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I am seriously considering shaving off the old chin cactus. I'll smoke another bowl or three and give it some more thought. Definitely a three pipe problem.
Nooooooooooooooo!
i normally wait untill easter to shear my chin
shave? I don't remember that word. I'll have to look it up as I comb my beard.
I don't know who invented this shaving thing... but I seriously dislike them.
I don't know who invented this shaving thing... but I seriously dislike them.
I tend to agree actually.
I work 4 days on 4 days off. Typically one of those days off, last or first, I work at another prison.
I stop shaving on my last day of work on my primary unit and don't start again until the night before I return to work.
If i am on an extended time off (vacation or whatever), I don't shave at all.
I never have enough time to grow a respectable beard, and instead strive for that "unemployed and soon to be homeless" look.
I lost 6 months worth of growth on a whim. Don't make the same mistake I did. It's not worth it. I'm currently trying to grow it back.
I'll bet a dollar it wont be the worst decision you ever made.
But I bet you'll wish you hadn't.
I have to shave, work dress code for wearing full face respirators. We can have a mustache though.
I have to shave, work dress code for wearing full face respirators. We can have a mustache though.
same here. Have to be able to seal a gas mask for chemical agents.
Eh, I rock a beard at all times. But I trim it back from time to time. I don't know that I would say go clean shaven but if it's what you want trim it down. It'll grow back. Or you can always have some fun with it and shave some ridiculous nonsense onto your face and rock it for a little while. I tend to do this from time to time. I have one I call the douche bag. Because well, with this thing on your face you can't help but kind of look like a douche bag.
I have done it a few times in my "adult life" and it a;ways grows back. 
I usually shave after hunting season is over, but this year I still have the beard... It is nice not to have to shave every morning I must admit!
I get the urge to shave it off every once in a while, and whenever I do I realize how much I hate shaving and wind up growing it back anyway LOL. After a couple of bowls, and a couple of 7&7s, I guess I'll just keep it.
Since I was 17 I had a beard. Mid year 2010 I shaved it off after a friend I haven't seen in 15 years commented that there was a lot of grey in it. So off it came. Ever since then everyone who sees the clean face for the first time since the cut says "man you look 20 years younger." Well that was an ego boost. I must say though after 40 years of not shaving, it is getting kind of tiresome. It may come back some day when I get up and just give up shaving.
Oh, I know the beard makes me look a lot older, but I'm not "on the hunt" so to speak so I don't really care about that.
man i got a touch of grey where a man has hair. Not shiny silverback, just a few good strands.
I am okay with it. What else can you be?
I tend to go grizzly in the Winter time , with perhaps some variances on
shadows with a soul patch triangle off the bottom lip 
tends to drive
my visual compliances/Security clearances up the wall (hahahha-hehehe)
The beard started around 25. My Dad tried to talk me into shaving before the wedding, but my bride said we would have to postpone the wedding until it grew back. 19 years later, I took it off. The next day it started growing back. FYI, I trim it to 1/4". If it grows to 3/4", definitely time for a trim.
Per my picture, there is some dark areas, but the rest is grey.
Winton
Winton, I never trim my beard. I just let it grow. Oddly enough, probably because it's pretty thick, it looks trimmed and shaped even though I do nothing more than comb or brush it.
The last time I shaved the whiskers was a pure accident. I thought I was trimming the beard with my clippers but didn't realize I had left the guard off. D'OH! 
Trim my beard every Wed,keep it well trimed.But shave it off,maybe three times in 40 lus years.Hate shavin 
huntin season gets the beard the rest of the year I rock the stache-n-goat
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Forty years now and it's gonna burn with me. 
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luckily my gf digs my beard. some guys...... not so lucky
I went from the pic below to clean shaven on the last day of November. I did that while on vacation. I came back to work and people I've worked with for 6 months literally didn't recognize me. A lot of people also said I looked 20 years younger...but since I'm 29 I didn't really take it as a compliment.
Haha I look about 15 without my beard
I'm one of those women who can't stand facial hair of any kind and would never contemplate a date with someone who had a faceful - I have no desire to smell their breakfast.
I think there must be a reason a lot of high powered sales jobs, Police, Airline Stewards etc. won't hire men with beards, I'm just not sure of what it is
Most funeral homes won't hire guys with beards, either. Mortuary services are more lenient, though.
I don't understand not hiring bearded gents. I understand not hiring unkempt ones, but not just bearded in general. There are lots of people in hiring positions with bad taste 
The only professions I get that in are ones that also don't allow you to wear loose clothing due to working with machinery, those who have to wear masks that require a seal (technically I'm supposed to be able to do that but Afghanistan isn't under that kind of threat so I ignore it), and people working with food. Other than that I don't get it.
On a completely separate note, someone sent me this right after I shaved:
Love that poster.
In my line of work nobody cares if you have a beard or not. Pretty much they don't care how you dress either, which is something that is regrettable when I look around the truck stops. Sorry, a grown man in public wearing shorts, sandals and socks, and a dirty tee shirt is just wrong.
I don't know who invented this shaving thing... but I seriously dislike them.
I'm still thinking about whether or not I should shave. Maybe I'll give it a couple more years. I'm not sure I want my behavior dictated to me by the media campaigns of large corporations.
