Tacchi Alti

Ah well...

Just that I see the last people admitted were in October last year. Am I the only one who's asked to join in that time? I've had no message or anything

Is this defunct? I applied to join months ago but no response, and I see the last people admitted to the portals were let in over a year ago. Technical problems or loss of interest by Tech?

lying down!!!! who said anything about lying down!.... i wear these boots everywear and when i want to

oh and i aint new here

I know you're not new as you've made quite a few posts. Those boots look ideal for everyday wear. I've worn 4.5 inch sandals along by a canal and over a bridge, with totally unsuspecting people going past me, and I can wear 6 inch heels on the flat, but I'm not quite sure about yours on slopes.

Ballet boots! I've got to try them just to see how difficult they are.

anybody else want to pic on me for posting here???? come on........

I haven't visited for a while so have only just seen this thread. However, if you were new here I could understand your reaction to the mods (just about), but there are rules because of experience in running the site during the last 11 years or so, and they were just being gently pointed out. They're beautiful boots and make me very jealous, even if you do wear them lying down...!

OK, many thanks for that. I suspected that would be the advice! I'll see if the first ones are still available.

By the way, I have an account with Netlog. I expect a lot of people know the site. It's a free social networking site, and I find it much more cosy than Facebook. The downside is a lot of spam, but the upside is quite a few people with a passion for heels, and I get quite a lot of attention as a man making plain I wear heels as a man, not as a CD. My profile is here: http://en.netlog.com...s_In_Boots You will probably have to register with the site to see it

Rather than start another thread... I'm seriously thinking of getting some ballet boots, and looking at those on Ebay which are around £50. The seller is completely honest about them in that he says a hefty pull on the laces is likely to break the eyelets, and he suggests lace-up shoes as a better proposition. I like the cheaper price but I'm wondering whether I'd notice the reduced support a lot and find them harder to walk in. These are the ones he says might break: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ballet-ANKLE-BOOTS-black-18cm-7-very-High-Heel-sexy-PVC-UK-Goth-Fetish-/111020703784?pt=UK_Women_s_Shoes&var=&hash=item19d9598028 These are the ones he recommends: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ballet-ANKLE-strap-boots-black-18cm-7-very-High-Heel-Goth-Fetish-valentines-uk-/111021489404?pt=UK_Women_s_Shoes&var=&hash=item19d9657cfc I can't justify paying twice or three times the price so while I understand people's probably reply that I should go for better quality, it's a question of these or nothing.

Yes, my 7.5 inch monsters with 3 inch soles are great for that. However, they have a habit of suddenly falling sideways with no warning, even on completely flat surfaces! I'm afraid of breaking an ankle. For some reason I have no problem at all with various other platform shoes with lower platforms.

Also one thing that many do not realize is the Bible as most Christians know it was put together by the Catholic church some where around the 12 century. The fathers decided what was proper for the general public to read and put in books and left out books for various reasons. Google "books of the Apocrypha".

I certainly didn't realise that, and what you say goes against the reliable history of the compilation of the Bible. The canonical books were established essentially (with one or two variations) by the fourth century. Jerome omitted the apocryphal books but they were subsequently added by the Roman Catholic church fairly quickly afterwards. It is not until the 16th century that they were publicly rejected by the reformers but retained by the RCs.

I don't want to get embroiled in discussion about this, as it's off-topic, but I thought I ought at least to mention that what you say is not generally accepted as fact.

Had some 7-inch stilettos on earlier to take a couple of pictures but now wearing boots with a 4.5-inch wedge heel. I picked them up for a fiver the other day in the New Look sale. I wore a pair of 2.5-inch cowboy boots to walk a mile to work. BTW, I'm the only one in our office today, in case you're wondering...

