From nweise@u.washington.edu Fri Oct 4 12:39:33 2002 Received: from mailscan2.cac.washington.edu (mailscan2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.16]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.09) with SMTP id g94Jd7FD095362 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 12:39:08 -0700 Received: FROM mxu1.u.washington.edu BY mailscan2.cac.washington.edu ; Fri Oct 04 12:39:06 2002 -0700 Received: from mxout3.cac.washington.edu (mxout3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.19]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.09) with ESMTP id g94Jd6dY015515 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 12:39:06 -0700 Received: from mailscan-out2.cac.washington.edu (mailscan-out2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.17]) by mxout3.cac.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.09) with SMTP id g94Jd67J007438 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 12:39:06 -0700 Received: FROM hymn07.u.washington.edu BY mailscan-out2.cac.washington.edu ; Fri Oct 04 12:39:04 2002 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hymn07.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.08) with ESMTP id g94Jd4YR009812; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 12:39:04 -0700 Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 12:39:04 -0700 (PDT) From: "Nicholas A. Weise" To: aschmid@u.washington.edu cc: Anton Jackson , Subject: Re: the big question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII hey, i cant blame them, wishfull thinking isnt a crime... Nick On Fri, 4 Oct 2002 aschmid@u.washington.edu wrote: > Ok, I'm getting a bit too much information about Tye and Anton's fantasy life. Satin sheets?! Ten women plucking out your leg hair?! You guys are crazy! > Amy > > > On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Anton Jackson wrote: > > > nothing beats that feeling of sliding into those jeans or lined wool slacks > > with freshly shorn legs. or my satin sheets, for that matter. > > > > > From: Ania Mitros > > > Reply-To: ania@cs.washington.edu > > > Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 10:21:19 -0700 (PDT) > > > To: uwracing@u.washington.edu > > > Subject: Re: the big question > > > > > > You can also ride a bicycle with hairy legs. I've seen it done. > > > Somehow, the bike moves forward anyway. > > > > > > The arguments I can think of for shaving are: > > > * If you crash, the road burn isn't as bad. Hair likes to grip the > > > asphalt, so as you're sliding you rip off more skin if you're fuzzy. > > > * After you crash, it's less painful to change bandages if you've > > > shaved. > > > * It's fashionable. All the guys do it. Plus shaved muscular legs > > > ARE cuter than fuzzy ones. > > > * Air resistance. Swimmers will shave their entire bodes before > > > races, too. Talk to someone who does fluid mechanics about whether > > > it really makes a difference. > > > * Weight. If you just spent $200 to shave half an ounce off your bike, > > > you might as well shave half an ounce off yourself. > > > * The economy isn't doing so well. We should support BIC. > > > > > > Do you guys have any others? > > > > > > Ania > > > > > > P.S. If you do shave, consider using a woman's razor. The main > > > difference (other than the pastel color) is the angle of the blade. Men's > > > razors are meant to be held almost perpendicularily to the face, whereas > > > women's razors are meant to be held almost parallel to the leg. So for > > > shaving legs, women's razors are more convenient. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > .