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TraderJoe
06-14-2007, 02:21 AM
Came across this invention,

http://www.normansshavingmug.com/images/mug_shot.jpg

About:


In his many career engineering jobs, Norman has had to travel a lot, virtually living out of his suitcase for weeks and months at a time. Being an almost fanatic about brush lather saving, he had to do all sorts of back-flip things to keep his shaving kit from soiling his skivvies (underwear) when he threw his beloved old style ceramic shaving mug/kit into his suitcase. He finally got tired of putting on wet skivvies and looking like he had serious laundry problems or his wife, Mary, didn’t love him or something like that. So, one dark night about 3:00am in a strange hotel room he bolted straight up in bed with the idea of the century. His wife (who travels with him a lot after the kids left home and the dog died) thought that he was having a heart attack. His idea was one of those spectacular “better mouse trap” type ideas. He would (AND has) invented a shaving mug that eliminates all of the things that were driving him nuts about his preferred but necessary method of shaving his wire-brush beard. His new invention solves all of his shaving aggravations and it will solve yours too.


Benefits:


Unique Soap Cake Holding Ring that keeps the soap cake from falling out of your mug under any circumstances.

Mug casing is made of a polypropylene resin that will not break when dropped.

Ventilated, screw-on cover with a Liquid Barrier Sponge that allows drying air to enter but keeps the liquid inside, NO MORE SOILED CLOTHES in your travel bag!!

Environmentally friendly it contains no aerosols, no pollutants. http://www.normansshavingmug.com/images/MUG_FUNCT.gif



WEBSITE (http://www.normansshavingmug.com/)

moviemaniac
06-14-2007, 05:49 AM
well, that's the modern way of doing things. Some people, like me, just use their good ole wash-bag and put a shaving stick in there ;)

Mottern Man
06-14-2007, 09:07 AM
I have seen this a long time ago when I ran "shaving mug" in google. Nice idea for a travel mug I must say.

But then again so is Mama Bear and QED good for travel too. :D

TraderJoe
06-14-2007, 05:12 PM
I have seen this a long time ago when I ran "shaving mug" in google. Nice idea for a travel mug I must say.

But then again so is Mama Bear and QED good for travel too. :D

yeah, but they don't have this:


Ventilated, screw-on cover with a Liquid Barrier Sponge that allows drying air to enter but keeps the liquid inside, NO MORE SOILED CLOTHES in your travel bag!!


:D

Queen of Blades
06-14-2007, 05:37 PM
allows drying air to enter but keeps the liquid inside

Oxymoron kinda idea, IMO. :confused:

TraderJoe
06-14-2007, 05:41 PM
allows drying air to enter but keeps the liquid inside

Oxymoron kinda idea, IMO. :confused:

My guess is that it works similar (reverse) to stay-dry shirts like those sold by Under-Armour, etc.

Queen of Blades
06-14-2007, 05:58 PM
I'm fairly sure I understand what they are trying to say, but it sounds stupid the way they put it.

What is the point of allowing drying air in, if the liquid stays in too?? :rolleyes:

TraderJoe
06-14-2007, 06:02 PM
What is the point of allowing drying air in, if the liquid stays in too?? :rolleyes:

It lets air in, to dry the liquid.......so it doesn't soil your undies :rofl

Puzzle solved :D

Queen of Blades
06-14-2007, 08:38 PM
It lets air in, to dry the liquid.......so it doesn't soil your undies :rofl

Puzzle solved :D

No, I understand that, but if the liquid doesn't escape, the soap can't dry. :rolleyes:

Smedley
06-15-2007, 05:43 PM
The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon, the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true.:signs068

sparky5693
06-15-2007, 11:38 PM
My guess is that it works similar (reverse) to stay-dry shirts like those sold by Under-Armour, etc.

Those work by capillary action. The best example I can think of is when water gets trapped in the holes of a window screen. By pulling the liquid to the surface and spreading the surface area, it's able to evaporate quicker. These particular fibers are usually an extremely fine spun polyester (often called microfiber)

If I had to guess, i'd say this device is somehow allowing the liquid to evaporate through a type of osmosis, that leaves the larger water molecules behind.... I'd guess it to be some kind of extremely fine sponge.

TraderJoe
06-16-2007, 12:39 AM
Those work by capillary action. The best example I can think of is when water gets trapped in the holes of a window screen. By pulling the liquid to the surface and spreading the surface area, it's able to evaporate quicker. These particular fibers are usually an extremely fine spun polyester (often called microfiber)

If I had to guess, i'd say this device is somehow allowing the liquid to evaporate through a type of osmosis, that leaves the larger water molecules behind.... I'd guess it to be some kind of extremely fine sponge.

Elementary, dear Watson....wouldn't ya say? :D

sparky5693
06-16-2007, 12:41 AM
Elementary, dear Watson....wouldn't ya say? :D

Did you know they never said that in the books, only the movies. :)

Queen of Blades
06-16-2007, 12:46 AM
Did you know they never said that in the books, only the movies. :)

:rolleyes: I think it is time for me to beat Professor Bob over the head now. ::sesel

TraderJoe
06-16-2007, 12:48 AM
:rolleyes: I think it is time for me to beat Professor Bob over the head now. ::sesel

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Queen of Blades
06-16-2007, 12:49 AM
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No? Why not? :confused:

TraderJoe
06-16-2007, 12:54 AM
No? Why not? :confused:

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Queen of Blades
06-16-2007, 01:57 AM
http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/signs105.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

Nah. :p

Mottern Man
06-16-2007, 01:59 AM
Did you know they never said that in the books, only the movies. :)

Oddly, YES I knew that (don't look at me like that, I READ............OK, OK I seen it on a documentary). :rofl