[MrT]

Well, here is the before (March, 2004) and the after (late Dec, 2004). I had a haircut sometime after the March shot, then let it grow for the next quite a few months. (Hair blowing in the wind in the Spider.... And hair on top of my head, too.) Then I broke my glasses. Then I got new ones and the same day visited the beauty shop where my curls were cropped, top and bottom, and I arrived home without warning. When I knocked on the door (oh clever me) my adopted daughter of 5 yrs, having never seen me beardless, went off to get someone in authority, as there was some strange man on the porch. Little did she dream.....

Of course, it having been 23 yrs since I was shaven, none of my kids knew what I looked like. I had a blast. But my wife was spared; not feeling quite well, she was sacked out when I arrived home and I gave her a good audio cue that it was me, wonderful me, who had arrived home. She looked up and dropped her jaw smack into the pillow. You see, she has only known me beardless for a few months of the 27 yrs we've been married. But she still tolerates me, and occasionally even smiles.

Alex....don't tell. The rest of the local Alfa club doesn't know, either.