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I really don't know why it is that most guys way over-analyze the issue.

Just buy a pair and start wearing!

Everything else usually falls into place, unless the pair you bought make you look like a girl.

So, buy a pair that don't make you look like a girl!

Such as these:

I've worn these half way around the world, and back. No complaints, issues, etc.

Just do it!

chris

i know weve suggested a few times, but i think im gonna have to join one of your nights out sometime!

nl

If we can come up with an agreeable date/time/place, I'm up for it.

That's usually what the world heel meets are about, but numerous smaller meets have taken place

That's nothing, the 1 Gb memory stick really blows me away! Just think, the day is rapidly approaching when even the 3.5" floppy drive will be history and all of us old fudds that remember all of the stuff that preceded that will also be regarded as living fossils.

What's a "floppy"? Is that what happens when one's love life isn't as it should be?

Just kidding...

I grew up in the punch card era...

As one who's been party to both contracts, for more than a decade, I'd have to argue otherwise.

Marriages usually decay when one party becomes less honest with themselves than the other, rather than when one party becomes less honest with the other. It's a subtle, but very important distinction.

As previously alluded, it's usually the party which becomes less honest with themselves that causes the end of the relationship, even if they're not the party that files for divorce.

The courts are a "best attempt" effort of serving public interest. They're often wrong because, quite often, neither judges nor lawyers nor court-appointed psychologists are able to pierce through the voluminous layers of deception which often surround most marital problems! In the absence of these layers of deception, one finds few marital problems. The better solution almost always involves both parties of the divorce resolving their differences and discovering ways to continue both the marriage and the family. In fact, some of the strongest individuals, emotionally/psychologically speaking, come from families which were were on the verge of divorce but managed to overcome it.

Thank you for you sentiments, though, and I mean it, from the bottom of my heart! I recently watched a heartwarming movie in which a man overcame a similarly "WTF" situation as I did. It's called Invincible, and stars Mark Whalberg. Totally inspiring!

PS, I gave up, 100%, of all heeling in 2004, with a complete and full heart and without either hesitation or reservation, in an attempt to salvage my marriage and provide for the family environment I'd desired for my son years before I ever met my wife.

She had delusions to the contrary, and delusions are something that are very difficult to counter.

I think I'm going to graciously bow out. If you haven't read and understood Hayek and Friedman then you don't really grasp what Greenspan and his lot are all about. But one small clue, in Road to Serfdom Hayek very candidly reports that under proper fiscal policy the price of bread in central Europe remained the same for over 200 Years! . In my estimation that is price stability, and they didn't need the likes of Greenspan to do it! When you understand what's really going on, you finally come to realize that they can have bankers meetings every day of the week and fix the interest rates 3 times a day and still not solve the problem.

Wow. pink!. (actually "magenta") typeface. Impressive!

Since fiscal policy borders on politics, I'll consider this thread as "politics" and treat it as such.

Regardless, 9/11 faced trillions of dollars of worse repurcussions had not the people been in place who were in place.

Personally, since so much of the US economy was centrally located in the WTC towers, I think that's what the perps were shooting for. Broadly speaking, they did cost us trillions of dollars in that move, for the buildings, the cost of the ongoing counteroffensive operations, etc.

One thing people tend to forget is that the cost of war is almost invariably born by the leading contender in any economic issue.

Thus, while 911 and it's resulting cost might have happened anyway, and the message of those who were against the US/West had come through with anywhere near the same force, the cost of the appropropriate response to counter the intended effect would have cost nearly the same, over time.

People like to play the "only if," game, and "if only" x had happened instead of "y" things would be vastly different.

Meanwhile, history itself, from 10,000 BC and beyond, reports that the cost of freedom remains among the highest of costs, but one of the most heavily financed costs around.

All factored considered, the overwhelming majority of people are opposed to oppressive regimes, whether they're inside that regime or not, and most of those support changes within that regime.

This axiom has held true since Alexander the Great and Ghengis Khan, both of which, although conquerers, did some pretty terrific things for the countries they counquered.

