Rich's Journal: Adventures with Life and Sharp things

[Majorrich]

Cella green, Gem Diamond Glide in a Razo Rock Game Changer. Oh so smooth!
Today i got thinking about how army recruiting was done in the 18th century. Yowza! I thought modern recruiting was shifty. Back then the recruiter would go to taverns and chat (and ale) people up. Then by hook or crook get the candidate to accept a shilling. Sometimes even dropping it in their beer glass. That constituted the contract. And the recruit never went home. It was out of the pub and off to camp! Mom didn’t find out about it until she got a letter or, more often, never at all.
Then there was the Navy.. holy crap! They just grabbed people off the pier and took them away!

 

[heysi]

"Dear Mom,

I met this lovely gentleman 'round the pub. His name is Rich and he says he's a Major. Long story short.......I'm in the Army. Be back in a decade."

Love,
Stefan

P.S. Tell Dad the creamed chip beef hasn't improved"

 

[Graybeard57]

P.S. Tell Dad the creamed chip beef hasn't improved"

I LOVE SOS! The toast must be crispy!

 

[Majorrich]

Today I was thinking about the shavepocalypse of 2022. When Gillette announced they may be dialing back their St Petersburg razor blade factory, triggering a wild scramble of buying favorites that, in reality, were never in peril at all. It was in that confusion I ended up with a huge stock of Wizamets due to a comedy of errors, paving the way to the fairly healthy inventory of today. It’s interesting how scuttlebutt and fear caused by a vague news release caused all kinds of commotion.
Today, a DFS using a Feather AC/SS and Herbaria bay rum soap and aftershave

 

[Fenster]

I did not panic buy at that time, but i have not bought blades in years.

 

[Graybeard57]

I’m approaching the point of needing to buy blades. Maybe later this year. I’m still using up what Sam gave me from his friend and neighbor, Ed.

 

[Majorrich]

So I bought a new laptop. Im afraid I overbought because this thing does WAY more than I really need to do. I've done everything on my iPad for the past several years, so I figured I oughta go ahead and get a Macbook. Well, Im drinking from a firehose now.

 

[Graybeard57]

I had a MacBook that died a couple months after I retired four years ago. I replaced it with an iPad and I’ve been happy ever since.

 

[Majorrich]

Its reasonably close working with the Macbook, just where all the files are kept and navigating about is a little different with the trackpad. After I learn more about how things work I think we will get along just fine. At least I like to think we will.

 

[Graybeard57]

Its reasonably close working with the Macbook, just where all the files are kept and navigating about is a little different with the trackpad. After I learn more about how things work I think we will get along just fine. At least I like to think we will.

Yeah, you’ll get along fine. I loved my little (~13”) 2015 MacBook - I used it all through graduate school. It was a little powerhouse.