Pine Tar Testimony
Frank
For more than a decade, every day, I’ve used Pine Tar Soap as shampoo, body cleanser, and shaving cream. For some reason just this morning, this reality struck me as somewhat remarkable, and so here I will.
I don’t buy or use any other products for the general touch-up of my physical exterior. I have all of my hair at fifty (in fact, perhaps more than I’d like on top), little to no discernible gray, no dandruff, no skin troubles, no funny smells, and most importantly, no hassle. While I can’t attribute this, from my perspective, generally desirable condition to the soap directly, I can look at my only (younger) brother and rationally conclude that I am either comparatively fortunate, or that the soap helps.
My routine is pretty simple. Water on, close eyes, lather hair, face, and other bits all at once, find razor, shave, and rinse. When Bar Now is nearly reduced to a sliver, it gets set atop Bar Next, where it anneals, continuing the cycle. I cannot think of a single other thing in my life from which I’ve derived such sustainable utility, ease of use, and value.
For what it’s worth, I work in technology, spend a great deal of time “down in the valley” and (as we say in Seattle) “up on the mountain” in the company of corporate directors, BOD members, venture capitalists, partner senior executives, and every day I work in lockstep with DevOps staff. I like to think about stuff, but I’m by no means bohemian. I guess the point there is that my program seems to dovetail just fine with the rest of society, and no one’s the wiser.
Perhaps the best news is that my kids, two boys eight and eleven, are on the same program, and to them it’s a good thing. I feel as if with the help of Rivendell, I’ve AXE-proofed my home, and that’s worth a lot.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Mojo
Eric Norris
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Tim McNamara
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> Perhaps the best news is that my kids, two boys eight and eleven, are on the same program, and to them it’s a good thing. I feel as if with the help of Rivendell, I’ve AXE-proofed my home, and that’s worth a lot.
Worth several times a lot, I'd say...
Liesl
family is full of Pine Tar-Sudsing gals; in fact, they prefer it!
-liesl
Hank
On Saturday, March 17, 2012 11:20:35 AM UTC-7, Eric Norris wrote:
I used pine tar soap for several years, until my new wife told me I had to choose: her or the soap. That was an easy choice (the soap lost).--Eric N
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Montclair BobbyB
soap...
On Mar 17, 2:20 pm, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote:
> I used pine tar soap for several years, until my new wife told me I had to choose: her or the soap. That was an easy choice (the soap lost).
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> > I love pine tar soap. I tried it based on Grant's recommendation first as a face soap, soon the entire body. I have told this story here before: when I went to a month long radar course in Norman OK and met a fellow cute meteorologist who road a metebecance with a leather saddle, who tele skied, AND who used pine tar soap, I married her! We both just shared a shower together and one bar of pine tar. My conclusion: pine tar soap leads to marital bliss!
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> > On Saturday, March 17, 2012 10:53:05 AM UTC-6, Frank wrote:
> > For more than a decade, every day, I’ve used Pine Tar Soap as shampoo, body cleanser, and shaving cream. For some reason just this morning, this reality struck me as somewhat remarkable, and so here I will.
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> > I don’t buy or use any other products for the general touch-up of my physical exterior. I have all of my hair at fifty (in fact, perhaps more than I’d like on top), little to no discernible gray, no dandruff, no skin troubles, no funny smells, and most importantly, no hassle. While I can’t attribute this, from my perspective, generally desirable condition to the soap directly, I can look at my only (younger) brother and rationally conclude that I am either comparatively fortunate, or that the soap helps.
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> > My routine is pretty simple. Water on, close eyes, lather hair, face, and other bits all at once, find razor, shave, and rinse. When Bar Now is nearly reduced to a sliver, it gets set atop Bar Next, where it anneals, continuing the cycle. I cannot think of a single other thing in my life from which I’ve derived such sustainable utility, ease of use, and value.
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> > For what it’s worth, I work in technology, spend a great deal of time “down in the valley” and (as we say in Seattle) “up on the mountain” in the company of corporate directors, BOD members, venture capitalists, partner senior executives, and every day I work in lockstep with DevOps staff. I like to think about stuff, but I’m by no means bohemian. I guess the point there is that my program seems to dovetail just fine with the rest of society, and no one’s the wiser.
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> > Perhaps the best news is that my kids, two boys eight and eleven, are on the same program, and to them it’s a good thing. I feel as if with the help of Rivendell, I’ve AXE-proofed my home, and that’s worth a lot.
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> > Lather, rinse, repeat.
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Evan
http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/goo1.htm
Fun to read eloquent odes to soap.