"tert in seattle" > wrote in message
...
> Bruce wrote:
>> On Thu, 8 Oct 2015 20:17:10 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
> wrote:
>>
>>>notbob wrote:
>>>> On 2015-10-08, Embudo > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Soon to return - the van dyke...
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps not. Turns out the beard fell out of fashion in the early
>>>> 20th century due to the discovery that tuberculosis was passed by
>>>> coughing and that the infectuous sputum might rest on one's own
>>>> whiskers. We are now seeing multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis
>>>> (MDR-TB), so the beard may go the way of the slide rule, once more.
>>>>
>>>> I've worn a van dyke for years, but only cuz my fuller beard looks
>>>> terrible. I let it grow out a bit in Winter to keep my face warm.
>>>>
>>>> nb
>>>
>>>I'm going to let mine grow and grow until Xmas, then I'm going to shave
>>>it all off.
>>
>> Without this newsgroup we wouldn't have known this.
>
> you might also be interested to know that I got a new high score on
> paplinko today

lol I had to look that one up))


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