A Close Shave For An Idiot

Mrs. HM is sometimes not the brightest crayon in the box. The sharpest tool in the shed. Every now and then, her porchlight is on, but nobody's home upstairs. Like on Wednesday, when she opened her latest Amazon delivery.

The delivery itself was fine. Three items. An assortment of colored file folders for sorting flip house documents/bills. A large bottle of Curel lotion, for use on my legs after shower/before enclosing in their support stockings and velcro wraps. And a shaver.

Let the record show that Mrs. HM has never used a shaver. She has used a disposable plastic razor. Over the past couple years, her legs have gone bald! So no need for leg-shaving. But with my current leg therapy, the lower legs have started sprouting again! OT says this is good. It happens sometimes as the circulation gets better. She said she's not offended. She's worked on hair legs before.

Each session when we've unwrapped my legs, marveled over their appearance, and I've climbed up on the hydraulic table/bed... I've said, "I really need to shave my legs." OT advised me to use a shaver. Not a razor. Because we don't want to risk any nicks that need healing. 

Anyhoo... it's a cute little shaver. Only came in one color: purple. It was on sale for 63% off. Compact. Charges with a USB cord. I figured it was just what I needed.

I took it out of the box, figuring I could charge it by plugging into HIPPIE while doing my morning innernetting. Then it would be ready for shaving when I unwrapped my legs for a shower around noon. It had a short white charging cord. I connected the shaver to HIPPIE.

As you may recall, HIPPIE has been having power issues. Often shutting down spontaneously, with a message that he was overheating. Sometimes the message is that the battery needs to be replaced. The Pony says that will cost more than a new computer. Which I already have anyway, but prefer the familiarity of HIPPIE until his last gasp.

Anyhoo... I noticed that the power was not changing. It didn't seem that Shaver was getting a charge from HIPPIE. I changed the USB cord to a different port. Still nothing. Maybe HIPPIE's battery didn't want to exert itself on an auxiliary device. I took Shaver to the kitchen counter, and plugged it into my quick-charging thingy that I used for my phone. When I checked five minutes later, there was still no change. Huh. The instruction booklet said that charging would take one hour. But surely it should be showing minor progress after five minutes.

Dang it! I figured I'd just have to order a different shaver. It WAS made in China. I guess you get what you pay for. I unplugged it and got ready to put it back in the box. As I laid Shaver down to open the box, I noticed something:

Shaver had been upside down! It came with a 100% charge! I had been thinking that China just had a funny way of showing the percent. Like Spanish has the question mark in front.

I hope I'm smart enough to use Shaver without amputating a leg...