Showing my age

[Jerry Lozier]

Inspection the other day, young couple, 1st time buyers. Looking at a house from the 50's.

Looking through the bathroom, they opened the medicine cabinet and I asked them if they knew what the small slot in the back of cabinet. They didn't know so I told them that is where folks would put the razor blades out of their safety razor.

They said in unison 'Whats a safety razor?'

jeeez, I'm old

[rkenney]

Damn, you are old. I didn't even know what that slot was for. I knew that heavy leather strop had more than one use though. LOL

[Rob Amaral]

I had two different sets of clients get obsessed on door stops in the past year or two.. Sounds like there is a market over there .. (China).

[Marc]

A couple times I've found large numbers of rusty shave blades at the bottom of the wall cavity below a medicine cabinet. That's how I know.

Marc

[Jim Baird]

Don't have the link, but there was a story a cpl of yrs back about a remodeler who found $300K that some guy had stashed thru that little slot and died with noone knowing.

When he offered to split it with the owner, she said, "Unh-uh, you get 10% max." They went to court, and the old guy's estate learned about it, and guess who got most of the money by the end?...the lawyers of course.

[Nolan Kienitz]

I guess I'm older than I thought ... I used to have and use a 'safety razor'.

Back when ... that is. []

[allseason]

I had a twenty somethings couple that I did an inspection for about 3 years ago. It was an old tudor with lots of charm, unfortunately is was sliding down the hill. When we finished and had the review the wife asked me "If I were you're daughter would you let me buy this house?"

[kurt]

Who remembers the TV commercial where someone slips a razor blade into the slot and the wall (and world) explodes with a triillion razor blades?

Who remembers the introduction of "Wilkinson Sword Blades".

In China, they still sell Gillette Blue Blades.

[resqman]

Our family moved when I was about 7 yrs old. I asked my parents why we were moving and they responded the razor blade slot was full.

Apparently I did not ask what the buyers were going to do with their razor blades.

[Les]

I used a blade a day when in the military. (barracks duty)

Most were made from old battle ships.

Blue blades did not rust like the Gem.

I remember intro of Wilkinson Sword.

[Jim Katen]

I guess I'm older than I thought ... I used to have and use a 'safety razor'.

Heck, I still use one.

I don't believe that those new throwaway things are going to really catch on.

[John Dirks Jr]

I saw a couple of segments on How its Made about safety blades and butterfly razors.