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#301: tonsorial

4/5/2016

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tonsorial shop
site of a very stark loss:
enlistment haircut
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Brings back Air Force memories: all new enlistees arrive in all different styles of clothing and hair. Within a very short time every man has a buzz cut and a pickle suit (green fatigues) to break down individuality... everyone looks relatively the same. 

Then the training begins. Stand out and they stand on you. 

But it's all a game. My Air Force Basic Training "flight" learned that early. Go along, get along. One of our flight's father was gravely injured and they had our fellow airman on a plane home within five minutes. They had our back. We pulled together as a team. Our group was a double Honor Flight and we were awarded a free day in San Antonio and an outing to a professional soccer match.


DEFINITION of this 4-syllable adjective:
  1. of or relating to a barber or barbering: the tonsorial shop.
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