"cough up too much for another lousy haircut in another town from an outfit who probably figured they'd never see me again."
I just go on base and get lousy haircuts from the same people who cut the sailors' hair. I don't care if it's a good haircut or a bad haircut, as long as it's a haircut.
No base anywhere near here--or in the areas where I was working, unless you count Groom/Nellis (just east of there for one well). They weren't too likely to let me in for a haircut there...Cheaper to tie it back, too.