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by drmoss_ca
Tue Sep 19, 2023 4:58 am
Forum: Cooking & Recipes
Topic: Cappuccino
Replies: 3
Views: 588

Re: Cappuccino

If you want to combine freshness with ease of use, you should look at a "superautomatica" type of machine. I've worn out two Saeco/Philips Vienna machines over the years and I'm now working on a Philips 2200 as the Vienna is no longer made. They don't cost much more than a manual machine, ...
by drmoss_ca
Tue Sep 19, 2023 4:38 am
Forum: Straight Razors
Topic: Straight razor vs DE razor...
Replies: 15
Views: 1434

Re: Straight razor vs DE razor...

As well as the shave being perfect and longer lasting than a safety razor shave, there's the satisfaction, which cannot be matched.

C.
by drmoss_ca
Sat Sep 09, 2023 3:48 am
Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
Topic: Mitchell's Wool Fat soap no longer contains tallow
Replies: 12
Views: 1696

Re: Mitchell's Wool Fat soap no longer contains tallow

Or they'll use some weasel quotes: Mitchell's "Wool Fat" Soap.
by drmoss_ca
Tue Aug 29, 2023 3:55 am
Forum: The Gentlemen's Parlor
Topic: Is SMF losing its vigour?
Replies: 162
Views: 73545

Re: Is SMF losing its vigour?

Why would someone pay thousands of dollars over the months and years and never bother to post in his own operation. Hundreds of guys have followed his very glaring example and quit posting. The truth is that he is NOT paying for "us". He is paying for something, but clearly not for any of...
by drmoss_ca
Sun Aug 27, 2023 9:04 am
Forum: Cooking & Recipes
Topic: A Cook's Diary
Replies: 128
Views: 59250

Re: A Cook's Diary

Baked some brioche stuffed with spinach and cheese:
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by drmoss_ca
Wed Aug 16, 2023 1:22 am
Forum: The Gentlemen's Parlor
Topic: Women's 2023 World Cup
Replies: 1
Views: 555

Re: Women's 2023 World Cup

Glad you're enjoying it, Gary. Soccer (we just called it 'football') is a winter season game in the UK, along with rugby and field hockey: summer is for cricket and athletics. So I have many memories of shivering on muddy pitches, breaking the ice on puddles. It immunized me against further interest!
by drmoss_ca
Sat Aug 12, 2023 3:50 am
Forum: Selling & Trading
Topic: CLOSED: C&E Sweet Almond Oil Shaving Cream
Replies: 8
Views: 822

Re: FS: More Vintage Software

I didn't know C&E had swapped to standard Creighton's containers: my Sweet Almond is all in the brown glass bottles. It's a great scent and a good performer too. Someone should snap it up as it is long gone.
by drmoss_ca
Wed Aug 09, 2023 4:29 am
Forum: Shopping
Topic: Merkur Vision 2000 NOS
Replies: 5
Views: 1242

Re: Merkur Vision 2000 NOS

A couple? A bit expensive to have a backup!

C.
Says the man with a couple of dozen custom straights :oops:
by drmoss_ca
Tue Jul 18, 2023 4:59 am
Forum: Straight Razors
Topic: Straight razor vs DE razor...
Replies: 15
Views: 1434

Re: Straight razor vs DE razor...

I might be biased, but I'd put it this way: a DE is an easy way to get a very good and close shave, but a straight can do even better IF you have your honing skills perfected, technique perfected, and an excellent chunk of steel. I am sure most straight shavers don't get near a DE shave (I'd be shot...
by drmoss_ca
Mon Jul 17, 2023 5:21 am
Forum: Colognes & Aftershaves
Topic: Royall Lyme
Replies: 2
Views: 653

Re: Royall Lyme

It's always interesting to compare new bottles with old, not for formulation changes, but for how aging once opened and exposed to air and sunlight change the scent. I don't notice them getting weaker or altering their character, until I open a new bottle and find it rather different to the just-fin...
by drmoss_ca
Thu Jul 13, 2023 3:11 am
Forum: Shaving Brushes
Topic: Simpson Brushes History
Replies: 23
Views: 5052

Re: Simpson Brushes History

It would be nice to see it once it has bloomed, too. Gary: they aren't magical, but they are good. QC is solid now Vulfix is in charge, but as with brushes everywhere, the quality of hair is not what it once was. Young farmed badgers can't compare with mature old badgers. And I think we know that th...
by drmoss_ca
Wed Jul 12, 2023 3:31 am
Forum: Shaving Brushes
Topic: Simpson Brushes History
Replies: 23
Views: 5052

Re: Simpson Brushes History

Pedigree: For a single image, use the 'Attachments' pane below the post composition box. If you want to have more than one image in a post, they must be hosted elsewhere on the web (Imgur, Flickr etc) and linked, using the image tags obtained by clicking on the icon that shows a skyline and a sun ab...
by drmoss_ca
Sat Jul 08, 2023 12:59 pm
Forum: Cooking & Recipes
Topic: A Cook's Diary
Replies: 128
Views: 59250

Re: A Cook's Diary

Made some samosas and pakoras today. It takes quite a long time but is worth the effort.

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Far better than bought!
by drmoss_ca
Thu Jul 06, 2023 2:49 am
Forum: Shaving Brushes
Topic: simpson's have improved
Replies: 27
Views: 17105

Re: simpson's have improved

It's true that there was a time when the Best hair in their more expensive brushes was better than any finest or silvertip. This was true for Chubby 2 and 3, and for the Duke 3, and maybe others I don't know of. The smaller brushes tended to a have brown-tipped hair, and the larger was cream-tipped....
by drmoss_ca
Tue Jul 04, 2023 4:45 am
Forum: Colognes & Aftershaves
Topic: Dominica Bay Rum Revisited
Replies: 4
Views: 2172

Re: Dominica Bay Rum Revisited

Welcome to SMF, Rowan!

Chris
by drmoss_ca
Tue Jun 27, 2023 5:05 am
Forum: Shaving Brushes
Topic: Aerospace grade magnesium shaving brush
Replies: 7
Views: 1177

Re: Aerospace grade magnesium shaving brush

Keep it away from naked flames! :D
by drmoss_ca
Tue Jun 13, 2023 3:19 am
Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
Topic: A visit to the past
Replies: 2
Views: 1089

A visit to the past

A couple of days ago I melted some Colonel Conk glycerine soap in a mug, two pucks of bay rum and one of lime. The soaps were 20 years old and had changed colour but they still smell as good as I remember. Not exactly the thickest lather—it was plentiful but not as stiff as one likes. No matter, I j...
by drmoss_ca
Thu Jun 08, 2023 4:37 am
Forum: General
Topic: Where is Everybody?!
Replies: 59
Views: 13919

Re: Where is Everybody?!

63 thumbs up, as Clive would say!

C.
by drmoss_ca
Thu Jun 01, 2023 3:54 am
Forum: The Gentlemen's Parlor
Topic: Wildfires in Nova Scotia
Replies: 1
Views: 863

Re: Wildfires in Nova Scotia

I'm a long way from them, but my brother is evacuated, being about 2km from the one in Tantallon.

C.
by drmoss_ca
Tue May 30, 2023 2:39 am
Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
Topic: DR Harris shaving soaps
Replies: 4
Views: 4375

Re: DR Harris shaving soaps

Tabac's supplier in Germany went out of business. I don't think that was anything to do with MWF. I shall have to alter my view of northerners now: no longer will they live in my imagination as eaters of tripe, training with large black puddings for the martial art of ecky thump, when they aren't do...