Rant #1,442: Another Day, Another Razor

My electric razor broke over the weekend.

I was cleaning it out, and the attachment that keeps the blades in place evidently snapped, and I cannot get it in place anymore.

This has happened to me countless times. In the old days, when this piece was made of metal, I could get it back in place, and I would not have that many problems, even though once it fell it out, it would fall out intermittently.

Today, with this part being made of plastic, once it breaks, it breaks, and another electric razor needs to be purchased.

As I have said in the past, I have tried to shave with a regular blade, and the results are terrible.

I have very sensitive skin, and honestly, I look like a wrestler who has been punched around senselessly after just one shave.

There are not enough bandages--or pieces of toilet paper--in the world to close me up once my face looks like I put it though the shredder.

So I use an electric razor at least three times a week, and usually, after about two years, the razor dies on me for one reason or another.

Sometimes the inner workings crack, like what happened to me over the weekend, and sometimes the battery/motor goes.

I had one razor that actually overheated, if I remember correctly.

So I had to go out and buy a new razor (not shown), and the cheapest one I could find cost me about $35, less the tax.

Most of these things that I saw were at least $50 on up, and I saw one or two pushing $200.

I love my face, but I don't love it that much.

And yes, the one I bought came with a sideburn trimmer, which, as I have said in the past, some of them don't include anymore. They even proclaim its inclusion, followed by an asterisk, on the side of the box it came in.

So I now have a new razor that I didn't realize that I needed prior to Sunday. I am hoping it gets rid of my whiskers easily. Some razors you really have to work with to get the job done.

The last thing I want is for an electric razor to fight me, not when I am shaving at like 4 a.m. in the morning during weekdays and after 6 a.m. on Sunday.

And these things simply do not last. I think my very first razor lasted around eight years, and I know I had another one that lasted seven years, but generally, with today's electric razors, if you get two years out of these things, you should consider yourself very lucky.

I actually wish I did not have to shave, but if there is someone put on this earth who absolutely must shave, it is me.

I have let my beard grow a few times, and, well, it doesn't look too good. It is like a crabgrass on my face, and it itches like no tomorrow.

So shave I will, and I guarantee this thing might last into 2017 if I am lucky.

Just what I want for my 60th birthday--a new electric shaver!

Can't wait.