because I wasn’t completely clear if the documentary I saw was made in Turkey. I mentioned Arabs in the context I used it because they were mostly illiterate Arab women discovering those pastels and job skills. I should have been clearer. Sorry Ayhan.

This from the Wikipedia article on Turkey:

“The literacy rate is 95.3% for men and 79.6% for women, for an overall average of 87.4%.[83] This low figure is mainly due to prevailing feudal attitudes against women in the Arab- and Kurdish-inhabited southeastern provinces of the country.[84]”

It was a really nice story wherever it was.

]]> By: Craig Overend http://melissamaples.com/the-dreaded-hair-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-340407 Craig Overend Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:28:00 +0000 http://melissamaples.com/2007/06/14/the-dreaded-hair-salon/#comment-340407 Just to be clear I never meant Turkey was an Arab country. I checked Wikipedia on whether Arabs inhabited areas of it before I wrote that because I wasn't completely clear if the documentary I saw was made in Turkey. I mentioned Arabs in the context I used it because they were mostly illiterate Arab women discovering those pastels and job skills. I should have been clearer. Sorry Ayhan. This from the Wikipedia article on Turkey: "The literacy rate is 95.3% for men and 79.6% for women, for an overall average of 87.4%.[83] This low figure is mainly due to prevailing feudal attitudes against women in the Arab- and Kurdish-inhabited southeastern provinces of the country.[84]" It was a really nice story wherever it was. Just to be clear I never meant Turkey was an Arab country. I checked Wikipedia on whether Arabs inhabited areas of it before I wrote that because I wasn’t completely clear if the documentary I saw was made in Turkey. I mentioned Arabs in the context I used it because they were mostly illiterate Arab women discovering those pastels and job skills. I should have been clearer. Sorry Ayhan.

This from the Wikipedia article on Turkey:

“The literacy rate is 95.3% for men and 79.6% for women, for an overall average of 87.4%.[83] This low figure is mainly due to prevailing feudal attitudes against women in the Arab- and Kurdish-inhabited southeastern provinces of the country.[84]”

It was a really nice story wherever it was.

]]> By: Melissa http://melissamaples.com/the-dreaded-hair-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-7764 Melissa Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:09:30 +0000 http://melissamaples.com/2007/06/14/the-dreaded-hair-salon/#comment-7764 @Craig: Turkish hairdressers are amazing, and Turkish women always look fantastic when they come out of the salon. I've had short hair in the past, but at the moment it would take some convincing because it's summer and my hair needs to be long enough that I can pull it back into a ponytail to get it off my neck. I'm more likely to go for something more daring in the fall when it cools down. Incidentally, Turkey is not an Arab country... ethnically Turks are Ural-Altaic peoples. They have more in common with the Chinese and the Mongols than with the Arabs. Oh, and yes, my cheeks are red. I hate them. In the winter my nose gets red, too, and I hate that even worse. :-D @Craig: Turkish hairdressers are amazing, and Turkish women always look fantastic when they come out of the salon. I’ve had short hair in the past, but at the moment it would take some convincing because it’s summer and my hair needs to be long enough that I can pull it back into a ponytail to get it off my neck. I’m more likely to go for something more daring in the fall when it cools down.

Incidentally, Turkey is not an Arab country… ethnically Turks are Ural-Altaic peoples. They have more in common with the Chinese and the Mongols than with the Arabs.

Oh, and yes, my cheeks are red. I hate them. In the winter my nose gets red, too, and I hate that even worse. :-D

]]> By: Melissa http://melissamaples.com/the-dreaded-hair-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-340406 Melissa Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:09:00 +0000 http://melissamaples.com/2007/06/14/the-dreaded-hair-salon/#comment-340406 @Craig: Turkish hairdressers are amazing, and Turkish women always look fantastic when they come out of the salon. I've had short hair in the past, but at the moment it would take some convincing because it's summer and my hair needs to be long enough that I can pull it back into a ponytail to get it off my neck. I'm more likely to go for something more daring in the fall when it cools down. Incidentally, Turkey is not an Arab country... ethnically Turks are Ural-Altaic peoples. They have more in common with the Chinese and the Mongols than with the Arabs. Oh, and yes, my cheeks are red. I hate them. In the winter my nose gets red, too, and I hate that even worse. :-D @Craig: Turkish hairdressers are amazing, and Turkish women always look fantastic when they come out of the salon. I’ve had short hair in the past, but at the moment it would take some convincing because it’s summer and my hair needs to be long enough that I can pull it back into a ponytail to get it off my neck. I’m more likely to go for something more daring in the fall when it cools down.

