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This is weird - I've been shaving my head for several months, after deciding I didn't want to put stuff like Rogaine into my body due to the amount of class action litigation over stupid little drugs/pills I get calls about.  Just seemed like risk without enough reward.

I didn't shave my head for a few days because I didn't have any hearings or client meetings.  There's hair growing in my former bald spots. Am I a mutant?  Can I join the X-Men with this happening?  It has to be almost as useful as Cypher from the New Mutants, right?

 
Henry Ford said:
This is weird - I've been shaving my head for several months, after deciding I didn't want to put stuff like Rogaine into my body due to the amount of class action litigation over stupid little drugs/pills I get calls about.  Just seemed like risk without enough reward.

I didn't shave my head for a few days because I didn't have any hearings or client meetings.  There's hair growing in my former bald spots. Am I a mutant?  Can I join the X-Men with this happening?  It has to be almost as useful as Cypher from the New Mutants, right?
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You say that as if there is necessarily a linkage between a class action suit being brought and actual harm being caused.

Congrats on your new hair growth though. I don't have that mutation, apparently.  :(

 
RedmondLonghorn said:
Henry Ford said:
This is weird - I've been shaving my head for several months, after deciding I didn't want to put stuff like Rogaine into my body due to the amount of class action litigation over stupid little drugs/pills I get calls about.  Just seemed like risk without enough reward.

I didn't shave my head for a few days because I didn't have any hearings or client meetings.  There's hair growing in my former bald spots. Am I a mutant?  Can I join the X-Men with this happening?  It has to be almost as useful as Cypher from the New Mutants, right?
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You say that as if there is necessarily a linkage between a class action suit being brought and actual harm being caused.

Congrats on your new hair growth though. I don't have that mutation, apparently.  :(
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or maybe that mutation was stuff like rogaine henry put in his body. :shrug:

 
El Floppo said:
wait... my wife pops these like candy.  need to know more please.
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It's looking pretty likely that the manufacturers hid research indicating side effects of bone fractures and spontaneous renal failure for years while marketing proton pump inhibitors as safe drugs.  When the evidence being filed into the Court came to my firm because we were looking into some of those cases, I stopped using anything unnecessary that was created by a pharmaceutical company immediately.  

 
Henry Ford said:
It's looking pretty likely that the manufacturers hid research indicating side effects of bone fractures and spontaneous renal failure for years while marketing proton pump inhibitors as safe drugs.  When the evidence being filed into the Court came to my firm because we were looking into some of those cases, I stopped using anything unnecessary that was created by a pharmaceutical company immediately.  
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That seems like a good idea in general.

 
Henry Ford said:
It's looking pretty likely that the manufacturers hid research indicating side effects of bone fractures and spontaneous renal failure for years while marketing proton pump inhibitors as safe drugs.  When the evidence being filed into the Court came to my firm because we were looking into some of those cases, I stopped using anything unnecessary that was created by a pharmaceutical company immediately.  
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Things like this remind me why I try to not take any medication whatsoever.  I feel fortunate so far in life that I only have 1 prescription and I have to have that one.

 
Of course, if it all grows back in, I'll be throwing that out the window.  Better to be slow and be able to do my Fabio "I can't believe it's not butter... spray" impression more effectively.

 
RedmondLonghorn said:
My hairline started receding at 19. By the time I was in my early thirties, I had a sad little tuft of hair in front. Deciding to just shave that crap off was one of the better decisions I have ever made.
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I'm like sampson- only time I ever shaved my head was the longest sex-less streak of my life. turns out I might have a cone-head. but it's falling out like mad- the wife keeps wanting me style my hair like this actor or that musician... there's just nothing left to work with in the front. but I'm holding onto what little I've got until the bitter end before shaving. I might be married, but I still want sex every now and then.

 
El Floppo said:
I'm like sampson- only time I ever shaved my head was the longest sex-less streak of my life. turns out I might have a cone-head. but it's falling out like mad- the wife keeps wanting me style my hair like this actor or that musician... there's just nothing left to work with in the front. but I'm holding onto what little I've got until the bitter end before shaving. I might be married, but I still want sex every now and then.
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You sporting the Matt Lauer yet?

 
El Floppo said:
I'm like sampson- only time I ever shaved my head was the longest sex-less streak of my life. turns out I might have a cone-head. but it's falling out like mad- the wife keeps wanting me style my hair like this actor or that musician... there's just nothing left to work with in the front. but I'm holding onto what little I've got until the bitter end before shaving. I might be married, but I still want sex every now and then.
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Other people's wives like bald guys.  It'll drive your wife insane with jealousy every time a woman asks to rub your head.

 
El Floppo said:
maybe. #### you. 

eta: too mean? 
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Not at all.  I started losing mine in my early 20s (yay MPB genes).  Next phase was the comb forward until late 20s, and shaved after that.  I actually like it quite a bit.  My wife says I have a nice melon (not cantaloupe).  I don't shave all the way down, just whatever the Wahl without any attachment does.  Fight the good fight.

