The Journal Of Huck...

[huck1680]

So the kitchen sink has plugged up again. I trot out my 25' drain snake and it's too short. Sigh. So now the plumber is coming out tomorrow. From what they charge it's apparent...I should've gone into that trade...yes it can be unpleasant but at some point you always need a plumber. Sigh.

 

[BigAlVista]

So my waterproof Mont Blanc ink showed up and I did a quick View attachment 1808481sketch today with it in one of my Safari's with the fine point. It still ran a bit with a wash going over it but not terrible so that's good. Ima gonna have some fun with the stuff

That's beautiful!

 

[BigAlVista]

So I decided to turn over a new "Leaf". Yeah, yeah...here it comes, I just got the twig "Thorn". It's a different kinda critter. A single edge half DE blade shaver. Ok. It came with a few of their blades so I loaded up and off we went. I used Proraso green in a lather bowl and built up a nice head of soap. Lathered my phi and began. Very light and manoeuvrable a bit slippery but nothing to worry about. I used a pre-shave oil and I think that's the last time I do that. I just felt greasy and gummy. I'm sure it doesn't do the razor much good either. Live and learn. The shave was uneventful and this is the more 'Aggressive" razor than the Twig. I dunno, it shaved well but never did I think "Whoa, I better pay more attention". Three passes with some buffing and I'm good to go. I like this goofy looking thing which uses a magnet to help hold the blade while you tighten it up. It was a bit awkward loading the blade but I'll get used to it. All in all a nicely priced and effective shaving tool.

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Thanks for the review.

 

[BigAlVista]

So today I thought a re-connection collection of wildlife and zoo pics of animals from over the years would be fun. Some of the pics may be repeats but...I don't care. I'll give a brief/extended explanation per pic just to place the subject and context properly. Forget timelines though because all the pics are from either waaay back or fairly recently.

We're in Vernon BC visiting friends and went to this raptor exhibition where we got to "interact" with various birds of prey from a Kestrel to a vulture. Here I'm bonding with a Harris hawk...well trying to bond, the bird couldn't care less.
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The Harris hawk..."You looking at me?" "Do you have food?"
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Scottish Highland cattle and polka-dot sheep from our whisky tour of the Highlands
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A squadron/pod/brief of pelicans while we're in Mexico. All the names for a group of pelicans are correct. Who knew?
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A gathering of coati-mundi's in Mexico. Relatives of raccoons and just as inquisitive
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Lizard outside our hotel in Mexico
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Small croc just off the pathway at the hotel in Mexico
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Large Iguana by the golf course where our friends had a condo at Nuevo Vallarta
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Baby Jaguar in the golf shop where our friends golfed in Nuevo Vallarta. The course (El Tigre) had a tiger(s), jaguars they kept in cages around the course.
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The crocs. They were brought in originally, to deal with the drowned livestock from flooding years ago. The guide said they released 500 and re-captured 250 or so. Hmm so they now have a thriving population of crocodiles. The Mexican pronunciation is "Cocodrilo" which sounds less scary but as you can see...it's still damn scary. We were on a boat tour that showed off some incredible houses and the river winding through them with all the crocodiles. You cans see how close they get to the houses etc.
I imagine there's been some questions like "Honey, have you seen the dog?"
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That look from the Harris Hawk...Was it "Do you have food" or "Are you food"?

Gorgeous raptor

 

[huck1680]

So apart from the plumbing issues...todays shave was very nice. I used a PolSilver on its 4th shave with my Chiseled Face brass Legacy razor. This is a really good shaver, very intuitive, easy to manoeuvre, efficient and seems to be kinda under the radar.
Lathered up with one of my Arteffa soaps and got to shaving. No drama just a really pleasant, smooth 3 pass shave. Did the alum and Thayers and that was it.
Also the cat with her ceramic "pal".
Cheers!

 

[BigAlVista]

So apart from the plumbing issues...todays shave was very nice. I used a PolSilver on its 4th shave with my Chiseled Face brass Legacy razor. This is a really good shaver, very intuitive, easy to manoeuvre, efficient and seems to be kinda under the radar.
Lathered up with one of my Arteffa soaps and got to shaving. No drama just a really pleasant, smooth 3 pass shave. Did the alum and Thayers and that was it.
Also the cat with her ceramic "pal".
Cheers!
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Ron makes beautiful handles. Haven't tried his full razors.

