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Quarantine Beards

Centerfield Mar 16 2020 02:30 PM

Are we doing this or what.

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 16 2020 05:18 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

Really funny. Was just thinking about starting this thread. Can't decide though whether I'll leave this 3-day one going.

Frayed Knot Mar 16 2020 06:31 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

As I mentioned in another thread, I already have one but was getting ready to take it off. I kind of like this one but I tend to get tired of beards after about six months (started this back in October) and the fact that it's basically pure white at this point doesn't help either. But I resolve now (unless I change my mind) to keep it until Opening Day finally happens ... or I suppose until they decide to kill the season entirely. Now what we really need is a proper cocktail to get us through all this, so feel free to make suggestions. The winning mix (or mixes) will of course be named the Quarantini

kcmets Mar 16 2020 06:39 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

I have a 4 day salt and pepper going, I'm day to day and can't commit.

Lefty Specialist Mar 16 2020 06:54 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

No. Clean shaven no matter what. I hate the scratchy feel.

Fman99 Mar 16 2020 08:01 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

I have a winter beard, I start growing it most years in December and shave it off when the weather warms up.

Edgy MD Mar 16 2020 08:03 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

Isn't there some concerns that virus boogers like beards?

Willets Point Mar 16 2020 08:34 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

I'm follicly challenged when it comes to facial hair. I make up for it with the thick mop of hair on top of my head.

Ceetar Mar 16 2020 08:41 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

I made it about 6 weeks, a new record, before shaving for the girl scout daddy/daughter western dance. That was rough. standard 5blade razor barely worked. Shaved again for a wake/funeral this weekend, I might lapse into a beard again out of laziness, but that like, second-4th week of working past the itchy phase is annoying.

nymr83 Mar 16 2020 10:08 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

=Ceetar post_id=33544 time=1584412909 user_id=102] I made it about 6 weeks, a new record, before shaving for the girl scout daddy/daughter western dance. That was rough. standard 5blade razor barely worked. Shaved again for a wake/funeral this weekend, I might lapse into a beard again out of laziness, but that like, second-4th week of working past the itchy phase is annoying.

use the backside/beard trimmer on any electric before the real shave, takes under a minute and will get 90% of the hair off making the rest easy.

LWFS Mar 16 2020 10:25 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

Perhaps inspired by the idea of locking stuff down, I'm going for something of a '70s fireman's Fu Manchu (with a soupcon of biker-Hulk-Hogan in there).

Ceetar Mar 17 2020 07:19 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

=nymr83 post_id=33552 time=1584418135 user_id=54] =Ceetar post_id=33544 time=1584412909 user_id=102] I made it about 6 weeks, a new record, before shaving for the girl scout daddy/daughter western dance. That was rough. standard 5blade razor barely worked. Shaved again for a wake/funeral this weekend, I might lapse into a beard again out of laziness, but that like, second-4th week of working past the itchy phase is annoying.

use the backside/beard trimmer on any electric before the real shave, takes under a minute and will get 90% of the hair off making the rest easy.


Don't have. ;-)

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 17 2020 09:15 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

I dunno if my beard will last--it's practically all salt, little pepper and comes in all patchy, but I'm also doing my part by committing not to get a haircut till we get out of this thing. Who's with me?

Benjamin Grimm Mar 17 2020 09:25 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

I haven't shaved or trimmed my beard since Wednesday. I don't see anybody other than my two kids anyway, so I thought about going for the David Letterman look, but I suspect I'll groom myself sometime soon.

TransMonk Mar 17 2020 09:45 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

I do a mild beard from the end of the World Series through Opening Day. I'll keep it until baseball comes back.

Frayed Knot Mar 17 2020 01:14 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: ... but I'm also doing my part by committing not to get a haircut till we get out of this thing. Who's with me? I'm already a bit shaggy, not sure if I could drag this out two more months. Oh WFT, sure!

Lefty Specialist Mar 17 2020 02:39 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

I'd be afraid to go to my barber, who's in his late 70's and a bit frail even on his best days. So I may get a bit Starsky and Hutch in my hair styling. (More Hutch than Starsky, though.)

Centerfield Mar 20 2020 09:41 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I dunno if my beard will last--it's practically all salt, little pepper and comes in all patchy, but I'm also doing my part by committing not to get a haircut till we get out of this thing. Who's with me? Patchy beards are all the rage. At least that's what I'm telling myself. If Mookie Betts can get away with this, I'm totally fine. https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/960x0/https%3A%2F%2Fspecials-images.forbesimg.com%2Fdam%2Fimageserve%2F1085387866%2F960x0.jpg%3Ffit%3Dscale>

Centerfield Mar 20 2020 09:42 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

Keanu too. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0071/3637/8998/files/keanu-reeves-beard-grooming-mens-min.jpg>

Lefty Specialist Mar 20 2020 09:53 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

One of my wife's friends said, "In 4 weeks, we're going to know EVERYONE'S true hair color."

