The shaving cream ripoff.
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Sparktrician
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Cheese said:
Fellow heathen! [big grin]
caribouhunter
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Besides shaving and brushing teeth in the shower, I have been known to drink a beer also after a long day in the yard. I guess the advantage of being on a well, water comes out of the ground and back down it goes, the circle of life.
For the toothpaste tubes, fold the end over carefully as you go and keep it clipped with a binder clip.
For the toothpaste tubes, fold the end over carefully as you go and keep it clipped with a binder clip.
caribouhunter said:
The “deluxe” plastic tubes that Gillette uses allows you to squeeze out all of the shave cream until you reach the ultra-rigid end near the cap. Then, try as you might to squeeze out the very last of the contents, you will leave 30 tro 40 applications in the tube.
I cut open the opposite end of the tube and it was empty until I reached the last 1” or so. That area was full of product. In accessible product.
Toothpaste manufacturers still use tubes that allow almost 100% of the product to be used. Gillette chose a tube that allows about 67% of the product to be accessed.
I resent companies that get “too cute by half” and foist off deluxe packaging as a way to rip me off. I can afford any brand of razor and any brand of shave cream. But I resent being screwed over.
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I have worn a beard for 50 years but still shave my cheeks and neck daily. At some point I just stopped using any sort of shave cream or lotion and just put razor (a Gillette Fusion 5 blade) to skin. It's quicker and easier and I don't experience any discomfort...YMMV.
