Well, here it, post 2000. I was amazed I even amassed 1000 (especially in less than a year), now as I sit at 2000, I reflect...well, that was fun.
But seriously, this place is an amazing place, full of very good people, very interesting people, and very interested people. I first entered this site on a request from Micah1_8 to check out a couple of his posts. I wanted to comment, but had to register to do so. I was a bit apprehensive at first, not being the type to participate online much. Oh sure, I browse quite a bit, but not really committed to anything, since I know I could never keep it up on a consistent basis. Thus, I have noMySpace page, blog, etc. I do have a Yahoo 360 page, but haven't done much to it. So I signed up, got involved and BAM!!! everyone can now waste a few more moments of their life reading my useless drivel. But, seeing as I've benefitted so much from the community, and my contributions are typically less than minimal, especially with my meager attempts at humor, and trying to compete in political discussions that I have no more knowledge in than I do about why water is wet, I've decided that a newbie PIF is in order. I'm still working on the specifics at the moment, but it will include:
* a razor - probably a 1966 black handle silver TTO knob Super Speed, L4 date code
* a brush - probably a new, unused Burma Shave, possibly a 5 month old, used-but-clean Tweezerman
* blades - several packs, and several individual blades, so you can get a wide range of experience; probably will include Red Pack Personnas, Derbys, a couple of Merkurs, Dorcos, and Crystals;I'll have to see what I have
* I may very well squeeze some Proraso into a cleaned out Derby shave cream sample container
* I'm in talks with Uncle Albert about a solid cream shaving cake; if all goes well, the lucky winner will be the only one to use it not in a 5 mile radius! (I may use my powers of persuasion for an Uncle Alberts AS, but he may kick me in the berries for asking so much of him); if not, then a puck of Van Der Hagen Deluxe
I hope to provide everything a newbie may need to get into the traditional wet-shaving lifestyle.
The only thing I ask is that you be a new member looking to get gear for the first time
Now, since this is about me
, I'd like you to get to know me, so here's challenge: I have some numbers that in some way or another are special to me, your challenge is to figure out what the meaning of particular numbers I frequently use is. Here are the numbers:
-1
- 3
- 29
-1997
- 92258
Here are some rules and hints:
up to three tries, but please do not edit a previous post; first one to get the most right wins
you should be able to figure out the meaning of the numbers with some searching and logical deductions, but I'll give some hints:
* 1 is an arbitrary number, extra data to throw you off
* two of the numbers I often use together in guessing games on here, several time I have mentioned how I come to that number
* yes, 92258 is part of my username, but it is part of username in several places because of it's meaning to me, so saying it's my username won't count
hint: check the "meaning of username" thread 
I'll be entirely impressed if anyone gets all the numbers correct, but then I'm not basing this on who gets all of them right, but rather who gets the most right the fastest. It may just end up the first one to throw up a guess. This is my first time trying this, so please be patient. I will send my list of answers to a mod so you know I won't cheat. This is supposed to be fun, I'm trying to be nice, so please don't hunt me down if you don't win. I plan to post a pic and final details of the package in a couple of days,so bear with me.
But seriously, this place is an amazing place, full of very good people, very interesting people, and very interested people. I first entered this site on a request from Micah1_8 to check out a couple of his posts. I wanted to comment, but had to register to do so. I was a bit apprehensive at first, not being the type to participate online much. Oh sure, I browse quite a bit, but not really committed to anything, since I know I could never keep it up on a consistent basis. Thus, I have noMySpace page, blog, etc. I do have a Yahoo 360 page, but haven't done much to it. So I signed up, got involved and BAM!!! everyone can now waste a few more moments of their life reading my useless drivel. But, seeing as I've benefitted so much from the community, and my contributions are typically less than minimal, especially with my meager attempts at humor, and trying to compete in political discussions that I have no more knowledge in than I do about why water is wet, I've decided that a newbie PIF is in order. I'm still working on the specifics at the moment, but it will include:
* a razor - probably a 1966 black handle silver TTO knob Super Speed, L4 date code
* a brush - probably a new, unused Burma Shave, possibly a 5 month old, used-but-clean Tweezerman
* blades - several packs, and several individual blades, so you can get a wide range of experience; probably will include Red Pack Personnas, Derbys, a couple of Merkurs, Dorcos, and Crystals;I'll have to see what I have
* I may very well squeeze some Proraso into a cleaned out Derby shave cream sample container
* I'm in talks with Uncle Albert about a solid cream shaving cake; if all goes well, the lucky winner will be the only one to use it not in a 5 mile radius! (I may use my powers of persuasion for an Uncle Alberts AS, but he may kick me in the berries for asking so much of him); if not, then a puck of Van Der Hagen Deluxe
I hope to provide everything a newbie may need to get into the traditional wet-shaving lifestyle.
The only thing I ask is that you be a new member looking to get gear for the first time
Now, since this is about me
, I'd like you to get to know me, so here's challenge: I have some numbers that in some way or another are special to me, your challenge is to figure out what the meaning of particular numbers I frequently use is. Here are the numbers:-
- 3
- 29
-
- 92258
Here are some rules and hints:
up to three tries, but please do not edit a previous post; first one to get the most right wins
you should be able to figure out the meaning of the numbers with some searching and logical deductions, but I'll give some hints:
* 1 is an arbitrary number, extra data to throw you off
* two of the numbers I often use together in guessing games on here, several time I have mentioned how I come to that number
* yes, 92258 is part of my username, but it is part of username in several places because of it's meaning to me, so saying it's my username won't count
hint: check the "meaning of username" thread I'll be entirely impressed if anyone gets all the numbers correct, but then I'm not basing this on who gets all of them right, but rather who gets the most right the fastest. It may just end up the first one to throw up a guess. This is my first time trying this, so please be patient. I will send my list of answers to a mod so you know I won't cheat. This is supposed to be fun, I'm trying to be nice, so please don't hunt me down if you don't win. I plan to post a pic and final details of the package in a couple of days,so bear with me.
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