From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-31 01:11, Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   > 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!   
      
   You can take a traditional blade and break it in half. That's the one   
   they are using here.   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   I don't know if these went out of fashion or where prohibited.   
   Apparently, they can propagate some infections, so you either sterilize   
   them, or use a new blade on each customer. So they do the later.   
      
   There was a scare a year ago with cheap customers being infected, I   
   forget what with. Ah, chatgpt to the rescue: ringworm (specifically   
   ringworm of the scalp).   
      
   «🧼 Why was there so much talk about it a year or two ago?   
      
   In Spain (and other countries), there was an increase in cases among   
   young people associated with the trend for frequent shaved haircuts and   
   low-cost establishments where equipment was not properly disinfected   
   between customers.   
      
      
   Hair clippers or razors that came into direct contact with the skin and   
   hair, if not cleaned/disinfected between customers, could facilitate the   
   spread of fungi.»   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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