The Haul: January 7th - January 13th, 2008

[PalmettoB]

Still returning stuff from Christmas? Or are ya getting new stuff, too? Show us your new shave goodies! Pics are always appreciated. ;)

[rick]

It's Monday already ???



oh wait.....
That's Doc's line :rolleyes:

[Lyrt]

I was amused by the cynicism of a recent mail from eBay: “Resell your Christmas gifts on eBay!” :rolleyes:

[jbcohen]

Probably good advice for people like me who are always getting clothing for XMas and have more then they can stand. :mad: I guess from now on I will be re-selling any and all clothing gifts. I guess that's a great policy re-sell all of those cloths and buy what I really wanted with the exchange value.

[Mottern Man]

It's Monday already ???



oh wait.....
That's Doc's line :rolleyes:

Fair nuff, hey, our members from Cambodia have to put up them scores.

[IsaacRN]

Probably good advice for people like me who are always getting clothing for XMas and have more then they can stand. :mad: I guess from now on I will be re-selling any and all clothing gifts. I guess that's a great policy re-sell all of those cloths and buy what I really wanted with the exchange value.

Just regift all that stuff. Be careful not to give the same gift back to the person that gave it to you :P

[Queen of Blades]

I was amused by the cynicism of a recent mail from eBay: “Resell your Christmas gifts on eBay!” :rolleyes:

Probably good advice for people like me who are always getting clothing for XMas and have more then they can stand. :mad: I guess from now on I will be re-selling any and all clothing gifts. I guess that's a great policy re-sell all of those cloths and buy what I really wanted with the exchange value.

I thought that was what gift receipts were for. :confused:

[minderasr]

Picked this baby up at a local antique store over the weekend for $12

:cool:

[IsaacRN]

Great find. If you ever want to sell, let me know :)

[TraderJoe]

Picked this baby up at a local antique store over the weekend for $12

:cool:

There you are.

Well, how was your BIRTHDAY (http://www.theshaveden.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4275) ?

Nice shaver ;)

[Michael]

Today's mail brought PEPPERCORN soap and Original Old Spice from the TSD store. Thank you JoAnna!! The soap smells great! The OS doesn't smell like I remember it, but close...and still nice.

Tomorrow's SoS...Peppercorn, of course.

But where is my St. John's Bay Rum??? Ordered on 12/31 - still not here!!! Is it with Isaac's Kent?!

[TraderJoe]

But where is my St. John's Bay Rum??? Ordered on 12/31 - still not here!!! Is it with Isaac's Kent?!

Patience, my boy. That comes from the Virgin Islands ;)

[minderasr]

There you are.

Well, how was your BIRTHDAY (http://www.theshaveden.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4275) ?

Nice shaver ;)

My birthday was nice. Uneventful, which is a good thing.

:)

[Michael]

Isaac wasn't patient with Kent. Why should I be patient?! Otoh, from the Islands, I'll be lucky if it shows up in 6 months!

[Queen of Blades]

Today I got a Kenny; Kent's Keyboard Brush! Finally!

Everyone else seemed to get one with their recent Kent purchases, but I didn't. And then when I saw Kenny was a frog? I was even more jealous. :ashamed001

Thanks to Michael, for sending me Kenny!

I love Kenny!!! :love029

[IsaacRN]

Odd...i got 3 of them in my box....

[Queen of Blades]

Odd...i got 3 of them in my box....

Do you love Kenny, or should I say Kennys, too?

I'm a one Kenny kinda girl myself, but..........you know, whatever floats your boat. :p

[IsaacRN]

To be honest.....i dont find it that effective...haha

[Queen of Blades]

To be honest.....i dont find it that effective...haha

Really? I do find it effective. Perhaps it works better on laptops.

Keep your comments to yourself, Will! :rolleyes:

[Michael]

I'm glad you like it, JoAnna. You're quite welcome.

[IsaacRN]

I use it on my laptop and my keyboard...its OK

[Queen of Blades]

I use it on my laptop and my keyboard...its OK

Well, I'm thinking about shaving with it, too. :p A bit small, but probably bigger than a Wee Scot.

[Mottern Man]

Today I got a Kenny; Kent's Keyboard Brush! Finally!

