u/JonBovi_msn

My open comb Old Type felt pretty harsh at first but once I got used to it became my favorite razor. I enjoy the fact that it really makes me pay attention to what I'm doing. Last night I put a new blade in my Super Speed Flare Tip and I could barely feel the blade. I guess the Super Speed is being able to zip through the shave without having to be so careful. It really reminded me of when my father gave me his razor with no blade to pretend to shave by scraping Gillette Foamy off my face.

I got a single horn in really good shape for $50. The bad news is the case smells like it was stored in a basement. So far the smell has lasted being sprinkled liberally with baking soda and kept open in a warm, dry furnace room for 5 years. I had considered giving up on it but discovered that a replacement case is more expensive than the horn. I might gut the case down to the hard plastic shell and contrive my own case internals out of scavenged foam and old towels. I want to try leaving it in a hot car in the sun to see what heat will do but I don't have a car.

I'd like to have a little box that says some version of "Howdy", "Greetings" or "Hello" when someone comes up the stairs to the second floor or my building without it being so expensive that it would be a big loss if someone stole it.

What is a good platform to do such a project as cheaply as possible? It would have to be able to play a simple audio file. I could simplify it to play only one greeting if being able to select from multiple files would increase the cost.

Some guys don't understand the power of subtlety and insist on having a very heavy hand with the cologne. I can smell my mailman's cologne halfway up the stairs for at least 30 minutes after he has been here. There is a guy at my work who wears so much I have to walk away when he is around or I'll get a pounding headache. What are people like that thinking?