Hi guys!
I've been meaning to sneak my way into the journals for a while, but just never got around to it. (My typing speed being about 3 minutes per word doesn't really make typing long posts fun either.) I do read other's journals even though I don't often comment. And in all honesty, I generally skip the shaving part of the journal to get to the personal side just to see how you guys are doing.
I know that may be a little blasphemous, but I'm so far behind in so many posts I go to the more important things.
I'm not going to promise that this is going to be daily, or even weekly sometimes, probably more of a when I get a few minutes and actually remember to do it type of thing. But since I'm here now, let's give it a go huh?
The last week I've been working a lot and getting some overtime, but I've also been sick. (A big part of why I've been MIA for a bit) So the low humidity in the building coupled with having trouble staying hydrated due to being sick has had my face super dry and irritable. So my shaves have been pretty much the same thing all week. I've been using either my Paladin or my brush from Eric, my Dandy Shave Co. DE razor, PolSilver blade, and MW unscented/sensitive skin soap.
Everything was really lighting up my face last weekend when I started to get sick, so I went with a milder soap for the week. Those PolSilver blades are ones I got in my trade with Dave a while ago, but they have proven to be very smooth. I'm really enjoying them despite not feeling my best. And the Dandy razor never lets me down. Very smooth mild shave every time with it.
On the personal side of things, work has been going good. I went in yesterday to change a motor on one of the shapers. It was a 20 horsepower 15kw motor. For those of you that don't know anything about them, it weighs right about 230 pounds and has no handles. And only room for one person in the back of the machine at a time to wrestle it in or out. So it's a fun time for a 160 pound guy to lift one out of the machine and onto the cart to take it back and change the wiring and mount over to the new one before putting it in.
Home has been the usual one thing after another. Had to replace my boiler expansion tank that some of you probably knew from the other thread. Then the thermocouple went out last week, so I replaced that. Then woke up to a cold house again today. Figured I got a bad thermocouple and replaced it again. Well... turns out it's the gas sending valve that is bad this time, not the thermocouple. So, electric heaters all over the house it is until I can decide if it is going to be worth putting money into this one, or just replacing it since it is old and inefficient. (and a little too small for the house as well.)
If it wasn't for bad luck, I really wouldn't have any at all it seems. But at least I'm not sick any more....
I've been meaning to sneak my way into the journals for a while, but just never got around to it. (My typing speed being about 3 minutes per word doesn't really make typing long posts fun either.) I do read other's journals even though I don't often comment. And in all honesty, I generally skip the shaving part of the journal to get to the personal side just to see how you guys are doing.
I know that may be a little blasphemous, but I'm so far behind in so many posts I go to the more important things.
I'm not going to promise that this is going to be daily, or even weekly sometimes, probably more of a when I get a few minutes and actually remember to do it type of thing. But since I'm here now, let's give it a go huh?
The last week I've been working a lot and getting some overtime, but I've also been sick. (A big part of why I've been MIA for a bit) So the low humidity in the building coupled with having trouble staying hydrated due to being sick has had my face super dry and irritable. So my shaves have been pretty much the same thing all week. I've been using either my Paladin or my brush from Eric, my Dandy Shave Co. DE razor, PolSilver blade, and MW unscented/sensitive skin soap.
Everything was really lighting up my face last weekend when I started to get sick, so I went with a milder soap for the week. Those PolSilver blades are ones I got in my trade with Dave a while ago, but they have proven to be very smooth. I'm really enjoying them despite not feeling my best. And the Dandy razor never lets me down. Very smooth mild shave every time with it.
On the personal side of things, work has been going good. I went in yesterday to change a motor on one of the shapers. It was a 20 horsepower 15kw motor. For those of you that don't know anything about them, it weighs right about 230 pounds and has no handles. And only room for one person in the back of the machine at a time to wrestle it in or out. So it's a fun time for a 160 pound guy to lift one out of the machine and onto the cart to take it back and change the wiring and mount over to the new one before putting it in.
Home has been the usual one thing after another. Had to replace my boiler expansion tank that some of you probably knew from the other thread. Then the thermocouple went out last week, so I replaced that. Then woke up to a cold house again today. Figured I got a bad thermocouple and replaced it again. Well... turns out it's the gas sending valve that is bad this time, not the thermocouple. So, electric heaters all over the house it is until I can decide if it is going to be worth putting money into this one, or just replacing it since it is old and inefficient. (and a little too small for the house as well.)
If it wasn't for bad luck, I really wouldn't have any at all it seems. But at least I'm not sick any more....
