Thread: first tuesday shave club pour une.

Originally Posted by MickR

Well I got to shave in relative peace and quiet as I kindly allowed the wife and kids to use my bathroom time to sort their crap out and get out of the house, which of course meant I had all morning to do as I damn well pleased with regards to shaving. So what better idea, than to take my time. This I did. Towards the end of the shave I thought the boss and youngest brat had returned early, but as I said, it was towards the end. It didn't matter. I went out to see what SWMBO was banging out in the back yard, only to see some dodgy looking workman. I watched him for a bit and saw that he was obviously the bloke that was supposed to call ahead when he was to come around to fix the pool filter. So I stood there not five feet from him and said, "Weren't you supposed to call first?" The chap almost jumped out of his skin, looked all around himself, before saying, "Shit! Where are you?" To which I replied, obviously, "Right in front of you!" He looked at me and jumped out of his skin again. And this without even one single razor cut on my face! How rude! I must admit, I can be a sneaky bugger when I want to be. I've had a bit of practice at that sort of thing.
After that my day was lack lustre and uneventful. I didn't give any of you blokes a thought, and couldn't have cared less! The End.


mick

do you think he might have been smoking something? i'll bet you still got a win on the shaving time

Originally Posted by onimaru55

It was deja vu. I won't shave on the 8th as I shaved on the 7th but I will be honing again on the 8th. Simple.

I have to say that I was a touch confused, but didn't want to argue, you must have been in some sort of honing time hole or something

Originally Posted by edhewitt

do you think he might have been smoking something? i'll bet you still got a win on the shaving time

Nope. Just an idiot.

You're quite right, the shaving time was excellent! I can shave fast, but where's the joy in that!


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

Well I got to shave in relative peace and quiet as I kindly allowed the wife and kids to use my bathroom time to sort their crap out and get out of the house, which of course meant I had all morning to do as I damn well pleased with regards to shaving. So what better idea, than to take my time. This I did. Towards the end of the shave I thought the boss and youngest brat had returned early, but as I said, it was towards the end. It didn't matter. I went out to see what SWMBO was banging out in the back yard, only to see some dodgy looking workman. I watched him for a bit and saw that he was obviously the bloke that was supposed to call ahead when he was to come around to fix the pool filter. So I stood there not five feet from him and said, "Weren't you supposed to call first?" The chap almost jumped out of his skin, looked all around himself, before saying, "Shit! Where are you?" To which I replied, obviously, "Right in front of you!" He looked at me and jumped out of his skin again. And this without even one single razor cut on my face! How rude! I must admit, I can be a sneaky bugger when I want to be. I've had a bit of practice at that sort of thing.
After that my day was lack lustre and uneventful. I didn't give any of you blokes a thought, and couldn't have cared less! The End.


mick

It's Tuesdays like this that remind me how dull my life is and, certainly, will make this thread the thing of legend. Scaring the crap out of the guy who was supposed to call but didn't: two thumbs up.

Originally Posted by MickR

Nope. Just an idiot.

You're quite right, the shaving time was excellent! I can shave fast, but where's the joy in that!


Mick

I hope the postie comes early today, I have a loan frameback coming, and the house pretty much to myself until about 3.30.

Sub out tues for Sunday and is my shave day. Choose a razor( or the one I just honed), choose a strop and get in a shave hopefully with the time to take it slow. Best as poure une as apparently the majesty of seeing me lathered up stropping in the nick is a life altering experience

I awoke on Tuesday morning in Washington DC/Georgetown at the Holiday Inn. My college room mate came to DC from Tucson for a week so I drove 250 miles north to spend a couple of days with him. His daughter just finished high school and was admitted to Georgetown on a full academic scholorship. Proud (happy) dad. you think? We've always kept in touch but hadn't seen one another for over 20 years. Tucson and Raleigh are not close.

Art of Shaving travel kit was a gift from a near-stranger. The cream is OK, the balm is greasy, the little brush/container excellent and I could do without their preshave. Must figure out how to squeeze Proraso gear into the slick leather carry-all. I found a lovely, nearly mint, decorative Wester Bros razor over in Rockville the day before. It was as sharp as a letter opener so I used the Brooksbank Sheffield. It was a good shave in spite of my first longer-than-a-nick nick. This was also my first shave away from the home sink - a little disorienting I guess. It was a great Tuesday morning, though, with a friend of over 40 years, a better day at the Air & Space Museum and a magnificent dinner later at Guapo's on Wisconsin Avenue. Conclusion - Ramon Allones Special Select cigar to close out the evening.

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Well, my Tuesday shave this week was a delight. A 4/8 Spike (preferred size), MWF/glycerin drops, lather bowl kept warm on a small coffee warmer hotplate (just love the feel of very warm lather when I have to apply more). Three pass shave, avoiding goatee, alum block skin wakeup and Gold Bond Ultimate lotion. And then a long wait for my son (who lives next door, very handy at times) to get home from work to come over and complete my day by installing a new alternator in my 22 year old red wreck Mazda 323. Bought it 12 years ago and this id the first engine work needed. Day completed by finally being able to catch up on myriad errands and to think about tomorrow's shave. Slowly acquiring 14 razors for a two week rotation or whim of the moment different choice what what was in line. All in all a fulfilled Tuesday.

Originally Posted by MisterMoo

Art of Shaving travel kit was a gift from a near-stranger. The cream is OK, the balm is greasy, the little brush/container excellent and I could do without their preshave. Must figure out how to squeeze Proraso gear into the slick leather carry-all.
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Glad you had a good one, could the AOS containers be washed out, de labelled and refilled?

Originally Posted by edhewitt

...could the AOS containers be washed out, de labelled and refilled?

Maybe. I'll try to break one open after it empties out. Opening may be squirter-fatal, however,