den wrote:
They hurt when you run into them at 120mph.

Now you know what the beard is for!
I had a "friend" shave off my beard while I was sleeping, and a
bug on the cheek darned near put me down! and that was only at 100 or
so.


From skydiving. You are chasing them down and outrunning them. Do that
for 10,000' on unprotected skin and you will know what pins and needles
feel like.