Cartridge World

[Blackbeard's Delight]

So the wife, kids and I are sitting at the red light in traffic leaving the grocery store parking lot. I look up at the signs for the stores in the strip mall with the grocery store and see "Cartridge World" listed.

I go on a mini knee-jerk rant about cartridge shaving and how there's no need for a store dedicated to that, and everything is in the shaving aisle of the grocery store, etc etc.

My wife says "It's ink cartridges for printers..."

"Heh heh... um... that makes more sense I guess."

The sad part is I didn't even consider that as an option... I really thought it was like an enemy base pawning cartridge shaving equipment. I think my wife is officially worried about my obsession with shaving!

 

[JeffOlson]

Ha! That's a good one!

 

[cwlsmith]

Well... there's no turning back now. There's only one option: Get your wife to start using a DE and become as enthralled as you.

 

[Useless shaver]

SI think my wife is officially worried about my obsession with shaving!

So is mine!!!

Funnny story!!

 

[Deltaboy]

LOL if only there was one !

 

[weizemanner]

Well... there's no turning back now. There's only one option: Get your wife to start using a DE and become as enthralled as you.

+1

 

[tfinch]

My family has started giving me uneasy looks every time another package of shaving goods shows up. It's not fair! Hey, some people collect stamps! =D

 

[The Kiwi]

It's probably something connected to living here where I do, but had I been the one to see that sign, I'd have been wondering why Cabela's had separated out all or part of their ammunition business.

 

[ThomasB98908]

HAHAHAHAAAAA - I probably would have done the same thing... My wife just thinks I'm raving mad when she looks at my shave den. And, mine is very small compared to most others. I have showed her pictures of some of the "Big Dens" and brush collections and she just pats my shoulder and says "Thats Nice Dear!!". I'm thinking she thinks this is my LATE LIFE crisis (63 in Dec.) so she just goes with it.

 

[ThomasB98908]

Picture doesn't show the top shelf which is full of shaving soaps/creams and enough aftershaves/colognes to keep me smelling good for years. I also have a couple of razors up there that are not really part of my regular use. Been using the Merkur HD 34c 90% of the time.

 

[john parker]

Like the bowl and cup! I have the exact same set-up! Works great!!

 

[ThomasB98908]

Like the bowl and cup! I have the exact same set-up! Works great!!

Thanks - they work great. I soak my brush in the cup, and put hot water from the teakettle in the bowl. Don't have a sink in Master bath (very small) and in process of a remodel so I do it that way and it works out perfect. I'm a hardcore face latherer and bowl is big enough to rinse out razor between passes without clanking it on bottom or sides.

 

[Useless shaver]

Update:

I told SWMBO about the story, and when I was reaching the point

I look up at the signs for the stores in the strip mall with the grocery store and see "Cartridge World" listed.

she actually said

- Ink cartridges, right?

Sometimes I fear them....

 

[El-a-Menthol]

 

[NCJack]

It's probably something connected to living here where I do, but had I been the one to see that sign, I'd have been wondering why Cabela's had separated out all or part of their ammunition business.

Yeah, when I was target shooting I saw that on a bill board and became ecstatic...for about five seconds, until I got nearer and saw "Epson" and "Canon" included

Speaking of Canon, this is a far cheaper hobby than my others

 

[PugslyCat]

Obviously you haven't spent enough time in the Nib or you would be excited about ink cartridges.

 

[Blackbeard's Delight]

Update:

I told SWMBO about the story, and when I was reaching the point
she actually said

- Ink cartridges, right?

Sometimes I fear them....

Hahahaha.... I am pretty sure the shaving topic has come up at the clandestine meetings of the secret sisterhood. Surely they are split trying to decide if this obsession is healthy or not. We'll all know when they reach a final decision!

 

[The Kiwi]

Yeah, when I was target shooting I saw that on a bill board and became ecstatic...for about five seconds, until I got nearer and saw "Epson" and "Canon" included

Speaking of Canon, this is a far cheaper hobby than my others

Speaking of hobbies, a year ago, I had two cameras: the batteries were dead in one, and I couldn't find the other. Now I have five (all but one is a Canon).

 

[pipskicks]

SWMBO is similar, but if I miss shaving for a day, or almost 24 hours, she gets all annoyed with my stubble. She thinks the hobby is crazy and I'm OCD (she's probably right), but I know she likes the fact that I'm clean shaven WAY more than I was before.

 

[Redstickjohn]

Your story reminds me of the "Scotch Tape Store" in the mall on Saturday Night Live many years ago.