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[GearNoir]

Break down the Doc Savage adventures for us!

That Rosetta Stone deal is crazy! Do it!

 

[fhalden]

Break down the Doc Savage adventures for us!

That Rosetta Stone deal is crazy! Do it!

Doc Savage was the hero of a monthly pulp fiction magazine that ran from 1933-1949. He was a major influence on the comic book heroes of the late 30s, like Superman and Batman. He had no "superpowers," per se, but was raised by his father to be a superior human being dedicated to adventure and using his strength and genius to right wrongs and bring evildoers to justice. He had superior hearing, immense strength, superior vision, and was the world's foremost expert on pretty much everything, including chemistry, mechanical and electrical engineering. He spoke many languages. He was peculiar looking, as his skin was bronze and his eyes shone metallic gold. He had five cohorts, all experts in fields like law, geology, chemistry, electricity, and mechanical engineering. Each fellows expertise was exceeded only by Doc. Each book follows a broadly uniform formula. Some criminal mastermind is menacing New York City, but under pressure from Doc's pursuit, they flee to some exotic locale. Doc and his men give pursuit (in a special airplane that can go a then amazing 200mph!) and Doc escapes various traps and eventually brings the arch-villain to his just deserts. This is usually death. Pulp fiction did not shy away from violent death. A dime bought a book length story full of violence. They sold like hot cakes for years. Most of the books were written by a man named Lester Dent, writing under the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson. The guy wrote a book a month for 16 years, at $750 a book - no small sum in depression-era 1930s America. All in all, there were 191 adventures published. Bantam Books reprinted all of them in paperback book form from the mid-60s to 1991. In 1975 there was a movie, and apparently another movie is in the works, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in the title role. It's not great literature, perhaps not even very good literature, but I enjoy them because they are riveting stories filled with such futuristic ideas like television, answering machines, and other visionary technology. No computing devices though. Predicting those would've have been an amazing feat of foresight. @Galaktus very kindly sent me a DVD with all the books in PDF format, which is a tricky format for book reading, but I have a collection of around 40 of the episodes that we're reprinted in the original magazine format, with the original illustrations. I plan on reading them all, like I did with the original Ian Fleming James Bond novels.

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[GearNoir]

Doc Savage was the hero of a monthly pulp fiction magazine that ran from 1933-1949. He was a major influence on the comic book heroes of the late 30s, like Superman and Batman. He had no "superpowers," per se, but was raised by his father to be a superior human being dedicated to adventure and using his strength and genius to right wrongs and bring evildoers to justice. He had superior hearing, immense strength, superior vision, and was the world's foremost expert on pretty much everything, including chemistry, mechanical and electrical engineering. He spoke many languages. He was peculiar looking, as his skin was bronze and his eyes shone metallic gold. He had five cohorts, all experts in fields like law, geology, chemistry, electricity, and mechanical engineering. Each fellows expertise was exceeded only by Doc. Each book follows a broadly uniform formula. Some criminal mastermind is menacing New York City, but under pressure from Doc's pursuit, they flee to some exotic locale. Doc and his men give pursuit (in a special airplane that can go a then amazing 200mph!) and Doc escapes various traps and eventually brings the arch-villain to his just deserts. This is usually death. Pulp fiction did not shy away from violent death. A dime bought a book length story full of violence. They sold like hot cakes for years. Most of the books were written by a man named Lester Dent, writing under the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson. The guy wrote a book a month for 16 years, at $750 a book - no small sum in depression-era 1930s America. All in all, there were 191 adventures published. Bantam Books reprinted all of them in paperback book form from the mid-60s to 1991. In 1975 there was a movie, and apparently another movie is in the works, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in the title role. It's not great literature, perhaps not even very good literature, but I enjoy them because they are riveting stories filled with such futuristic ideas like television, answering machines, and other visionary technology. No computing devices though. Predicting those would've have been an amazing feat of foresight. @Galaktus very kindly sent me a DVD with all the books in PDF format, which is a tricky format for book reading, but I have a collection of around 40 of the episodes that we're reprinted in the original magazine format, with the original illustrations. I plan on reading them all, like I did with the original Ian Fleming James Bond novels.

