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From my point of view. I noticed a big increase in females wearing heels in the early to mid 2000,s. They were wearing 4 to 5 inch heels. What stood out was how young some appeared to be. late teens early 20,s. Thats my point of view.

You had a Ural? Interesting. My son has got a Gold Wing, circa 1986 (without a sidecar), and it's his pride and joy. I don't want one because of the sheer mass of it. The Burgman is pushing that envelope as it is. My wife grew up riding motorbikes in Vietnam, but now that she's got her own car, she wants nothing to do with motorbikes. She says we are crazy.

But no stilettos!

I've never really tried to use AI, but I've had some indirect experiences with it lately. I have a friend in Vietnam who has created a drawn character (a frog) as the narrator for some motivational/life-advice videos she is in the process of creating. She contacted me for advice about how to do a voiceover. Long story short, she was very dissatisfied with how an AI narrator sounded, so I'm doing the voiceovers instead. Trouble is, by the time the finished product comes out, she has put some kind of effect on my voice to make me sound quite a bit like AI, but with totally human inflections. And it's sped up a little bit (1.2x). I was dismayed at first, but after listening to it a couple of times, it really is the style that is in vogue right now for this type of video. Not only that, it makes it easier for me, as I'm doing this for free. I don't have to be super perfect, and I don't have to drag out my good microphone and my good mixer and turn off everything in the house that makes noise. When these things become public, I'll post a link, and we'll see what you guys think. As a tie back into the original subject, I have posted photos of this girl on here in the past, as she's a heely girl. I say girl, but she turns 30 next month. Where has the time gone?

AS a writer and photographer I cannot go along with the use of AI. All those images and words it uses to "create" things were pirated, unpaid, by writers, photographers and artists like myself - I know as a fact that she of my work has been used, without my consent and certainly without my ever seeing a penny for it. It is a very dangerous and subversive tool

It is creeping into my life more and more. What I am finding is that it sometimes helps in ruling out what I do not want. I do a lot of home renovations so for me I can take a room, plug in what I want to do with it and then with a press of a button see if vertical shiplap or horizontal shiplap looks better or worse. Or like the other day, plugged in a specific type of carpeting and realized that would not work at all. That right there saved $500. As a writer too, I am always looking for covers for my latest novels and before it was difficult to get the exact cover I wanted. Photographers, models, then the right background, etc. But now with AI being so easy to do, and so many more AI images out there, I have found my last three covers that were exactly what I wanted with no costs or pricey and awkward payouts to get them to sign releases. In the United States anyway, the Supreme Court ruled AI images are not copyright protected so I can use them for covers legally. This was a problem because stock image services have a disclaimer on them about limited commercial usage, most capping the number at 25. Well with a book cover, I use it hundreds of times so legally stock images for a cover did not work. But now with AI I get perfect, legal cover art. It has saved me a lot of time and money and I get the same results.

Here is an outfit that I would love to wear:

I can picture it. I always felt like a black and white combination was a tried and true, and thus a very classical look just because it works so well. I humorously often say: "Black and white: a combination that is always right" Being a writer I have to dress my characters, that being; what they wear can be important to the novel sometimes, and I often give them a black and white combinational look. But I like the mini skirt and heels look as well. My wife still wears them at age fifty-two, much to the chagrin of her 85 year old mother. "You're too old to wear that", my mother in law will say, but I am not sure that is true. Good for you on wearing what you did. More importantly, I am glad you had a great outing doing so!

Very elegant pumps! it’s been many years since I was last in Edmonton! I recall it as quite a nice city though. I’m sure it will be a nice place to explore in heels.

OK so, no comments, so should I have started a new thread?? I will think about it, so Winnipeg was a total bust, more snow over the weekend impossible to wear heels, maybe just low block heels, but I want high stilettos, lol. And I did not bring such a pair just ones I showed earlier. Also the hotel was just across a outlet mall, lots of options: winners, DSW, aldo, Micheal corrs and a few others and there was not a single shoe I liked and most were lower heels 2.5". I know it is the season but I had my hopes up. However, Edmonton seems more promising, no snow on the sidewalk and downtown hotel, no interesting shoe stores close by but at least nice to walk around, I will let you know after work and also post some mirror pictures

Just wanted to let you guys and gals know that on Monday another pre-spring day here, with temps in the upper 60's. I had to do some errands, so I decided I was going to venture out in a black mini skirt with a white women's tunic top. I also wore a pair of black panty hose with my black "Clarks" pumps with a 9.5 cm stacked heels. I felt very confident in what I was wearing. I did get a couple stares. Another nice heeling event out and about. Happy Heeling, bluejay

Yesterday, I went to my nail salon for a new mani and pedi. On my toes I got my bright red color that I usually get, except for October when I get hot pink for Breast Cancer Awareness month. For my mani, I got my usual clear/pink gel on fingers and thumbs except for my little pinkies and ring fingers. On my left pinkie a green base with a white shamrock on it and the right pinkie a white base with a rainbow coming out of a pot of gold. My ring fingers were done in green keeping with what I had done in red for Valentines day. I got so many compliments with the red ring fingers, that I decided to do the same for my St. Patrick's mani in green. My wife liked it last month as well as the green yesterday. Incidentally, it was a warm day here yesterday with temps near 70 degrees F, so I wore green capri leggings with a light green women's tunic top, with my green patent slide sandals with 3"small block heels. Got a couple compliments on my mani, pedi and clothing ensemble while runing some errands after my visit to the nail salon. Happy Heeling, bluejay

I totally agree with you HinH I wear my heels with dresses and skirts and I'm totally accepted with my styles and my wife is OK with it! Happy Heeling, bluejay

Back in the day we had a Suzuki Burgman 400 - that thing was a great scooter. It had enough power to take my wife and I wherever we wanted to go. Wanted something a bit larger after a few years so we ended up with a Suzuki C50T cruiser, then a Ural sidecar rig, and finally a Honda Goldwing sidecar rig. Finally gave up riding when my wife started having health issues and could no longer climb into and out of the sidecar.

