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A Half Moon Bay kind of day

This crescent shaped cut out off the coast of northern California is not far from home.  Hence the name 'half moon bay'. We just don't get the time to do the drive to it and sit and stare at the ocean from the edge. But taking time off from work we did.  It turned out to be a beautiful day.  Fifties with clear skies and enough sun to warm you up with winds not wild like we had past few days.  The surf was up which made for an inundation of sounds that soothe along with the warming wind made for some breath taking vistas right off the edge. Body suited surfers attempted a 'Man v Nature' show as they enjoyed riding the cresting waves depending on their degree of experience.  The ocean inevitably kept returning them back to shore like a case of bad item returned.  Gulls hovered and we simply sat with the sun hitting our face. Later walked some of the high cliffs along the coast then stopped by the neighboring Ritz Carlton golf course to ...

What exactly does a Conditioner do?

Specifically those meant for use with hair - human hair. Yes - the Lever, Gamble and Proctor families will have their goons looking for me again but the truth shall set me free or something. To this day I stay confounded. Hence I have never purchased one. Perhaps the kryptonite, I mean keratinite in my hairy mass has some unique qualities inherited from the lowly follicle they arise from as I never had the need for my hair to be conditioned. I mean soaps or detergents I maybe get. You have some germs or grease or form of debris that you accumulated from the 'day in the life of' that you need to rid off before getting to bed. A good lather created by a surfactant (key ingredient of a lathering agent) will aid in removal of such detritus. Shampoos too are a stretch but maybe plausible given the need to get into the strands of hair. As such it is nothing more than a liquid soap. But then comes the mysterious cousin to all this - the Conditioner. Taking a page from an ai...