tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73429798525595612502024-03-19T12:29:39.547-07:00A Close Shave ... with RealityBlurbs and anecdotes and boring bits of brain-drippage from a UK-transplanted Canadian Loon mostly about his passtime of wet-shaving.Urban Hermithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08900765221957024476noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342979852559561250.post-8536969540084710112010-05-23T15:56:00.000-07:002010-05-23T15:58:36.274-07:00Shaving the BeardeD LooN - Ta Da!<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_604003721" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></a><br />
<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Well, here's the photo proof of the event ... </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">the </span></span><b>Before and After</b></span> pictures.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z219/hotspur62/Pictures%20for%20Pogos/BeardBeforeAfter001.png" width="400" /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_604003756"><br />
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</a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I did say pics of the beard ... not pics of me.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://s188.photobucket.com/albums/z219/hotspur62/Pictures%20for%20Pogos/Shave%20the%20BeardeD%20LooN/"><b>Here's</b> a small gallery</a> of the inbetween shots.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thanks again to everyone who sponsored this, and an extra one to those who've already submitted their <strike>filthy lucre</strike> ... er, money. Reminders about how the pledge can be paid are as follows: </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="western"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>One:</b></i></span></span></span></div><div class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You can send it by <b>PayPal</b> using my email address:</span></div><div class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(217, 210, 233);">raz.urbanhermit@gmail.com</span></span></b></span></div><div class="western"><br />
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</div><div class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">... just, <span style="color: blue;"><b>please</b></span>, add a note stating that it's a donation (<span style="color: blue;"><i>and </i></span>the name you want the donation attributed to), so that I can figure out, a bit more easily, why money would be going <span style="color: purple;"><i><b>into </b></i></span>the account for a change.</span></div><div class="western"> </div><div class="western"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Two:</b></i></span></span></span></div><div class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Cheques </b>should be made payable to:</span></div><div class="western"><br />
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</div><div class="western"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(217, 210, 233);">Blenheim Court Care Centre Savings Fund</span></b></span></span></span></div><div class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and sent to the following address:</span></div><div class="western"><br />
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</div><div class="western"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Shave the Bearded Loon</b></span></span></span></div><div class="western"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>c/o Blenheim Court Care Centre</b></span></span></span></div><div class="western"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>100a Elm Lane</b></span></span></span></div><div class="western"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Sheffield</b></span></span></span></div><div class="western"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>S5 7TW</b></span></span></span></div><div class="western"><br />
</div><div class="western" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sponsors '<i>external</i> to the home', so far:<br />
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<ul><li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/00154559475977797353">Geraldine</a> £5.00 </li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/07414178944458521713">Mrs B</a> £5.00 </li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/04661274819207251784">Pike</a> £10.00 (Paid) </li>
<li>Julie F £5.00 (Paid)</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Jo Gadsen £5.00</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/00212299287669521944">Semioticghosts</a> £5.00 </li>
<li>Jacquie Milham £5.00 </li>
<li>Granny Sylvie & Grampa Brian £10.00 (Paid)</li>
<li>The good folks from my local Pharmacy £10.00 (Paid)</li>
</ul></div><div class="western"><br />
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</div><div class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><u><b>NOTE</b></u></span><span style="color: red;"><b>: </b></span>If you would prefer not to have your name/link/amount donated etc, listed here, just send let me know which part(s) of your 'line' you don't want seen/posted and I'll blank it/them out. </span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><strike><br />
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</div>Urban Hermithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08900765221957024476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342979852559561250.post-18539582495834754792010-05-19T15:27:00.000-07:002010-05-20T11:17:43.255-07:00Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow!<div class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Well, it's the evening of the 19<sup>th</sup> of May 2010. I've trained, and prepped, and psyched myself up for this thing tomorrow lunchtime(-ish), as much as I think I can ... <i>without <b>Dr Jack Kevorkian</b>'s help</i>.</span></div><div class="western"><br />
</div><div class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I've been practising with my various double edge (DE) razors, brushes (badger, boar, and synthetic – I don't yet own any horsehair or hybrid shaving brushes … yet), soaps and creams and shave oils. I've even made some of my own shave oils and aftershave balms – my <i style="color: blue;">Urban Hermit's</i><span style="color: blue;"> “</span><i style="color: blue;"><b>All Agrog</b></i><span style="color: blue;">”</span> bay rum shave oil and its companion, <i>Urban Hermit's</i> <span style="color: blue;">“</span><i style="color: blue;"><b>Bay Rum Baba Balm</b></i><span style="color: blue;">”</span> aftershave lotion are quite nice, if I do make my own brass section toot.</span></div><div class="western"><br />
</div><div class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm about as ready as I may ever be. <i style="color: #a64d79;"><b>C'mon</b> peaceful-death-whilst-sleeping!</i> … <i><b>if</b></i> I get some sleep tonight.</span></div><div class="western"><br />
