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Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
Nice Shave Chris and glad the AC is hanging in there!!
Once again California wild fires are wreaking havoc. The Idylwild (Cranston) is pretty terrible but it seems to be doing more to scar the mountainside tha people. The Carr fire in Redding has exploded In size and killed 5 people including 2 local firemen. I don’t think it is terribly large but it is very bad. Then you have the fire up by Yosemite. I remember about 30 yrs ago when Yosemite burned, Taking out several historical sites and structures. My best friends dad was on that fire along with SO many others. Our Boy Scout troop went up to help around the fire camp, it was like a small city. The one thing that stuck with me all these years is how Budweiser stopped making beer and put water in cans so the fire crews would have easy access to water. I think they did this one d more during one of the earlier gulf wars.
Alas...the AC unit has failed me. The temps in the house climbed from 82 to 88 all while the AC hummed away. I turned it off and opened every door and window and was able to cool the house to 85 right quick. Now I sit at 82 with no ac. The pool has been more useful now that we’ve got it cooled below 90. I guess I’ll be calling my HVAC guy out to see what gives.
[QUOTE-CBLindsy]The one thing that stuck with me all these years is how Budweiser stopped making beer and put water in cans so the fire crews would have easy access to water. I think they did this one d more during one of the earlier gulf wars.[/QUOTE]They do that every so often, Anheuser-Busch actually schedules this into their yearly production.
Beer companies switch to canned water for Harvey victims
Brewery sends canned water to areas hit by Hurricane Matthew
Anheuser-Busch Halts Beer Production to Provide Water for Texas, Oklahoma Storm Victims
Beer companies switch to canned water for Harvey victims
Brewery sends canned water to areas hit by Hurricane Matthew
Anheuser-Busch Halts Beer Production to Provide Water for Texas, Oklahoma Storm Victims
I feel your pain with the A/C issues hopefully yours is an inexpensive fix!
Thursday 8/2/18
Straight Shave #800
WD 24mm Silvertip
CBL Vetiver
"challenger" razor
Fine Fresh Vetiver
Encre Noire
It's been a little while since I posted here, thought I should document my 800th straight razor shave and share my thoughts.
The first thought, the one that was rolling around in my brain as I sat there on my throne contemplating the day ahead...800 is lot of days. I committed to learning to use the straight razor New Years 2015 so I have had more than 1200 opportunities to shave during this time period and have either not shaven or shaved with something other than a SR at least 400 of those days. That made me think, did I really use a DE or SE that often over the last 3 and a half years? I can't help but think my count got messed up somewhere along the line.
The second thought I had was how long 3 and a half years really is. Any time you keep count of a daily activity you are rewarded with knowledge of how many days have elapsed. Since I am feeling old now, I have a little sadness that those days are gone. ...Then I hopped in the shower and all was good.
The shave could have honestly been better. I didn't select any special razor but I now know I should have, the Challenger was not playing nice. I achieved a fine shave but the blade stuttered and stalled unless I made a slight slicing motion as I pulled the blade through the stroke. I was using a CBL soap I made special last night, a wonderful, almost nutty, Vetiver with a little bit of chill baked in. I love Vetiver but it can come in a pretty wide variety. I have tried in the past to make a vetiver scent only to smell more plastic than vetiver. I have smelled a number of potential scent oils and one or two EO's but none have given me the smokey/nutty scent i was searching for.
Needless to say, I finished off with all the wonderful Vetiverness I could round up.
*I made a silent bob film of my shave but am on the fence about posting it. I would have to narrate it for it to be of any real value anyway.
Straight Shave #800
WD 24mm Silvertip
CBL Vetiver
"challenger" razor
Fine Fresh Vetiver
Encre Noire
It's been a little while since I posted here, thought I should document my 800th straight razor shave and share my thoughts.
The first thought, the one that was rolling around in my brain as I sat there on my throne contemplating the day ahead...800 is lot of days. I committed to learning to use the straight razor New Years 2015 so I have had more than 1200 opportunities to shave during this time period and have either not shaven or shaved with something other than a SR at least 400 of those days. That made me think, did I really use a DE or SE that often over the last 3 and a half years? I can't help but think my count got messed up somewhere along the line.
The second thought I had was how long 3 and a half years really is. Any time you keep count of a daily activity you are rewarded with knowledge of how many days have elapsed. Since I am feeling old now, I have a little sadness that those days are gone. ...Then I hopped in the shower and all was good.
The shave could have honestly been better. I didn't select any special razor but I now know I should have, the Challenger was not playing nice. I achieved a fine shave but the blade stuttered and stalled unless I made a slight slicing motion as I pulled the blade through the stroke. I was using a CBL soap I made special last night, a wonderful, almost nutty, Vetiver with a little bit of chill baked in. I love Vetiver but it can come in a pretty wide variety. I have tried in the past to make a vetiver scent only to smell more plastic than vetiver. I have smelled a number of potential scent oils and one or two EO's but none have given me the smokey/nutty scent i was searching for.
