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    Cool Hello from Texas!

    Hi everyone!

    I just joined and wanted to say hello. I took the plunge and ordered my first straight razor yesterday. Can't wait to try it out. I'm sure I'll have lots of questions as time goes by. Happy to be here!

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    Welcome to the madness lol, what kind of razor did you get?
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    Welcome, Tex! Hot enough for ya? Here's the place!
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    "Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
    I rest my case.

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    Thank you!
    I ordered a Dovo Ebony "Bismarck", 6/8" Carbon Steel Straight Razor from Vintage Blades. I ordered the set that has some of the extra items needed.

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    Thank ye kindly! Yessir, its plenty hot fer me! Glad to be here where there is coolness.
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    Sharptonn's "Hot enough for ya" crack reminded me of this:

    Dear Diary

    Just moved to Texas! Now this is a state that knows how to live!!
    Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings. It is beautiful.
    I've finally found my home. I love it here.

    June 14th:

    Really heating up. Got to 100 today. Not a problem. Live in an
    air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to
    see the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun worshipper.

    June 30th:

    Had the backyard landscaped with western plants today. Lots of cactus
    and rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing the lawn for me.
    Another scorcher today, but I love it here.

    July 10th:

    The temperature hasn't been below 100 all week. How do people get
    used to this kind of heat? At least, it's kind of windy though. But getting
    used to the heat is taking longer than I expected.

    July 15th:

    Fell asleep by the community pool. (Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body).
    Missed 3 days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson though.
    Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.

    July 20th:

    I missed Lomita (my cat) sneaking into the car when I left this morning. By the
    time I got to the hot car at noon, Lomita had died and swollen up to the size of
    a shopping bag, and then popped like a water balloon. The car now smells like
    Kibbles and Shits. I learned my lesson though. No more pets in this heat. Good
    ol' Mr. Sun strikes again.

    July 25th:

    The wind sucks. It feels like a giant freaking blow dryer!! And it's hot as hell.
    The home air-conditioner is on the fritz and the AC repairman charged $200
    just to drive by and tell me he needed to order parts.

    July 30th:

    Been sleeping outside on the patio for 3 nights now, $225,000 house and I can't
    even go inside. Lomita is the lucky one. Why did I ever come here?

    Aug. 4th:

    It's 115 to 120degrees. Finally got the air-conditioner fixed today. It cost $500
    and gets the temperature down to 85. I hate this stupid state.

    Aug. 8th:

    If another wise ass cracks, 'Hot enough for you today?' I'm going to strangle him.
    Damn heat. By the time I get to work, the radiator is boiling over, my clothes are
    soaking wet, and I smell like baked cat!!

    Aug. 9th:

    Tried to run some errands after work. Wore shorts, and when sat on the seats in
    the car, I thought my ass was on fire. My skin melted to the seat. I lost 2 layers
    of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs and ass .. . .
    Now my car smells like burnt hair, fried ass, and baked cat.

    Aug 10th:

    The weather report might as well be a damn recording. Hot and sunny. Hot and
    sunny. Hot and sunny.. It's been too hot to do shit for 2 damn months and the
    weatherman says it might really warm up next week. Doesn't it ever rain in this
    damn state? Water rationing will be next, so my $1700 worth of cactus will just
    dry up and blow over. Even the cactus can't live in this damn heat.

    Aug. 14th: Welcome to HELL! Temperature got to 115 today. Cactus are dead.
    Forgot to crack the window and blew the damn windshield out of the car. The
    installer came to fix it and guess what he asked me??? "Hot enough for you today?"
    My sister had to spend $1,500 to bail me out of jail. Freaking Texas . What kind of
    a sick demented idiot would want to live here??

    Will write later to let you know how the trial goes.


    The answer to that rhetorical question, of course, is that we wouldn't live anywhere else and welcome Roadking.

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    Tack
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    Yep! About the size of it! Gave RoadKing his first "Thanks"! He is a-needing it!
    Last edited by sharptonn; 08-07-2013 at 03:42 AM.
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    Haha!! I can relate to this guy! Don't think I'll ever get used to this humidity. Nice people though. Hot women too woo-hoo!!!!!
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    Welcome to the forum

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    Quote Originally Posted by RoadKing View Post
    Hi everyone!

    I just joined and wanted to say hello. I took the plunge and ordered my first straight razor yesterday. Can't wait to try it out. I'm sure I'll have lots of questions as time goes by. Happy to be here!
    Sounds like deja vu all over again for me. Like your enthusiasm!
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    Straight razor shaver and loving it!
    40-year survivor of electric and multiblade razors

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