@Primotenore 's fireside chats put him in the same category of history as those that "F. Delano R" did(I thought I'd twist around the name of our 32nd Potus).
I must say, I rarely land on the Home page, but I did today, and it was a delight to read. Sign me up, the check is in the mail.
I rarely jump into discussions such as this (although, it was a lovely read), but I have two questions: Is that an ATRA all-metal handle on the first page rather than a Trac II? I didn't understand the salmon mousse cookie reference, especially after the Monty Python pic of Death pointing to the salmon mousse; coincidence or conspiracy? Thank you, first tenor, for making this. Tom
You are absolutely correct. Atra handle. That was apparently a joke from @richgem You'll have to ask him what that meant.
Please forgive my density, but I hadn't noticed a promise of cookies of any kind, and I do sort of appreciate a non sequitur remark tied to your avatar, but @gorgo2 inserted a still from the Monty Python film, "The Meaning of Life" in which the Grim Reaper has just told all of the guests at a dinner party that they are all dead from having eaten the salmon mousse. And then you wrote you had already eaten all the cookies, and someone else wrote the sugar-free cookies were for him, but they were apparently all gone, too, and it was all over my head, and I thought I had missed something, and I was just trying to understand! Tom
Wow! I just came across this thought invoking, historical perspective on one man’s journey into the wet shave rabbit hole. Wow, I can totally relate. I have used a brush and mug for over 40 years. I picked up my first straight in 2002. Until three years ago I was a one soap until finished type of guy. Then, somehow I came across some other shave artisans and social media sites. My one DE razor and straight, Merkur 37 c, and Theirs-Issard Super Gnome Extra, suddenly has grown to a total of 15 straights, 3 shavettes, 1 injector, 4 GEMs and 9 DEs. I will not list the soaps and aftershaves. I totally get where you have been and are going.