[Magdalen] Oh my!

[Jay Weigel]

S/O, being a Marine brat, grew facial hair as his form of rebellion. Still
has it after all these years. I like it.

On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 6:36 PM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com> wrote:

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> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
> >Sent: Jul 4, 2016 5:37 PM
> >To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> >Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Oh my!
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> >I once considered getting one (ONLY ONE) ear pierced  when I was 17 and a
> >couple of other guys I knew had them. This was very radical and unusual in
> >1968. I ultimately decided against fighting that battle with my parents
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> >have never really contemplated it since, nor any other body parts. No
> >tattoos either.
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> >On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 12:58 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> >magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> >> In a message dated 7/4/2016 12:51:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> >> magdalen at herberthouse.org writes:
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> >> eventually get both my ears   pierced>>>>>
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> >> I forgot to mention that I have had as many as three piercings of
> >> my right ear lobe (currently just one filled) for about 35 years.
> >> As I think I have mentioned before on list, my maternal grandmother
> >> had a collection of "solje," or silver ethnic earrings from her
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> >> in Norway.  Since my ex-wife and therefore our daughter thought
> >> the ear-piercing was mutilation (I kept telling her that circumcision
> >> is mutilation, but my son was circumcised anyway) and therefore
> >> did not wear the earrings, I decided to have my ear pierced so that
> >> SOMEONE in the family could wear the collection of solje (silver).
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> >> So there.
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> >> David Strang.
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> >Christopher Hart
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> >List Mail Address: cervus51 at gmail.com
> >Personal Mail: cervus at veritasliberat.net
> >Twitter: @cervus51
> Never was inclined to body piercings but had a minor battle royal with my
> parents in 1972 when I grew my moustache. As I said earlier my parents
> never commented on body piercings--but..My mother had her definite opinions
> about facial hair on priests. Still have the moustache, had a beard for
> about a year. Liked it too much trouble.
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> Joe
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