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Life On the Wee Woo Box
- Thread starter bentheduck
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- Pre-shave: Warm shower and apricot scrub
- Razor: Schick Eversharp G-8
- Blade: Schick B-20, new
- Brush: The Prometheus Handcrafts Cloud one that I have
- Soap: CBL Grassroots Lavender
- Aftershave: Thayer's Original, Sebum Purple
- Music: Better Off - Reap What You Sow
Alright, enough of the somber stuff. It's Wild Wednesday, so I grabbed my remaining jectah. I wanted to use this combination earlier in the week, but the theme didn't really allow it. These blades came in from Japan and were relatively highly regarded. Grassroots Lavender also came in and I needed to try it out. First off, the scent is quite subtle to my nose. It's very pleasant, but light. As the notes suggest, it's not a straightforward lavender scent. That's all I got for you on the scent. The performance on these blades was garbage. I even flipped it to see if I had it in upside down, no improvement. Swing and a miss! I'll give another couple of the pack a go for scientific reasons, but I'm not hopeful. I grabbed the tech to do a clean up pass. DFS-. Sebum is a bit of a gimmicky product to me, but my face feels nice and it kinda matches Grassroots Lavender.
No picture, I'm lazy today.
Well, I'm aggravated because I was called out to an accident and dispatch proceeded to not answer my requests for further information for the duration of the response. We found out that the accident was in another city...from the department that showed up with us...in their city. This is going to be a nasty email from me. Anyway. I hope everybody has a more pleasant day than I am. Have a great day, Cadre.
7 vehicles responded in total. That is better than none, but that had our only engine responding to where they weren't needed, wasting resources.
I don't even drive anymore!
You can blame my partner. He complains when I don't let him drive.
Dude...take it easy on the dispatch...they make less than even you do! 
By the way...is today's music selection wishful thinking on that cop you got a ticket from?
By the way...is today's music selection wishful thinking on that cop you got a ticket from?
Purely coincidenceBy the way...is today's music selection wishful thinking on that cop you got a ticket from?
- Pre-shave: Warm shower and apricot scrub
- Razor: Gillette Red Tip, C1
- Blade: Treet Silver (1)
- Brush: Rubberset N139, 22mm synthetic badger looking thing
- Soap: Stone Cottage Vanilla and Vetiver
- Aftershave: Thayer's Original, Florida Water
- Music: From First To Last randomly released singles
It's Vintage Day so I grabbed my trusty Red Tip because my Slim is at work. I could've grabbed a couple of straights, but I'm just trying to have an easy shave today. The cream is a PIF from @MilkCrate. Thanks again, Tim. My first impression off the tub was that it reminded me of a nursing home, which is what I told Tim. I think it's the vanilla that gave me that impression. I enjoy the scent off the tub, but it smells like a nursing home to me for some reason. But boy did it open up when I loaded up. The vetiver really came out and showed its dirty face and I loved it. The combination of clean and dirty felt a little more dynamic and complex than I expected. That'll show me! The performance was top notch, too. This is easily the best cream I've used to date, although it's only the third one. I finished up DFS+ and threw on some Florida Water. I'm very happy with this shave.
From First To Last is kinda back. I actually forgot about their last two singles until yesterday at work. You know the singer better by his other stage name of Skrillex. Sonny was in the band and left to do electronic music and give his voice a rest. They haven't released anything since, but I can only assume that they have to keep things secretive due to label stuff. Pardon the expletives. You can hear the refinement in production and that is likely due to experience gathered over the years from the bands members and Sonny.
I'm off to upload the video. Thanks for reading and watching, Cadre. I hope you're all ready for the weekend, and I'm sure you are.
That's what I said! And just like that Tim sent it to me. It's a great scent!
It's a great combination. I love it when I accidentally make good decisions!
- Pre-shave: Warm shower and apricot scrub
- Razor: Torrey 4ish/8 and the Cornell that I know nothing about
- Brush: That Darn Rob new boar brush that I'm breaking in
- Soap: Central Texas Soaps Mr. Pepper
- Aftershave: Thayer's Original, Central Texas Soaps Mr. Pepper
- Music: the sound of some haunting show Venessa was watching while I shaved
It's Single Edge Saturday so I figured that I would grab a straight so I could fling it around and give everybody a stroke again.
I grabbed Mr. Pepper because I never use it and I wanted a fun scent today. Never mind that I always get a little reaction every time I use it. This knot is still shedding quite a bit and I don't remember if this happened to the other TDR boar I have. I'm not worried about it. I lathered up and went to work only to find that the edge wasn't even slightly smooth. The first pass missed a lot and it was tuggy. I grabbed the Cornell to start over and finish, with remarkably positive results. I'm sitting at BBS-. When applying the splash I added three drops of WS-23, and I failed to recognize that the splash already had copious amounts of menthol. My face was burning and freezing at the same time and my eyes watered out of confusion.
Pick up a guitar and make some good music.
Back to watching football. Best of luck to your teams. Thanks for reading. Have a good one, Cadre.