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- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - March 26th, 2025 (#652) 3 hours ago:
March 26, 2025
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers – “Gianmaria” w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Wolfman Guerilla (Gen 1)
- Blade: Personna 74 (53)
- Lather: Maurer & Wirtz - Tabac - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral
Nice substitute BVWSSC shave! I’m a union worker myself, so I support whoever is striking that prevented the international mail smushes from arriving on time.
- Comment on [BVWSC] Inquiry on the state of the March shave 19 hours ago:
I’m down.
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - March 25th, 2025 (#651) 22 hours ago:
March 25, 2025
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers – “Gianmaria” w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Wolfman Guerilla (Gen 1)
- Blade: Personna 74 (52)
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Lyssa - Soap
- Post Shave: Barrister & Mann - Lyssa - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Dove Men+Care Ultra-Hydra Cream
Excelsior isn’t necessarily better than Omnibus, but my personal preference leans towards it. Lyssa is pretty cool. It’s sort of a sharp, dirty, metallic rose.
- Comment on Can't solve the captcha because I don't know what `undefined` is 1 day ago:
Motorcycles… it’s always motorcycles.
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - March 25th, 2025 (#651) 1 day ago:
I’ve narrowed it down to me compulsively updating things… I’ll click to update the schedule stack, and there won’t be an update for the scheduling stuff, but it’ll update redis. Without fail, updating redis gives problems afterwards.
I changed the stack now (as of yesterday) to use a fixed versio of redis, so when I compulsively look for an update, redis won’t change.
To fix it, I just delete the local folders/databases/etc. (leaving the folder with the scheduled events) and start from scratch. I did that yesterday and a test post worked. This time I’ll add in a step of logging out and recreating the jobs from scratch. There are only two jobs so it’s easy.
As far as logs go, there isn’t anything unusual from 00:05Z. The logs are empty going back further than that… probably some sort of log setting I should fix to make it go further back.
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - March 25th, 2025 (#651) 1 day ago:
I’m surprised you had to make the post again… I thought I fixed it yesterday. Did a test post and everything!
- Comment on [BVWSC] Inquiry on the state of the March shave 1 day ago:
Sorry to hear you’re dealing with so much!
- Comment on [BVWSC] Inquiry on the state of the March shave 1 day ago:
I’m down for Tabac at some point.
I’m also totally down to skip a month. No biggy. I’m surprised we’ve made it this far without a skip!
Sometimes once a month feels like a lot to keep track of personally. But that’s just me, and I have low thrill overall.
- Comment on [BVWSC] Inquiry on the state of the March shave 1 day ago:
I mean does anyone not have BaM Seville?
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - March 24th, 2025 (#650) 2 days ago:
March 24, 2025
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers – “Gianmaria” w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Wolfman Guerilla (Gen 1)
- Blade: Personna 74 (51)
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Fougère Classique - Soap
- Post Shave: Barrister & Mann - Petrichor - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Dove Men+Care Ultra-Hydra Cream
I’m continuously impressed by this blade. The OG Guerilla is on the mild side, and this blade does seem to excel in mild razors. If you’re someone who loves high efficiency and not much blade feel, the Guerilla is worth taking a look at. I’ve heard the new ones are a bit more aggressive, though.
I have at least 2 more P74 blades, but can’t see myself having enough thrill to put them through their paces in the future. If anyone here 1) has never tried a P74, 2) thinks they’d like to try one, 3) is willing to push through the first 10 shaves which might give them weepers, then let me know.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread - March 23rd, 2025 (#649) 2 days ago:
March 23, 2025
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers – “Gianmaria” w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Merkur Futur
- Blade: Personna 74 (50)
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Fougère Classique - Soap
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Santa Noir - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral
Celebrating 50 shaves on a blade. This blade has been working really well in mild razors, so today I tried a not-mild razor. It was fine. Tomorrow I’ll switch back to something mild.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - March 22nd, 2025 (#648) 3 days ago:
March 22, 2025
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers – “Gianmaria” w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
- Blade: Personna 74 (49)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Gin & Tonic - Soap
- Post Shave: Barbasol - Brisk - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - March 21st, 2025 4 days ago:
I have Tabac and Arkadia
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - March 21st, 2025 4 days ago:
You’re welcome! Hopefully this makes it to your email inbox!
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - March 21st, 2025 4 days ago:
If you add your email to your profile, you can enable “Send notifications to Email”.
Some sort of push notification to your phone would be nice, though.
