HurricaneBob''s recent post about waxing and bikini lines forced to me to consider my own appearance.

I've worn some sort of facial hair most of my adult life. On occasion I've let my beard grow a little wild. Picture a 60 plus year old Viet Nam era vet with gray hair and bushy gray beard. That's me.

I decided this afternoon to clean things up. I located my Wahl Homecut Adjustable trimmer and attached the #4 ( 1/2 inch) brush guard. I guess it's technically a depth guide.

Before anybody gets the wrong idea, all my manscaping is performed on areas above my shoulders.

I got the wild beard tamed back to a respectable and distinguished appearance and even attacked a nose hair or three.

It was after this initial clean up that I went to Mrs.Tyme's Salon where I received a haircut. She just uses the same #4 guide and gives me a haircut. After that visit I changed seats at the dining room table over to Mrs.Tyme's Saloon and was served a Woodford Reserve on the rocks to ease the PTSD that flairs up after manscaping.

I'm now presentable enough to join some other elder fishermen on our annual trip to Minnesota next month. I would reveal more, but what happens at the lake home in Minnesota stays at the lake home in Minnesota.

In order to spare the impressionable youngsters that visit this site there will be no before or after photos.