Willets Point Mar 20 2020 10:01 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

Mookie and Keanu are really handsome dudes who can get away with a lot more than I ever could.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 20 2020 10:17 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

Lefty Specialist wrote: One of my wife's friends said, "In 4 weeks, we're going to know EVERYONE'S true hair color." Yeah, but you shouldn't be seeing them! I gave myself a haircut and a beard trim this morning. The hair on the back of my neck was beginning to annoy me, and my usual haircut guy is my dad, and you know, social distancing any everything. Fortunately I have only have hair around the edges, so I was able to give myself an effective haircut using my beard trimmer. (A selfie of the back of my head, however, revealed that I have some touching up to do!)

Lefty Specialist Mar 23 2020 11:36 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

So we were Skyping with Lefty Jr yesterday and it looks like he's trying to grow a Pandemic beard. A little shadow under the chin, a barely perceptible bit of fuzz on the upper lip. Mookie and Keanu have nothing to worry about.

kcmets Mar 23 2020 11:52 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

I decided on being clean shaven and looking my best. If The Grimm Reaper shows up and turns out to be a hottie instead of an old skeletal dude I want to look my best and get one last crack on tappin' some strange.

Edgy MD Mar 23 2020 12:13 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

Yeah, I shave a small mammal off my face yesterday. Buzzed my dome while I was at it.

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 23 2020 12:41 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

still going. But no play for Mr. Gray

Centerfield Mar 23 2020 12:46 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

I just shaved mine. In person meeting tomorrow. Annoyed.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 23 2020 12:51 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

Show up coughing. That will shorten the meeting, at least.

Chad ochoseis Mar 23 2020 01:36 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

Edgy MD wrote: Isn't there some concerns that virus boogers like beards? No. The one concern I have seen is that if you contract the virus and need a mask, it won't fit right if you have a beard. I've been a remote worker for almost two years and had a goatee for 11. I shave every four days or so, and the quarantine hasn't changed that.

LWFS Mar 23 2020 07:18 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

=Centerfield post_id=33925 time=1584989210 user_id=65] I just shaved mine. In person meeting tomorrow. Annoyed.

Whaaaaaaa? Por que?

kcmets Mar 23 2020 07:31 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

Edgy MD wrote: Buzzed my dome while I was at it. Careful, it's habit forming!

Vic Sage Mar 24 2020 02:03 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

I've been growing a quarantine beard for about 38 years.

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 24 2020 02:50 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

I think I'm going to run down to the Rite Aid and get some Just 4 Men. Nobody is seeing me anyway, and I can always shave off whatever mistake I make

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 28 2020 06:10 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

RIP, quarantine beard.

Fman99 Mar 28 2020 08:40 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

I'm thinking of going with "fucktastic moustache." I'm working from home full time, who's going to see it anyway, aside from the kids and wife? Maybe the return of the Fman-Chu.

HahnSolo Mar 31 2020 08:52 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

10 days in. It's a lot whiter than I would prefer. So it may not last much longer.

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 31 2020 09:05 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

Mine was just so goddamned uncomfortable I was practically punching myself in the face 50 times a day. I know you need time to let it grow, trim it and eventually it could get softer but I ran out of patience.

Lefty Specialist Mar 31 2020 01:40 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

Lefty Jr's beard bit the dust. "It was annoying", he said.

Edgy MD Mar 31 2020 08:22 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

I think I'm on my second round of beardliness this quarantine.

Fman99 Apr 05 2020 07:06 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

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Frayed Knot Apr 05 2020 07:10 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

Now coming in from the bullpen ....

LWFS Apr 06 2020 02:34 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

I feel like this is crying out for a different shirt-- one made of leather, that comes with matching chaps and a silver chain adornment.

Edgy MD Apr 06 2020 03:51 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

Lot's o' play for Mr. Gay.

The Hot Corner Apr 07 2020 12:03 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

I'm a little late getting started. I decided that since I can't get a haircut, I might as well give a beard a go as well. I am six days into it thus far. The mild whitening along my temples is heavily represented in my facial hair, particularly around my chin.

Centerfield Apr 08 2020 07:31 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

I'm in round 2 of my quarantine beard as well. 11 days in. I have an actual serious meeting on Friday. Contemplating leaving it and just wearing a mask.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 08 2020 07:57 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

I think it's been about four weeks since I've worn a real pair of pants. I should write a book called "My Month in Sweatpants"

cal sharpie Apr 09 2020 09:04 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

Haven't been around here much but I've been doing the covidbeard thing for the last few weeks. Had a zoom meeting with my kids and their significant others and both my son and my son-in-law have been doing the same thing. On the other hand, I've been wearing pants every day.