Everyone else seemed to get one with their recent Kent purchases, but I didn't. And then when I saw Kenny was a frog? I was even more jealous. :ashamed001

Thanks to Michael, for sending me Kenny!

I love Kenny!!! :love029

JoAnna dear, never start a sentence with the word and. ;)

[Mottern Man]

Really? I do find it effective. Perhaps it works better on laptops.

Keep your comments to yourself, Will! :rolleyes:

Fine, fine, your off my mailing list.

[Queen of Blades]

JoAnna dear, never start a sentence with the word and. ;)

I like the word "and". :D And I use it a lots! :p

Besides, run-on sentence, or start a sentence with "and", your choice, Mr. Engrish Professor. I see a new CT in your future.

[Queen of Blades]

JoAnna dear, never start a sentence with the word and. ;)

And what? :p

[IsaacRN]

I believe I brought this side of him out.

[Queen of Blades]

Fine, fine, your off my mailing list.

Snail, or E?

[Mottern Man]

I like the word "and". :D And I use it a lots! :p

Besides, run-on sentence, or start a sentence with "and", your choice, Mr. Engrish Professor. I see a new CT in your future.

All you have to do is start a new one.

I will fix it for you.


Today I got a Kenny; Kent's Keyboard Brush, Finally!

Everyone else seemed to get one with their recent Kent purchases however I did not. When I saw Kenny was a frog, I was even more jealous.

Thanks to Michael, for sending me Kenny!

I love Kenny!!!

[Mottern Man]

Snail, or E?

Both,















not because I don't like you but because I can't remember either one.

[Mottern Man]

I believe I brought this side of him out.

Correction, out of him. :rolleyes:

Actually JoAnna did. It was long ago and it was far away but so much better then it is today.

[Queen of Blades]

Sounds more like me with the "and" in it. :p

[IsaacRN]

You are correct. My preposition was in the incorrect place.

[Queen of Blades]

not because I don't like you but because I can't remember either one.

I realize this. And I was wondering how you were gonna find Joe's house, if you're ever stuck in Chicago (again). And stuff. :p

Since you can't remember email nor snail mail addresses. hehehehe..incomplete sentence..........hehehe

[Mottern Man]

I realize this. And I was wondering how you were gonna find Joe's house, if you're ever stuck in Chicago (again). And stuff. :p

Since you can't remember email nor snail mail addresses.

Joe is easy to find.

Look for the dogg getin' his swill on.*

* Quick Ebonics lesson.

[Queen of Blades]

Joe is easy to find.

Look for the dog getin' his swill on, as such.

getting :p

[IsaacRN]

getting :p

BOOM!!! HEADSHOT

[Mottern Man]

getting :p

Edited for your pleasure.

[Queen of Blades]

for your pleasure.

Uh huh sure, that's what they said about the whole "ribbed" thing, too! :rolleyes:

[Mottern Man]

BOOM!!! HEADSHOT

I put a bootnote for the ill cultured people.

[IsaacRN]

Uh huh sure, that's what they said about the whole "ribbed" thing, too! :rolleyes:

:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl

[Mottern Man]

Uh huh sure, that's what they said about the whole "ribbed" thing, too! :rolleyes:

Well, with the previous postings I guess I will have to keep my comment to myself.

[Queen of Blades]

I put a bootnote for the ill cultured people.

You mean footnote, as the ill cultured people wouldn't know what a "bootnote" is. :rolleyes:

[IsaacRN]

This is The Haul thread right?

[Mottern Man]

You mean footnote, as the ill cultured people wouldn't know what a "bootnote" is. :rolleyes:

My mistake. Sorry for using a Thesaurus.

[rick]

this is how you get to 5000 posts .................
Nice going Meat Loaf ;)

[Mottern Man]

this is how you get to 5000 posts .................
Nice going Meat Loaf ;)

Let me sleep on it.

[rick]

Mary ??:rolleyes:
that isnt ajab at my "Dorothy" comment, is it ?



:D
(oops...I mean "a jab")
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$

Visited with crag today and we exchanged some really cool stuff
Hopefully I can remember all he gave me:

Hydrolast Eucalyptus cutting paste and 3 cubes
Murrays Florida water
sample of blue Floid
Penhaligons decants of Opus and Castile (I think)
AOS Lavender cream sample
SCS New Spice ASB sample
....I know there's more. Update later

and from another trade .....with patrisVII
Red Tip SS

[crackstar]

2 more Williams Menthol s/c tubes!

