Facial Fuzz and Other Loose Items
Hey.
Tomorrow is the Business Showcase in Knoxville and I'm going again. It's usually a good gig as far as networking and swag is concerned. But getting reasonably descraggled for it brings me to my main topic: my beard and mustache.
For me, shaving is a chore. My facial hair has gotten tough over the years, and it's gotten to the point that electric razors will seize on my face sooner than chop through the underbrush. Of the three electric shavers I own, only one of them has the torque to do the job--and I need new foils and cutting heads for it. I can't get them at the local stores...the shaver came in '97 or '98 and the stores only stock the ones for more current machines. The new parts will probably be a high priority if I get another job soon. But it's a low priority now.
So I'm left with manual razors. The one I currently use is a Schick Tracer twin-blade model. At least they still sell blades for those...with twin-blade disposable razors on the market now, the reusuable ones are going to triple- or quad-blade heads. I haven't tried that kind, but I think the idea's overkill. When Schick had those diamond-cut blades for the Tracer, I loved using those--they genuinely seemed to cut better than the standard blades. Now I'm lucky to find the regular "Tracer ammo".
I don't use shaving cream or lotion. The shaving cream they make these days, with their aloe components, just disgust me. It's like throwing styrofoam on your face. I don't care for those lubrication strips on the razor heads either. When I shave, I keep my face mostly dry until I get to the mustache and the chin whiskers, which need the wetting down. If I didn't, I'd have that lubricator strip ooze all over my face.
One consolation to being out of work...I only shave when I feel I absolutely have to. I've never tried to grow a long beard but I've got bare patches on my left cheek along my jawline where whiskers don't grow. If sharia law broke out in America, I would be jailed for life as I would never be able to grow a beard long enough or full enough to satisfy a mullah's judgment.
I think I hear the washroom calling me. See you later.
FP
Tomorrow is the Business Showcase in Knoxville and I'm going again. It's usually a good gig as far as networking and swag is concerned. But getting reasonably descraggled for it brings me to my main topic: my beard and mustache.
For me, shaving is a chore. My facial hair has gotten tough over the years, and it's gotten to the point that electric razors will seize on my face sooner than chop through the underbrush. Of the three electric shavers I own, only one of them has the torque to do the job--and I need new foils and cutting heads for it. I can't get them at the local stores...the shaver came in '97 or '98 and the stores only stock the ones for more current machines. The new parts will probably be a high priority if I get another job soon. But it's a low priority now.
So I'm left with manual razors. The one I currently use is a Schick Tracer twin-blade model. At least they still sell blades for those...with twin-blade disposable razors on the market now, the reusuable ones are going to triple- or quad-blade heads. I haven't tried that kind, but I think the idea's overkill. When Schick had those diamond-cut blades for the Tracer, I loved using those--they genuinely seemed to cut better than the standard blades. Now I'm lucky to find the regular "Tracer ammo".
I don't use shaving cream or lotion. The shaving cream they make these days, with their aloe components, just disgust me. It's like throwing styrofoam on your face. I don't care for those lubrication strips on the razor heads either. When I shave, I keep my face mostly dry until I get to the mustache and the chin whiskers, which need the wetting down. If I didn't, I'd have that lubricator strip ooze all over my face.
One consolation to being out of work...I only shave when I feel I absolutely have to. I've never tried to grow a long beard but I've got bare patches on my left cheek along my jawline where whiskers don't grow. If sharia law broke out in America, I would be jailed for life as I would never be able to grow a beard long enough or full enough to satisfy a mullah's judgment.
I think I hear the washroom calling me. See you later.
FP