TheBanyanTree: To all parents

[Laura]

I did basically the same thing.  I was 12, too young to be shaving, and my
Mom had told me so.  So, being the "headstrong" gal I am, I "borrowed" Mom's
razor, and soaped up my right leg with regular soap.  I put that old
fashioned single edge blade (in the so-called safety handle) on my right
shin and dragged it up toward my knee.  I peeled off a nice inch wide, 10
inch long strip of skin.  Anyone needing a skin graft would have loved it. 
I was just very surprised, until it started oozing blood.  Then it hurt. 
But I was too damn stubborn to tell Mom I hurt myself using her razor after
she told me not to, so I told her that I fell on the curb and scraped my leg
  It looked like it too.  I don't know if she bought it, or if she knew what
really happened, but I didn't get in trouble either way.
 
Hmm.  Wonder if that experience has affected my attitude toward shaving?  I
never thought about it before, but I'll bet that's why I hate it so much.
 
Oh, Paul?  You can have some of my son's facial hair.  He has FAR more than
he needs! 
 
Laura 
wolfljshus at insightbb.com 
-------Original Message------- 
 
From: Paul 
Date: 03/16/06 00:02:50 
To: thebanyantree at remsset.com 
Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: To all parents 
 
 
Let's just leave it at "me and Edge foaming stuff and TracII razors 
don't get along". To the point of a 3 inch horizontal slice across my 
cheek.... two slices... TracII. What can I say other than I wasn't 
accustomed to shaving cream? I can say there was enough blood to the 
point of running down my neck. 
 
So, Scabface, looking like some kind of weirdly wounded Indian 
warrior, trekked across the road to K-Mart to find something safer, 
something electric. That was an $17 double head Norelco. I still 
have it: it's retired to the boat. Current chopper of face "fur" is 
a Norelco triple header. Nothing fancy, it was second from cheapest 
at Wal-Mart 3 or 4 years ago. 
 
I was born in October 1957. I've given up on having a beard that 
doesn't look like that old stray smelly dog at the end of the road 
with the mange. Even a decent mustache would be nice. Don't need 
either, I just want to be able. <shrug> It's a guy thing. 
 
 
Paul 
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