No Shave November

17 Nov No Shave November

If there’s one thing that comes to mind in November, it’s overgrown facial hair.

If you’ve checked your Facebook (or whatever social network you choose to inhabit) this month, you’ve probably encountered some degree of conversation regarding winter beards or cleverly-titled, beard-related November posts. Beardvember, Novembeard, there seem to be a million reasons for not touching a razor for thirty days. We at Fluid MotorUnion like to keep our fingers on the pulse of society, so we’ve chosen to take part in No Shave November.

No Shave November is very similar to an idea like Novembeard, except NSN only involves a lack of shaving (and, in our case, haircuts). With Novembeard, you have to be clean-shaven at the first of the month, and see exactly how much (or how little) beard you can grow in a month. For No Shave November, you can start with a beard if you so choose. It’s basically an excuse not to shave, which saves some time in the morning, allowing us all to sleep in just that little bit extra. OJ was interested in documenting Fluid’s No Shave November progress, so without further ado, here are some pictures of our staff in various lengths of beard.

We’ll start with OJ. He’s iffy on the mustache, but rules are rules:

Keller, being an industrial-strength killjoy, decided to shave about a week ago. We’ve demanded he rejoin NSN, and he has, but he’s definitely out of contention for “Best Beard” this year:

Zach’s is probably the best-kept beard out of everybody’s, leading us to believe that he’s cheating:

Eastway wouldn’t stop moving for a picture, despite massive amounts of peer pressure. He eventually caved, under the condition that he strike a super creepy pose. So, here he is, ready to murder you with an axe:

Mike Marzano doesn’t believe in NSN, and he claims that he will be shaving soon, but we have our doubts:

And, last but not least, the man whose beard defines Fluid MotorUnion, Craig. He may or may not be part bear:

Several members of Fluid are refusing to take part in No Shave November for various reasons. Tom claims he “didn’t know” that November is the month for outlandish beards. AJ…well, we’re not exactly too sure why he’s not growing his out, same goes for Luci and Julio. Andrew’s other job requires that he be clean-shaven, which is total bunk, if you ask him. Either way, it should be interesting to see how this month turns out. Perhaps we’ll have some show-quality beards ready for a December post.

In shop news, we’ve got vehicles lined up outside for maintenance, and fabrication is still working on some older projects (M45, X5) and some new ones we haven’t brought up. Keep your eyes posted, folks. No more beard pictures this month, promise.