[mastermute]

[Now! Also available in the correct thread :ashamed001]

Some stuff that the mailman brought to my door today :p

Great service and fast shipping! Lovely!

http://www.theshaveden.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2955&stc=1&d=1199964176

[Queen of Blades]

Nice hauls everyone!

Johan, you'll have to give us a review of the Connaught shaving soap. I don't think we've had anyone review it yet.

[mastermute]

Johan, you'll have to give us a review of the Connaught shaving soap.
Will do!
(I only went there for some Eukaluptys/Menthol stuff, but the "Any 3 for £X" got me ;) )

[Padron]

Sweet haul Johan!!

I got some Penhaligons English Fern soap, lathers nicely...but scent is lacking :(

[qhsdoitall]

I needed a new tea kettle since I took my other one home for the holidays and decided to leave it there.

http://lh4.google.com/qhsdoitall/R4fP0TDD2jI/AAAAAAAAA7g/p1L8eNn3lnI/s400/IMAGE_184.jpg

[Sejanus]

Go go Tetsubin!!

[SSLSTudio...]

I needed a new tea kettle since I took my other one home for the holidays and decided to leave it there.

http://lh4.google.com/qhsdoitall/R4fP0TDD2jI/AAAAAAAAA7g/p1L8eNn3lnI/s400/IMAGE_184.jpg

AWESOME ! :drool:drool:drool:1respect

[qhsdoitall]

While I was at the Japanese market, I checked out a few things. The have chop stick boxes for $3.00 I bought one and put my ACD-N in it. It fits but it needs some padding inside to keep it from being knocked around and dulling the blade. I have the plastic stand so no big deal. So the chop stick box is not my first choice for storing it. They also had 1 of the bowls I use for lather making for $6.00 They told me a shipment of them was coming in about two weeks.

[Michael]

They were out of EdT. :(

[SSLSTudio...]

4 GB of Memory Sweeeet !

2 times 2 GB FB-Dimms made according to Apple Specs. to pay for this at a real apple store you would be able to almost buy two good PC towers !

now I have 5 GB Ram total in the Intel Mac.

Building a hardcore machine here... next move -> more HD space and a new DVI screen im not sure yet to go for a 24" wide screen or 30" not sure my graphics card would handle that.

[mastermute]

4 GB of Memory Sweeeet !

2 times 2 GB FB-Dimms made according to Apple Specs. to pay for this at a real apple store you would be able to almost buy two good PC towers !

now I have 5 GB Ram total in the Intel Mac.

Building a hardcore machine here... next move -> more HD space and a new DVI screen im not sure yet to go for a 24" wide screen or 30" not sure my graphics card would handle that.

Nice haul!

I "only" have an Intel iMac, but still it's an Apple! Yeay!::

[MaxP]

They were out of EdT. :(

OMG. My favorite!

[IsaacRN]

I cant even imagine 5gb of ram

[Padron]

Wow,

Nice hauls guys!! Rene, will your Mac even utilize 5Gb of ram? That's incredible :D


I got a gently used Rooney Style 3 Size 1 in Finest....

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n78/Mepadron/bd7e321f.jpg

[Baloosh]

From Superlather:

Ingrams cream tubes (x2)
Italian Palmolive cream tubes (x2)
400ml Italian Floid Blue (woot!)
500ml Proraso Pre-Post cream (WOOT!)

From Vegas trip at T&H store at Ceasar's:
T&H Almond cream tub
T&H Volumizing shampoo

That T&H store also stocks the Kent series of hair brushes. Had a good talk with their straight razor shave guy who happened to be working there that day. Very small store (compared to most Vegas-style sized retail outlets) but I got to finally smell their Spanish Leather EdT. The sales guy kept trying to push their Ultimate Comfort cream, and I discussed the rumors of recent reformulations, etc. He stated that only the UC cream and the West Indian Limes cream are of the thinner, shinier consistency, and he humored me by allowing me to open numerous pots of the various other creams (Almond, 1805, Lavender, etc.) and sure enough he seemed to be right on with his statement. He then said he's currently selling out of the Lavender scent to make room for the Rose scent, and that he was currently in negotiations with his distributor in England to begin stocking the Rose cream again, but could not give a definitive ETA (other than 2 to 3 months) of when the Rose might be available again! He even said that they do free shipping and no tax on phone orders. All in all a very pleasant and interesting visit.

