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(@larry-best)
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I have never shaved.
There are no known photographs of me in high school.
Coincidence?

 
Posted : June 13, 2012 3:45 am
(@perry-williams)
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What a bunch of wimps

I do all my shaving with a dull machete

 
Posted : June 13, 2012 5:25 am
(@kris-morgan)
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I shave in the shower with pink daisy's my wife buys (because I'm very cheap) with no mirror and by feel. Some soap, but water mostly. I've tried starting elsewhere and it doesn't feel right and I always cut myself. My particular RUT (repetition until termination) shaves the side burns first (with my eyes closed so I can visualize it) and then work my way in till the VanDyke, then the neck last. I do it all by feel.

I have a can of shaving cream when I need to shave but not shower, and those are few and far between.

 
Posted : June 13, 2012 5:33 am
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ditto what Kris said, except I don't have a particular starting place or habit of shaving. But in the shore, no mirror, just by feel...And only on my neck, up to the bottom of my chin...

In winter it's a slightly different story.

No wonder Perry has shaved in 24 years...who would want to use a dull machete?

 
Posted : June 13, 2012 5:37 am
(@jim-in-az)
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Having not shaved since the age of 20 I believe that I been able to devote over 1,200 hours to other pursuits. Mostly eating, I would guess...

 
Posted : June 13, 2012 6:46 am
(@mmm184)
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Me too...shave (and brush my teeth) in the shower...I thought I was the only one.

 
Posted : June 13, 2012 7:38 am
(@foggyidea)
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we are a small but efficient bunch that can shave and brush our teeth in the shower, without mirrors!

 
Posted : June 13, 2012 7:41 am
(@noodles)
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> Me too...shave (and brush my teeth) in the shower...I thought I was the only one.

Nope...Me too. 😉 😀

 
Posted : June 13, 2012 7:54 am
(@perry-williams)
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Angel, do you know the difference between toilet paper and a shower curtain?

No?

Oh, so your the one!

 
Posted : June 13, 2012 8:02 am
(@mmm184)
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Touche

 
Posted : June 13, 2012 8:03 am
(@noodles)
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> Angel, do you know the difference between toilet paper and a shower curtain?
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> No?
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> Oh, so your the one!

Ewww!!! :bored:

There's lots of things you CAN do in the shower...but some you really SHOULDN'T do. o.O 😛

 
Posted : June 13, 2012 8:06 am
(@andy-j)
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> > The twin-blade disposable razors I used for decades are impossible on long hairs.
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> The secret to shaving around a beard with a multi-blade disposable (and making it last a long time) is to dip it in water and knock it blade-side against the side of the sink after every pass. That keeps the whiskers -- even the long ones -- from clogging it up.
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> I only shave my neck, but I usually get 6 months or so out of a disposable by following the above procedure.

I do the same thing, but also keep an old toothbrush handy to clean out the gunk. then rinse and dry the disposable and it works for a good long time. I don't like the fancy new 3-4 or 5 blade jobbers, they are too flexible for my wirey whiskers. maybe if I was a newbie shaver like my 13 year old those would be fine. (His Civil Air Patrol leader told him he had to shave the peach fuzz off his upper lip!)

I HATE SHAVING..but my wife hates my beard even more.. you know who wins that fight!

 
Posted : June 13, 2012 8:58 am
 jud
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Boot camp, you will all shave, 17 and was issued the razor, everyone in the Company had matching razors, helped encourage belonging to a team, kind of like our clothing and haircuts did. I have an old wet stone made years ago to sharpen those double edged safety razor blades, it had a built in bevel and sharpened both edges at the same time, work on one side then turn it over to do the other side. It has a very fine grain and is soft for a sharpening stone.
jud

 
Posted : June 13, 2012 10:09 am
(@dave-karoly)
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Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. -Leviticus 19:27

 
Posted : June 13, 2012 7:14 pm
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