Chris - I don't have the words, either. I so hope this all goes well for you!

+1 Chris - prayers and well wishes. Stand fast!

When I get the chance, which isn't nearly often enough, in the great state of Louisiana I always try to find a big ol' plate of crawfish etoufee. And yes, some's better'n others! Gotta check 'em all out. Tabasco is mandatory. My favorite place in New Orleans is Bon Ton Cafe. They do great crawfish,...

Thanks, all, and to mirror an early comment - it sure seems to hit people differently. My bother in laws parents - both in their 80's - both contracted COVID. Both recovered fully, and both say it was not much more than head colds for them. All indicators for people that age would tell me we should ...

Sam - I hope things continue to improve and you recover quickly. Prayers offered up. I just got the sad news last night that my best friend from our years in Georgia passed away. He and his wife both contracted COVID - she recovered rapidly, he stayed in the hospital for a couple of weeks then went ...

I have the black all aluminum Generation 1 General, and used the Feather 20-pack. I used a Feather blade through all of December, just to see if I could. It made it, but the shaves were for sure falling off. I just installed my last blade from that pack - Gary sent me a couple of the Schick's to try...

It would be nice to hear from Gordon again. AOS Sandalwood cream is probably my favorite cream of all (after Coates). I have a couple of tubes left over from my traveling days - and I get one out every few days for a couple of uses. I tried a tube of the lemon - but the scent wasn't as powerful as I...

That looks and sounds really good, so I’ll give it a try. When I moved to Texas one of the first culinary taboos I learnt was that there are no beans in chili. After living there for 10 years, however, I still like beans in my chili, but I’d never tell my Texian friends and neighbours this. 8) Now ...

Gary - agreed. Never liked getting too wet in the pits and changing shirts, either.

Chris - it occurs to me that the other factor here is that the gels tend to be clear. Unscented and clear seems to dry ...cleaner... if you will. Although getting used to a gel takes some getting used to.

I have only ever used one Merkur blade. It came with a new razor. I didn't like the razor (inexpensive 3-piece with open comb, long handle) - and can't remember what the blade might have felt like. I have blades stashed in several places - Swedes and other Gillette's, Voskod's, more I can visualize ...

Gene, you are jarring a memory from many years ago when I tried Mitchum roll on deodorant. Seemed to work pretty good but it left a crust on my shirt arm pit that did not come out in the wash, very strange. Had to discontinue for that reason. Chris Hey Chris, I had that problem, too ... but don't t...

drmoss_ca wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 5:08 am Maybe a girl's brand, maybe not, but Dry Idea Unscented is an excellent roll-on anti-perspirant that works very well and has no nasty scent.

I don't use the roll-on myself, but the gel version of that, or the Mitchum, both unscented, are what I like. No scent is best for me.

The story reflects no credit on the doctor's level of knowledge! That could be a whole thread in and of itself. I have seen a few doctors several times over the last year - and can't remember the last time one actually used his stethoscope on me. And my last blood work showed a glucose level of 100...

A Doctor told my wife that when we drink diet drinks our bodies do two things with the artificial sweetener - turn a lot of it into sugar anyway, and convert the rest to formaldehyde. I have no idea if she was correct, or just trying to scare us, but we both cut way back on our soda consumption (whi...

I just watched the trailer for Jojo Rabbit - it looks like a clever movie. I would probably be the only person in my house to like it, though.

There seem to be lots of different blade shapes - I couldn't begin to understand all the nomenclature.

But that Dovo is very pretty to me. My eye seems drawn to a slimmer shape, and rounded corners.

Been pondering this for a while.... We know that there are charts about the direction our beards grow ... and grain. With the grain, across the grain and against the grain. My question - is it even remotely possible to shift the direction of our beard growth? Make across shift to against, or with? I...

Have you ever shaved yourself with a straight razor? I don't want you to cut yourself, but if you ever want to learn, I can likely help with a properly sharp blade. Several years ago an SMF member, Jack (another lost contributor) started a thread about using a hair cutter, in the shape of a straigh...

And being quite unable to help myself, I honed the two Wapis from the exquisite blue velvet case as well. The edges feel amazing. Dr Moss - your descriptions of all these razors really makes me yearn to experience the sensation. A couple of years ago I yielded to the temptation of a "barber" shave ...

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Gene wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:53 am I have a small Woods of Windsor puck, and a larger new one - I was just wondering if I could blend them into on plastic tub and keep on going. Doesn't feel like something I could squish together, though - how to handle this?

That would be like rebatching soap.

Ah - thanks for the help!