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Every 4-7 days is sufficient? I hope he's not planning on wearing a short skirt :eek:!
Maybe a kilt?Quote:
Originally Posted by liza
Boy, this thread is drifting all over the place - suspicion, hair, shaving, razor color, porn stars, sanitizers, mud balls, WOW!
As a guy I sort of understand the bonding part of shaving, lots of freshly shaven legs on the group rides the last week or so, but I hate to shave my face. Trying to keep my legs shaved would be a royal PITA. I finally shaved the beard, but left a goatee. Kim hates it, so I'll clean shave the face in a week or so, but I doubt I'll ever convert to shaving my legs. Then let the beard grow again in the fall.
I guess growing up with hairy rock stars and Magnum PI, hair was in, but now I seem to be in the minority. What is up with the guys that shave their chest and well everything. I have a riding buddy that use to be a body builder, that guy doesn't have a hair on his body. He shaves the top of his head to his ankles. Great guys, but not for me.
Remember those old Bowflex commercials, where the machine not only makes you all buff and muscular, but shaves your chest too? :D
Someday, I'll just be able to click my heels three times, say "home sweet home" and for the rest of my life I'll have no hair anywhere on my body except my head and my eyebrows...
One can dream I suppose...
I have to trim my eyebrows... :(
and my nose hair
and shave my TOES.
sigh. I'm a hobbit.
...and you'll be 90 years old and it won't matter:DQuote:
Originally Posted by liza
Did he ever voice complaints about the chamois in his shorts not reaching up high enough in the front to protect his manhood from cold wind in the wintertime? My training buddy apparently has "length" issues, and wears windproof briefs in the winter to keep from freezing things off because the chamois in his shorts stops "short"Quote:
Originally Posted by boy in a kilt
"I was in the pool!"Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrea
How can this be a problem for that guy in the winter??
I think he's just making it up to impress the girls. :cool:
If it's really a problem, he should be wearing wool knickers, not counting on some polyester chamois to keep himself warm. ;)
He gets team kit stuff for next to nothing, so I probably wouldn't be able to convince him to spend the $$ on some fabulous wool when he can just stick to his beloved wind briefs and regular spandex :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by BleeckerSt_Girl
Funny conversation from a base mile ride with some friends back in December:
Ryan (mr. windbrief, talking to his teammate next to him): "Jeez, I think I need some type of insulated shorts for the cold weather. Mark, have you noticed how short the chamois is in these?"
Mark (teammate, wearing same style shorts): "What? Is there something wrong with them?"
Ryan: "The chamois doesn't come up high enough, I think the end of my **** is going to freeze off !"
Mark: Dude, I'm 5'4" and Asian... I don't have problems like that...
I like hairy men and electric shavers. Using an electric shaver takes a while to get the swing of you have to do it a few times before you learn how to hold it so that it best "gets" the hair. Try not pressing down on it when you shave.
Hahahaha!Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrea
He never mentioned it.
However, this whole concept isn't as stupid as it sounds.
One of my buddies in Officer's Basic Course called his soon-to-be commander when he found out he'd been assigned to the 10th Mountain in Fort Drum. Over the course of the conversation, it came out that it was common practice for the guys to put socks over their genitals to keep them from freezing during the early morning PT sessions during the Upstate NY winters.
You can still shave with the recommendations that were given, but I'd also use Proactive's Body Lotion. It's awesome for razor burn or some of the concerns you have!
www.proactiv.com (no 'e' at the end of Proactiv)
I'm with you, Knotted, such a hobbit.Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
Hmm, I haven't noticed that wool is any more windproof than any other fiber. It's all in how each fiber is knitted and the resulting material.
I've got wool jerseys that I can freeze my tookas off in just as easily as the equivalent weight and density Lycra.
How do you feel about mushrooms?Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
Are you never more than two hours away from your next meal?
Do you have a serious collection of things that don't really serve any purpose but you don't want to throw away (mathoms)?
If you answered yes to all of those, you are probably a hobbit, albeit a very tall hobbit.
Mushrooms are da bomb. And I can answer "Yes" to all of the others and I have hairy toes(at least the big ones and the ones next to those) too. At least you're not alone.:rolleyes::D
LOL...and have you noticed that YOU ALL scared away the original poster??? :D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Silver
side note: to original poster.....sorry if I sounded a bit unwelcoming at the beginning of your post....I can see by your re-wording you were not meaning to come across 'creepy' but since it was your first post...and the subject matter etc etc....I jumped to conclusions.....please forgive me! :)
Cuz the rest of this Thread is just cracking me up!!!!
:D
imdeanna- no need to apologize, looking back at it, I would have probably done the same thing as you did.
Like I said, Ihave the norelco body groomer. It does a decent job, but doesn't get too close on the legs, but they look hairless and I don't get any irritation from it. I haven't shaved with a razor recently, but when I did, I got horrible razor burn for a week or two. That was with shaving gel and a brand new razor. Waxing is out of the question for me because it is too pricey. I figured I could buy an epilator for the price of one waxing session, but I hear many mixed reviews about the epilator.
For now, I am going to try the body groomer, an electric shaver,and see if I am not holding it right to see if it will cut closer. Then next week I will try to shave one leg to see if any irritation occurs. I don't fear the pain of the epilators, but I hear alot of people complaining about ingrown hairs, which I think would occur with waxing as well.
