Quote Originally Posted by xman View Post
I went in once myself and only really wanted to get some 1805 cream. While I was there a woman was selling another woman a brush stand. She told her it was essential to keep the hairs from falling out. After the customer had finished her purchase and left, I mentioned to the clerk that I'd done research into the matter and that hanging the brush makes no difference. "If you think about it", she argued, "with gravity, the water has to come down". I indicated that that wasn't necessarily true and asked her how sap flows up a tree. Her eyes darted away and she said she didn't know anything about any of that and that she was speaking for the years of experience at the shop and if I liked I could wait and talk to the head barber who was right in the back, in full view and audible range of us ... I was on vacation and had better things to do with my time than argue with a barber about physics. I paid for my cream and left. Damn good cream.
Great story X. Your story reminded me of a poem by Bukowski called Vegas. Check it out if you haven't read it.

I love the 1805 scent. I got a sample of the cologne from SRD. I would love a whole shaving set of 1805.