What soap/cream did you use today?

be near 80 today which in Idaho is a veritable heatwave.  Lime seemed the ticket today.  The little Baton vintage butterscotch worked well.  I tend to enjoy fattie brushes but this little 20mm silvertip sweetie does just fine for a two-pass.

I also got another story written. My kids wanted a book about my life so I’ve been diligently writing.  380 pages so far!  The kids send me questions they want answered and I write a reply.  My question this morning was “what inventions have most changed your life”.  Here is my reply.
I asked my father this question thinking he would say “space travel” as he literally lived from horse and buggy time to the lunar landing on the moon but his answer was “the application of horsepower”. He didn’t mean to tie a horse to something. Horsepower is defined by the energy it takes to lift 550 lbs, one foot in one second or about 746 watts. We use it to measure the power of different engines. With more horsepower, farm tractors got bigger and the equipment they pulled got wider and one man could do much more work. Goods were delivered faster in larger quantities at cheaper cost. Roads, that previously followed the contour of the land were straightened and the ripples and folds in the land were cut and filled Allowing high speed interstate highways. Building went faster. Manufacturing got bigger. So, although it’s remarkable to start life in a horse-drawn workd and end it in a jet airplane, I believe horsepower did indeed change his world.
So what changed mine? Lots of changes have happened in my life too but I believe the biggest change has been the application of electronics, specifically computers and such. When I graduated college and was starting a business I had need of a computer so I trundled down to the IBM store and bought a top line model that had 30 megabyte hard drive and the salesman said “you will NEVER need anything larger than this!” He was oh so wrong. Today my cell phone has 128 gigabytes making it 4,361 times larger than that first computer. My office laptop computer has a terabyte of memory making it 1000 times bigger than my phone. I often wonder if that salesman lasted in the computer game.
When I was a kid, every home that was serious about education had a set of encyclopedias that contained a plethora of man’s knowledge. If I wanted to know about the ancient Greeks, I’d pull down the “G” encyclopedia and look it up. If I needed more information than the book contained I’d get to the public library where they kept additional books. A home’s encyclopedia set was a status symbol and was kept in a book case where everyone could see it and it said “we love our children”. But today, the public library is a lonely place and there are no encyclopedia salesmen going door to door because due to computers and digitation, and the internet, I have at my fingertips, anytime of day or night, all the info anyone has written about the Greeks. I don’t have a set of encyclopedias nor a membership card to the public library.
Because of Computers I laid in bed this morning and bought two 80 inch bandsaw blades, 1/2 inch wide and .025 inches thick with 4 teeth per inch. Because of computers the seller knows consumer demand and where to have inventory located so I can have those saw blades in my hand in two days. I’m guessing nobody in my town of 60 thousand has such a blade in stock but could “order it”. I literally had two or three dozen choices from a dozen manufacturers and I did it in my pajamas. Shoot, this book I’m writing isn’t practical even twenty years ago. If I’d have wanted to do this I’d have had to type it up onto my personal computer, downloaded it onto a floppy disc storage devise, taken that to a printer who would have sat with me discussing paper quality, cover style, and page layout after which he would make etched plates to transfer ink to paper and create my book. Digital printers of today can do all that work with not a single human having to do much except download the file into the printer. The result is I can make this book for around 100 dollars a copy where the old way would be 1000 dollars each.
Computers allow us all to have a high quality camera in our hands at all times! I have more cherished pictures in my phone that take up more space than 1000 of that first computer I bought and I have about ten times that many archived on storage. Pictures aren’t saved for special occasions anymore and those pictures can be sent electronically to Grandma and Dobby in an instant! I can see what grandkids were doing mere seconds ago. Shoot, for that matter we can fire up a video conference and see and hear real-time what folks are doing.
Cook Books full of recipes are relics. Scrapbooks are not a thing anymore. Home libraries are becoming smaller or nonexistent. Our cars depend on computers. Our grocery orders are submitted, picked by a remote worker, and delivered to us curbside. Almost every device in my home functions due to a computer chip. TVs to microwave ovens to clocks on the wall all have chips monitoring their function. I have instant access to esoteric information of every kind and available all day long everyday!
But I fear that as good as all this is there are issues too. Electronic computing has offered me instant access to encyclopedic knowledge but it also opens the door to adult situations that youth (and adults) didn’t used to worry much about. Seems weekly we hear of another youth taking their life because of cyber-bullying that without a device a parent would better know the situation. Seems that computers and social media have set standards where workaday people are prone to compare their everyday life to other peoples “highlight” reels and come away concluding that somehow they don’t measure up. Easy access to information about old flames have broken up more than a few marriages. Easy access had bred a whole industry bent on scamming people out of their money. Because we don’t need to go to the bank to do our banking our banker doesn’t know us, thus we are reduced to a series of numbers and pass codes making us vulnerable to identity theft. And finally, if the electrons quit flowing and your device runs out of batteries then that electronic library is GONE.
So undoubtedly the biggest change in my life has been computing and computers and chips and electrons flying about the Ethernet but I still like to read a hard copy book and I still add to a library in the event that all this ease ceases .