[SSLSTudio...]

Wow,

Nice hauls guys!! Rene, will your Mac even utilize 5Gb of ram? That's incredible :D


I got a gently used Rooney Style 3 Size 1 in Finest....

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n78/Mepadron/bd7e321f.jpg

Great Brush Neale !!! :drool Horn ! :drool

Finally back online, 5Gb ram utilize oh yes baby you better believe it !

The next cheap way of increasing computer performance is in the video caching and memory chaching so the more you have the easier for the OS or CPU to utilize it. I easily have sometimes 9-10 simultanous programms running and 1GB is def. too low. The computer will solve the memory problem by using your HD space as virtual memory thats something that precious to me too because I dont have so much of it only 250 GB internally its always full and im not even doing Audio /music yet which was I bought the mac for so I def. am ordering 500GB as the next upgrade.

Took sometime to get back online as I opened the mac I was SHOCKED :eek::eek:

How much DUST was inside , gathered in only 6 months ? biggest killer of computers Dust. so I took my air can and blew out all the dirt first.

it runs smooth now everything feels even faster now ,responds faster now.
mac is still as quiet as can be it has only 2 Huge fans build in to cool the system usually pc users complain about the loud noise the fans make. its almost silent here the danger of using none apple memory as the book says is the machine will make more sound. it seems the specs are good
I will def. clean the computer every 6 months .

[Padron]

Looks great Rene :D....and here I thought I had plenty of RAM at 1Gb in each PC :o

5Gb in your MAC will certainly be a powerful machine :drool :drool

[Lyrt]

Damn, 5GB would be nice for me. Maybe one day I’ll try a Mac. My PC is getting old and I’ll probably have to replace it within six months. The thing is I like to assemble my PC and I find Mac to be suspiciously expensive. I just paid a visit to the Apple Store online. My configuration: 4.198,99€. Free shipping. Grrreat. Anyway, I will not install Vista. I’ll just wait for Windows 7.

[mastermute]

Buying a Mac is one of the best decisions I've ever made! And you don't NEED 5GB RAM for a Mac to outperform a PC, it does even with 1GB!

[SSLSTudio...]

Buying a Mac is one of the best decisions I've ever made! And you don't NEED 5GB RAM for a Mac to outperform a PC, it does even with 1GB!

:rofl

so true..but most people dont know that I advice just go to an apple reseller and sit behind it and work on it for some time ask if you can browse get the feel. most sellers will comply.

[mastermute]

Johan, you'll have to give us a review of the Connaught shaving soap.

Here it is. (http://www.theshaveden.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4398)

[SSLSTudio...]

Damn, 5GB would be nice for me. Maybe one day I’ll try a Mac. My PC is getting old and I’ll probably have to replace it within six months. The thing is I like to assemble my PC and I find Mac to be suspiciously expensive. I just paid a visit to the Apple Store online. My configuration: 4.198,99€. Free shipping. Grrreat. Anyway, I will not install Vista. I’ll just wait for Windows 7.

Lyrt dont fall for that crap,
I bought my Mac as cheap as possible ,meaning the most bare system.

from here you will build it up to the specs you like ,NEVER EVER buy an apple maxed out you will be bankrupt. I was lucky to find some seller who made apple aproved specs memory . thats basically the only thing that was hard to find. HD space any SATA2 HD will simply fit dont even get apple HD.
the only problem we all face and im frank with that is Graphics cards.
Apple only has drivers for certain NVDIA cards or apple aproved cards that if you get a PC card it will not work because of no driver written for it.

Im building a dual system here basically want the fastes XP system here and OSX so im getting a seperate HD for bootcamp which lets the computer reboot in full XP and then you have everything a normal PC has . and there for any Graphics PCI-X card you find will work because you have drivers. which im aiming for to be able to run the heaviest of PC games think Crysis.
I Like Office better on XP then on the mac somehow Im not getting used to the way apple EXCEL sheets look . so for that we install Parrallel which is so fast that it makes the intel able to use and OSX and XP realtime next to eachother and then for simple Office use that is fine I wont need to use bootcamp and loose OSX workability I can switch between both OS's as fast as possible. so you actually get more BANG /Computer for ya $$$.