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Thanks for that! I more meant that you could do it in your video, since you were wondering what to talk about...but this is good too!

 

[fhalden]

Thanks for that! I more meant that you could do it in your video, since you were wondering what to talk about...but this is good too!

Whoops! Actually, I do think that's a good idea of something I can talk about. The plots themselves are pretty crazy-- in the last one I read they battle dinosaurs! Thank you for the advice!

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[Galaktus]

Pro tip: If you use a Kindle or Kindle app, you can email a PDF to your Kindle account, and in the subject line of the email write CONVERT. It will automatically convert from pdf to Kindle ebook format. Thats how I read them. I am pretty sure that other ebook readers have similar features.
If anyone else would like a copy PM me.

 

[fhalden]

Pro tip: If you use a Kindle or Kindle app, you can email a PDF to your Kindle account, and in the subject line of the email write CONVERT. It will automatically convert from pdf to Kindle ebook format. Thats how I read them. I am pretty sure that other ebook readers have similar features.
If anyone else would like a copy PM me.

Wow! I'm definitely going to try that out!

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[MilkCrate]

That’s pretty cool! I remember seeing the movie as a kid.

Just remember on the Kindle stuff, once in the cloud you are at there mercy. But you have the original PDFs, so that’s cool.

 

[fhalden]

That’s pretty cool! I remember seeing the movie as a kid.

Just remember on the Kindle stuff, once in the cloud you are at there mercy. But you have the original PDFs, so that’s cool.

Yep, thanks to @Galaktus , I've got it all on a DVD-R. For an IT guy, I'm a bit of a Luddite. I keep everything on my Google Drive, but if it's at all valuable, I still print out a hard copy. 191 book length stories is a bit much for that, but I've got the disc. I've ripped all my CDs, around 700 of them I've been curating since 1982, to flac and high bit rate mp3, and that's how I consume them, but I'm holding onto the discs. The cloud is great, but I still want my physical copies.

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[fhalden]

Well, to participate in the month's Old School theme today, I broke out the SV Opuntia and an Old Type Gillette. I should've just gone with the soap!

Prep: Hot Shower, Musgo Real Lime Glyce Soap
Razor: Gillette Old Type
Blade: Astra SP
Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Super Badger
Soap: SV Opuntia
Post-shave: Humphreys Maravilla
After-Shave: Stirling Island Man
Talc: Borotalco

I've only used the Old Type a handful of times, and it never fails to irritate me. Today I figured I'd use it so I could post on the Monthly Theme thread, which I want to do more often this month. It's, in my experience, a pretty aggressive animal, with plenty of blade feel. I was focused on applying no pressure and letting the blade simply glide across my face. I was very focused and very careful. To no avail. After my shave, I had redness, and the Island Man splash really burned. I'm DFS, with irritation. Oh well. It'll clear up over the next couple of hours. Old School is going to mean another vintage Gillette, or a vintage AS from now on. The Old Type is going to the back rack! The saving grace was the Opuntia. It's a fantastic soap.

Thanks for reading and have a great shave!

Frank

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[fhalden]

After yesterday's Old Type carnage, I returned to the safe Haven's of the Paradigm Diamondback tonight. It was awesome, as usual, but one spot under my left jaw was still a bit irritated from the Old Type. I may take tomorrow off so things can heal nicely.

Prep: Hot Shower, Musgo Real Lime Glyce Soap, Proraso Green Pre-shave cream
Razor: Paradigm Diamondback
Blade: Astra SP (3)
Brush: WCS Lantern Silvertip Badger
Soap: Razorock Santa Maria del Fiore
Post-shave: Humphreys Maravilla
After-Shave: Aqua Velva Musk
Talc: Borotalco

The word I'd choose to describe Santa Maria del Fiore is "pleasant." It loads nicely and takes a moderate amount of water. I usually do Razorock soaps with the Marco Method, but today I shook the water from the brush and loaded damp. During lathering, two tip dips did the trick and I had plenty of shiny, slick lather. It does not have the residual slickness of many soaps, but it rinses clean and left my face feeling supple. The scent is light, citrusy and clean. It's simply a very good soap. Four passes gave me a BBS face with only a weeper on my lip and some redness as mentioned above. The Maravilla sealed the weeper and left my face toned and ready for the Aqua Velva Musk - my tip of the cap to the Old School for August.