Always enjoy your posts.

There are far bigger and deleterious longterm consequential impacts than you have highlighted.

Truth told, am not at all confident the 'benefits' of the past two decades are even really 'beneficial' to society at large: one might characterize them more accurately as pernicious.

But, if the criteria is impact upon life, 'electronics' have most definitely been most impactful for better or, me thinks, much worse.

Dan has touched on something - while I certainly use technology to do my job, meet great wet shaving dudes, have access to the world at my fingertips..... I would drop it in a NY minute to go back to pre-cell phone and no computer usage. I think it has ruined the middle class, taken away our kids childhoods, led to a divided and angry populace, and allowed the media and government to gain control of our minds and wallets [tyranny is now in full operation]. Do I sound like a grumpy old man!?

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be near 80 today which in Idaho is a veritable heatwave.  Lime seemed the ticket today.  The little Baton vintage butterscotch worked well.  I tend to enjoy fattie brushes but this little 20mm silvertip sweetie does just fine for a two-pass.

I also got another story written. My kids wanted a book about my life so I’ve been diligently writing.  380 pages so far!  The kids send me questions they want answered and I write a reply.  My question this morning was “what inventions have most changed your life”.  Here is my reply.
I asked my father this question thinking he would say “space travel” as he literally lived from horse and buggy time to the lunar landing on the moon but his answer was “the application of horsepower”. He didn’t mean to tie a horse to something. Horsepower is defined by the energy it takes to lift 550 lbs, one foot in one second or about 746 watts. We use it to measure the power of different engines. With more horsepower, farm tractors got bigger and the equipment they pulled got wider and one man could do much more work. Goods were delivered faster in larger quantities at cheaper cost. Roads, that previously followed the contour of the land were straightened and the ripples and folds in the land were cut and filled Allowing high speed interstate highways. Building went faster. Manufacturing got bigger. So, although it’s remarkable to start life in a horse-drawn workd and end it in a jet airplane, I believe horsepower did indeed change his world.
So what changed mine? Lots of changes have happened in my life too but I believe the biggest change has been the application of electronics, specifically computers and such. When I graduated college and was starting a business I had need of a computer so I trundled down to the IBM store and bought a top line model that had 30 megabyte hard drive and the salesman said “you will NEVER need anything larger than this!” He was oh so wrong. Today my cell phone has 128 gigabytes making it 4,361 times larger than that first computer. My office laptop computer has a terabyte of memory making it 1000 times bigger than my phone. I often wonder if that salesman lasted in the computer game.
When I was a kid, every home that was serious about education had a set of encyclopedias that contained a plethora of man’s knowledge. If I wanted to know about the ancient Greeks, I’d pull down the “G” encyclopedia and look it up. If I needed more information than the book contained I’d get to the public library where they kept additional books. A home’s encyclopedia set was a status symbol and was kept in a book case where everyone could see it and it said “we love our children”. But today, the public library is a lonely place and there are no encyclopedia salesmen going door to door because due to computers and digitation, and the internet, I have at my fingertips, anytime of day or night, all the info anyone has written about the Greeks. I don’t have a set of encyclopedias nor a membership card to the public library.
Because of Computers I laid in bed this morning and bought two 80 inch bandsaw blades, 1/2 inch wide and .025 inches thick with 4 teeth per inch. Because of computers the seller knows consumer demand and where to have inventory located so I can have those saw blades in my hand in two days. I’m guessing nobody in my town of 60 thousand has such a blade in stock but could “order it”. I literally had two or three dozen choices from a dozen manufacturers and I did it in my pajamas. Shoot, this book I’m writing isn’t practical even twenty years ago. If I’d have wanted to do this I’d have had to type it up onto my personal computer, downloaded it onto a floppy disc storage devise, taken that to a printer who would have sat with me discussing paper quality, cover style, and page layout after which he would make etched plates to transfer ink to paper and create my book. Digital printers of today can do all that work with not a single human having to do much except download the file into the printer. The result is I can make this book for around 100 dollars a copy where the old way would be 1000 dollars each.
Computers allow us all to have a high quality camera in our hands at all times! I have more cherished pictures in my phone that take up more space than 1000 of that first computer I bought and I have about ten times that many archived on storage. Pictures aren’t saved for special occasions anymore and those pictures can be sent electronically to Grandma and Dobby in an instant! I can see what grandkids were doing mere seconds ago. Shoot, for that matter we can fire up a video conference and see and hear real-time what folks are doing.
Cook Books full of recipes are relics. Scrapbooks are not a thing anymore. Home libraries are becoming smaller or nonexistent. Our cars depend on computers. Our grocery orders are submitted, picked by a remote worker, and delivered to us curbside. Almost every device in my home functions due to a computer chip. TVs to microwave ovens to clocks on the wall all have chips monitoring their function. I have instant access to esoteric information of every kind and available all day long everyday!
But I fear that as good as all this is there are issues too. Electronic computing has offered me instant access to encyclopedic knowledge but it also opens the door to adult situations that youth (and adults) didn’t used to worry much about. Seems weekly we hear of another youth taking their life because of cyber-bullying that without a device a parent would better know the situation. Seems that computers and social media have set standards where workaday people are prone to compare their everyday life to other peoples “highlight” reels and come away concluding that somehow they don’t measure up. Easy access to information about old flames have broken up more than a few marriages. Easy access had bred a whole industry bent on scamming people out of their money. Because we don’t need to go to the bank to do our banking our banker doesn’t know us, thus we are reduced to a series of numbers and pass codes making us vulnerable to identity theft. And finally, if the electrons quit flowing and your device runs out of batteries then that electronic library is GONE.
So undoubtedly the biggest change in my life has been computing and computers and chips and electrons flying about the Ethernet but I still like to read a hard copy book and I still add to a library in the event that all this ease ceases .

