1928-1948 Early hair dryers

  

1929

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Hair dryers are a technology we take for granted -- how could they ever have been anything but the simple devices they are now? But, much like how the computing power in your laptop once took entire rooms to contain, the hair dryers of the '30s were massive contraptions that looked like they were stealing thoughts from your unwilling mind. 

1928

A woman sits under a chrome-plated hair dryer.

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Before the invention of hair dryers, women and men would often attach hoses to the exhaust ends of vacuum cleaners to blow-dry their hair.

In 1890, French stylist Alexandre-Ferdinand Godefroy devised a contraption combining a seat with a hood connected to a gas stove. A client would sit underneath the hood while a hand crank blew hot air from the stove over her hair.

Godefroy’s hair hood dryer was widely copied and iterated upon, and became a staple of hair salons. Variants included features such as articulable nozzles and heated coils in lieu of a single helmet.

The first patent for a handheld hair dryer was granted in 1911. Early portable dryers had a few problems, though — they were heavy, produced air barely warmer than room temperature, and had an irritating habit of electrocuting users.

Salon hair dryers remained the best option until the 1970s, when handheld dryers had advanced in aesthetics, power and safety enough to be a viable alternative.

 

A beautician attaches the tubes and pads of a hair treatment machine to a man's scalp as he reads a paper. c. 1935

Perhaps the most freakish mad-scientist-looking beauty device of the 1920s was the permanent waving machine. Designed to give a woman a head of springy curls.  In the late 1930s, the chemical perm was invented, and soon these cumbersome machines were deemed as outdated and scrapped.

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I think that the most important thing a woman can have — next to talent, of course — is her hairdresser. JOAN CRAWFORD

Life Story - THIEF AND A SAGE

 

One evening, while a monk was reciting his prayers in his room, a thief broke into his house. Point a sword at the monk, the thief threatened to take his life unless he would give him money.

The monk, not frightened by the thief, replied calmly- “You are disturbing me! The money is in that drawer, over there.” He pointed at a counter in the far corner of the room. “Help yourself,” he said, returning to his prayer.

The thief rushed to the drawer and began collecting the money.  He heard the monk call out,-“Don’t take all of it! Leave some for me to pay my tax tomorrow.”

The bugler froze in his place. It wasn’t a request but a bold demand. Nevertheless, he did as he was asked to and headed towards the door.

 

“Hey!” The monk shouted- “You are leaving without even thanking me for the money? How very impolite of you!”

The thief was shocked by the level of courage displayed by the monk. Unconsciously he whispered ‘thank you’ and left the room awkwardly. Later that night, he told is friend about his bizarre encounter with the monk. “I was more afraid of the monk than he was of me!” he exclaimed.

A few days later the burglar was caught. He was accused of robbery not only at the monk’s place, but also many other places.  He was taken to the court for a trial.

When the monk was called as a witness, he said- “No, this man did not steal anything from me. I gave him the money. He even thanked me for it.”

This however did not keep the thief from being locked up behind the bars. But he did get a lesser number of years than he deserved for his crime. During his time in the prison, he thought a lot about the old monk.

Years later, the thief was released from the prison. He straight away walked to the monk’s house and rang the doorbell.

The monk, upon opening the door, saw the man, who had robbed him, standing with a bag slung over his shoulder, a certain humbleness in his eye.

“Ah, I knew you would show up,” the monk laughed. He wholeheartedly welcomed the criminal into his house and prepared him for his future in the righteous path.

 

Real Life Inspirational Story - THOMAS EDISON AND A NOTE

 

One day the young Thomas Edison came home and handed a paper to his mother from his school. He told her, “My teacher gave this paper to me and told me to give it only to you.”

His mother’s eyes were tearful as she read the letter out loud to her son. “ Your son is a genius. This school is too small for him and doesn’t have good teachers for training him. Please teach him yourself.”

After years, Edison’s mother died and he was renowned as one of the greatest inventors of the century. One day he was going through his old family things. Suddenly, he noticed a folded paper in the corner of a drawer. He took it and opened it up.

On the paper was written: “Your son is addled. We won’t let him come to school any more.”

Thomas Edison cried for hours and then he wrote in his diary: “Thomas Alva Edison was an addled child that, by a hero mother, became the genius of the century.”

Best motivational quotes

 

1. “The two most important days in your life are the day you’re born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain

1. “Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know.” – Pema Chodron

1. ‘We can see through others only when we can see through ourselves.” – Bruce Lee

1. “First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice.” ―Octavia Butler

1. “The best way out is always through.” ―Robert Frost

1. “The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that's where it's at." —Jesse Owens

1. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” —Frederick Douglass

Joke - The son of a bitch

 

 Henry was doing maths homework, saying to himself...

"2+5, the son of a bitch is 7"

"3+6, the son of a bitch is 9"

His mother heard this & asked, " Henry ! What is this nonsense you are doing?"

"Oh Mom. Don't disturb. I am doing my maths homework"

Mom: "Is this how your teacher taught you?"

"Yes mom "

Infuriated mother picked up her cell phone and called the teacher:

"Are you teaching maths to children by saying... 2+2, the son of a bitch is 4?"

There was silence for a moment

Then the teacher started laughing :

"What I taught them was... 2+2 THE SUM OF WHICH IS 4."

Yogurt and Condensed Milk cheese cake

    
An interesting taste of yogurt and Condensed Milk that will have you coming back for more. Its a simple easy to bake cheesecake.

Ingredients
1 Liter Yogurt
2 Tins Condensed Milk
Granadilla Pulp (Optional)
50 grams butter
Tennis Biscuits
Method
Melt butter and mix with crushed biscuits to form a base
Mix yogurt and condensed milk
Pour mixture into oven prove dish
Bake for 20 minutes at 180deg
Let it cool down
Spread pulp on top (optional)

Kampvuur Kuier

 

Hairstyling in the 70's.

When I started hairdressing, Farrah Fawcett and lady Diana  styles where popular.