{"id":1521,"date":"2020-05-31T11:28:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T18:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thezachproject.us\/?p=1521"},"modified":"2020-05-31T11:28:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T18:28:17","slug":"styptic-pencil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thezachproject.us\/index.php\/2020\/05\/31\/styptic-pencil\/","title":{"rendered":"styptic pencil"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mom had given me Dad’s overnight kit several months ago. At the time, I was getting ready for my Europe trip and thought I might use it instead of the one I had already. It languished in a corner until the other day, when I finally took it out and looked through it.<\/p>\n

Pretty much everything in there was unusable but it did give me a glimpse into Dad’s way of thinking. There were 35 mm film canisters with various pills (all OTC, cough drops and pain relievers, no prescriptions). A couple of razors, one electric shaver and one safety blade type. No shaving cream and no Old Spice. Band Aids. A little sewing kit. A shoehorn. And a styptic pencil.<\/p>\n

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I knew\u00a0 what it was as soon as I saw it but I couldn’t believe that he still had one. More amazingly, I think it was the same one that he used with me when I was learning to shave! There were a lot of cuts in those early days.<\/p>\n

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Alum Sulphate, it says. Since, after 50 years, I thought I might have mis-remembered it, I did an Internet search and found that not only did I remember it right, they are still available! Wow! I don’t know if I’ll have the courage to actually use it, but I’ll keep it around for a while and see.<\/p>\n

Dear old Dad!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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