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My oven broke.
Not ideal when you're prepping the house for sale. But our realtor is lining up investors for our house so she has told us not to spend the money on new appliances (they'll just rip them out and replace them anyway). So we had to find another solution to the no-oven situation. Turns out that they make counter-top convection ovens. Visits to three stores turned up nothing but the fourth store had exactly what we were looking for. Set up wasn't too bad. Main unit out of the box...plug in...wash the many racks and baskets and trays and now to read the instructions.....well, the wife isn't having any of that (she can cook REALLY well).....so she loads a tray up with some chicken legs (seasoned with our own mixture of garlic and spices) and puts the oven on Air Roast for 30 minutes. And Presto!!! 30 minutes later....I haven't seen a tray of chicken legs this perfect in years. That was Sunday night...last night I decided to forego the instructions as well and put 4 panko covered pork chops in a tray and set the oven to Whole Roast for 1 hour (the pork chops were 2 inches thick). They came out flawless. Crispy on the outside, moist and tender on the inside. I think we've converted to Convection oven cooking.
Today's shave:
Decided to try a razor that I've been avoiding since I first got it. An Apollo DE that I originally pulled out of the Mystery Pass Around box because I really liked the handle. The blade exposure looked a bit aggressive so I just set the head aside and enjoyed the long, heavy handle, but I paired the head and handle back together and used a Gillette Silver Blue. Lathered up some trusty Williams and immediately learned that I had nothing to originally fear. The combination blade/head/handle/lather was effortless.
I'm quickly discovering that I've been wrong all along about trying new things.
See ya later.
Not ideal when you're prepping the house for sale. But our realtor is lining up investors for our house so she has told us not to spend the money on new appliances (they'll just rip them out and replace them anyway). So we had to find another solution to the no-oven situation. Turns out that they make counter-top convection ovens. Visits to three stores turned up nothing but the fourth store had exactly what we were looking for. Set up wasn't too bad. Main unit out of the box...plug in...wash the many racks and baskets and trays and now to read the instructions.....well, the wife isn't having any of that (she can cook REALLY well).....so she loads a tray up with some chicken legs (seasoned with our own mixture of garlic and spices) and puts the oven on Air Roast for 30 minutes. And Presto!!! 30 minutes later....I haven't seen a tray of chicken legs this perfect in years. That was Sunday night...last night I decided to forego the instructions as well and put 4 panko covered pork chops in a tray and set the oven to Whole Roast for 1 hour (the pork chops were 2 inches thick). They came out flawless. Crispy on the outside, moist and tender on the inside. I think we've converted to Convection oven cooking.
Today's shave:
Decided to try a razor that I've been avoiding since I first got it. An Apollo DE that I originally pulled out of the Mystery Pass Around box because I really liked the handle. The blade exposure looked a bit aggressive so I just set the head aside and enjoyed the long, heavy handle, but I paired the head and handle back together and used a Gillette Silver Blue. Lathered up some trusty Williams and immediately learned that I had nothing to originally fear. The combination blade/head/handle/lather was effortless.
I'm quickly discovering that I've been wrong all along about trying new things.
See ya later.
At this rate you won’t even need a house.
The wife would just need the three AC units and she'd be good.
Ok....spent part of the weekend down at the Four Queens on Fremont doing some extensive research for the upcoming TSC Con......the stuff I do for you guys. My liver might recover just in time for everyone to arrive. Stress tested the valet, the brewery, the rooms, and the cafe while I was there.......they all should hold up under normal TSC exposure (please note that I did say "Normal") Also went to the Mob Museum. The friends that were visiting had to get to the airport so we only had about 90 minutes to see the museum. It is really neat and I need to go back and see the rest (local discount says what?). Was having so much fun, I didn't shave once the entire time.
So....todays shave journal:
Felt like a hobo with 4 days growth to clear off. Grabbed the Mitchell's Wool Fat, the EverReady boar and the Pre-war British Tech along with the 4 month old Wilkinson blade and cleared out the face-forest. Nice and easy.
Now to get ready to party with the whole gang here in a few days.
See ya....SOON!!!
So....todays shave journal:
Felt like a hobo with 4 days growth to clear off. Grabbed the Mitchell's Wool Fat, the EverReady boar and the Pre-war British Tech along with the 4 month old Wilkinson blade and cleared out the face-forest. Nice and easy.
Now to get ready to party with the whole gang here in a few days.
See ya....SOON!!!
Ok......its here......the Con starts this evening!!!!
I'm excited! Its a strange feeling. Normally when friends or family come to town, the tourist zone is viewed as a pain-in-the-butt but not with this weekend. I'm actually excited.