I'm not advocating conquering other countries. Please bear in mind, however, that human nature being what it is, weaker countries which are inept at appropriately managing their people to the standards of stronger countries are at risk of takeover.

This holds true in business, today, with several hundred "hostile takeovers" having taken place in the last year alone, and those most of those have seen increased, not decreased, benefits for most of the employees of the companies which have been taken over.

It takes more time when this process involves entire countries, but the benefits almost always outweigh the costs, usually because the overtaking country has higher standards than the country being overtaken, which is precisely the reason why the overtaking country almost always has more resources at their disposal than the country being overtaken!

Exceptions exist, but they're few and far between, or involve gross ineptitude to be able bring those resourses into play.

Well, it's now in the General Chit-Chat forum!

Isn't the Nile a river in Egypt?

I think it's a long slender metallic object that's usually hammered into wood by Australians...

We Yanks call it a "nale."

Regardless, while I rarely paint my nails, they do tend to hold the shingles down, so I'll not complain!

I almost feel that I could recommend this shop to all, but I love the bargains there.

Please, Nigel, recommend it, as it's a much cheaper trip for many of our EU members than otherwise.

Definately a sticky situation...

I believe we're on an epiphony, here, where the idea of a guy wearing heels is no longer considered taboo. For those of you anti-taboo-ists out there, don't wear heels. For those of you who wear heels, please wear them, and let's show the world that heels worn by guys is none other than another form of fashion.

It would be nice if the folks, here, could express a more androgynous appearence of heels..

Welcome to the forum, HappyFeat!

Hi, Poppi - I'm glad to hear you're enjoying heels as much as the rest of us!

I'm in the middle of watching Superman Returns, and I couldn't help but notice the height of Lois Lane's heels. In one scene (at 1:19:56 into the movie), she's playing with them, and the camera pans her heels in a close-up while she's doing so. In nearly all of the other scenes, she's wearing high heels, as well, and in many of them, they provide close-ups!

12 guage, that is.

I prefer a .22. It's more accurate at 100 yards and leaves a cleaner hole.

So, then, more guys like this?

Wearing one now, about the same length, but with knee boots.

That might be nice for when you have to take a long walk, say, on one's lunch break.

I have difficulty stepping on the heels and soles at the same time, as my ankles just don't bend that far forward!

Good for you! I have a nearly identical pair, but with a taller shaft, I purchased from Payless recently. Very comfortable for extended wear.

I agree. I'm up for your basic black or dark brown...

I wear heels to please me when I will not be seen by people that know me - work and family - mostly. Since I travel a bit I have many opportunities to high heel in public, though my experience is much more limited than many here. Perhaps at sometime, I could be more open about my heel wearing.

There is probably a part of me that wishes to "get caught" - so I could be completely open and in heels more often.

If you've ever worn heels in public, you've probably been "caught." It's just that most people don't care, particularly given the wide range of fashions and idiosynchrocies seen in the movies.

Get a load of Depp's makeup and earrings the next time you watch his latest movie - you could probably attend any nightclub wearing the same and never get a second glance.

Why does Chris get dibs on the teacher with her own teeth? Wah...

I'd try a custom shoe manufacturer or cobbler. Many cobblers still make shoes from scratch.

Congratulations! Be cautious. Please realize that the fact your wife brought this up may indicate that she has fetishes of her own that she'd like to explore, but not necessarily that she's ready to accept your enjoyment of wearing heels (or more, if you're talking role-reversal), particularly if it's ongoing thing rather than an occasional thing.

Money is an extremely powerful motivator, to be sure, particularly when one has been in a condition of want. As someone who's only experienced that condition for a short period in my life, but one who's worked hard throughout my life and more than made ends meet, I can honestly say money isn't a big whoop-de-do in my life. I'm an avid camper/backpacker/survivalist, so "roughing it" isn't a threat, even if it meant doing so without the fancy gear. I worked less hard during the month I hiked a portion of the Appalachian trail using nothing but gear I fashioned from the land (yes, including boots, clothes, shelter, etc.) than I have in business. To me, it was fun! Getting back to the press issue, they need a reality check, preferrably via heavy fines and long jail sentences for printing anything that's not verifiably true.