Needless to say, I finished off with all the wonderful Vetiverness I could round up.
*I made a silent bob film of my shave but am on the fence about posting it. I would have to narrate it for it to be of any real value anyway.
I was wondering if you guys were working on notifications! It seems that in my journal I was summoned. I didn't receive a notification, but it was hyperlinked to my profile.
By the way...if I can make a video of ritualistic blood letting...then I think it only stands to reason that people viewing a real shave would be interesting to watch..
Post away Silent Bob!
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
Yeah, I saw Chris' post and tried it in your Journal. Wondered if it did anything as it didn't turn red like a hyperlink that I could see.
Congrats on 800 Chris and bring on Silent Bob
Tuesday 8/7/18
Straight Shave 804
Had a pretty wonderful shave this morning. Used the Rubberset 400 to lather up my CBL Russian Tea version 1 (man that stuff is STILL strong) and shaved withe Berta. Berta is the first gold dollar modification i ever made, I call her Berta or the teacher (from the barber of Seville) because I learned a lot making her AND while shaving with her. The blade was touched up on the balsa strop before hitting the leather and the edge was wicked.
I failed to shave Sunday because I made the fatal error of agreeing to HELP my wife move a few things she couldn't move so she could do the rest. 10 hours later the two sheds containing a lifetime of crap (seriously, mouse crap from here to the moon) had been moved, clean and set up for a pending yard sale. I spent time int he 158 degree atic getting something that was under EVERY LAST THING we ever put up there...my fat started to melt out my eyeballs it was so hot. My wife will spend the rest of this week cleaning all the hiding spots out and putting stuff out for the yard sale. We will have a 3 day yard sale where i will attempt to sell my crap to some unsuspecting sap for the princely sum of $1 only to be countered with "will ya take fity cent?". I will respond with "no". They will look at it, roll it around in their hand, breath a few heavy breaths and roll their eyes before agreeing to pay $1 then hand me a $100 bill and expect change. I tell them I charge $3 to break a hundred...my wife will slap me and send me to my room to find change. Meanwhile the guys wife will be bagging up every article of clothing we put out and the little curtain climber will find a toy they MUST have. When I return with every bit of spare change i can find they will be gone, having bought all the good stuff for $100. Yeah yard sale.
Straight Shave 804
Had a pretty wonderful shave this morning. Used the Rubberset 400 to lather up my CBL Russian Tea version 1 (man that stuff is STILL strong) and shaved withe Berta. Berta is the first gold dollar modification i ever made, I call her Berta or the teacher (from the barber of Seville) because I learned a lot making her AND while shaving with her. The blade was touched up on the balsa strop before hitting the leather and the edge was wicked.
I failed to shave Sunday because I made the fatal error of agreeing to HELP my wife move a few things she couldn't move so she could do the rest. 10 hours later the two sheds containing a lifetime of crap (seriously, mouse crap from here to the moon) had been moved, clean and set up for a pending yard sale. I spent time int he 158 degree atic getting something that was under EVERY LAST THING we ever put up there...my fat started to melt out my eyeballs it was so hot. My wife will spend the rest of this week cleaning all the hiding spots out and putting stuff out for the yard sale. We will have a 3 day yard sale where i will attempt to sell my crap to some unsuspecting sap for the princely sum of $1 only to be countered with "will ya take fity cent?". I will respond with "no". They will look at it, roll it around in their hand, breath a few heavy breaths and roll their eyes before agreeing to pay $1 then hand me a $100 bill and expect change. I tell them I charge $3 to break a hundred...my wife will slap me and send me to my room to find change. Meanwhile the guys wife will be bagging up every article of clothing we put out and the little curtain climber will find a toy they MUST have. When I return with every bit of spare change i can find they will be gone, having bought all the good stuff for $100. Yeah yard sale.
Thats the only ting that keeps me from accepting stupid low offers on some of the cool stuff. I am close with the local rescue mission and another organization that serves families. My wife separates out the kid stuff for the one and the thrift store stuff for the rescue mission.
Side note: I think i mentioned already but if I didn't...I was up in a little nook in the attic that I had my son stuff some baby clothes into. I had to move the stuff to get to the air vent so I brought it down for my wife to go through. It was a 5 foot tall 3 ft round monster bag FULL of all the cool baby clothes our kids had. This stuff is 20 years old and way better than what you find these days. My wife kept everything so clean you'd think they were new. She spent some time going through and reminiscing while I sat in the corner feeling old.