F....Paper Cuts

Everyone has a handful of images burned in their minds over the years.

One of mine is of my dad slowly licking a envelop in front of me and I could clearly see a inch and half paper cut form on his tongue as he did it. He didn't eat solid foods for a couple days. Said it hurt like hell.

You're lucky. My beard grows in so thick and fast. I get 5 o'clock shadow around 1:30pm. lol. It's annoying to have to shave every day.

absolutely! in the military, where you had to be clean shaven for MP duty, I shaved, went to the first inspection passed, and then had a second inspection about an hour and a half later, and this new desk sergeant told me to go back to the barracks and shave. I was like wtf! now that I'm out, I don't shave unless some very special event comes up.

Otherwise,

Papercuts suck too!

I hate paper cuts too, but last week I had a glass tube-style solar panel (yes the kind that go on a roof and measures about 12 feet by 8 feet) fell off a store display and sliced my upper arm open. Made a gash big enough I could have slid my wallet in it like a pocket. Buckets of blood. Emergency room. Stitches. Ouch.

Never saw that much blood in my life. I left blood in the ER room, all over their X-ray machine, the bed, the doctor.

While they were working on me, some Mexicans were cursing and yelling in Spanish about waiting. The doc said I was the priority, I actually had a real emergency. That was nice to hear. Great ER, will go there again if I have to. :D



Consider yourself lucky, Matty.

SS is the lucky one here

absolutely! in the military, where you had to be clean shaven for MP duty, I shaved, went to the first inspection passed, and then had a second inspection about an hour and a half later, and this new desk sergeant told me to go back to the barracks and shave. I was like wtf! now that I'm out, I don't shave unless some very special event comes up.

Otherwise,

Papercuts suck too!

Ha, you should've stashed some Nair in the barracks.

For the thick beard guys... against the grain or with? If i go against, i'll break out like nobody's business. Haven't done it since the Navy...

With the grain, against and you're definitely asking for trouble

For the thick beard guys... against the grain or with? If i go against, i'll break out like nobody's business. Haven't done it since the Navy...

I tried against the grain once. And only once. My face was covered in red bumps for two days. I was embarrassed to leave the house.

I'd never go against the grain if I grew real facial hair.. I can get away with it some on my chin.. I can go in swirls on my face if I want :D

I go with the grain to start and then against to finish up. But if I've used the blade a couple of times and it's not in great shape I try to avoid going against. But, now that it's playoff time I haven't shaved in over a week, and I just got past the really itchy stage so I'm good to go.

Back to the thread (sort of): What about the distant cousin of the paper cut - The crab claw cut. All the MD and VA guys here should know what I'm talking about. When you're eating blue crabs and the claw or shell cuts your hand and you get all that vinegar and Old Bay in it. That always hurts like a BITCH!

I go with the grain to start and then against to finish up. But if I've used the blade a couple of times and it's not in great shape I try to avoid going against. But, now that it's playoff time I haven't shaved in over a week, and I just got past the really itchy stage so I'm good to go.

Back to the thread (sort of): What about the distant cousin of the paper cut - The crab claw cut. All the MD and VA guys here should know what I'm talking about. When you're eating blue crabs and the claw or shell cuts your hand and you get all that vinegar and Old Bay in it. That always hurts like a BITCH!

I'm the same way with shaving, you've got to be really careful against though

crab claw cuts suck too!