The 'Stache

[Walkman]

Anyone participating in Mustache March?

If you are we should post pix at the end of the month for a good laugh. I'm in.

[SarDragon]

I, for one, am a permanent participant. I've had the current iteration since early Nov  1999. The prior iteration went from some time in 1974 until late Oct  1999 (I had it off for a week). For the record, I can grow a decent 'stache in less than three weeks.

[Major Carrales]

I, for one, am a permanent participant. I've had the current iteration since early Nov  1999. The prior iteration went from some time in 1974 until late Oct  1999 (I had it off for a week). For the record, I can grow a decent 'stache in less than three weeks.

I can grow a good 'stache in 5 days.  I sport one from Thanksgiving to Christmas these days.

[indygreg]

No one could wear a 'stache better.

[MSgt Van]

Started mine Sep 23, 1978, the first day I transferred overseas out of tech school. Never had a bare lip since.

Colonel Robin Olds knew how to sport a 'stache...

{count down until this becomes a uniform thread in 5...4...3...2...}

[bosshawk]

I have had mine continously since Fall 1984, when I cut my lip for the ten thousandth time and said "S-----it".

Van: you are right, our uniform Nazis will soon descend on this and start quoting regs, rumors and opinions.

[niferous]

I've never grown one just because I started losing my hair when I was fourteen and I figured facial hair would make me look like some kind of biker. Or the Quaker Oatmeal guy.

[MSgt Van]

Or the Quaker Oatmeal guy.

You have GOT to post a picture now!!

[EMT-83]

Then there's the time a group of cadets were being instructed on grooming standards...

One cadet asked if moustaches were allowed. The cadet in charge responded, "Don't worry about it. No one has worn a moustache since the 1970s."

I had just walked in and responded, "Cadet, I've worn this moustache since the 1970s". A few minutes of laughter before the class could proceed.

[Jerry Jacobs]

I'm going on 2 days of trying to grow a mustache, not very impressive at all but I'm doing this mainly for laughs

[SarDragon]

Oh, you gotta give it at least a week, especially if your hair is light. (Medium brown constitutes light)

[Dad2-4]

I've had my current one since......I don't remember, but it was sometime around '95. I shaved it off then immediately started regrowing it. I'll try to get a current pic loaded.

[Shotgun]

I'm in!

I'll probably shave it at the end of the month.

I'm going for the 1920's pencil thin version!

[BradM]

This was my mustache on October 29, 2010 at my work. I work at a retirement home and I participate a lot in the activity programs to relieve the monotony of accounting.

I dressed as a WWII fighter pilot in the 8th Air Force flying P-51Ds escorting B-17s. Also, a pilot who used to be in the Eagle Squadron.



And this last Presidents Day I dressed as President and General Ulysses S. Grant (but with a goatee instead of a full beard). Next year for Presidents Day I'll try a full beard. I never grew one of them before so I dont know how think the sides will grow in. :{D=

[Walkman]

Great photos, Brad!

My wife's not crazy about the idea, she thinks I'm going to look like a 70's sleazeball. It's coming in pretty well, so far, tho'.

[James Shaw]

My contribution for the Stache

[BradM]

My contribution for the Stache

One of the reasons I grew back my goatee was because of the verticle guidelines for the mustache of the Air Force to be at the corners of the mouth. I like the Navy's regs better allowing the mustache to extend a 1/4 inch past the verticle lines of the mouth. Your left photo is a Navy mustache and your right photo the Air Force mustache :{D=

[BradM]

Great photos, Brad!

My wife's not crazy about the idea, she thinks I'm going to look like a 70's sleazeball. It's coming in pretty well, so far, tho'.

Thank you Kristian (Walkman)!

[SarDragon]

My contribution for the Stache

One of the reasons I grew back my goatee was because of the verticles guidlines for the mustache of the Air Force to be at the corners of the mouth. I like the Navy's regs better allowing the mustache to extend a 1/4 inch past the verticles lines of the mouth. Your left photo is a Navy mustache and your right photo the Air Force mustache :{D=

Bizactly! I had some "issues" when WIWOAD in an overseas squadron at an Air Base. My "Navy" 'stache was wider than the AF/CAP spec.

[BradM]

What does WIWOAD mean?