The Beard

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Re: The Beard

#61 Post by 1DC » Wed Sep 11, 2019 7:12 pm

I bought a Japanese electric shaver for about £150 ( marked down from £290), the best one they sold at the time. It gives a very good shave and i replace the cutters every two or three years which i buy in Oz because they are half the price of the UK. When i bought it i was paying about £20 per month for razor blades and have recovered my costs many times over since then..
Biggest hurt to my pride was about five years ago when i was paying the young sixteen year old at the supermarket.She put my change in my hand folded it around it and said " here you are love, put it in your pocket before you lose it"!! I managed to leave without throwing a wobbler,Mrs 1DC reckons it was the funniest sight she had ever seen when she looked at my face..

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Re: The Beard

#62 Post by OFSO » Wed Sep 11, 2019 8:11 pm

Just been told by SWMBO that now the Festival de Trobadors is over, beard must be trimmed. Not off, just made 'nice'. Pity, I was aiming for an Aaron Kaufman...

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#63 Post by Rwy in Sight » Thu Sep 12, 2019 5:11 am

ian16th wrote:
Wed Sep 11, 2019 8:22 am
With the current price of razor blades, shaving is becoming a luxury.
Just keep using them a bit longer.

1DC, everybody has a moment when he is considered older than his real age. And to remain within the thread. I have yet to find an electric razor to be as effective as the standard (non-electric/manual) to give a totally shaven face. I have plenty of blades left to make a change, but your info is worth considered.

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#64 Post by ribrash » Thu Sep 12, 2019 7:39 am

The money saved on not buying razor blades these past 35 years or so has been wisely spent on red and white fermented liquids.

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Re: The Beard

#65 Post by Woody » Thu Sep 12, 2019 8:06 am

ribrash wrote:
Thu Sep 12, 2019 7:39 am
The money saved on not buying razor blades these past 35 years or so has been wisely spent on red and white fermented liquids.
So that’s why the ffrench don’t buy soap =)) =))
When all else fails, read the instructions.

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Re: The Beard

#66 Post by ribrash » Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:35 am

Woody wrote:
Thu Sep 12, 2019 8:06 am
ribrash wrote:
Thu Sep 12, 2019 7:39 am
The money saved on not buying razor blades these past 35 years or so has been wisely spent on red and white fermented liquids.
So that’s why the ffrench don’t buy soap =)) =))
+1 =)) =))

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Re: The Beard

#67 Post by OFSO » Thu Sep 12, 2019 2:50 pm

French use lowest amount of water per person per annum in the whole EU so soap not necessary.

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