Today's shave:
The CBL BEE-Spoke has to be the best scented soap ever.....of course, I'm still relatively new to the many soaps I've been not using for the past 40 years.....so I may be wrong...but I know I really love how it smells. With the scent-police still roaming the halls at work, I'm not using aftershave during the week, only on the weekends, but the Bee-Spoke scent is pleasant enough for my office. It lathers up really well with the EverReady badger and as I was whipping it all up...I had to wonder how I'm going to do in the lather contest. I'm going into it with no idea what equipment I'll be using but it sounds like CBL is the soap, so I'm confident that I'll get something good in the way of lather. All indications are that it may be a stunt lather. I'm not too worried. I was taught a good method and have refined it over the years. Either way, it will be fun. And isn't that the whole point?
Had to go with RustBoy and a Gillette Silver Blue.....tradition and all.
Well, hope the TSC owners announcement goes well this evening and that everyone is tuned in for whatever they have planned for the future. Can't wait to see everyone.
See ya.....in a few hours!!!
I'm excited! Its a strange feeling. Normally when friends or family come to town, the tourist zone is viewed as a pain-in-the-butt but not with this weekend. I'm actually excited.
Today's shave:
The CBL BEE-Spoke has to be the best scented soap ever.....of course, I'm still relatively new to the many soaps I've been not using for the past 40 years.....so I may be wrong...but I know I really love how it smells. With the scent-police still roaming the halls at work, I'm not using aftershave during the week, only on the weekends, but the Bee-Spoke scent is pleasant enough for my office. It lathers up really well with the EverReady badger and as I was whipping it all up...I had to wonder how I'm going to do in the lather contest. I'm going into it with no idea what equipment I'll be using but it sounds like CBL is the soap, so I'm confident that I'll get something good in the way of lather. All indications are that it may be a stunt lather. I'm not too worried. I was taught a good method and have refined it over the years. Either way, it will be fun. And isn't that the whole point?
Had to go with RustBoy and a Gillette Silver Blue.....tradition and all.
Well, hope the TSC owners announcement goes well this evening and that everyone is tuned in for whatever they have planned for the future. Can't wait to see everyone.
See ya.....in a few hours!!!
Well, the Vegas Golden Knights are going to miss the payoffs for the first time in team history. Most of the people in town are losing their minds but as a life long Dodger fan, I know and understand the phrase, "wait until next year". But to make up for it, I'm going to a Henderson Silver Knights (the minor league hockey team) game on Saturday at the new arena (yes we have two hockey teams and two brand new arenas...we also have a new stadium for the Raiders and there's plans to build two arenas for a possible basketball team....and then there's the Oakland A's). We've become a sports city....only took them 20 years of me living here.
Today's shave:
Haven't been sleeping well the past few days. The wife has a sinus infection and when she can't sleep....no one can sleep. So after 4 days of not shaving....I really needed to shave this morning. Decided to try the Sterling soaps that I was given at the TSC Con. Arkadia has a great scent and I've been using the bath bar in the shower.......but this morning the humidity was @8% so I got terrible lather that dissipated almost as fast as I could brush it on. This happens every so often and I usually just rinse off the soap and skip shaving until the next day but after 4 shaveless days....I pressed on. Didn't help that the boar brush I picked up from the member donation table was shedding like an animal in late July. I should have pre worked the brush to get it ready but, again.......bad sleep.
The Black Beauty with a Gillette Silver Blue blade (shave #11) did all the work and even with stray bristles, piss poor lather and mild exhaustion, I still managed a decent shave. Finished off with a bit of Proraso aftershave lotion and my day was well and truly started.
Good news is.....the wife is already feeling better today and she normally takes 3-5 days to recover from a sinus infection.....So I may have a better nights sleep to look forward to.
See ya later.
Today's shave:
Haven't been sleeping well the past few days. The wife has a sinus infection and when she can't sleep....no one can sleep. So after 4 days of not shaving....I really needed to shave this morning. Decided to try the Sterling soaps that I was given at the TSC Con. Arkadia has a great scent and I've been using the bath bar in the shower.......but this morning the humidity was @8% so I got terrible lather that dissipated almost as fast as I could brush it on. This happens every so often and I usually just rinse off the soap and skip shaving until the next day but after 4 shaveless days....I pressed on. Didn't help that the boar brush I picked up from the member donation table was shedding like an animal in late July. I should have pre worked the brush to get it ready but, again.......bad sleep.
The Black Beauty with a Gillette Silver Blue blade (shave #11) did all the work and even with stray bristles, piss poor lather and mild exhaustion, I still managed a decent shave. Finished off with a bit of Proraso aftershave lotion and my day was well and truly started.
Good news is.....the wife is already feeling better today and she normally takes 3-5 days to recover from a sinus infection.....So I may have a better nights sleep to look forward to.
