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jmcquown[_2_]

On 1/8/2019 6:06 PM, tert in seattle wrote:
> writes:
>> On 1/8/2019 4:10 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "Bruce"A wrote in message
>>> news >>>
>>> On Mon, 7 Jan 2019 17:28:40 -0500, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 1/7/2019 2:46 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>> On Monday, January 7, 2019 at 2:03:05 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Obviously you don't shave. LOL
>>>>>
>>>>> My husband shaves in the shower.A It's not for everybody, but it works
>>>>> for him.A He holds a plastic mirror in one hand while he shaves around
>>>>> his beard.A Been doing it that way for at least 33 years.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>>
>>>> Maybe you should get one of those hanging shower mirrors for him.
>>>>
>>>> When I had to shave my legs I shaved in the shower.A Or I used an
>>>> electric razor (obviously not near water!).A I'm fair haired and as I've
>>>> gotten older I've found I don't have hair on my legs anymore.A I do
>>>> still have to shave my oxters but I do that in the shower.
>>>
>>>
>>> Definition of oxter
>>>
>>> 1 chiefly Scotland and Ireland : armpit
>>> <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oxter>
>>> ==
>>>
>>> Ya got it ;p
>>>
>>>
>> LOL I once won tickets to a comedy club by calling in to a radio show
>> and answering the question "What is an oxter?". The DJ exclaimed, "Wow!
>> I didn't think anyone would get that!" He put me on hold then
>> immediately came back and asked if I'm in the medical field. I laughed
>> and said no, my grandmother was Scottish.
>>
>> Jill
>
> the medical term is axilla
>
I don't know why he asked me about medical whatever. All I knew was my
grandmother referred to armpits as oxters.

Jill