TransMonk Apr 17 2020 01:10 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

My gut is definitely growing faster than my beard. I don't know that I'll put on the COVID 19lbs, but my middle is getting bigger for sure. I had developed a pretty good gym routine in Jan, Feb, Mar before they shut down. All that effort has gone to waste in the past month.

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 17 2020 04:01 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

Yeah. I was biking a lot early this spring but the thing that's spooked me about the lockdown was the prospect of needing a hospitalization in the event I get hit by a car or have an accident. Haven't ridden more than a few blocks in weeks

metsmarathon Apr 19 2020 11:16 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49793756336_cb7e145257_z.jpg> Well, i'm no longer curious if i can (or should) grow a beard. the answer is a resounding no. i've also answered the queston of if i would ever want to attempt to grow a beard. that answer is a loud assertive fuck no. how do people even do this...? That's a full three-weeks of face-laziness, by the way. it's not going to grow in any better...

The Hot Corner Apr 23 2020 09:21 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

I am beginning to tire of my "quarantine beard". My beard looks like a mangy calico cat. As my son said, "It definitely makes you look older." That's not exactly the look I'm going for as I rapidly near my 60th birthday. I committed to not shaving until I could again get a haircut and return to work. However, when that day comes, I will gladly shave this thing off.

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 24 2020 06:11 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

I'm just going with the no-haircut thing. Yesterday I used a blow dryer for the first time since 1986

Benjamin Grimm Apr 24 2020 07:05 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

My son is doing the quarantine beard/no haircut thing and he's looking very shaggy. I shaved my head about a month ago and I'm going to trim my beard this weekend. Will probably shave my head again in another four weeks or so.

cal sharpie Apr 24 2020 07:59 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

I'm in the no haircut/no shave mode. I had thought i wouldn't shave til I go back to my office but now that looks like it will be a while. I dunno. Day by day and all that. The haircut will wait til the place down the street re-opens.

metsmarathon Apr 24 2020 08:17 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

i'm rocking the no-haircut idea. by the time this ends, i'm hoping to have some serious flow. or at least, a puffy bouffant 'fro. i'm glad i gave up on the beard thing. i'm pretty sure the itchy beard-face was keeping me awake at night and contributing to massive insomnia and fidgeting. unfortunately, on monday, i actually need to go into work and take a new photo for my official ID. it's due to expire, and there's no way to extend it, so i have no choice. maybe i shoulda kept the beard going just a little longer...

Frayed Knot Sep 25 2020 07:14 PM Re: Quarantine Beards Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 27 2020 11:22 AM

So we never got any further word on who, if any of us, followed up on this and, if so, to what degree. As mentioned somewhere above, I already had a beard before this ever started but figured I'd join in on the no-haircut thing until the season either started or was canceled for good. Problem was that my dome was already a bit shaggy to start with which, when combined with the closed-down barber shops and my existing penchant for going a long time between haircuts under normal circumstances (including for a week or two after the season finally resumed) led me to looking something like shot #1 here by early August. By mid-August I had finally been shorn and trimmed as per picture 2 I think that second guy might have a shot at getting on an airplane without too much harassment. But I've got three words for guy #1 there: Body. Cavity. Search.

metsmarathon Sep 25 2020 09:49 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

[attachment=0]Rona Hair 2.jpg[/attachment] i made it to june 26th. got a haircut the next day, once salons reopened.

Fman99 Sep 26 2020 05:30 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

I've let my coif grow out flowingly, I'll post a pic later.

kcmets Sep 27 2020 01:08 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

I've grown a beard a few times over the years but I think maybe three months is the longest it lasted. Find it uncomfortable or whatever. Covid-wise, I've only been shaving 1-2 times week which I've decided is stupid because it's face-irritatingly annoying to shave 4-5-6 days of lazy stubble - so going into the off-season on a shave everyday regimen mañana. No idea how dudes walk around with the Bunyan beards, especially in the summer.

Fman99 Sep 28 2020 06:39 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

As promised

Frayed Knot Sep 28 2020 06:46 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

Fucktastic!

Lefty Specialist Sep 29 2020 06:30 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

I shave pretty much every day. I need to keep to a schedule. I let it slip a bit early on but I didn't like it. If it's looking like there's going to be another shutdown I'm going to have the shortest haircut ever because I hated being shaggy this spring.

A Boy Named Seo Sep 29 2020 04:21 PM Re: Quarantine Beards

I didn't read this thread before, but unknowingly participated. Have an appt to get my first haircut since February tomorrow! Before: https://i.imgur.com/JmCqdIJ.jpg>

MFS62 Oct 06 2020 09:55 AM Re: Quarantine Beards

Just had my second post-pandemic haircut today. Haven't done the beard thing. Later