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frtimmyd

Starting to Get Obsessed
Dec 13, 2011
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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! :oops:

 

weezell

Lifer
Oct 12, 2011
13,653
49,171
Trim my beard every Wed,keep it well trimed.But shave it off,maybe three times in 40 lus years.Hate shavin :!:

 

kamikazesasquatch

Can't Leave
Sep 30, 2011
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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.
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aussielass

Part of the Furniture Now
Oct 18, 2011
513
1
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 :)

 

kamikazesasquatch

Can't Leave
Sep 30, 2011
354
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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:

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pipetrucker

Part of the Furniture Now
Sep 13, 2010
937
1
Following the white rabbit
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.

 

philip

Lifer
Oct 13, 2011
1,705
6
Puget Sound
I don't know who invented this shaving thing... but I seriously dislike them.

Well, I know it wasn't Gillette or Schick, but in the early 1900's these entrepreneurs came up with their new "safety razors". After a very aggressive advertising campaign their new products became "must have" items and clean shaven faces became the norm. Just another example of how large corporations peddling unnecessary products changed a cultural norm.
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

Maybe that would make me think twice. :?

 

baronsamedi

Lifer
May 4, 2011
5,688
6
Dallas
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.

 

aussielass

Part of the Furniture Now
Oct 18, 2011
513
1
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!!!

 
May 3, 2010
6,541
1,950
Las Vegas, NV
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.

 

nsfisher

Lifer
Nov 26, 2011
3,566
22
Nova Scotia, Canada
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

 

aussielass

Part of the Furniture Now
Oct 18, 2011
513
1
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?

 
May 3, 2010
6,541
1,950
Las Vegas, NV
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.

 

kamikazesasquatch

Can't Leave
Sep 30, 2011
354
0
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 ;)

 
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