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Shaved Till 62

Believe it or not I STOPPED shaving in 1962
My beard should be down to the floor
Well that's not exactly correct
Trim every couple of months or so
To attract the ladies and boy did that work
Can't keep them away with a weapon
Played 5-string banjo in a folk group in '62
Recorded an album and appeared on TV
 So it was required to grow a beard
Although not that all unusual
Have a definite record of it
We were called The Canadiana Folksingers
Happy times!

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Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 6/3/2022 1:10:00 PM

Hello Happy Jack, It is hard to vision you without a beard. It really suites you. You still got it......! Love, Darlene xxxx-oooo.

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 6/4/2022 4:23:00 AM

Hello Happy Jack, yes that is a lot of shaving. I like your beard. Love, Darlene xxxx-oooo.

Jack Ellison
Date: 6/3/2022 1:47:00 PM

When you total it all up I've had it for 60 years!!!!! Yikes! XOX Hard to believe!

L Milton Hankins

Date: 6/3/2022 9:30:00 AM

I grew my first goatee at 79. I love the freedom of not shaving my whole face. I think most of us despise shaving, but we also like the look. Thought I'd clean shave the other day, but couldn't bring myself to do it. Good on you, Jack.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 6/3/2022 11:17:00 AM

Oh my, Jack. This is such an old avatar! I have a gray goatee and my hair is snow white! When I joined PS, I just put the only pic of me I had on the computer here. I really need to change it. The ladies may get the wrong idea! Hmmm, I should be so lucky!

Jack Ellison
Date: 6/3/2022 10:29:00 AM

By your P-Soup icon, you've always seemed clean shaven to me! Think us guys are meant to be bearded! Yea Hawwwww!