Incidentally, Turkey is not an Arab country… ethnically Turks are Ural-Altaic peoples. They have more in common with the Chinese and the Mongols than with the Arabs.

Oh, and yes, my cheeks are red. I hate them. In the winter my nose gets red, too, and I hate that even worse. :-D

]]> By: Melissa http://melissamaples.com/the-dreaded-hair-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-7763 Melissa Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:06:05 +0000 http://melissamaples.com/2007/06/14/the-dreaded-hair-salon/#comment-7763 @Ayhan: I think you meant that Turkey is *not* an Arab country, but I take your point - in fact, I may post about this later today to get everyone up to speed, because I know this is a common misconception in the West. @Ayhan: I think you meant that Turkey is *not* an Arab country, but I take your point – in fact, I may post about this later today to get everyone up to speed, because I know this is a common misconception in the West.

]]> By: Melissa http://melissamaples.com/the-dreaded-hair-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-340405 Melissa Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:06:00 +0000 http://melissamaples.com/2007/06/14/the-dreaded-hair-salon/#comment-340405 @Ayhan: I think you meant that Turkey is *not* an Arab country, but I take your point - in fact, I may post about this later today to get everyone up to speed, because I know this is a common misconception in the West. @Ayhan: I think you meant that Turkey is *not* an Arab country, but I take your point – in fact, I may post about this later today to get everyone up to speed, because I know this is a common misconception in the West.

]]> By: Ayhan Enginar http://melissamaples.com/the-dreaded-hair-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-7739 Ayhan Enginar Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:36:37 +0000 http://melissamaples.com/2007/06/14/the-dreaded-hair-salon/#comment-7739 Turkey is an Arab country... (I am tired of correcting.) Turkey is an Arab country… (I am tired of correcting.)

]]> By: Ayhan Enginar http://melissamaples.com/the-dreaded-hair-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-340404 Ayhan Enginar Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:36:00 +0000 http://melissamaples.com/2007/06/14/the-dreaded-hair-salon/#comment-340404 Turkey is an Arab country... (I am tired of correcting.) Turkey is an Arab country… (I am tired of correcting.)

]]> By: Craig Overend http://melissamaples.com/the-dreaded-hair-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-7681 Craig Overend Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:22:07 +0000 http://melissamaples.com/2007/06/14/the-dreaded-hair-salon/#comment-7681 Way cute, but now I'm keen to see what those highly-trained hairdressers could do with you. I'm thinking shoulder-length might look kinda spunky on you. Maybe some highlights. Do Turkish hairdressers do that? I vaguely remember a documentary on female turkish hairdressers(It might have been cosmetics instead) and their love of every pastel under the sun after being newly introduced to them. Might have been another Arab country though. BTW; are those naturally occuring rosey red cheeks? Happy Twittering. Way cute, but now I’m keen to see what those highly-trained hairdressers could do with you. I’m thinking shoulder-length might look kinda spunky on you. Maybe some highlights. Do Turkish hairdressers do that? I vaguely remember a documentary on female turkish hairdressers(It might have been cosmetics instead) and their love of every pastel under the sun after being newly introduced to them. Might have been another Arab country though.
BTW; are those naturally occuring rosey red cheeks?
Happy Twittering.

]]> By: Craig Overend http://melissamaples.com/the-dreaded-hair-salon/comment-page-1/#comment-340403 Craig Overend Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:22:00 +0000 http://melissamaples.com/2007/06/14/the-dreaded-hair-salon/#comment-340403 Way cute, but now I'm keen to see what those highly-trained hairdressers could do with you. I'm thinking shoulder-length might look kinda spunky on you. Maybe some highlights. Do Turkish hairdressers do that? I vaguely remember a documentary on female turkish hairdressers(It might have been cosmetics instead) and their love of every pastel under the sun after being newly introduced to them. Might have been another Arab country though. BTW; are those naturally occuring rosey red cheeks? Happy Twittering. Way cute, but now I’m keen to see what those highly-trained hairdressers could do with you. I’m thinking shoulder-length might look kinda spunky on you. Maybe some highlights. Do Turkish hairdressers do that? I vaguely remember a documentary on female turkish hairdressers(It might have been cosmetics instead) and their love of every pastel under the sun after being newly introduced to them. Might have been another Arab country though.
BTW; are those naturally occuring rosey red cheeks?
Happy Twittering.

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