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so if i stopped buying soap right now i would probably not to restock for about a year or so, my problem is this...with all this soap and creams that i have, why do i feel like i need to buy more?? for some reason i just love buying soaps and creams and i dont know why. ok just wanted to get that off my chest
-dan-
They say variety is the spice of life...here we simply call it AD...lol
I hate having stuff hanging around that I don't use. I have so much shaving cream and soap now that I think it will last 3 years. I have put almost everything in the closet and will use 1 item until it's used up. I am trying to burn through it so I can buy/try more.
--Shoki
i try to rotate through them all, but none of them seem to be going down at all. well at least when the zombie outbreak happens ill be able to shave everyday still lol
-dan-
Don't fight it, it's useless. You just have to buy more. You can't help yourself any more than a cow can stop mooing.
Only a year's supply? I probably have enough for 5-10 years, and I still eye soaps and creams constantly! It's SAD (or CAD), plain and simple, and it is considered a disorder for good reason :DQuote:
Originally Posted by sinnfein
I have 6 different tubes of cream, 3 tubs of soap. Thinking about more often. Need to get more Tabac cream, it is down to half.
Wet Shavers Acquisition Syndrome. Welcome to the club!Quote:
Originally Posted by sinnfein
that's why we sell used soaps and creams in the marketplace, to thin the herd
my birthday's next week - just sayin' :)
Sounds like my wife with shoes...
1 year is not bad. I too have enough for many years. I bought CF lime over a year ago and it looks like i have never used it. Quite a few seem to last for a long time. Dont try to figure it out just enjoy the journey! If there are some you know you dont use then sell them.
Ive got so many because im in the search for the perfect soap and/or cream. It turns out the more i but the more perfect combination's Ive got lol. This question just isnt for soaps though. Why do I have 5 strops and 12 razors? SAD BAD and RAD Truth be told I just like it all and some times I shave twice a day just cause I can.
LOL - That sounds familiar :)Quote:
Originally Posted by nicknbleeding
The majority of my soaps, and some of my creams, are barely dished let alone on the verge of being finished. That includes some products that I picked up 1.5-2 years ago. And it's not from a lack of use either, they just last a REALLY long time.
being a victim of this particular AD myself, should I be concerned that these products might go bad over time?
These products do have an expiry date, although IME as long as they are not stored open-air and they are free of moisture you should be fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by vinnyt
Even with such a stockpile I still feel like I need to conserve. I try not to use too much or wear things out. Even to the point of saving and using a razor thin mostly transparent bar of soap.
I tell myself come on! Toss that soap sliver, load the brush with soap, pour a quarter cup of witch hazel out and rub it all over your head.
I guess my folks trained me "waste not, want not" and "take what you want, eat what you take". It's a hard habit to break.
--Shoki
Why would you want to break it? I tell SWMBO that I'm frugal, not cheap!Quote:
Originally Posted by Shoki
Mind you, if you are ready to try new soap, go ahead and toss that paper thin cake... bit I don't see either stockpiling nor frugality as bad traits.
just go vertical
sorry I have 3 more same racks not displayed ...I have SAD too
http://straightrazors.me./str8pics/den/alsrack.jpg
http://straightrazors.me./str8pics/den/creamsmugs.jpg
My current rotation is 24 soaps and 19 creams, but there are still another 10-15 soaps and several creams I want.
And here I was thinking I was being ostentatious by having two brushes (yeah, that's right, count them, TWO) and a spare cake of Williams...
:)
"What will you do with all this?"
"Well . . ."
"I mean at this rate we'll have to buy another condo to fit all of it in — and there's just the two of us."
"Well . . ."
"How many shaving soaps do you have? And all those creams."
"Well . . ."
"Let me see — one, two, three, four . . . I think we'll be here till lunch, counting."
"Did you look in the other closet?"
"I wouldn't dare."
"I do it for love."
"What, buying all those shaving soaps and creams is for love?"
"Of course. That's what a gentleman does when he loves his lady — he wants to be presentable."
"In that case . . ."
Regards,
Obie
That's reeeeeal smooth, Obie. I bet it only works once in a blue moon! :roflmao
dirtychrome,
Where oh where did you get those racks for your containers and mugs?
Also, who makes those soaps in the pictures?
Thanks!
Hello, Wayne:Quote:
Originally Posted by GeauxLSU
Yes, you're right, once in a blue moon. Then we're back at the same conversation: what am I going to do with all those soaps and creams?
Well, it's part of the sweet obsession. I think we're all floating on over-inflated wheels. At least I know I am. It's somewhere in the neighborhood of having a few loose screws.
Stay well.
Regards,
Obie
whew, never mind, i though i was over doing it until i see how much some of you have, now i dont feel bad ordering more, i did just order a quarter kilo of 9-160, you know just to try it out lol
-dan-