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Life On the Wee Woo Box

Sometimes a little change is all that it takes to get a better shave. I don't have experience with soaps that have sheep fat in them...but going from tallow to mutton tallow might be enough of a change to get it in gear.
 
dangerousdon said:
Sometimes a little change is all that it takes to get a better shave. I don't have experience with soaps that have sheep fat in them...but going from tallow to mutton tallow might be enough of a change to get it in gear.
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This might be what I need to get a decent straight shave. I've always had trouble with awful tugging and I feel that my straights likely need to be honed, but a slicker base might be what the doctor ordered.
 
  • Pre-shave: Warm shower and apricot scrub
  • Razor: Gillette Red Tip C1
  • Blade: Polsilver Super Iridium (?????)
  • Brush: That Darn Rob 26mm High mountain badger knot
  • Soap: Stirling Soap Co Hipster
  • Aftershave: Thayer's Original, Stirling Soap Co Hipster
  • Music: New Found Glory - Makes Me Sick
I shaved at 6:20 and I'm just now having time to sit down and type this up. It's been a busy day so far. Station dookies, a stroke, and hanging a damn TV in Chief's office. On to business.

Same metal stuff. Apparently there are rumors that Polsilver Super Iridium will be discontinued, which would be a damn shame. I have never had nothing but incredible shaves with them. I'll have to find a legitimate source for that rumor, so take that with a grain of salt.

I pulled this brush out and smiled because the knot is a damn fine one. I realized that it's not as dense as the Maggard SHD knot, but it's still a dream to use.

I was going to go with the cares l cadre theme, but then I remembered that @Dave in KY was looking forward to reading my take on Hipster. Well wait no longer, Dave. It's very much a masculine scent. It was hard to pick out single scent notes until I applied the splash, which had a noticable leather note, but was otherwise well blended. I had what I thought was a bit of a reaction, but it turned out to be nothing. This is a nice scent with approval from the misses, but it's a little on the weaker side of scent strength for me, so I probably won't be getting a full tub. I still had a damn good shave with no irritation or weepers. No reaction to this splash.

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I think I've already posted stuff about New Found Glory. This album is notably tropically themed kinda; it's fresh and upbeat. I could probably lay out by the pool and drink margaritas in the attic while listening to this and feel at home.

Note the special guest appearance of Rick Sanchez of C-137. He was a gift from a former coworker, and sat on the dash of the ambulance I was assigned to at my last service. I stopped by to say hi a couple of days ago and decided that Rick needed to go home for the first time. How he lasted that long without a supervisor ripping him off is incredible.

Well, I have to watch the garage door repair guys to make sure they don't do something stupid like put a ladder in the bed of their truck to reach the motor...again. Job security, I suppose, but I have a stroke report to write already. I hope everybody is have a great day and week.
 
Thanks Ben the scent description always sounded good to me but I like a stronger scent. I did get the bath bar hipster though. Have a good rest of the day.
 
Dave in KY said:
Thanks Ben the scent description always sounded good to me but I like a stronger scent. I did get the bath bar hipster though. Have a good rest of the day.
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I feel the same way. I can't wait to bust out my glacial coconut lime bath soap. It's getting to be hot enough to require it.
 
They are playing around with a mobile CT rig here. You guys doing that?
 
GearNoir said:
How come the Chief gets a TV?!

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We have a bigger TV in our day room, so no complaints. Lol

NurseDave said:
They are playing around with a mobile CT rig here. You guys doing that?
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I'd love to have that available to me, but it's not financially practical because we have primary and comprehensive stroke centers within 10-20 minutes of me. That's a common thing in Houston.
 
bentheduck said:
I'd love to have that available to me, but it's not financially practical because we have primary and comprehensive stroke centers within 10-20 minutes of me. That's a common thing in Houston.
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That's the funny thing. Here too. I asked if they did a time study of the time for the CT rig to get on scene vs the time just to transport to a PSC or CSC and the county chose to just test it out for real since a hospital got the funding for it. I haven't been involved in county EMS for a few years so I don't know how useful it became.
 
NurseDave said:
That's the funny thing. Here too. I asked if they did a time study of the time for the CT rig to get on scene vs the time just to transport to a PSC or CSC and the county chose to just test it out for real since a hospital got the funding for it. I haven't been involved in county EMS for a few years so I don't know how useful it became.
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I feel like that's a waste of money, but it's not mine, so whatever. It's probably not too useful. A good assessment and situational awareness should result in calling it in the field so the facility is ready and waiting upon arrival.
 
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