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread - March 21st, 2025 (#647) 4 days ago:
March 21, 2025
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers – “Gianmaria” w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
- Blade: Personna 74 (48)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Gin & Tonic - Soap
- Post Shave: Barrister & Mann - Lyssa - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - EdT
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - March 21st, 2025 5 days ago:
There’s a new version of Lemmy available (0.9.10). It attempts to fix the longstanding “Language” problem, where users without English selected in their options couldn’t see posts tagged as “English” (which is why this instance has language set to “Undefined”). Although, reading now, it seems like it was people’s browsers that blocked English posts if their system is set to anything other than English. Who knows.
Another thing the update will do is enable English for all users.
I’m still trying to figure out how it’s going to work after updating, and won’t update for a little while probably. The language stuff seems pretty straight forward but I want to make sure it’s not going to cause confusion for anyone.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - March 20th, 2025 (#646) 5 days ago:
Yeah I agree about that cream. Totally works good.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - March 20th, 2025 (#646) 5 days ago:
If it’s the sort of tan colored synthetic from Maggard, that’s my favorite knot (or at least it’s my most used knot).
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - March 20th, 2025 (#646) 5 days ago:
March 20, 2025
- Brush: Stirling 24mm Synthetic
- Blade: Personna Twin Pivot Plus Refills, Atra (9)
- Lather: Noble Otter - Batters Up - Soap
- Post Shave: Old Spice - Original - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral
Great scent, though not for everyone.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - March 19th, 2025 (#645) 1 week ago:
March 19, 2025
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers – “Gianmaria” w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
- Blade: Personna 74 (47)
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Vespers - Soap
- Post Shave: Spearhead - Seaforth! Heather - Toner
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral
Not going for any underdogs today because I’m boring and love Vespers.
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - March 18th, 2025 (#644) 1 week ago:
March 18, 2025
- Brush: Semogue 1305
- Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
- Blade: Personna 74 (46)
- Lather: Central Texas Soaps - Down By The River - Soap
- Post Shave: Brut - Splash On
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral
I like the few Semogue brushes I have. They’re all different and very usable.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - March 17th, 2025 (#643) 1 week ago:
March 17, 2025
- Brush: Chisel & Hound “Rob’s Finest” w/25mm Paragon Synthetic
- Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
- Blade: Personna 74 (45)
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Vespers - Soap
- Post Shave: Barrister & Mann - Petrichor - Aftershave
Today is the perfect day for Vespers. It’s a bit gloomy and drizzling, yet still sort of pleasant outside.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread - March 16th, 2025 (#642) 1 week ago:
March 16, 2025
- Brush: Chisel & Hound “Rob’s Finest” w/25mm Paragon Synthetic
- Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
- Blade: Personna 74 (44)
- Lather: Fanzine Saponifications – Test… Test… 123 – Soap
- Post Shave: Summer Break Soaps - Woodshop - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral
So slick. This tester soap has everthing I need, and nothing else.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - March 15th, 2025 (#641) 1 week ago:
March 16, 2025
- Brush: Chisel & Hound “Rob’s Finest” w/25mm Paragon Synthetic
- Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
- Blade: Personna 74 (43)
- Lather: Noble Otter - Batters Up - Soap
- Post Shave: Spearhead - Seaforth! Heather - Toner
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral
- Fragrance: Auntie Anne’s Pretzels - Knead - EdP
$Discord
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - March 14th, 2025 1 week ago:
there have clearly been major improvements
🙃
- Comment on cherry pickers 1 week ago:
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread - March 14th, 2025 (#640) 1 week ago:
March 14, 2025
- Brush: Zenith 508A XL/Bristle (B35) (MOAR BOAR) 31mm
- Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
- Blade: Personna 74 (42)
- Lather: Fanzine Saponifications – Test… Test… 123 – Soap
- Post Shave: Noble Otter - Hamami - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Dove Men+Care Ultra-Hydra Cream
The weather has been warming up a bit. Having a friend over later to grill dinner with the kids while our respective wives go to a ZZ Ward concert together.
- Comment on cherry pickers 1 week ago:
Me either, but assuming it’s a real screenshot, the date is 2018. I didn’t do much digging, but 2018 saw an increase in cherry crops according to this source upnorthlive.com/…/usda-2018-cherry-crop-productio….
An overall increase of 60% is pretty big! If this specific farm had an especially bad year in 2017, a 340% increase isn’t out of the question.
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread - March 14th, 2025 (#640) 1 week ago:
Wow, interesting results for sure.