From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 18535 invoked from network); 19 Jan 2021 08:08:35 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 19 Jan 2021 08:08:35 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 970649C641; Tue, 19 Jan 2021 18:08:32 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56914944D4; Tue, 19 Jan 2021 18:07:29 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 63E42944D4; Tue, 19 Jan 2021 18:07:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6371A93FAE for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2021 18:07:24 +1000 (AEST) X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 10J87HPU009802 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 19 Jan 2021 01:07:18 -0700 Received: (from arnold@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id 10J87Gh5009801; Tue, 19 Jan 2021 01:07:16 -0700 From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <202101190807.10J87Gh5009801@freefriends.org> X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to arnold@skeeve.com using -f Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 01:07:16 -0700 To: usotsuki@buric.co, cowan@ccil.org References: <1610922832.12835.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org> In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] Bearded Fellow, Ken Thompson X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Steve Nickolas wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jan 2021, John Cowan wrote: > > > (When I met my future wife I was 21, and she wanted me to grow a beard, so > > I did. Since then I have occasionally asked cow orkers who have complained > > about shaving why *they* don't grow beards: the most common answer is "My > > wife doesn't want me to." *My* wife doesn't believe this story.) > > I actually had to shave for a while specifically because of my > then-girlfriend, so... ;p I can see that. > > -uso. Since we've wondered off-topic... There are two periods of time in the spring and late summer when many Orthodox Jews don't shave (5 and 3 weeks long, respectively). The deal I reached with my wife is that I have a beard from the start of the first one to the end of the second one. It's worked now for just over 30 years... :-) Arnold