I'm one of those women who can't stand facial hair of any kind and would never contemplate a date with someone who had a faceful
@Philip:
@Aussielass:
Sorry, couldn't pass up the opportunity
Luckily my wife loves facial hair, especially my moustache. My beard does get scratchy, but I put conditioner in it to make it soft. It's better when it's full than when it's all stubbly. My stubble can take skin off.
LMAO Kami, but see how much better he looks even with just a little of that "growth" removed ... SHE IS WORTH it, I'm sure, and so is he obviously - some things are a little more important than face fuzz!!!
I'm barely ever without some form of facial hair. The only time I totally shave is when I gear up for my annual NHL playoff beard, fellow hockey fans will understand this ritual. Other than that I always have a goatee or jawline beard or occassionally let a full beard grow out. This November for Movember (November is prostate cancer awareness month and most guys get donations to grow out a goofy moustache to raise money) I will be working on sporting a Hercule Poirot moustache complete with wax and turned up ends.
i am thinkin of shavin it but i will only let it grow again the next day. then in bout a couple months i'll do er all over again. Am thinking of just lettin er go wild and not even a trim for 3 months, wooly and wild style
So, then I'm guessing most of the men around these parts, you know, the metro-sexual types (including perhaps our own Kevin) are not really into the "Back, Crack & Sack Wax" that's becoming ever so popular these days, and woman are absolutely loving it for so many different reasons?
Oh, you mean manscaping as it's known in America? I know a lot of women that like a little chest hair showing. It was even mentioned in an episode of Psych when Lassiter and Sean are doing a speed dating night to catch a killer. Sean turns to Lassiter and says "You gotta unbutton your shirt a little Lassie. Come on ladies love the manpatch. Back me up on this one Jules." Though I must agree other than the hair on my head, chest, and face the other body hair is not welcomed. I am pretty metrosexual and proud of it. Often get hit on by girls because of it. I will say I've also been hit on by a few gay men as well. I'm straight, but find it a pretty high compliment to be hit on by a gay guy.
I definitely wouldn't be opposed to removing any hair I can't see without a mirror and/or becoming a contortionist permanently. As it stands though, I can see the beard and stache without the use of a mirror
Just because you sport a beard doesn't mean you can't keep it clean. Mine isn't enormusly long, but it does cover up that I don't have a strong chin.
I'm also noticing one or two silvery strands in there. I just remove them. 
I shave my head two to three times a week so it is easy to keep the face clean shaven. I do hate shaving in the morning so I shave in the shower at night. I grow a goatee from time to time and I did not shave for November/movember cancer awareness month this year. The wife hated it. So we struck a deal. I stay clean shaven and she keeps the Brazilian maintained. I must say guys. It is worth it. 
God made man to have hair on his chin! Besides, It makes a softer cushion for your pipe to sit on!
I've had a short goatee or a beard basically since I was about 20. I shave it off every once in a while to see what my face looks like without it, but always regret it. I'm with lordofthepiperings on the Movember thing. I took part for the first time last year and it was a hoot.
But to get back on topic: pipetrucker, it's a big decision, but remember it always grows back.
Simon
I love beards, my husband has a beard I and his offical beard trimmer. I am normally attracted to a bearded man but to each her/his own.
Mason, just think about the cold days strapping down Your load to Your trailer, You will know what to do.
I had really long hair at one point in my life down around the middle of my back. One day I sat down looked at my brother and said shave it off it had been long for like 10 years he said are you effen crazy I said yep now shave it off I have had a buzz cut ever since if I was to shave it would just be a spontaneous crazy just do it moment.
after having to shave for so many years now i shave when i feel like it... when i am shaved up i still have a 'stache and chin hair..... think Col. Sanders.
btw, would rather shave with a dull strait razor than all of the whiz bang, gee whiz multi blade abortions now made...
I hate shaving only because I literally am in pain if I try to shave for the 2nd+ day in a row.
My neck hairs seem to grow every which way. So when I go over them the next day after shaving off a beard I look like I'm 15 with a horrible case of acne all over my neck. It lasts all day. It's not razor burn. I guess I just have a baby face.
I havn't found a solution to fix this yet... So I will have to avoid any career path that requires a clean shaven face. 
I'm one of those women who can't stand facial hair of any kind
Same with the better half in this house, hence no beard. Plus mine always came in kind of patchy anyways. No hair on top of the cranium either. But I was told that's hereditary
Pipetrucker: See... a couple of bowls, a good glass of something and decisions just seem to come easy. Congrats on keeping the beard.
I tend to keep some form of facial hair at all times. Had it on my upper lip since I was 17. Shaved it once and regretted it. Had a full beard that I kept trimmed until I got my current job and they have a no beard policy. Goatees are fine so I keep one. Wife likes the facial hair as long as its out long enough that it is soft. If it isn't she waits until it is.
I just semi shaved went from a a full beard that i had not shaved or trimed other than to even it up for 2 yrs to a goatee and trimed the goatee back to the bottom of my neck and i regret this choice. and as for the metro sexual thing thats not big around these parts unless your sport bike boy who cant ride a real bike.
I have no choice but to grow a goatee (what little of one I can grow). I'm going on thirty-five years of age. Without facial hair, I get carded for R-rated movies. I have ralphmachiocantageitis.
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If you feel like shaving, just watch Whisker Wars, the new series on massive beard growth competition. You'll be right back in the mood to not shave ever again, LOL.
When I got back to Wisconsin today I was greeted with cold winds and snow. I am very happy I kept the chin cactus intact. 
Pipetrucker, I told You. 
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