Like I said with Apple always buy as empty as possible then upgrade yourself. which is a no brainer since the only stuff you will be upgrading is
1- Ram
2- HD
3- GRFX Cards

The mac has 4 SATA slots , 8 Dimm slots, 4 PCI-X slots.
you dont need the 8 core ! The machine I have will be enough for all your Photoshop wetdreams ever and gaming too.

The system I have now is probably 1000 times faster then what I bought in 1995 and yes my 1st system I was out 6000, € so you can imagine how I felt with each new computer that came out I didnt wanna upgrade till I really really had to because I was using the companies PC for stuff my mac couldnt do anymore and before I knew it I was completely migrated to the PC , im glad im back to mac and it didnt take anytime to adjust felt natural from the beginning and there is way more software and everything these days comes out as XP and OSX compatible.

[SSLSTudio...]

Looks great Rene :D....and here I thought I had plenty of RAM at 1Gb in each PC :o

5Gb in your MAC will certainly be a powerful machine :drool :drool

Depends Neal what you are doing with it, if your quite the gamer then 1GB is cuttig it close and online gaming will cause frame slips.

If your a hardcore photoshopper its a bit low when doing extensive work using lots of layers.

overall any PC will feel better with 2GB.

if you just watch DVDs on it 1GB is enough the 2GB will just make everything feel smoother /faster.

The 5GB really boosted my system everything goes faster smoother but it really exploded my system from fast to SUPER fast.

things boot up faster, opening windows Im used to a bit delay..its open before im even aware and having to look twice oh its there already.

The biggest test that I could quickly do is repair a DVD with macpar which usually takes alot of time ,stress on the system and if you need to repair 3 par files well sit down for 10-12minutes just for the repair + 14m for unpacking the par files.! my system used to freeze almost reading/checking 94 par files a 48mb big.
but now I was able to simply do anything else while the system was repairing the damaged 3 files. 1 minute it was done so fast it was already unpacking the DVD I havent clocked how fast it unwrapped the par's to DVD files.

if you know your DDR ram you need check out ebay some good deals.

[Queen of Blades]

Here it is. (http://www.theshaveden.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4398)

Thanks, Johan!

Great review!

Now go review TSD soaps. :D just playing with you.

[mastermute]

A totally unforseen haul: I found a bottle of 4711 EdC out at our country house. It might have been brought there by my mother in law. Now it resides in my cabinett! :p

[Michael]

Nice............ :D

[crackstar]

The Ticky Tack Crack strikes again!!! :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl

1x Alt Innsbruck a/s
1x Tryphon Mentolo shaving stick :drool :drool :drool :drool (what a scent)
1x Tryphon Old American Barbershop shaving stick :drool :drool :drool (mon Dieu, c'est magnifique!)
1x Tryphon Florida Water shaving stick :drool :drool :drool :drool (oh, que c'est bon!)
1x Fa Oceanic s/c tube
1x Park Avenue Royal Musk s/c tube
2x Old Spice Lime s/c tubes :drool :drool :drool :drool (putain, ce n'est pas normal!)

Life is sooooooo beautiful!

[IsaacRN]

Very Nice HAul Jeff

[crackstar]

Thanks, Isaac! I'm sooooooo excited from it! :: :: :: :: :happy023:bounce

[jbcohen]

Got this one a while ago but never put it on the haul thread:

[qhsdoitall]

Nice haul Jeff and a nice camera JB. What's the recording medium?

I got some Feather Super Professional blades for the ACD-N finally. A little thicker for heavier beards. I've used them the last couple of days with some of Rick's wonderful screams. I have definitely found the blade for the ACD-N that suits me. Combine that with Rick's screams and I come real close to a one pass shave. So, now, I need to test it with some other creams and soaps and see what happens.

[jbcohen]

That's the beauty of this little thing qhsdoitall. This thing records on Compact Flash cards not tapes and is fully reusable, unlike tapes. It also transfers movies to your home PC via USB rather than firewire. That camera was $90 far less then the cost of one of the other video camcorders. I highly recommend Aiptek's products I have a couple of items from them.