It's true. My grandmother got less and less hairy as she got older. NO hair on the legs, nothing really under her pits either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Silver
And unlike men, at the age of 90, she had no hairs growing out of her ears or the top of her nose either
Maybe it's a wax/wane thing? (didn't originally intend the pun, but okay, wax, get it?)Quote:
Originally Posted by mimitabby
b/c at my age, if I miss a week of tweezing, there's a solid bank of hair from each side of my eyebrows, all the way across the bridge of my nose and most of the way down to my eyelashes, and so much hair growing out of my nose it's hard to be grateful I don't have a mustache.
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Originally Posted by KnottedYet
I have had a MUCH different experience. Because the head doesn't pivot, it is much easier to slice oneself open. I am careful as careful can be, but I was butchered in the more delicate areas--and I don't mean ankles.
I actually had a bad experience with the Soleil too, it comes in such pretty colors and I bought a pack for gym, travel etc (normally I don't use disposable razors). For some reason a just kept cutting myself with them, the usual places like knees and ankles, but I also sliced off a strip over my shin bone eeeouch. I threw them all away.
The Venus disposable is actually pretty good (not quite as good as the regular one, but pretty good) -- if I were going to buy disposables for some reason (every once in a while I do...), that's probably what I'd get.
Thanks again for the help everybody. Here's an update, I bought the braun silk epil xelle 5180 epilator. I figured I would post this in case somebody else was curious about epilators.
I wanted the model 5270 because that model comes with an electric shaver attachment and the 5180 comes with the beginner epilating head for newbies. Well, bed bath and beyond only had the 5180, and since I already have the norelco body groomer which is an electric shaver, I just bought the 5180. I am very happy I bought this model for the beginner attachment.
I have a high pain tolerance. I've had numerous peircings and after getting your nipples pierced, I figured I could deal with any pain. So I thought I could handle the full 40 tweezer action head like a pro. I was dead wrong. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got through a couple rows before I had to take a break. You guys weren't kidding when you said it hurts. So I switched over to the beginner attachment since it only has 20 tweezers. That was a lot better. I only did my thighs to see how they would turn out. I missed a good amount of hair with the smaller setting, but I need a break before I go back over it. My legs are very warm with red dots everywhere.
So, if you wanted to buy the braun epilator, get the 5180 model so you can switch to the beginner attachment if it's too painful for you. I got up close to my "bikini line" (I don't know if that's what you call it on a guy) and it didn't hurt too bad, but then again that was already shaved. For some reason, I received the most pain from behind my hamstring area.
I will see how the next couple of days are and post again if anybody else is interested.
While spending a little time mindlessly shopping at Sephora, I came across this:
http://www.sephora.com/browse/produc...dPaginate=true
I have to say, I'm very intrigued. Of course I'd much rather spend that kind of $$$ on bike parts, but if anyone either has this or decides to try it, I'd love to hear a review.
Tempting... I read some positive reviews of it on random beauty blogs I found googling (for reviews on the device, not for beauty blogs!), but ya know, you can't always trust what you read on the 'net, etc ;)...
How would a man who doesn't like biking end up here?Quote:
Originally Posted by transformer1
Never mind. I just read a few more posts.
I really haven't followed this thread because I'm another one who initially found it creepy.
Maybe it takes a nerdy mind to sort that, :D but to me it's clear: it kills 999 of every 1000 members of the most common germ families. It makes no claim to kill uncommon germs at all, so it's undefined what would happen to any, e.g., plague bacilluseseses that might be trying to colonise your hand. HTH.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Silver
Guys, (and gals), plain soap already kills 99.9% of all bacteria.
please do not use disinfectants routinely as they have been shown to lead to more antibiotic resistance.
Soap is fine.
Sheesh. Why not go for a professional wax the first couple times. Oh well. Men.Quote:
Originally Posted by transformer1
ps. not sure if I don't smell troll.
Well T1, I hope the ingrowns don't kill you next!Quote:
Originally Posted by transformer1
Honestly, I think we've had TMI already :eek:
OK, I just HAD to post this cause I saw it on BT.com. So appropriate.
Comparison of leg-shaving techniques for dudes
Also, why is this such a hard thing for most guys? I mean, heck, the first time I shaved was when I was 13 and I just pretty much picked up a razor and some cream and gave it a try.
It's not exactly brain science. :)
It's the knees! WHAT a pain!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kimmyt
Um, that would be 'rocket science' I believe. OR, that 'you don't have to be a brain surgeon'.... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kimmyt
Dunno what the big deal is.
I started shaving my legs before I started shaving my face. Faces have more delicate spots.
I think it's a mental thing. Most men don't shave their legs so it just seems a little scary?
Actually, that's the way folks around me have always said that. I was about to say neuroscience but it just felt... wrong. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BleeckerSt_Girl
I kinda like your version, Kimmy :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Kimmyt
Rocket surgery. It's not rocket surgery. :D:D
You can use laser technology to get rid of your hair. It is costly, but eventually hair will grow back less and less.
My bf shaves his legs for cycling...he hasn't had any problems with bumpy skin or anything. It feels weird though, to rub my legs against his hairless legs now!
I long to click my heels and end up in Berkeley in the 70s where men were men and the rest of us were women and all of us were hairy as hobbitses and we were too busy drinking coffee and saving the world by re-using washed out plastic bags that we had hung on the clothesline with the rest of the rags.
On second thought, no thanks to going back, I just wish we all had better things to think about than our hair, and especially than about each other's hair.