Thread: Sun July 08th - Sat July 14th

Oh, right, no, I really didn't know that.
As a Recruit Instructor, I used that term a LOT, also SLUG (Slow, Lazy, Uncoordinated Grub)...

Oh, and yes, the Australian army is tough :-)

Carl:
I really don't believe that you typed that with a straight face!

A funny story...
I used to love shouting at recruits, many people do. But at times you run out of words. I remember I bought myself a pocket electronic thesaurus (this was in the early '90s), to help with my studies I was doing. I thought it'd be fun to use at work, too. I'd call a recruit down to the office, and then, from the office, where they couldn't see me, I'd start berating them about this and that. I'd use the word 'lazy', then hit the required button on the thesaurus, and use all the other words (indolent, apathetic, dull, slothful, etc, etc, etc); it allowed me to go on and on and on...

After a few weeks of this, one recruit got up the courage to say "excuse me bombardier, I'm just wondering what level of education you have". "Why's that, recruit?" I snapped in reply. "Well, he said, you seem to have an extraordinary vocabulary"...

That electronic thesaurus would have come in very handy through the years while talking with the Wife, because i can barely get a word in edge ways when she fires off! PS Carl a genral question to you, there was a really interesting program i really enjoyed watching many years ago from your neck of the woods, it was called bush tucker man, this guy really was the dogs bollocks he would spend very long extended periods in the most hostile enviroment of the Australian outback, but he had all the skills to live quite comfortable, i wonder if he's still around?


Jamie.

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

A funny story...
I used to love shouting at recruits, many people do. But at times you run out of words. I remember I bought myself a pocket electronic thesaurus (this was in the early '90s), to help with my studies I was doing. I thought it'd be fun to use at work, too. I'd call a recruit down to the office, and then, from the office, where they couldn't see me, I'd start berating them about this and that. I'd use the word 'lazy', then hit the required button on the thesaurus, and use all the other words (indolent, apathetic, dull, slothful, etc, etc, etc); it allowed me to go on and on and on...

After a few weeks of this, one recruit got up the courage to say "excuse me bombardier, I'm just wondering what level of education you have". "Why's that, recruit?" I snapped in reply. "Well, he said, you seem to have an extraordinary vocabulary"...

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Jamie.

What can you say about the Feather, the Terminator of the razor world, wiskers just dont stand a chance.

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

That electronic thesaurus would have come in very handy through the years while talking with the Wife, because i can barely get a word in edge ways when she fires off! PS Carl a genral question to you, there was a really interesting program i really enjoyed watching many years ago from your neck of the woods, it was called bush tucker man, this guy really was the dogs bollocks he would spend very long extended periods in the most hostile enviroment of the Austrailian outback, but he had all the skills to live quite comfortable, i wonder if he's still around?


Jamie.

Jamie, there have been a whole PLETHORA of my fellow Australians intent on dragging snakes from their holes by the tail, pouncing on unsuspecting lizards and thrusting their perplexed little faces into a camera lens and insensitively displaying marsupials' pouches to the general public via an early form of marsupial 'sexting', however I think the fellow's name was Major Ross Higgins or somesuch.

I believe he's still about, with his affront to the Australian Army slouch hat perched precariously on his head, his boots and his all-round Aussie attitude. I'm not demeaning him; he's surely a worthwhile fellow; very adept, but his DOES annoy me a little.

Now, Harry Butler, there was a man who could show a pouch or two to the public with nary a blush...

[EDIT] Actually, I find it's LES Higgins, Ross Higgins was the guy from Kingswood country; a classic Aussie TV show "leave the money on the fridge, son"...

It's entirely plausible the SOTD thread is off topic; at least what I mean to say is it's not implausible...

Good morning friends.

today a smooth shave and a next test of this beautiful razor, manufactured in Las Vegas.

Saturday

Another late afternoon shave. If I ever retired this is when I’d shave. An incredibly boring day; spent hanging around the forum and posting too many posts.

I decided on a Dorko blade sent to me by Obie many moons ago. I’d got stuck on the Astra blades he also sent and had used little else when using my DE apart from the occasional Gillette 7 o’clock, but I didn’t mind this blade today at all. Here in Australia, when we say we “don’t mind” something it means we quite like it. It’s like when we say “it’s a bit warm” we really mean “It’s bloody boiling!”

So when I say the shave wasn’t bad, it actually means it was quite good. I know, it’s stupid.

A GDS shave, finished with Trafalgar; even though Trafalgar is more of an “I’m off to the office with a black umbrella and nicely polished boots” aftershave than a "I'm sitting at the laptop with a beer in my tracky-dacs" aftershave. I love Trafalgar, this is still my first bottle after almost a year but I’ll certainly buy it again.

PS, I’ll tell you another funny story; cause that’s what I do, I tell you funny stories. Just nod and smile and wink….

I keep typing ‘sopa’ instead of ‘soap’. It’s like I constantly type some words wrong; I ALWAYS type ‘morning’ as ‘moring’. So, I typed it wrong just then (‘sopa’), and thought, “I’ll just leave it, it sounds nice and European (chic) I’m SURE ‘sopa’ is like Spanish or Portuguese or something for soap".

Turns out it means soup.


DE: Mühle R 89 | Sopa: Edwin Jagger Sea Buckthorn | After Shave: Trafalgar

Originally Posted by eTom

Good morning friends.

today a smooth shave and a next test of this beautiful razor, manufactured in Las Vegas.

We've all seen the razor, Tom, tell us about that great looking piece of glass you adorned your photo with today!