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28 Feb 2016, 7:35 pm

Dutch soap is wonderful,my cent not so great but it's not too strong.
The ausie soap gave me irritation :(
Austria soap was super great.



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28 Feb 2016, 10:16 pm

Not sure why anyone does manuel shaving anymore, when less painful and more robust electric razors are better for shaving. It is a lot like using horses instead of cars.


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28 Feb 2016, 10:23 pm

some folk just like retro, it is a kind of nostalgia, a wish to go back in time for certain things, to experience what the forefathers experienced. I scratch my head at the spectacle of audiophiles who'd rather have clicks and pops/inner groove distortion/general surface noise listening to phonograph records, rather than the purity of digital. but to each his or her own.



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28 Feb 2016, 10:27 pm

auntblabby wrote:
some folk just like retro, it is a kind of nostalgia, a wish to go back in time for certain things, to experience what the forefathers experienced. I scratch my head at the spectacle of audiophiles who'd rather have clicks and pops/inner groove distortion/general surface noise listening to phonograph records, rather than the purity of digital. but to each his or her own.



You might be right. I am into retro synths anyways. :wink:


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28 Feb 2016, 10:36 pm

I like old audio equipment. :dj: but back to shaving. I have an antique Norelco battery-powered electric.



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28 Feb 2016, 10:42 pm

Electric is the best - no silly scratches or wounds. Certainly less pain.


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28 Feb 2016, 10:57 pm

and I notice no difference in closeness with either method.



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28 Feb 2016, 11:00 pm

auntblabby wrote:
and I notice no difference in closeness with either method.


I do. With a standard shaving device, I always tend to cut myself near the chin and neck. Have yet to witness such an occurrence with an electric.


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28 Feb 2016, 11:11 pm

oh to be sure, when I was in the army, uncle sam made me blade shave and my neck still bears scars from that experience, yet despite the supposedly increased shave closeness with bare blades, my drills were always shouting at me, "WHAT'D YOU SHAVE WITH THIS MORNING, PRIVATE? A CHOCOLATE BAR?!"



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28 Feb 2016, 11:17 pm

auntblabby wrote:
oh to be sure, when I was in the army, uncle sam made me blade shave and my neck still bears scars from that experience, yet despite the supposedly increased shave closeness with bare blades, my drills were always shouting at me, "WHAT'D YOU SHAVE WITH THIS MORNING, PRIVATE? A CHOCOLATE BAR?!"


The army is no place for an aspie like me. If you managed to survive it, kudos to you.


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28 Feb 2016, 11:19 pm

Electric is expensive and so is its maintaince. The one I tried just pulled a ton and was painful.



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28 Feb 2016, 11:22 pm

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Electric is expensive and so is its maintaince. The one I tried just pulled a ton and was painful.


Never had a problem with my electric shaver, had it for over five years. My mom got it for my 20th birthday.


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28 Feb 2016, 11:24 pm

Deltaville wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
oh to be sure, when I was in the army, uncle sam made me blade shave and my neck still bears scars from that experience, yet despite the supposedly increased shave closeness with bare blades, my drills were always shouting at me, "WHAT'D YOU SHAVE WITH THIS MORNING, PRIVATE? A CHOCOLATE BAR?!"


The army is no place for an aspie like me. If you managed to survive it, kudos to you.

thank you :) I suspect in your fine nation, the Canadian forces are more civilized in many respects than the American version. certainly the Canadian service members I worked with gave that impression.
anyways, I've had better luck with rotaries than reciprocating shavers, and with any of them, they will pull if your whiskers are longer than about 3/32nds" or so, it is just the physics of it. so if your whiskers are longer than that, use the sideburn trimmer first before shaving.



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28 Feb 2016, 11:26 pm

auntblabby wrote:
Deltaville wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
oh to be sure, when I was in the army, uncle sam made me blade shave and my neck still bears scars from that experience, yet despite the supposedly increased shave closeness with bare blades, my drills were always shouting at me, "WHAT'D YOU SHAVE WITH THIS MORNING, PRIVATE? A CHOCOLATE BAR?!"


The army is no place for an aspie like me. If you managed to survive it, kudos to you.

thank you :) I suspect in your fine nation, the Canadian forces are more civilized in many respects than the American version. certainly the Canadian service members I worked with gave that impression.
anyways, I've had better luck with rotaries than reciprocating shavers, and with any of them, they will pull if your whiskers are longer than about 3/32nds" or so, it is just the physics of it. so if your whiskers are longer than that, use the sideburn trimmer first before shaving.


My father served in the armed forces. Worst mistake he ever made in his life. Sometimes I think, that he committed suicide from all that happened when he was in basic training.


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28 Feb 2016, 11:27 pm

wow, the Canadian army musta been brutal at that time of what your father went through. :o



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28 Feb 2016, 11:30 pm

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wow, the Canadian army musta been brutal at that time of what your father went through. :o


Forgive me aunthblabby, but talking about my father brings back family traumas. It is one of the few I prefer not to speak about.

Apologies.


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