Nurse Dave's Journal

[Graybeard57]

I have not seen even generic witch hazel at my local CVS for many months now. I’m wondering if it’s a general supply chain issue.

I assumed he meant sans kids

I’m not sure… could it be waiters and waitresses wearing mouse ears and little else? Pictures, or it didn’t happen!

 

[heysi]

“Adult” dining? Is this like “adult” entertainment?
Looking forward to tuning in.

Dave gets VIP treatment on his cruise these days (benefit of being bougie) and the wait staff is indeed just wearing a pair of Mickey ears. Who's the leader of the Club?

 

[NurseDave]

2477 days of consecutive shaving - 1136 open-blade
Rockwell 6S w/ Wizamet (2)
SV Cosmo
SV 2.0
Thayer's Lemon
Nivea 2:1
SV Cosmo AS

Well during our show yesterday I was lementing that Thayer's Lemon is hard to find now. Rich commented that it's been discontinued. I went to the Thayer's site last night and sure enough, it's not there. I ordered two bottles at a little bit of a premium, but it will delay the day when I have to face the enevitable.

 

[BarberDave]

2477 days of consecutive shaving - 1136 open-blade
Rockwell 6S w/ Wizamet (2)
SV Cosmo
SV 2.0
Thayer's Lemon
Nivea 2:1
SV Cosmo AS

Well during our show yesterday I was lementing that Thayer's Lemon is hard to find now. Rich commented that it's been discontinued. I went to the Thayer's site last night and sure enough, it's not there. I ordered two bottles at a little bit of a premium, but it will delay the day when I have to face the enevitable.

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Make your own then you can lemon it up all you want

 

[BarberDave]

And Stirling has one as well pr
You could ask Chris to do a bespoke for you

 

[NurseDave]

And Stirling has one as well

Theirs has menthol. No good.

 

[NurseDave]

Make your own then you can lemon it up all you want

Yes, I may have to sponsor myself.

 

[Majorrich]

Chat GPT suggests adding lemon essential oil to regular witch hazel. I’ll give it a go and report back.

 

[NurseDave]

Chat GPT suggests adding lemon essential oil to regular witch hazel. I’ll give it a go and report back.

That worked perfectly!

 

[BarberDave]

That worked perfectly!

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Ya nope… i know your surprises

 

[heysi]

Stefan is over in warehouse 2 peeling the labels off lemonade and rebranding them with Nurse Dave's Lemon Surprise stickers. His work is never done.

 

[NurseDave]

Thursday:

2478 days of consecutive shaving - 1136 open-blade
The Holy Black SR-71 w/ Wizamet (1)
PB Spitfire
Big Blue
Thayer's Lemon
Nivea 2:1
Penhaligon's Juniper Sling

 

[NurseDave]

2479 days of consecutive shaving - 1136 open-blade
The Holy Black SR-71 w/ Wizamet (2)
Sudsy Soapery
Graydog Education History
Thayer's Lemon
Nivea 2:1
Galimard Sensuel Safran

Had to go over to the in-laws because they had some guy doing a presentation about a new front door and I was there to make sure everything got asked I guess. Come to my surprise when I hear the thing will be 5-figures. Guy shows off the most complicated aluminum framing system and talks about argon gas in these little accent lights. Whatever I guess.

 

[GearNoir]

5 figures for a door? *insert standard ‘I’m in the wrong line of work’ saying here*

 

[NurseDave]

Sat:

2480 days of consecutive shaving - 1137 open-blade
Shavette w/ Wizamet (1)
SV Desert Vetiver
Wolf Whiskers
Thayer's Lemon
Nivea 2:1
SV Desert Vetiver AS

 

[woodpusher]

I should get me a shavette (again), but every time I look at buying a razor, brush, or soap, I look at what I already have and shelve the idea.

 

[NurseDave]

Sun:

2481 days of consecutive shaving - 1138 open-blade
Shavette w/ Wizamet (2)
Wholly Kaw Fern Concerto
Sorrentino Seafoam
Thayer's Lemon
Nivea 2:1
Wholly Kaw Fern Concerto AS

Video posted

 

[NurseDave]

I should get me a shavette (again), but every time I look at buying a razor, brush, or soap, I look at what I already have and shelve the idea.

Think of it as a small price for entertainment

 

[woodpusher]

I often reread my books.

 

[NurseDave]

2482 days of consecutive shaving - 1138 open-blade
Rockwell 6S w/ Wizamet (3)
Spanish Savers Blas de Lezo
Blue Honeycomb
Thayer's Lemon
Nivea 2:1
Missoni

Yesterday was martini day. Glasses, picks, vermouth, and orange bitters were purchased. I mixed up a batch using Botanist gin. Which for some reason B Dave was trying to say Bombay should have been used despite evidence on Drinks & Daves to the contrary. Then I enjoyed several martinis with different treatments over the course of the cadre zoom call. Again, to Dave's chagrin for some reason. Putting ice cold martinis into a thermos ensured nice cold ones being poured for over an hour while out on the deck. I had the first one with a twist of lemon. The second with three cocktail onions. And the last with three blue cheese stuffed olives. Learning include, I think I like gin martinis more than vodka. More experimentation is needed, but from memory, a standard vodka didn't have enough flavor to make it worthwhile and a dirty vodka martini was better, but the brine flavor seemed a bit chewy without any subtlety. Next, the gin one with a twist was lovely, light, refreshing with a touch of sweetness. The onion one I missed the added brightness of the twist. The olive one, the olives didn't seem to match the notes of the drink. All in all, I was surprised that they all held their own against a cigar which I thought might be overpowering. And I'll need to evaluate without the distractions of a zoom call. But, for outside pairing with a cigar, my choices still are mixing a batch and using a thermos, or bringing out all the bottles and a bucket of ice, which might be more bougie and worthwhile when one has company, it seems like a pain for an evening smoke.