 
I do, however, have achieved zero sum loss. what I am losing in front appears to be growing bountifully in my nose and ears. thinking about just braiding the two together into furley-chops.

 
when i was diagnosed with The Gout 5-6 years ago, I was really upset/pissed off that I was looking at taking a daily medication.  Uloric.  not only was it expensive, i really really didn't want to be on medication.  it also made me feel as if this was the beginning of the end, death's first whisper that i couldn't ignore.  i did everything in my power to control The Gout without drugs.  this lead me on a horrible, booze free, vegetarian, raw food miserable existence for about a year.  none of that crap worked. :(    ####, i felt as if i was doomed to be on meds for the rest of my life. :(   the whisper became louder.  time to shut it down, no more booze, no more food that tastes good, may as well pack it in...F that. 

my doctor was pretty cool and willing to work with me as i self medicated the amount of uloric i was taking, with the goal of finding the absolute minimum dose that would still be effective.  the pharmacist wouldn't let me take take the first script that said 'break apart and take 1/3 of 1 tablet' without a serious consultation and a call to my dr.  fast forward a year or so and i was only taking 1/5 of a pill, once or twice a week.  i finally just quit taking it.  i had maintained a healthier diet and had more less given up hard alcohol so i wanted to see what would happen.  3-4 years later i am Gout free and no daily meds!

biggest lifestyle changes were:  better diet, very little sugar, very little hard alcohol, much less drinking in general and possibly most important, way, way less stress.

tl;dr  i'm a bit more boring now, but i beat The Gout. f all meds if possible.

 
i have used the wall at #1 for 15 years or so.  still have hair, hate maintaining it.  i've always had the irish hair line, aka, appears to be receding at 5 years old

 
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Henry Ford said:
It's looking pretty likely that the manufacturers hid research indicating side effects of bone fractures and spontaneous renal failure for years while marketing proton pump inhibitors as safe drugs.  When the evidence being filed into the Court came to my firm because we were looking into some of those cases, I stopped using anything unnecessary that was created by a pharmaceutical company immediately.  
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This is why I only use illegal drugs.

 
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RedmondLonghorn said:
Henry Ford said:
It's looking pretty likely that the manufacturers hid research indicating side effects of bone fractures and spontaneous renal failure for years while marketing proton pump inhibitors as safe drugs.  When the evidence being filed into the Court came to my firm because we were looking into some of those cases, I stopped using anything unnecessary that was created by a pharmaceutical company immediately.  
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That seems like a good idea in general.
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Wish I could, but I need daily drugs for psoriatic arthritis. Makes a world of difference in my day to day but worried about long term effects. :kicksrock:

 
Hairchat?!!  *gasp*

kevzilla said:
I haven't had a haircut in seven weeks. Got a full Kiper going here. :bowtie:
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7 weeks?  Pffft....I'd have that in four, five, tops.

I'm underemployed, feel like a clenched fist 8 out of 10 days, and want to strike people more than is probably healthy for one person, but gaddammit I'm still rockin' some pretty sweet locks.

Sorta wish the beard was as studly, but that #### is bleaching closer and closer to white every, single, second anyway. 

/load "beardchat",8,1

/run

 
There's a forum for the place I'm going to in Mexico where folks can ask questions to those that have been there before to better get a lay of the land.

Anyway, someone asked how much a pack of cigarettes costs at the resort gift shop. They are like $10/pack, as I ran out one visit and paid cash. Since, I don't even bother taking them from home, as you can get them in the duty-free shop at the Cancun airport for $25-30 per carton.

(sidenote: do NOT attempt to take more than 10 packs through customs, as they'll charge you a $9/pack tax; found that out the hard way)

One person chimed in and said she got them at the resort gift shop for $4.50/pack by using her credit card. She said that, if you use a CC (as opposed to cash), then some kind of "international pricing" kicks in and the pricing is "more honest". That sounds odd to me and I was wondering if she was full of it. 

Anyone here know what the hell she's talking about?

 
Uruk-Hai said:
There's a forum for the place I'm going to in Mexico where folks can ask questions to those that have been there before to better get a lay of the land.

Anyway, someone asked how much a pack of cigarettes costs at the resort gift shop. They are like $10/pack, as I ran out one visit and paid cash. Since, I don't even bother taking them from home, as you can get them in the duty-free shop at the Cancun airport for $25-30 per carton.

(sidenote: do NOT attempt to take more than 10 packs through customs, as they'll charge you a $9/pack tax; found that out the hard way)

One person chimed in and said she got them at the resort gift shop for $4.50/pack by using her credit card. She said that, if you use a CC (as opposed to cash), then some kind of "international pricing" kicks in and the pricing is "more honest". That sounds odd to me and I was wondering if she was full of it. 

Anyone here know what the hell she's talking about?
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i have heard that your cc company will get you the best exchange rate possible.  or at least better than some money exchange banks.  maybe that's what she's referring to?

 
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