Quote Originally Posted by Arlen View Post
Oh. I forgot to post that bit.
Just that at the age of TWENTY FOUR I finally managed to grow a decent pair of sideburns.
Finally.
Yeah, I can relate to sparse facial hair. I was well into my thirties before I needed to shave every day & it's taken me about fifty years to grow a decent beard. Spare facial hair was handy in the Air Force, though. In basic training, one of the most common things guys got demerits on was a dirty razor - the slightest bit of hair or shaving cream or even a water mark got you a demerit. Well, that was never a problem with me because I went through the entire 6-weeks of training without shaving; my razor looked brand new because it was! Oh, & I'd just turned 20 when I volunteered.

I'm not complaining, though. Scraping my face with a sharp blade every day isn't my idea of fun. That's not the reason I finally grew a beard, though. I find that as a man with a "baby face" & who likes to wear kilts, that having facial hair helps avoid, shall we say, some "awkward misunderstandings" as to my gender (this was especially true when I had long hair down to my butt).

Congratulations on the side-burns & great job on the garter flashes & sporran!
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