I know I was surprised by the cramping I experienced when I moved up to 12cm stilettos- I never imagined I might not have the muscle tone for high heels. I’m a cyclist. I’m fit. I rides hundreds if not thousands of miles a year but walking in heels is an isometric exercise as opposed to an isotonic one and my cyclists calves simply were not used to being flexed and held in a tippy toe position for extended periods of time. They were fit enough to last for a while but then they rebelled.

I'll have to do a little more experimenting to reach any sort of conclusion about my foot cramps, but I've proven this week that the problem only comes into play when I've gone somewhere in the neighborhood of 11 cm or higher. I've worn 10 cm all day for a couple of days with no cramping whatsoever. However, my calves have been slightly sore all week, so I guess there is always room for improvement. I'll keep you posted.

While I do not meet the technical requirements of being categorized as LGBT et al., I do believe I have directly benefited from greater acceptance of people who are not White Christian Males (which, ironically, I do happen to be). In my micro-world anyway, I have also benefited from direct interaction with people in my community. I hate to say it, because it's against my life philosophy, but the fact that I have no tattoos, no piercings, and short hair probably helps people get over my appearance a bit, especially the older folks.

This is a little off the subject, but not completely. I just bought a new (to me) motorbike. I wasn't looking for one, but I stumbled upon this almost by accident, and after test riding it for about 20 miles, I thought to myself, "I'm probably going to have to have this." The fact that the guy wanted only 1800 bucks also had a lot to do with it. Two years ago, I became a scooter convert, and a smallish part of the reason is because you can ride a scooter in heels. You can ride a regular motorcycle in heels, but to me it's absolutely no fun at all, and I would never do it on purpose again. I bought a 2009 Yamaha Majesty 400 scooter, and it has been a good machine for me. I used it almost exclusively for commuting. I guess I must have ridden it 90% of the time during the warmer months instead of taking the car. However, it had one shortcoming--it was not really suitable for long trips if you travel west of where I live. "Why west," you might ask? It all has to do with speed limits and wide open spaces. East of here, anywhere in the country, the maximum speed limit you will ever encounter is 70 mph (≈110 km/h). Her Majesty will do that all day just fine, although she's running 75% of redline at that speed. Go west, however, and the speed limit is at least 75 mph, and in places 80 or 85 (≈135 km/h). Her Majesty will do it, but she doesn't like it, and it's probably inadvisable on that machine for sustained periods. Enter the 2007 Suzuki Burgman 650. As a motorcycle, it's a better machine in every way. It's more stable at speed. It laughs at 90 mph. It corners better. It's smoother and quieter. The brakes are better. It's got better wind protection. It gets nearly the same fuel economy. The only downside is weight. It weighs about 600 lbs. (≈270 kg), versus Her Majesty's 470 (≈215 kg). Would I be able to maneuver this pig around a parking lot in heels? The answer is yes, but I will always have to pay attention to exactly what heels I have on. It's largely irrelevant, as I don't typically wear flimsy little shoes to ride a motorbike anyway. Here is a picture of the "new" (even though it's actually older) Suzuki and my trusty Yamaha beside it. I'm glad I'm not too sentimental. The Yamaha has been a good machine for me, but there is just no contest--the Suzi is much better.

I suppose this would be the one exception to the "heel-to-toe" rule?

My wife had a pair of high heels that did that. I am not sure of the brand but all of a sudden the adhesive just let go and not just on the soles but all the glue that held the shoe parts together. I think she bought them in a Payless shoe store back in 2014'ish. She wore hers a few times, but mostly it was just a chemical breakdown over time. I don't think light had much to do with it either as hers were stored in her "shoe barn", her walk in closet dedicated to her shoes.

I looked them up and now see what you mean but I am not sure I like the style myself. Maybe they are comfortable to wear, but they don't look like they would be. But what would I know? I guess its good there is something new being done in terms of high sole shoes? You can't exactly call them high heeled shoes that's for sure.

Well it certainty would make it hard to track a person wearing these shoes. Not that a person could really wear them where a track could be made though. Wow... just wow. Extra points to the model who dared wear them down a runway though!

I would say the period 1975-1979 was optimal for women and men. Whilst LBGT issues hadn’t yet entered the discussion big heels (5” or more) could be worn by men especially accompanied by a woman doing the same. Heels quickly disappeared for guys but much less so for women. Around 2009-2010, during a noted recession heel heights increased again to amazing levels. About that time I began buying almost exclusively in person at stores like Bakers, Nine West and Aldo and often wore heels into the stores. It made it obvious who I was shopping for and retail staff attitudes had started to warm towards men buying heels. After 2015, whilst heel heights had decreased, attitudes towards LGBT people worldwide, and specifically towards men buying heels or most anything from the women’s aisle had shifted to ambivalence or semi acceptance. Whilst I don’t care for the surveillance state which has pervaded many countries I do think there’s probably been no better time to be alive if you’re a guy and want to be creative with your wardrobe. Be mindful of your surroundings and be courteous and you’ll be amazed how well people will respond. HinH

What next, I wonder? At first glance, an optical illusion - but it isn't. I know nothing of the pedigree.

Haha yes maybe 😀