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Old 06-05-2014, 01:55   #18
Aussie Irene
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Re: Beards & Barbers?

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Originally Posted by taddy View Post
I once had a male nurse, Waring, I think he was called, come up to my bed in Accy Victoria in 1968; on his trolley was a bowl of soapy water, a towel and a cutthroat razor.

"As you are due to have an operation today Mr -------- I have to shave you below the waist", he informed me.

With a cutthroat ? I almost screamed, please be careful, I've only been married a few months. forty six years and three children later, I'm glad to say that everything turned out alright, (Phew) but I was more than a little worried at the time.
That must have been one of his other jobs Taddy. His main job was putting and removing plaster on broken limbs. Did he have his welibobs and rubber apron on when he operated on you
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