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 juan
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sorry I have been very late
Mine after 10 days.
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Posted : 16/01/2009 4:36 pm
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"miketually - Member
GF planned on shaving today, I think.
Posted 4 days ago # "

I'm still here and it's driving me mental. Really itchy, has been from about day five. Comments from people at work are now "I see you've got a beard" rather than "why haven't you shaved the last couple of days?" and some seem to like it. MrsF likes it but says I look like a pirate or fisherman. not sure if that's good or bad really.

My boss told me to get rid of it. I told her I shave it off only if she'd shave her beard off.

I've trimmed round the neck a couple of times to keep it a bit smarter and because I wear a collar and tie for work.

Not sure how much longer it'll last but i'll post a photo over the weekend. With my shaved hair becoming due for a cut, i'm heading towards looking like [url= ]this.[/url]


 
Posted : 16/01/2009 4:46 pm
 juan
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booo
[img] http://flickr.com/photos/24754492@N03/3201771658/ [/img]
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And if it's not working again
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Posted : 16/01/2009 4:47 pm
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Hang in there, Ginger. Get some head and shoulders on it and give it a good lather.


 
Posted : 16/01/2009 5:38 pm
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Watch it grow...

Changed to a link so those with epilepsy don't have to endure !

[url= ]Watch it grow[/url]


 
Posted : 16/01/2009 8:50 pm
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Progress so far

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Posted : 16/01/2009 8:50 pm
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if ever there was a facebook profile pic.....


 
Posted : 16/01/2009 9:52 pm
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Day 16

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_mc/3202458692/ ]clicky[/url]

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_mc/3202458104/ ]clicky[/url]

A woman at work today asked to stroke it ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 16/01/2009 10:42 pm
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had a bit of a tidy up
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Posted : 16/01/2009 10:53 pm
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when did you start Postie? (Not accusatory, I remember someone saying they started at Christmas...) If Jan 1st, you got beardability!


 
Posted : 17/01/2009 4:11 pm
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had a bit of a tidy up

To tidy or not to tidy...

I think I'll leave mine au naturale for January but maybe tidy it up a bit if I decide to keep it longer.


 
Posted : 17/01/2009 4:17 pm
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Clean shaven on Xmas eve was full of flu and I thought it might make me feel better so I,ve got a week on you guys.


 
Posted : 17/01/2009 4:38 pm
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I'm bored...

Scruffy;
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Groomed;
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Posted : 18/01/2009 9:48 pm
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that scruffy look is quite a bush Jimmy...sort of fisherman.


 
Posted : 18/01/2009 9:52 pm
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mine has gone.
i bottled it yesterday in the bath.
i felt like a dirty tramp, and the wifes inner thighs are sore ๐Ÿ˜ˆ


 
Posted : 18/01/2009 9:57 pm
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Why did you bottle it? Are you keeping if for posterity?


 
Posted : 18/01/2009 9:59 pm
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btw... BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


 
Posted : 18/01/2009 10:00 pm
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How many of the proper "shaved on New Years Eve/Day" group are left? Mine's still there.


 
Posted : 18/01/2009 11:29 pm
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mine's still there too; just a lack of photos (as i don't like any photos of myself!), and i started about a week before christmas so technically i should be finished now really... i may take a photo later then shave it off tomorrow cos it's getting too irritating now (and it's ginger!)...


 
Posted : 18/01/2009 11:42 pm
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I'm probably going to have to trim my 'tache before the end of the month, or wax it to points ๐Ÿ™‚

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Posted : 18/01/2009 11:50 pm
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My last shave or trim was 1st Jan. I always thought my beard grew quite healthily and even, but it seems the more it grows it varies. The cheeks seem to have stalled but the chin/neck is moving on.


 
Posted : 19/01/2009 9:26 am
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I'm still in. And still not taking photies.


 
Posted : 19/01/2009 9:39 am
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It's that time again.

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[url= http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/trevsterx/BeardProgress# ]Full daily record[/url]

It's as if it's stopped, doesn;t feel like much prgress over the last few days !


 
Posted : 23/01/2009 11:37 am
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Will take some tonight; I look like I have a beard now.

Seriously considering keeping mine until the summer.


 
Posted : 23/01/2009 4:50 pm
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Today's update (remember I started the 6th)
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I might trim it this week end though as I will have to talk to a group meeting


 
Posted : 23/01/2009 5:05 pm
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I woondered what this thread was about.. it's scarier than I ever could've imagined.


 
Posted : 23/01/2009 5:13 pm
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juan = pirate


 
Posted : 23/01/2009 5:17 pm
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[b]Day 23[/b]

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_mc/3221060160/ ]clicky[/url]

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_mc/3220210165/ ]clicky[/url]


 
Posted : 23/01/2009 9:07 pm
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OK, I'm ready to trim.

I have been going since 10th December and am getting looks from people that have gone past "oh you've got a beard" to "Errm, OK, you've won the bet but seriously now...." and "Woops you put your head on upside down this morning".

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Thinking about shaving it feels like taking a pet to the vets to have it put down. We've become very attached, but I think its time.

Alternatively I could just take the pet to the grooming salon, have a trim, scrub, wash n conditioner and get back out there with a new lease of life.

OK, time to stop procrastinating over my studies.


 
Posted : 25/01/2009 9:09 pm
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AKK, AKK, AKK, [b]why ever[/b] did I click on this topic ?? << whimper >>


 
Posted : 25/01/2009 9:14 pm
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go on si, nustle in. hmmmmmmmmmm


 
Posted : 25/01/2009 9:47 pm
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it's all gone a bit unwieldy
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Posted : 25/01/2009 9:48 pm
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beards, the elephants' grave yard for faces ๐Ÿ™


 
Posted : 25/01/2009 9:52 pm
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Thinking about shaving it feels like taking a pet to the vets to have it put down. We've become very attached, but I think its time.

Alternatively I could just take the pet to the grooming salon, have a trim, scrub, wash n conditioner and get back out there with a new lease of life.

I think mine might be a keeper, but will need a bit of trimming. I'm leaving it au naturale to the end of the month, but will be tidying up the neck a bit after that.

hairy chin = beard
hairy neck = tramp


 
Posted : 25/01/2009 9:54 pm
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beards, the elephants' grave yard for faces

I'm very ugly, so the beard helps ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 25/01/2009 9:55 pm
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Have trimmed... was an experience. Put the #1 attachment on my clippers and extended the blades fully, expecting to take off a couple of mm's and tons fell off, way more than expected. So now it is fuzzy all over rather than grizzly.

I miss it ๐Ÿ™


 
Posted : 26/01/2009 2:35 pm
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Well I'm loving my baby smooth face ๐Ÿ™‚

SSP


 
Posted : 26/01/2009 4:06 pm
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You were loving your baby smooth face when you were beard growing though Alex.

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Posted : 26/01/2009 7:17 pm
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remember giving up shaving for lent.

some quality shave photos afterwards, the "donald finlay", mexican bandit, full tash and the "chaplin" (as it's known in pc circles)


 
Posted : 26/01/2009 7:25 pm
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A #1 attachment's only about 3mm, isn't it? That's quite short ๐Ÿ™‚

Mine will be getting a tidy around the neck at the weekend, but I think I'll be keeping it. Might have a go over with the clippers too, to even it up.


 
Posted : 26/01/2009 7:28 pm
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from looking at these pics mine has definately stopped growing. Could be handy in a kind of not needing to shave type way but not handy in a 'growing a bush' competition.

On a course all week so no access to camera. Maybe the picture on Friday will be better !


 
Posted : 26/01/2009 11:32 pm
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why does everyone have ginger beards? ๐Ÿ˜


 
Posted : 26/01/2009 11:51 pm
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I think this thread should be renamed "The January David Bellamy lookalikes competition"

I think I win..I look just like him....

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Posted : 27/01/2009 12:39 am
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from looking at these pics mine has definately stopped growing. Could be handy in a kind of not needing to shave type way but not handy in a 'growing a bush' competition.

I thought mine had slowed down, but it's gone quite bushy this morning.

why does everyone have ginger beards?

I think it's the flash. Mine's much lighter-coloured than my hair, but the photos are always taken in a room with red walls so it looks redder. That's my excuse, anyway.


 
Posted : 27/01/2009 10:15 am
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from looking at these pics mine has definately stopped growing. Could be handy in a kind of not needing to shave type way but not handy in a 'growing a bush' competition.

I thought mine had slowed down, but it's gone quite bushy this morning.

Mine did the same, thought it had finished. Then realised how bushy it was 'all of a sudden'

It hasn't stopped, you're just getting used to it. ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 27/01/2009 9:10 pm
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