Always enjoy your posts.

There are far bigger and deleterious longterm consequential impacts than you have highlighted.

Truth told, am not at all confident the 'benefits' of the past two decades are even really 'beneficial' to society at large: one might characterize them more accurately as pernicious.

But, if the criteria is impact upon life, 'electronics' have most definitely been most impactful for better or, me thinks, much worse.

Dan has touched on something - while I certainly use technology to do my job, meet great wet shaving dudes, have access to the world at my fingertips..... I would drop it in a NY minute to go back to pre-cell phone and no computer usage. I think it has ruined the middle class, taken away our kids childhoods, led to a divided and angry populace, and allowed the media and government to gain control of our minds and wallets [tyranny is now in full operation]. Do I sound like a grumpy old man!? 

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Mark me down as "Grumpy Old Man #2"

Thursday, June 1, 2023 - Grooming Dept After The Fire

Marko, what flavor was that? Man where was I, don't remember that'n?

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Ravello Cream (Ethos) figgy citrus
Shave 1 ・ 99% left

Frank does summer scents right. From Fresco to Greenfresh to this new tub of Ravello, no other brand better captures the bright summer sun and puts you in the mood for putting your feet in the sand while the waves wash over beach. Today’s Ravello pays homage to a charming Italian village perched on the cliffs of the Amalfi coast. It is truly enchanting. Once you navigate past the bustling tourist shops, you’ll discover the serene gardens of the Villa Cimbrone, offering breathtaking vistas of the Mediterranean Sea that will make you yearn for an eternal summer.
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Brush Slightly Cloudy ・ Razor Karve Brass Christopher Bradley SB-B, 3" Guilloche handle ・ Blade Derby Extra (day 5)

Marko, what flavor was that?  Man where was I, don't remember  that'n?

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That's what I was thinking.....where was I.....



Looks like Movember 2021 I missed
https://damnfineshave.com/thread-damn-fi...ember-2021

Marko, what flavor was that?  Man where was I, don't remember  that'n?

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That's what I was thinking.....where was I.....



Looks like Movember 2021 I missed
https://damnfineshave.com/thread-damn-fi...ember-2021

Right? That was a sneaky dirt forkball. I didn't even swang?

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Always enjoy your posts.

There are far bigger and deleterious longterm consequential impacts than you have highlighted.

Truth told, am not at all confident the 'benefits' of the past two decades are even really 'beneficial' to society at large: one might characterize them more accurately as pernicious.

But, if the criteria is impact upon life, 'electronics' have most definitely been most impactful for better or, me thinks, much worse.

Dan has touched on something - while I certainly use technology to do my job, meet great wet shaving dudes, have access to the world at my fingertips..... I would drop it in a NY minute to go back to pre-cell phone and no computer usage. I think it has ruined the middle class, taken away our kids childhoods, led to a divided and angry populace, and allowed the media and government to gain control of our minds and wallets [tyranny is now in full operation]. Do I sound like a grumpy old man!? 

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Mark me down as "Grumpy Old Man #2" 

Truth be told I’m grumpy #3.  Seems with everything good always comes with bad and the better the good, the worse the bad.  I DONT WATCH any network news anymore.  Zero.  And yet I still get my information.  Divisive?  Yes sir. Way too much.  That’s why I choose to spend so much time in the Frank Church wilderness.  No cell.  No devices.  No roads or motors.  Sometimes clients are Dems and sometimes Reps and it always strikes me that similarities are much more numerous that differences.  Lots of good solutions come around a campfire.