Tom, that was a very good post. So many great bits of information!

The kinkiness in many of our beards has quite an effect on the length. I've read the beard grows more in the summer, so that could also account for the spurt.

I particularly liked your description of daily life with an increasingly long beard and the rather "Fabio" twist you put at the end.

As always, you're quite an inspiration!

~ Full beard since 1977