Robert, You are the man! Most impeccible, if my slavish self says so.

Beards. Let's see I think I was last with out mine, the summer of 1980 for a bit. Thought it might be to hot sailing the Arabian (Persian) Gulf. The other time it went off was for a week or there abouts during a time when a certain TV show was popular. When my dear mother so me without the beard, she said, "Hi, Meathead!" (My hair was a little longer back then.)