</div><div class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You might have noticed I'm not exactly looking forward to this. I am not one to, generally speaking, enjoy being the centre of attention. Perhaps I should have told folks that if there was any 'audience', the deal's off; any photos, the deal's off; any fuss, yes, then the deal's off, etc. etc. etc.</span></div><div class="western">… <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">but for some unknown reason, I did not. <b><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">Stupid bugger! </span></i></b> </span> </div><div class="western"><br />
</div><div class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Well, at least it might give my therapist some joy. … and the residents too, I hope. … and we might even be able to get The Corporation to match the funds raised – making head office pay out money that won't be taken out of our budget. It's almost like having a purpose; short term anyway. </span> </div><div class="western"><br />
</div><div class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ah well. Time to stop spreading sunshine about for today. Tomorrow is another day … <b><i style="color: #a64d79;">sadly.</i></b></span></div><div class="western"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqb1WJ67IALHp5RaEIn7sNhPkfNdH3zOVJkZ5XBoJAzPZAkwC9UHG_-AlPgzTCTr7jq0aCn5ycand0g40JwCUVKh-5Ajq40gjqMPweapRPsB1hWCWYjS4G0RiS_vMNm50lyIX4t8huso0/s1600/Sponsored+Shave+Poster+002+-+Bearded+Loon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqb1WJ67IALHp5RaEIn7sNhPkfNdH3zOVJkZ5XBoJAzPZAkwC9UHG_-AlPgzTCTr7jq0aCn5ycand0g40JwCUVKh-5Ajq40gjqMPweapRPsB1hWCWYjS4G0RiS_vMNm50lyIX4t8huso0/s400/Sponsored+Shave+Poster+002+-+Bearded+Loon.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
</div><div class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Below is information for the individuals who expressed a desire to donate / sponsor my big <span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 242, 204);">Beard's Day Out</span></b></span> moment on Thursday the 20th of May, and would still like to do so, but haven't done so already. Thanks, yet again, for swinging by and yet another '<i>thanks again</i>' to folks that have sent some <strike>spondulicks</strike> money in already: “<i>Thanks again</i>.”</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'll be back at least once after the <i>post-operative <b>trauma</b></i><b> </b>of <i><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">the beard-ectomy</span></b></i>. I might try and get someone to take photos of the beard before and after; not me - just the beard<b>!</b></span></div><br />
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</div><div class="western"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>One:</b></i></span></span></span></div><div class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You can send it by <b>PayPal</b> using my email address:</span></div><div class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(217, 210, 233);">raz.urbanhermit@gmail.com</span></span></b></span></div><div class="western"><br />
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</div><div class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">... just, <span style="color: blue;"><b>please</b></span>, add a note stating that it's a donation (<span style="color: blue;"><i>and </i></span>the name you want the donation attributed to), so that I can figure out, a bit more easily, why money would be going <span style="color: purple;"><i><b>into </b></i></span>the account for a change.</span></div><div class="western"> </div><div class="western"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Two:</b></i></span></span></span></div><div class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Cheques </b>should be made payable to:</span></div><div class="western"><br />
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</div><div class="western"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(217, 210, 233);">Blenheim Court Care Centre Savings Fund</span></b></span></span></span></div><div class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and sent to the following address:</span></div><div class="western"><br />
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</div><div class="western"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Shave the Bearded Loon</b></span></span></span></div><div class="western"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>c/o Blenheim Court Care Centre</b></span></span></span></div><div class="western"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>100a Elm Lane</b></span></span></span></div><div class="western"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Sheffield</b></span></span></span></div><div class="western"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>S5 7TW</b></span></span></span></div><div class="western"><br />
</div><div class="western" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sponsors '<i>external</i> to the home', so far:<br />
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<ul><li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/00154559475977797353">Geraldine</a> £5.00 </li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/07414178944458521713">Mrs B</a> £5.00 </li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/04661274819207251784">Pike</a> £10.00 (Paid) </li>
<li>Julie F £5.00 (Paid)</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Jo Gadsen £5.00</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/00212299287669521944">Semioticghosts</a> £5.00 </li>
<li>Jacquie Milham £5.00 </li>
<li>Granny Sylvie & Grampa Brian £10.00</li>
</ul></div><div class="western"><br />
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</div><div class="western"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><u><b>NOTE</b></u></span><span style="color: red;"><b>: </b></span>If you would prefer not to have your name/link/amount donated etc, listed here, just send let me know which part(s) of your 'line' you don't want seen/posted and I'll blank it/them out. </span> </div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div>Urban Hermithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08900765221957024476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342979852559561250.post-81511234743044280622010-05-01T10:23:00.000-07:002010-05-05T12:29:03.115-07:00Hair Today, Gone May 20th? - Part 2<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Hulloooo</span>.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I've been meaning to post a wee bit of info here online, for most of the past week. If anyone is still paying attention to this space, I apologise for not getting this blogged earlier. ... hey, sadly (sometimes), life happens.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This is for the individuals who expressed a desire to donate / sponsor my big <b style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #6aa84f;">Beard-be-Gone</b> moment on Thursday the 20th of May, and would still like to do so. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>One:</b></i></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You can send it by <b><span class="goog-spellcheck-word">PayPal</span></b> using my email address:<br />
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9; color: blue;"><span class="goog-spellcheck-word">raz</span>.<span class="goog-spellcheck-word">urbanhermit</span>@<span class="goog-spellcheck-word">gmail</span>.com</span></b><br />
