posted April 18, 2006 13:23                      

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Originally posted by drunkennewfiemidget:
Bears don't suit most people imnsho.
Them's fightin' words in these parts, stranger.

Actually growing a beard would take me upwards of a month. I have to not shave for a week before it becomes visible from a distance.

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posted April 18, 2006 13:42                      

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Originally posted by The Famous Druid:
But this just makes a beard all the more precious, it must be nurtured, like a bonzai tree...

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posted April 18, 2006 14:02                         

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Originally posted by The Famous Druid:

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Originally posted by drunkennewfiemidget:
Bears don't suit most people imnsho.
Them's fightin' words in these parts, stranger.

Actually growing a beard would take me upwards of a month. I have to not shave for a week before it becomes visible from a distance.

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I'm the same, which is strange, because the hair on the upper part of my head grows very quickly.
But this just makes a beard all the more precious, it must be nurtured, like a bonzai tree...

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It's also bloody easy to maintain. It is a bit of a deferred matter, though - as when one does get around to trimming it, he really ought to do a neat job of it. I think it'll be at least another week or so before I get around to trimming mine...and I forget when I last did it. The thing is....while it's very comfortable, there is a point at which it is /too/ long...but oh so soft and fluffy. Still, I won't be like Jon "maddog" Hall.

Also, newf is just jealous.

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posted April 18, 2006 19:48                         

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Originally posted by Thorned0Fortress:
For real ,tho, it's tight.

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The somewhat linguistically curious person in me wishes to know, "What exactly does that mean, anyway?!"

(A healthy guess is present, but it just seems like a quirky way to describe this. )

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posted April 18, 2006 20:46                         

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Originally posted by TMBWITW,PB:
I think dman just has the same curiosity that I do, where did that phrase come from. "Tight" used to mean (and in some cases still does) "tight-fisted" aka, cheap. Now for some reason it means "cool". Why?

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Thanks for not addressing me with AIMglish.

Well, if I were to believe some of the e-mail I get in my Inbox, I think I could figure out a different connotation, which might be deemed to be good. Think of a recent thread that went way down the TMI path.

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posted April 18, 2006 22:20                      

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Originally posted by TMBWITW,PB:
"Tight" used to mean (and in some cases still does) "tight-fisted" aka, cheap. Now for some reason it means "cool". Why?

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This could be totally off the mark, but once one of the hairdressers at work braided my hair in boxbraids, and I walked by a guy on the street, and he said "damn, those braids is TIGHT!!!" and I had no idea what to say. Later I told the hairdresser, and she said "Oh, that's a compliment! There's nothing worse than loose braids!"

Or this could have nothing to do with anything at all!