I'm a Christian, and what is always vital in quoting a verse of Scripture (or any other piece of writing or speech, come to that) is to look at the CONTEXT. If you take the verse in isolation it is something you may want to apply literally, but there are other things in that chapter which would be ridiculous to implement now (how many Bible-bashers have a battlement on their roof, for instance - verse 8?) Often a literal application when the books were written has a figurative meaning now, and in this case might be illustrated by the common expression 'she wears the trousers'. We all know what is meant by that without its literal fulfilment being necessary!

I got these a couple of years ago - about a fiver on Ebay IIRC. I wish the toe weren't so pointed, but the heels are fine at just under 4 inches. They're very easy to walk in, but a bit loud for my liking!

That's fine, I'm glad to hear that. I hope she gets it sorted for her son. Of course, in a few years' time you could send him to this site...

You don't say what info you sent her, Nikki, but I just have an uncomfortable feeling about 10-year-olds in heels. The feet are still growing and developing, and heels to alleviate his achilles tendon problems might cause other problems.

My view is that text messaging has made people lazy. In addition, grammar and punctuation are often not taught very well. I found that myself, and it was only when I learnt other languages that I understood anything about English grammar!

It is generally easier to read than to write. I can struggle through a newpaper article in Italian, but I wouldn't know where to begin writing it.

Hello Bb16, I hope you enjoy it here.

Absolutely right, but automatic translators, although better than they used to be, often don't catch the idiom. My favourite is when someone tapped in 'Out of sight, out of mind' into a program to translate it into Russian. Out of interest he then asked it to translate it back. The result? 'Invisible idiot.'

But welcome, BB16, and don't be put off by language or automatic translators. I always admire people who converse in a foreign (to them) language. We English speakers tend to be arrogant, expecting everyone to speak and understand our language. As someone once said to me, 'If the natives don't understand, shout louder.'

I know how you feel! I've just got back on here after what seems like ages. Moral of the story: try to remember what e-mail address you registered with, and it's even better if that address is still active... Thanks, Tech (and Shafted), for sorting things out when we finally made contact.

Been there, done that.

OK, known generally as Tacchi Alti, but after several attempts at following instructions, and still no joy, I've had to resort to opening another account. I see others have had the same problem. Possibly I was using another (now defunct) e-mail address when I first registered, which was in 2002, so messages are disappearing into the ether. If one of the mods could get the starting handle to my account, we can get that up and running again and delete this account. Many thanks.

I think my favourite is fettucini.

Very tasty.

Can't understand what you are getting at, or how this piece of metal fits. Surely the problem is not just angle. It's a question of balance and strength in the ankles, acquired by practice in good-fitting boots.

Strangely enough he hasn't even logged on since his first post, so all our effusive welcomes have been of no avail. Funny, that...

Hello faithman. Funny, how so?

Probably a translation issue - we do insist on English here so must make considerable allowances for people whose native language is not English. It takes courage to contribute in another language, even when you think you know it well. My guess is that 'fun' is the noun so 'funny' is the natural adjective.

As for pronunciation...

How about this one, which someone sent me several years ago:

Hints on pronunciation for foreigners

I take it you already know

of tough and bough and cough and dough.

Others may stumble, but not you,

On hiccough, thorough, laugh and through.

Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,

To learn of less familiar traps.

Beware of heard, a dreadful word

That looks like beard and sounds like bird.

And dead-it's said like bed, not bead.

For goodness sake, don't call it deed!

Watch out for meat and great and threat.

They rhyme with suite and straight and debt.

A moth is not a moth in mother,

Nor both in bother, broth in brother,

And here is not a match for there,

Nor dear and fear for pear and bear.

And then there's dose and rose and lose

Just look them up--and goose and choose.

And cork and work and card and ward.

And font and front and word and sword.

And do and go, then thwart and cart.

Come, come I've hardly made a start.

A dreadful language? Man alive,

I'd mastered it when I was five!

Wow, that's some job! I don't quite get all the stages, but I love high wedges, and they're almost impossible to get, certainly at prices within my range. A thinner sole would suit me better, and would probably be much lighter.