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Jan 30, 2014 | 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by tseekins

When this thread started, I grew a goatee and everyone liked it. After Thanksgiving I shaved my goatee and started growing a full beard. Of course at the age of 52, it's all salt and pepper but the compliments I'm getting are really cool.

I think I'll let it go till spring. Then I'll have to shave, it'll simply be too hot in the summer carrying mail.

I keep my beard between 3/8" and 1/2" in the summer, and 1/2" to 1" in the winter. That summer length is long enough to look like a beard (as opposed to the "I haven't shaved this week" look of closely cropped beards) and I haven't found it to be too hot. In the winter, I let it grow a bit more and it does keep my face warmer. Someday, I intend to let it grow to a full 4" to 6" beard. Since it turned white some years ago I'm going to double as Santa Claus all winter.

Apr 22, 2014 | 03:41 PM

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Nov 19, 2014 | 11:25 AM

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Nov 19, 2014 | 06:42 PM

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I keep thinking about this thread- Who else kept theirs?

Crappy pic, I know. The camera couldn't handle the beardy goodness.

Nov 19, 2014 | 06:54 PM

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No pic, but unfortunately I can't grow mine out too far, grooming standards for the job.

Nov 19, 2014 | 07:01 PM

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i think most guys keep their beards after the hair falls off the top their head.

Nov 19, 2014 | 07:19 PM

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I kept the 'stache...

Nov 19, 2014 | 07:47 PM

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Your job requires you to keep it short, my genes prevent me from growing it long

I can't get more that a few inches long and it tends to get patchy on my jawline. I generally keep it to a "thinned" goatee look.

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Nov 19, 2014 | 10:53 PM

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This is the first time I've really grown it out and it's a pain at times. I get looks and comments quite often, most positive.

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Nov 20, 2014 | 07:31 AM

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Nov 20, 2014 | 08:49 PM

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#7 has it backwards.

Mar 18, 2015 | 03:27 PM

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....around and around and around...

Mar 18, 2015 | 04:31 PM

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last week.

Mar 19, 2015 | 04:32 AM

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tseekins

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I just shaved mine off for the spring. It's too hot to wear a full beard and carry mail when the weather breaks.

Mar 19, 2015 | 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by tseekins

I just shaved mine off for the spring. It's too hot to wear a full beard and carry mail when the weather breaks.

2.5 weeks to go for me. I can't wear one when it's hot out, either. I shave mine for Easter. My wife is starting to threaten to take some scissors to it while I sleep--I haven't trimmed it since I started growing it in mid-September (it's a solid 3.5").

Jason

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