See ya later.
They sell a beer here in town that uses a quote from a guy on ESPN as the name...."Garbage Idea Putting A Hockey Team In The Desert".
We forget sometimes what being a tourist in this town is like. Its exhausting. Up late. Drink too much. Too loud. Too crowded. Not enough sleep. Extra expensive.
At least you guys were a lot of fun to be around. Kind of made up for the hangover.
I feel attacked…
......You're worth the extra money.
Sleep update:
The wife only got up once last night.....and when she gets up, the dog and both cats have to go with her. And they don't care if anyone else is sleeping at the time. Or if their legs are part of the bed-exodus. So I'm feeling much more chipper today. Looks like things will be back to normal for the weekend.
The wife only got up once last night.....and when she gets up, the dog and both cats have to go with her. And they don't care if anyone else is sleeping at the time. Or if their legs are part of the bed-exodus. So I'm feeling much more chipper today. Looks like things will be back to normal for the weekend.
At the TSC Con, @CBLindsay had me take a straight razor that was on the member donation table and even gave me a blade to use with it (it uses a disposable single edge blade) and he gave me some advice on using the razor (I've only ever tried a shavette and that didn't go so well). So.......on saturday I decided to give it a try.
I was using the unnamed CBL soap that Chris had on the donation table and WOW!!! The lather was amazing. Nice scent....fantastic slickness. Of course I'll never know what it was to reorder some. Oh well, such is life.
The shave was ok. I took my time and heeded the advice I was offered. Nice and smooth...high angle to the face.....don't stop!! Did the first cheek.....not bad. Did the other cheek. Ok...still ok. Did one side of my neck.....might be getting the hang of this. Started on the other side of my neck......the blade doesn't want to go. I back off...maybe a different angle......nope.....the blade doesn't want to go that way either. I have a patch of ahir at my neck line that grows in about 10 different directions at once....A barber in London called it the strangest thing he'd ever seen....I assume he meant the facial hair and not my face.
Now I'm half shaved and the blade is being uncooperative.....at this point I'm not going to push it. The blade is sharper than I am at this point...so I reach for a DE razor to finish the job. Easy peasy and we're rinsing off and......hey....what's that thin red line on my jaw line? is that.....it that blood? Yep....I must have stopped for an instant and left a perfect line the exact length of the disposable blade across the edge of my jaw line. Ah nutz! Thank goodness I didn't put any aftershave on without looking at my face first. I would have found out about the cut really fast. Luckily its was not a deep cut....just barely a flesh wound (as the Black Knight will attest)......didn't even suspect that it existed until after I cleaned up and toweled off. Of course the wife now wants me to refrain from using the straight razor. I may have to practice in secret.
See ya later.
I was using the unnamed CBL soap that Chris had on the donation table and WOW!!! The lather was amazing. Nice scent....fantastic slickness. Of course I'll never know what it was to reorder some. Oh well, such is life.
The shave was ok. I took my time and heeded the advice I was offered. Nice and smooth...high angle to the face.....don't stop!! Did the first cheek.....not bad. Did the other cheek. Ok...still ok. Did one side of my neck.....might be getting the hang of this. Started on the other side of my neck......the blade doesn't want to go. I back off...maybe a different angle......nope.....the blade doesn't want to go that way either. I have a patch of ahir at my neck line that grows in about 10 different directions at once....A barber in London called it the strangest thing he'd ever seen....I assume he meant the facial hair and not my face.
Now I'm half shaved and the blade is being uncooperative.....at this point I'm not going to push it. The blade is sharper than I am at this point...so I reach for a DE razor to finish the job. Easy peasy and we're rinsing off and......hey....what's that thin red line on my jaw line? is that.....it that blood? Yep....I must have stopped for an instant and left a perfect line the exact length of the disposable blade across the edge of my jaw line. Ah nutz! Thank goodness I didn't put any aftershave on without looking at my face first. I would have found out about the cut really fast. Luckily its was not a deep cut....just barely a flesh wound (as the Black Knight will attest)......didn't even suspect that it existed until after I cleaned up and toweled off. Of course the wife now wants me to refrain from using the straight razor. I may have to practice in secret.
See ya later.
Good job. One thing you could try is to do your first pass (or more than o e) with your DE then do a final pass with the straight razor. With most of the hair already removed by the DE the straight should glide more freely, leaving you just going through the motions …and learning.
All that really matters is that you have fun doing it.
All that really matters is that you have fun doing it.
What does she have against you becoming a man???
Longhaultanker
Sr. Shave Member
You just might have to shave in secret early on using a straight. Wives can be funny about our shaving obsession. I had to win over my wife just today on a desired purchase. Good luck stealth shaver.