Thanks for reading and have a great shave!

Frank

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[Dave in KY]

DB FTW

 

[GearNoir]

Nice recovery shave Frank!

 

[fhalden]

Thanks guys! In other news, I just got a bottle of Swiss Pitralon from Bullgoose. It's got a medicinal smell, but I like it.

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[Graybeard57]

The cloud is great, but I still want my physical copies.

I want my music discs, too. IMHO, CDs have more depth, more warmth, than a ripped copy. A good friend is a professional musician and an IT guy, and he gladly scrapped all his LPs, tapes, and discs. His music system is impressive, and they sound great, but I'm sticking with my CDs.

 

[Galaktus]

I want my music discs, too. IMHO, CDs have more depth, more warmth, than a ripped copy. A good friend is a professional musician and an IT guy, and he gladly scrapped all his LPs, tapes, and discs. His music system is impressive, and they sound great, but I'm sticking with my CDs.

My wife and I lament how kids today don't know the joy of getting an actual LP album. Using your fingernail to open a slit to get the record out, keeping the cellophane wrapper to protect the cover, seeing photos of the band or artist, and the extra special treat when they put lyrics in too.

 

[NurseDave]

I want my music discs, too. IMHO, CDs have more depth, more warmth, than a ripped copy. A good friend is a professional musician and an IT guy, and he gladly scrapped all his LPs, tapes, and discs. His music system is impressive, and they sound great, but I'm sticking with my CDs.

All depends on what you're listening to it on and what format you have. I used to subscribe to a streaming service that offered a level that provided CD quality streaming "masters" of much of their library. Of course you can't be listening on free ear buds and have that make a difference.

 

[fhalden]

I watched @BarberDave and @Majorrich shave this afternoon. That always gets me excited for my own. It did not disappoint!

Prep: Hot shower, Musgo Real Lime Glyce Soap
Razor: Paradigm Diamondback
Blade: Astra SP (1)
Brush: Simpson Berkeley 46 Best Badger
Soap: Saponificio Verisino Opuntia
Post-shave: Humphreys Maravilla
After-Shave: Swiss Pitralon (first use)
Talc: Borotalco

I went with the Opuntia again today to support this months theme. It's really a terrific soap. The scent is so rich and sophisticated. I really feel like I'm living in the lap of luxury when I use it. And the residual slickness (my definition assumes rewetting) is superb. I guess I should elaborate a little. I consider residual slickness of a soap only after rewetting because while there may be slickness present after a pass, there is a major variable involved that does not involve the soap. That variable is the humidity of the environment. I shave the left side of my face first, and on very dry days, that side of my face is dried out by the time I've finished the other side. On humid days, it can still be damp. Considering the slickness present after a pass, after rewetting my face, provides a standardized facial environment. And there is a definite difference between soaps. MdC, after rewetting, is not as slick as Kaizen or CK-6, or SV Beta 4.3 for that matter. Arko isn't slick at all after rewetting. I'm not in any way criticizing @Spider , I've just got my own rationale for using a rewetted face to consider residual slickness. It's a trivial tragedy of the wetshaving hobby that experiences, standards, and definitions vary as ones mileage does. To my mind, sharing individual experiences and differing definitions is just a part of the fellowship. Cushion, as another example, simply isn't a factor for me. I don't experience it. For me, a soaps performance is a matter of the quality of the scent, ease of lathering, slickness, and residual slickness. And the after-feel. At any rate, YMMV. I got a tremendous four pass BBS with no irritation today. The Paradigm Diamondback makes it hard to ever justify going with anything else. It's the perfect razor for me. All in all, today's shave was simply fantastic! Now it's time for some Orioles baseball!

Thanks for reading and have a great shave!

Frank

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[GearNoir]

High quality shave Frank! I agree...SV is quite luxurious feeling!

 

[Majorrich]

Well done! Thanks for the shoutout!

 

[BarberDave]

Awesome Frank thatnks for the shoutout as well