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From: "McLauchlan, Kevin":
> When (if) I get around to LinkedIn, I'll shave off the grey-and-white
> beard (that annoys my wife - she doesn't want to admit she's married
> to an "Olde Guye"). The hair on top is still both plentiful and brown,
> so I look older than 35 (lots), but younger than 60 (some)... :-)
>
> For an age-sensitive video-Skype, I might consider strong backlighting... ;->
Once, just before starting a short contract, I copped a stick in the face playing hockey. There was a large, messy, Y-shaped scar on the chin and because of the stitches and swelling I hadn't been able to shave for about a week. So my new colleagues must have wondered what happened to that average-looking guy from the job interview. Otherwise I had that usual first-day, good impression look, but the face looked like it had come straight from a rough night sleeping under a bridge.
Then there was the time I was stung on the eyebrow by a bee, just before a week-long road trip to visit colleagues in another city...
Stuart
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