Trials of a woodpusher: Adventures in chess, backyard gardening, and maybe whisker chopping

[dangerousdon]

If you're having trouble bowl lathering, @SteveChuckFrank , try blooming the bowl for a few minutes first. That should enable the brush to pick up enough of the plastic/ceramic to lather with.

Oh, and don't forget to actually unwrap the bowl. I've heard of a few times where fellows forgot to unwrap it first.

If you are having trouble bowl lathering @SteveChuckFrank , try using natures bowl...your face! Peeshaw...bowl lathers...tsk, tsk...

 

[woodpusher]

Jan.29: ASD2 w/Wilkinson(5) .............. B&B Essential boar ... Nivea cream ......................... Nivea Cool Sensitive

Bowl lathered again this morning. Nice enough, but I'm not sure it's any better than face lathering. A brisk -20C this morning, good enough to walk to the local library to (curbside) pick up a book for my wife.

 

[NurseDave]

Bowl lathered again this morning.

That a way to show em Sam!

 

[GearNoir]

Nice enough, but I'm not sure it's any better than face lathering.

 

[woodpusher]

Jan.30: ASD2 w/Wilkinson(6) .............. B&B Essential boar ... Nivea cream ......................... Nivea Cool Sensitive

Back to my normal routine of face lathering this morning. -21C out so I'm happy that I don't need to walk to the library today. That loss of 1C is a killer!

 

[woodpusher]

Jan.31: ASD2 w/Wilkinson(7) .............. B&B Essential boar ... Nivea cream ......................... Nivea Cool Sensitive

Last day with the Wilkinson blade, as I move on to a month of Sensor shaves with a single cart for "One blade February."
I think I tweaked something in my hand/wrist yesterday doing my incline bench press. It must have been my grip. I have since dropped the bench back down to flat as I had no wrist issues doing presses that way.

 

[NurseDave]

month of Sensor shaves with a single cart

Isn’t that a reason many of us switched to traditional shaving?

 

[woodpusher]

I dunno. I grew up using a superspeed but forgot to pack it when I moved to Toronto way back in '84. Started using disposables at that point and picked up the Sensor when they first came out.

 

[woodpusher]

Feb.01: Sensor(1) .............................. RV Shavemac .......... Nivea cream ......................... Nivea Cool Sensitive

Using my Sensor for "One blade February" and I have to say that the shave was wonderful!

 

[Graybeard57]

Oh, and don't forget to actually unwrap the bowl. I've heard of a few times where fellows forgot to unwrap it first.

Guilty...

 

[woodpusher]

Feb.02: Sensor(2) .............................. RV Shavemac .......... Nivea cream ......................... Nivea Cool Sensitive

Nice day out today. The -18C (0F) with the wind chill sure feels nicer than the -21C a few days ago. It'll warm up to around freezing this afternoon, which will basically be BBQ weather!

 

[SteveChuckFrank]

Is it ever not bbq weather?!?!

 

[woodpusher]

You'll have to ask Willie.

 

[SteveChuckFrank]

You'll have to ask Willie.

As long as he’s getting steak he’s fine with it!

 

[woodpusher]

Make him be the one to beat down the path from the door to the BBQ. Although, with the weather you're having now, maybe he'll be tunneling instead.

 

[NurseDave]

The weather in Canada is crazy! Just a few blocks blocks away from where Sam lives it’s nice enough that @Somnos doesn’t complain about it every day.

 

[NurseDave]

As long as we’re serving him steak in the warm house he’s fine with it!

FIFY

 

[woodpusher]

The weather in Canada is crazy! Just a few blocks blocks away from where Sam lives it’s nice enough that @Somnos doesn’t complain about it every day.

What can I say? Supermodels are used to enduring tight shoes, hairspray getting up their nose and all kinds of uncomfortable things on their shoots. I guess I'm much more sensitive.

 

[GearNoir]

Feb.02: Sensor(2) .............................. RV Shavemac .......... Nivea cream ......................... Nivea Cool Sensitive

Nice day out today. The -18C (0F) with the wind chill sure feels nicer than the -21C a few days ago. It'll warm up to around freezing this afternoon, which will basically be BBQ weather!
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You look different today Sam! What’s the secret to this miracle? Must be the shaving gear...

 

[Somnos]

The weather in Canada is crazy! Just a few blocks blocks away from where Sam lives it’s nice enough that @Somnos doesn’t complain about it every day.

Oh buddy...when I complain about the weather it’s an Arctic snow apocalypse that is imminent. You want cold? Arviat, Northwest Territories average temp this time of year is -25F...if you have the misfortune of shutting off ANY machinery it will freeze solid. -20C is running weather....