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    Terry wrote: “I was referencing 18th century facial hair though

    True enough. But I doubt the British Army had clean-shaven Pioneers in the 18th century, and suddenly reinstated their beards in the 19th.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike_Oettle View Post
    Terry wrote: “I was referencing 18th century facial hair though

    True enough. But I doubt the British Army had clean-shaven Pioneers in the 18th century, and suddenly reinstated their beards in the 19th.
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    Ah, Bigdad, but why does she prefer her man clean-shaven?
    It seems to be a common failing in women to imagine that beardlessness is a state everyone should be in regardless of gender.
    In fact many go so far as to imagine (or desire) their own faces to be entirely hairless.
    To hair is human.
    And don’t forget the old saying: A kiss without a moustache is like soup without salt.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike_Oettle View Post
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    And don’t forget the old saying: A kiss without a moustache is like soup without salt.
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    Been around that block with and without the other party having a beard and/or mustache. My preferences are based on real-world experience. Are yours?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike_Oettle View Post
    ... It seems to be a common failing in women to imagine that beardlessness is a state everyone should be in regardless of gender.
    In fact many go so far as to imagine (or desire) their own faces to be entirely hairless.
    To hair is human. ...

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    Been around that block with and without the other party having a beard and/or mustache. My preferences are based on real-world experience. Are yours?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike_Oettle View Post
    Terry wrote: “I was referencing 18th century facial hair though

    True enough. But I doubt the British Army had clean-shaven Pioneers in the 18th century, and suddenly reinstated their beards in the 19th.
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    Mike
    Im sorry but it is not so. Beards were not permitted in the British Army in any form for any division, rank or specialty troop. Even the "Wild Barbarian" Highlanders kept a clean shaven face through the 18th century.

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