Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Close Shave

Well, for some reason, I couldn't wait until "Black Friday." Perhaps my mortality keeps "egging me on." So, I purchased a replacement electric shaver, another cheap Remington® model, from Ross® (about $32 with the senior citizen discount). It's an outdated rechargeable model with a Ni-MH battery. Anyway, my experience with manic sales like "Black Friday" have been dismal. Products that I desire to purchase are usually sold out by the time that I arrive at any particular retail store, thanks to the rampant hoarding mentality of the island's residents.

As for electric shavers, they are all overpriced gadgets. The replacement blades are so expensive that the most cost effective solution is to just replace the device when the blades become dull. So, that's why I purchased a new electric shaver. And, the old one was a corded device. Frankly, the power cord just keeps getting in the way. So, I cleaned it up really good and will be donating it to charity.

I am also contemplating the replacement of the Auvio® earbuds with conventional headphones for numerous reasons. Of course, I began to consider the more expensive headphones out of fear of "headphones shame." Then, I realized the folly of my thinking. The quality of any audio source on computers is definitely not up to audiophile standards by any means. There's too much compression and the sampling rate is really at the minimum of acceptability. So, why spend any more than $15 on headphones?

Aside from that nonsense, I persevered a long day due to another sleepless night at Chaos Manor (read: rental housing). The washing machine or clothes dryer began beeping somewhere around 2am this morning. Both appliances appear be nearing end-of-life. Then, one of the fools at the Viet Cong immigrant house was washing his car at 3am. Yes, I have been advised that there are no Chinamen there. About 20 people spanning multiple generations reside in what appears to a three-bedroom house. The younger ones have taken to purchasing expensive automobiles. So worried that the expensive vehicles will get dirty, the owners are obsessed with washing them several times at all hours of the day. Gotta love the "ownership society," eh?

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