As a certifiable curmudegeon, I entirely missed the whole beard chatter without reading a single message. Not that I count as a lutenist, but I am bearded, sometimes fully but usually narrowly and centrally situated. I also often smell more conspicuously of fish than real lutenists. <http://snr.osu.edu/fac_staff/[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
----- Original Message ----- From: Stewart McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, December 17, 2004 6:49 pm Subject: Beards - conclusion > Dear All, > > The beard thread has run its course, so it is now appropriate to > draw a conclusion. > > It has not been easy to calculate an accurate percentage of bearded > lute-netters, because some people, like Ron Fletcher and Jon Murphy, > have beards only for some of the time. One has to draw a line > somewhere, so I count them both as bearded, along with Stephan > Olbertz (who shaves only once a fortnight), but I don't include Bill > Kilpatrick (stubbly most mornings). I assume from Al Padilla's > cryptic joke that he is bearded. I include Arto Wikla, but only by a > whisker. > > Bearded > > Stewart McCoy (Just for the record, I have a beard) > Leonard Williams (Beard here) > Bob Purrenhage (I, too, have a beard) > Roman Turovsky (And so do I) > Stephan Olbertz (If shaving only every two weeks counts) > Thomas Schall (moustache and a certain laziness) > Ron Fletcher (April to September only) > Jon Murphy (bearded sometimes, and sometimes not) > Al Padilla (I feel your pain) > Gary Digman (then they levied one on me) > Arto Wikla (perhaps called "mosca") > Doctor Oakroot (I have no idea how to shave) > Daniel Heiman (Beard firmly in place) > > Clean-shaven > > Edward Martin (I do not have one) > Bill Kilpatrick (stubbly most mornings) > Donatella Galetti (I don't have a beard) > Carl Donsbach (I wore a beard for a while) > > Didn't say > > Rainer aus dem Spring (how many female list members have a beard?) > Paolo Declich (I can testify it) > Stuart LeBlanc (resulting in the reduction of lute-related markets) > > That means that of the 17 people who have stated whether or not they > are bearded, 13 are bearded, and only four clean shaven. That's a > pretty high percentage of bearded lutenists. > > Best wishes, > > Stewart McCoy. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