 

[huck1680]

Well damn...I cant seem to resist (it's futile). Got to thinking about the Ancient Copper ink by Diamine that Boris told me about and well...I bought some along with a new pen, the Lamy Aion with the EF nib, which was on sale at a "promo" price and a converter as well.
Yep...I like fountain pens...quite a bit it seems.

Perhaps we should start a letter writing group wherein we actually physically write letters to each other so as to put our pens to proper use and not just use this forum for discussions and insights. I know I'd really enjoy getting something in the post that wasn't a bill or junk mail. Whattya think? I know it's a bit of work but I think there's some pretty good rewards as well.

 

[cajunrph]

I bought some along with a new pen, the Lamy Aion with the EF nib, which was on sale at a "promo" price and a converter as well.

Where'd you purchase it from, not that I need any new pens, just for reference, ya know?

Perhaps we should start a letter writing group wherein we actually physically write letters to each other so as to put our pens to proper use and not just use this forum for discussions and insights. I know I'd really enjoy getting something in the post that wasn't a bill or junk mail. Whattya think? I know it's a bit of work but I think there's some pretty good rewards as well.

Sounds like a good idea. We could wax poetically and..... or just converse. It would be interesting to see what we could talk about. Haha.

 

[blethenstrom]

Well damn...I cant seem to resist (it's futile). Got to thinking about the Ancient Copper ink by Diamine that Boris told me about and well...I bought some along with a new pen, the Lamy Aion with the EF nib, which was on sale at a "promo" price and a converter as well.
Yep...I like fountain pens...quite a bit it seems.
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Perhaps we should start a letter writing group wherein we actually physically write letters to each other so as to put our pens to proper use and not just use this forum for discussions and insights. I know I'd really enjoy getting something in the post that wasn't a bill or junk mail. Whattya think? I know it's a bit of work but I think there's some pretty good rewards as well.

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I am please that I can be of enabler service.....

 

[blethenstrom]

Where'd you purchase it from, not that I need any new pens, just for reference, ya know?


Sounds like a good idea. We could wax poetically and..... or just converse. It would be interesting to see what we could talk about. Haha.

I think that would kind of cool. Reminds me of the ol' penpals from yesteryears.

 

[huck1680]

Where'd you purchase it from, not that I need any new pens, just for reference, ya know?

Stylo.ca up here in Canada. The US price would be even less. If you do go for the pen get the EF nib.

 

[huck1680]

If anyone's interested in doing the letter idea, we could just PM each other with our addresses etc. I am definitely up for it.
@cajunrph (John) and I both have each others address from the Envoy Rex "incident" so that's a starting point.

 

[Balin]

If anyone's interested in doing the letter idea, we could just PM each other with our addresses etc. I am definitely up for it.
@cajunrph (John) and I both have each others address from the Envoy Rex "incident" so that's a starting point.

I wonder if I could write with one of my smaller brushes.....

 

[huck1680]

I wonder if I could write with one of my smaller brushes.....

I think the postage on a letter that size would be significant unless you held to one or two words.

 

[blethenstrom]

If anyone's interested in doing the letter idea, we could just PM each other with our addresses etc. I am definitely up for it.
@cajunrph (John) and I both have each others address from the Envoy Rex "incident" so that's a starting point.

I'll PM you two.

 

[lasta]

Troll = Hug

The troll hug has gone the way of the Dodo!

The cult salute, the greatest expression of comraderie...all gone!

 

[blethenstrom]

The troll hug has gone the way of the Dodo!

The cult salute, the greatest expression of comraderie...all gone!

You are right there are no more Trolls! I wonder if they will replace it with anything.

 

[lasta]

You are right there are no more Trolls! I wonder if they will replace it with anything.

I guess Spam will have to substitute for now.

 

[blethenstrom]

I guess Spam will have to substitute for now.

Does that mean that Spam = Hug now?

 

[huck1680]

I'll PM you two.

Excellent