Reply #51: cars and shaving advice

[PDenton]

the typical car costs about 5,000-7,000 dollars a year in the total-cost-of-ownership. If you can get by without one, you should.

If you shave, consider either an inexpensive electric shaver (Braun makes some good ones- the PocketGo or Cruzr/Freestyle being decent, inexpensive models, also, low end Norelcos are decent, not quite as close as the Braun, but usaully the heads last a long time before going dull- and can sometimes be resharpened), or an old-fashioned double-edge safety razor (they are still made, google Merkur or Weishi). Derby blades are about 18 cents each when bought in bulk and are excellent blades, lasting about 3-5 shaves before they start to go dull. A puck of shaving soap costs about 1-2 dollars and lasts months, and a shaving brush is about 5-12 dollars and lasts about a decade. I've found the Mach 3's and Sensors are really too expensive, especially if you have a tough beard and don't like shaving with a dull blade (which sucks, honestly).