Vinnie,Hoosier...Sorry for the misunderstanding,when I said "a few years".........I really meant quite a few..By 1960 I was in my early teens,and had my hair fetish for quite a long time......In primary school I remember all my female classmates having long ponytails.In Jr.& Sr.high a few(there's that word again)would wear their hair down.......but I can still remember Mary Lou sitting in front of me with her beautiful brown pony hanging down over the back of her chair........it was very thick and mostly straight until it ended in a beautiful mass of curls.I would brush my hand against it whenever I could.....Thanks for the memories.......starman