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Jay · **Ex OSYer** Captain Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 1589

Yeah thats right. My wife and I spent some serious money on a variety of things today like new glasses (for me) and contacts (for her) and since my employer doesn't provide vision insurance it was an expensive endeavor. After that I decided that I wanted the Braun 8585 electric shaver that I've seen advertised on TV (always used a razor until this point) and then after that we blew $60 at the liquor store. Four shots and I'm still typing without slurs!

Anyway so I get home, plop down in my recliner (which was given to us by my step-father-in-law) and I hear a big CRACK! Yeah I'm not a small guy but it really sucks to watch your recliner collapse one day when you sit on it. Thankfully it was quite old having been a hand-me-down and was already in the process of breaking when my wife received it as a gift a few years back. After four shots of various liquors and some reflection I suppose we are lucky it didnt break any earlier Smile

Still after spending all this money - I get to spend some more on a chair.

/me sighs...

OscarWilde · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 8:04 pm Post subject:

If you're not used to electric shavers, you may regret the purchase. I'm used to good ol' razors and then one day I thought it would be better to use an electric shaver and got a Braun. Went home and then for the next one year regretted the choice every time I tried to shave with it. My facial hair by that time was already too thick and I was too used to the razor that the electric shaver actually wasn't able to provide a clean shave without repeatedly going over the same spots, which ended up with those places going red and getting really dry skin. Turns out, if you've been shaving for too long one way, you can't just swap over to another way.

Hope you don't have to suffer like I did with an electric shaver.
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Jay · **Ex OSYer** Captain Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 1589

I shaved with it tonight. I was getting quite scruffy after a few weeks so I didn't start off easy. It did a pretty nice job except I had a bit of problem underneath my chin. I went ahead and finished that off with a razor. The manual (yeah I actually read it) says that it may take 3 weeks to get used to it, especially if it's your first electric so I'm giving it some time as I think most of my issue is technique related as you have to hold the thing at a peticular angle in order to get maximum effectiveness.

Mord · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 1:11 am Post subject:

I hate electric razors. That is all.
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DrPizza · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 3:24 am Post subject:

Electric razors are for homosexuals.
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Jeremy Reimer · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:14 am Post subject:

I disagree; electric razors are for lazy people, like me.
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OscarWilde · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:55 am Post subject:

I'd like to use an electric shaver because I'm too lazy to shave, but alas, I can't get used to it. So I just use shaving gel and the double blade razor. I'm almost tempted to use the triple and quadruple blade with names like, 'mach 3!!!11!! extreme!!111!!' and then claim I can shave at 120fps, but my manhood is secure enough to not need shave with that many blades. There are even new blades that bend to your face which sorta scares me. There is a new razor I've seen in the stores that are battery powered and vibrate, which scares me even more. Why would I want to shave with a razor that vibrates in my hand? Surprised

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OscarWilde · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 5:03 am Post subject:

Looks like my joke isn't so far off. The battery powered razor is called, 'Mach 3 Power NITRO!' They even compare the new razor to a nitro sports car. WTF? I think the PR people obviously surf the ars battlefront at work.
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HitScan · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 6:53 am Post subject:

Jay: what style electric is it? Side-to-side or Rotating?

I tried out my dad's rotating shaver when I was young, and if you had more then about a 32nd of an inch of hair, it was just as likely to be caught in the side of the rotating blades as the cutting edge (the bottom) Therefore, I have come to associtate all rotating electric razors with having the hair torn free from your face, as by a wax, or a vile punishment for having grown it in the first place. I have had far more luck and far less trouble with the side-to-side variety.
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Jay · **Ex OSYer** Captain Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 1589

Side to Side I believe...

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DrPizza · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:14 am Post subject:

Homosexuals, I say.
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OscarWilde · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:49 am Post subject:

Mord · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:27 am Post subject:

Jay · **Ex OSYer** Captain Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 1589

Riso · Commodore Joined: 28 Feb 2001 Posts: 3019

Or women that look like men. Which reminds me..

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Mord · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 2:45 pm Post subject:

I can't really tell from hear, but I be she has an ass like a 12 year old boy.
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Jay · **Ex OSYer** Captain Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 1589

HitScan · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 3:30 pm Post subject:

Mord · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:27 pm Post subject:

Jay · **Ex OSYer** Captain Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 1589

I just bought a new recliner today. For $500 I got a nice new blue one. I love this recliner. They wanted to charge $70 for delivery but I decided to enlist the help of family members with pickup trucks to go and pick it up at the distribution center 30 miles way instead.

I can't wait for my new chair.

Hmmmm.... I started writing this post yesterday and never posted it before I passed out on the couch. So when I say "today" I mean "yesterday" Very Happy

kingpinmc · Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 6:55 pm Post subject:

MasterOfTheHat · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 9:15 am Post subject:

Well... that explains a lot...
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Jeremy Reimer · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 5:09 pm Post subject:

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Jay · **Ex OSYer** Captain Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 1589

I got my new recliner today. What a wonderful chair. I could live in this chair. And since the chair is paid for, when the authorities come to evict me from our townhome, I can be carried out in the chair!

Or not Very Happy

DuffMan · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 7:38 pm Post subject:

I bought a 46" dlp tv for myself for christmas. Christmas presents for yourself are the best!
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