Re: [RBW] Pine Tar Testimony

2012-03-19 Thread Tim McNamara
On Mar 17, 2012, at 11:53 AM, Frank wrote:
 
 Perhaps the best news is that my kids, two boys eight and eleven, are on the 
 same program, and to them it’s a good thing. I feel as if with the help of 
 Rivendell, I’ve AXE-proofed my home, and that’s worth a lot.

Worth several times a lot, I'd say...

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[RBW] Pine Tar Testimony

2012-03-17 Thread Frank
 

For more than a decade, every day, I’ve used Pine Tar Soap as shampoo, body 
cleanser, and shaving cream.  For some reason just this morning, this 
reality struck me as somewhat remarkable, and so here I will.

I don’t buy or use any other products for the general touch-up of my 
physical exterior. I have all of my hair at fifty (in fact, perhaps more 
than I’d like on top), little to no discernible gray, no dandruff, no skin 
troubles, no funny smells, and most importantly, no hassle. While I can’t 
attribute this, from my perspective, generally desirable condition to the 
soap directly, I can look at my only (younger) brother and rationally 
conclude that I am either comparatively fortunate, or that the soap helps.

My routine is pretty simple. Water on, close eyes, lather hair, face, and 
other bits all at once, find razor, shave, and rinse.  When Bar Now is 
nearly reduced to a sliver, it gets set atop Bar Next, where it anneals, 
continuing the cycle. I cannot think of a single other thing in my life 
from which I’ve derived such sustainable utility, ease of use, and value.

For what it’s worth, I work in technology, spend a great deal of time “down 
in the valley” and (as we say in Seattle) “up on the mountain” in the 
company of corporate directors, BOD members, venture capitalists, partner 
senior executives, and every day I work in lockstep with DevOps staff.  I 
like to think about stuff, but I’m by no means bohemian. I guess the point 
there is that my program seems to dovetail just fine with the rest of 
society, and no one’s the wiser. 

Perhaps the best news is that my kids, two boys eight and eleven, are on 
the same program, and to them it’s a good thing. I feel as if with the help 
of Rivendell, I’ve AXE-proofed my home, and that’s worth a lot.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

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Re: [RBW] Pine Tar Testimony

2012-03-17 Thread jimD
Best product review of the year!
-JimD

On Mar 17, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Frank wrote:

 For more than a decade, every day, I’ve used Pine Tar Soap as shampoo, body 
 cleanser, and shaving cream.  For some reason just this morning, this reality 
 struck me as somewhat remarkable, and so here I will.
 
 I don’t buy or use any other products for the general touch-up of my physical 
 exterior. I have all of my hair at fifty (in fact, perhaps more than I’d like 
 on top), little to no discernible gray, no dandruff, no skin troubles, no 
 funny smells, and most importantly, no hassle. While I can’t attribute this, 
 from my perspective, generally desirable condition to the soap directly, I 
 can look at my only (younger) brother and rationally conclude that I am 
 either comparatively fortunate, or that the soap helps.
 
 
 My routine is pretty simple. Water on, close eyes, lather hair, face, and 
 other bits all at once, find razor, shave, and rinse.  When Bar Now is nearly 
 reduced to a sliver, it gets set atop Bar Next, where it anneals, continuing 
 the cycle. I cannot think of a single other thing in my life from which I’ve 
 derived such sustainable utility, ease of use, and value.
 
 
 For what it’s worth, I work in technology, spend a great deal of time “down 
 in the valley” and (as we say in Seattle) “up on the mountain” in the company 
 of corporate directors, BOD members, venture capitalists, partner senior 
 executives, and every day I work in lockstep with DevOps staff.  I like to 
 think about stuff, but I’m by no means bohemian. I guess the point there is 
 that my program seems to dovetail just fine with the rest of society, and no 
 one’s the wiser. 
 
 Perhaps the best news is that my kids, two boys eight and eleven, are on the 
 same program, and to them it’s a good thing. I feel as if with the help of 
 Rivendell, I’ve AXE-proofed my home, and that’s worth a lot.
 
 
 Lather, rinse, repeat.
 
 
 
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