From: lars@beagle-ears.com   
      
   On 2025-12-30, Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-30 22:40, Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   >> [Note: Followup-To: alt.unix.geeks]   
   >>   
   >> On 30/12/2025 14:38, Peter Flass wrote:   
   >>>> "Only if" is always. If you're not innovating someone will figure out a   
   >>>> way to beat you. AT&T was great at what they did, but wireless made   
   >>>> landlines obsolete.   
   >>   
   >> On 2025-12-30, The Natural Philosopher  wrote:   
   >>> On the other had the razor blades of today are exactly the same as the   
   >>> razor blades of 60 years ago as is mustard and cornflakes   
   >>   
   >> No, they are not. At my house, we have the following versions of   
   >> "razor blades":   
   >> - box-cutter blades   
   >> - foot-callus scraper blades   
   >> - Gillette Mach 3 razor heads   
   >>   
   >> I have not seen the old-style standardized razor blades in years.   
   >   
   > Barbers here use them. Not the full blade, but half blades. They make a   
   > show of opening the sealed envelope of one and placing it in a a handle   
   > that looks like the traditional old style barber blade.   
      
   So these are not the traditional standard version either!   
      
   Around here, if you want to pay for a shave at the barber shop,   
   they pull out the "straight-edge" razor and sharpen it on a   
   leather strap.   
   --   
   Lars Poulsen - an old geek in Santa Barbara, California   
      
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