Re: Electric Razor?
Rod Speed
> Rod Speed <rod.sp...@gmail.com> wrote
>> KenK wrote
>>> I have a Braun series 1 190 electric razor and the foil screen has
>>> worn a hole on one side. Sure didn't last very long. From what I
>>> can find on- line the foil and cutter costs almost as much as a
>>> new razor in Walmart. Hard to pin down the right part. They
>>> don't seem to identify them the same as the razor markings.
>>> Anyhow, if I'm going to replace it might as well try to find a
>>> better one. The Braun is ok but far from outstanding. Not a very
>>> good shave. Previously I had a rotary Norelco. Unlike Norelcos
>>> I had when I was younger it was very bad. Very poor shave.
>>> Anyone have any suggestions for a good razor they bought recently?
>>> Maybe I should just grow a beard
>> Thats what I did. I do mow it back to stubble every couple
>> of weeks, basically because I dont like a large wet mass
>> after a shower, and that works very well indeed.
>> I initially used the beard trimmer on the side of the Braun to do that,
>> until eventually that died and I now use a beard trimmer most of the
>> time, tho sometimes I just use the hair cutter with the comb removed.
>> You do have to be a big careful around the lips with the hair cutter,
>> it can bite there, but you dont get a proper wound, its just uncomfortable.
> I haven't been that unlucky yet and I also stick the clippers up my nose and in my ears.
Yeah, it presumably depends on the design of the teeth. I dont get that effect with the
dedicated beard trimmer. The hair clipper does say that you can use it for beard trimming
with the comb removed and that does work very well, you just have to be careful.
> I've been lazy shaving with bare hair clippers for years, every 2-3
> weeks the face whiskers annoy me too much so i just run the
> clippers over face and head, as well as those blasted neck hairs.
Yeah, thats what I do. Not sure how often I do it, havent timed it.
> Of course being a real man i don't do my back
I dont either, just as well, I cant reach that anyway.
> or eyebrows,
I do that now that the last barber I used asked me if I wanted them done.
He said that once you need to do them, you need to keep doing them.
Some people end up with quite bizarrely virulent eyebrows.
> I even wish i'd grow more there as women are attracted to a hairy
> back, and more eyebrow hair can give a better evil appearance.
Yeah, some are utterly bizarre.
> Easy way for me is in the shower and afterwards
> when you wash I just pick up the hair from the drain.
I dont do it in the shower.
> Since I started balding it's become much easier.
True, I just do an all over #1. Took a while to find clippers that dont stall
in the hair but the current ones have plenty of horsepower and work fine.
>>> but I'm concerned about existing photo ids like driver's license.
>> No one has ever given a damn and I get 5 year drivers license renewals
>> so the last shaved one lasted quite a while when I gave up on shaving.
> Our state government now allows a simple on-line renewal until your
> photo is 10 years old, easy money earner for them plus an easier time
> for jobbers like myself.
Ours doesnt yet, but they do allow 5 year renewals so you only need to bother every 5 years.
>>> I can easily visualize an arrogant cop giving me a hard time.
>> I've never had a problem.
>>> If I use a blade I bleed annoyingly.
>> Yeah, I bleed like a stuck pig now that I'm on blood thinners after the stent.
>> Never did bother with a blade tho.
Rod Speed
> Rod Speed <rod.sp...@gmail.com> wrote
>> Jim...(8-| wrote
>>> Rod Speed <rod.sp...@gmail.com> wrote
>>>> KenK wrote
>>>>> I have a Braun series 1 190 electric razor and the foil screen has
>>>>> worn a hole on one side. Sure didn't last very long. From what I
>>>>> can find on- line the foil and cutter costs almost as much as a
>>>>> new razor in Walmart. Hard to pin down the right part. They
>>>>> don't seem to identify them the same as the razor markings.
>>>>> Anyhow, if I'm going to replace it might as well try to find a
>>>>> better one. The Braun is ok but far from outstanding. Not a very
>>>>> good shave. Previously I had a rotary Norelco. Unlike Norelcos
>>>>> I had when I was younger it was very bad. Very poor shave.
>>>>> Anyone have any suggestions for a good razor they bought recently?
>>>>> Maybe I should just grow a beard
>>>> Thats what I did. I do mow it back to stubble every couple
>>>> of weeks, basically because I dont like a large wet mass
>>>> after a shower, and that works very well indeed.
Just got some photos of some of the relos and they have gone the same way.
>>> or eyebrows,
> Yeah stalling was a problem that's now almost a memory though
> the sides remain thick. The clippers fly through the top now.
In my case it was the clippers that made the difference, not going bald.
>>>>> but I'm concerned about existing photo ids like driver's license.
>>>> No one has ever given a damn and I get 5 year drivers license renewals
>>>> so the last shaved one lasted quite a while when I gave up on shaving.
>>> Our state government now allows a simple on-line renewal until your
>>> photo is 10 years old, easy money earner for them plus an easier
>>> time for jobbers like myself.
>> Ours doesnt yet, but they do allow 5 year renewals so you only need to bother every 5 years.
> Our renewals are up to 5 years too. Used to be 10 till about
> 30 years ago when greed found a new way to raise revenue.
Ours charges the same per year for the 5 year licenses.
In theory you do benefit from not getting slugged by increases as
much but on the other hand they have your cash for a lot longer too.
> It's strange how they talk about a licence being a privilege not a right
Thats just so they can decide whether you can have one or not.
> yet public transport outside major cities is virtually non-existent.
> That of course shows up elderly semi-blind drivers being
> allowed to keep their licences until they drive over someone, as in
> the case of a former neighbour of mine who did it to a kid on a
> pedestrian crossing. When he wrote off three cars in a prang a couple
> of years earlier it wasn't enough to do any more than restrict his
> limited by then already conditions a bit.
They're much more gung ho about taking their license
away here, including annual tests once you get past 85
> I suppose to compensate for being kind to older drivers
> they make it tougher for the young ones to gain a licence.
Not here.