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... just, <b style="color: blue;">please</b>, add a note stating that it's a donation (<i style="color: blue;">and </i>the name you want the donation attributed to), so that I can figure out, a bit more easily, why money would be going <i><b><span style="color: purple;">into</span><span style="color: purple;"> </span></b></i>the account for a change. </div><div style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Two:</b></i></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Cheques </b>should be made payable to:</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Blenheim Court Care Centre Savings Fund</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and sent to the following address:</div><div style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Shave the Canadian Loon </b></div><div style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>c/o Blenheim Court Care Centre</b></div><div style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>100a Elm Lane</b></div><div style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Sheffield</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;">S5 7TW</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thanks, and another thanks to folks that have sent some <strike>UK-Bucks</strike> money in already. Thanks.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Oh! I also had a second idea for raising money subsequent to this event. I told several of the folks at work that they should collect up and count (with utmost discretion and vigilant security) all of the whiskers that the hairdresser's clippers shear off of me. Then later on they can display them in a jar and 'sell' guesses for how many hairs there were in my beard. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">... <b><i>nobody </i></b>seemed too excited about the idea though. Go figure.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Well, thanks for stopping by, and I'll be back at least once more before <b>the day</b>.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Online sponsors so far:</div><ul style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/00154559475977797353">Geraldine</a> £5.00</li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/07414178944458521713">Mrs B</a> £5.00</li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/04661274819207251784">Pike</a> £10.00 (Paid)</li>
<li>Julie F £5.00 (Paid) </li>
<li>Jo Gadsen £5.00 </li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/00212299287669521944"><span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Semioticghosts</span></a> £5.00</li>
</ul><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;">NOTE: </b>If you would prefer not to have your name/link/amount donated etc, listed here, just send let me know which part(s) of your 'line' you don't want seen/posted and I'll blank it/them out. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div>Urban Hermithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08900765221957024476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342979852559561250.post-75688642972301813012010-04-25T12:47:00.000-07:002010-04-25T21:35:02.738-07:00Hair Today, Gone May 20th?<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For some unknown reason, I'd decided to try and do something, off my own bat, to raise money for the residents' "Comfort Fund" at the nursing home where I work.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br />
But <span style="font-style: italic;">what</span>, I asked myself, could <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">I</span> do? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">As I am woefully out of shape and have a number of medical problems including (but not limited to) chronic pain & chronic fatigue, which have ramped up my lack of physical fitness. Nothing like running a sponsored marathon was <span style="font-style: italic;">ever </span>going to be a realistic plan for me. If I were being confronted by a hungry bear - I wouldn't be lucky enough for the bear to rip my head clean off, before I even knew of its presence nearby - I'd </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">have </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">to stand my ground and hold out my left leg, hoping all the time that the critter would choke to death before I lost too many joints above the little toe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">Egads, I will <span style="font-weight: bold;">not </span>go through every idea I rejected or could have considered. Let's just get on to what I can do. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Recently, I've re-discovered the joys of wetshaving - that isn't sarcasm by the way. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">I can't remember exactly when it was, but I'd guess that it's probably more than a decade ago that I shaved my beard off. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> So, while I hadn't planned to become clean-shaven by any set deadline, if at all, I decided that maybe I could do just that very thing.<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">... <span style="color: red; font-size: 130%; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">if </span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">my co-workers, visiting contractors, corporate types and regional management staff, friends and family of our residents (or those of any members of the other aforementioned), etc., feel generous enough to sponsor a "<span style="font-weight: bold;">shave-off</span>" - <span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #ff6666; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">then</span><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">... I could do just that very thing: I could shave off my face-fuzz for a given date.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6666cc; font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">That's the plan.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
Folks can add their names and the amount of money they want to donate for <span style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday, 20th of May, 2010</span>. The hairdresser that visits the homes in our area, has graciously (and <span style="font-style: italic;">perhaps </span>a bit too eagerly), agreed to donate her time, energy and clippers to buzz my chin-fur overgrowth down to the very shortest stubble she can. Then I shall do the rest in the comfort and privacy of my own home, later on.<br />
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Also, before the suggestions are put forth, by <span style="font-style: italic;">any more</span> people, <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">no</span>, I am not going to shave my scalp, nor any other sectors of my skin; <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">just </span>the beard/moustache areas.<br />
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That's about all for now. Thanks for stopping by.<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span>Urban Hermithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08900765221957024476noreply@blogger.com9