Hate to revive this old thread but just wanted to respond by saying that I enjoy checking this fourm everyday. I've loved beards all my life, guessing it started with my dad having one when I was young. Then I grew up watching Grizzly Adams on tv and loved his beard and the mountain man life.Just because a lot of us like to be a regular on this fourm doesn't mean we have no life, it just means we love beards and reading and keeping up with other people's progress because I know for a fact if not for the support of all these fine gentlemen on the great forum that I would have just given up on my beard already. I know that I'm still a newbie on this board but I totally support it and am thankful for all the long time beard masters that take the time out of their day to give us advice and encouragement.