mlroseplant

That's an interesting question, and I think my answer might be a little bit different than what's been said so far. Rebellion, at least in the purest sense, has nothing to do with it for me. I think I would probably still wear heels even if it were a completely normal thing for a man to do. I just like them. I like the way they look (classic styles, anyway) and I like the way they feel. Most people can't understand that I actually like to walk in heels. It's not a sacrifice I make for the sake of fashion or sense of personal style. There is the athletic challenge side it also, but it's a smaller portion of the sum total. Yeah, it's nice to be able to say that I walked so many miles last year, but it's just something I actually enjoy.

My 2004 Ford Crown Vic has but 130,000 miles on it, and more importantly, no rust. The weak spot on these cars, if there is one, is the transmission. We've talked about manual swapping it out should it ever fail, but I hope I don't have to ever make that decision. I figure it will last another 7 years until I retire, then I won't care as much. My 2009 Yamaha Majesty scooter (400 cc) has 33,000, and there's a good chance it will last me until I retire. I tell you what, insurance is cheap on those things, even with a 17 year old driver listed on the policy. I don't even want to know what it would cost to insure a brand new car or motorbike.

I also have three types of leggings, but they are all the same cotton legging, except for the length. I have worn leggings outside my house as pants, but very few times in my life. I use leggings as underwear 99.9% of the time. I've got ankle length, for when it's really cold, I've got capri length for use as everyday long underwear, which works very well with my work socks and boots, and then I've got shorties, which are several inches above my knee. Their sole purpose is to wear instead of regular briefs when I wear bib overalls to work. They prevent chafing on my inner thighs, which is a real problem for me in the summer months. Back to the original topic, I just received a product called "Hard as Hooves," which is a cuticle/nail moisturizer. It's not quite an oil, but it's very slippery cream. You are supposed to apply it three times a day to your nails and massage it in. We'll see if I can get my nails back--they're down to a scant 1 mm. At least they're not broken below the quick.

I have never really felt the desire to drive a pickup as my main vehicle, but many around here do. That and these giant SUVs. @CrushedVamp, I have done the car-and-small trailer thing in the past. It works ok, especially if you only need a truck occasionally. I got rid of the trailer when we bought the cargo van for my wife's business. @Puffer It is never fun to load sheets of anything in the wind, particularly if you're barely over 9 stone.

I figure it is a question that cannot be answered. I get different reactions with different shoes. For example, with my burgundy Mary Janes, it's always, "Oh, those are so cute. Those are adorable!" With some of my open toed stiletto mules, maybe I get a completely different reaction. I think a lot of it really depends upon more than just the shoes in question, but on the total package. I have no idea what people would think of my challenge shoes, should I ever get the hang of walking in them.

Those are certainly loud and proud. I approve!

I'm not really beating myself up about the photographs I post on here, it's just that they're beginning to all feel the same. I suppose that's because basically, they are all the same. There are several ways to go about improving that, but at this point, I'm kind of set in my ways, and it's not all that important to me. And if I must be honest, I still feel a little bit silly as a grown man taking pictures of himself.

Yeah, I've pretty much quit caring about absolute heel height these days, and tend to focus on TH, as you call it. Having said that, I actually own at least two pair of 15 cm heels (I'd have to look), and several 14 cm, but they all have giant platforms, so that doesn't really count for me as much as it used to. One thing about giant platforms is they do make you considerably taller than a single sole of the same height.

Well, shut my mouth! That's a new one on me. I've never had the heel actually measure higher than advertised. Had the opposite plenty of times. What exactly is the problem with wearing jeans? Hem length?

Nice sandals there. I think we are down to mere weeks until I can wear my sandals again without looking super strange (too late for that, I know). My personal wedge collection is down to 10, and I don't have any that I would call high. I've still got a couple of giant platforms left, but my sensibilities have changed. I either wear low heels, like the pair pictured below (a throwback to the old drain pipe days!), or I tend to choose wedges with relatively narrow heels. I should probably look for some more like these black ones. I am down to my last pair in this style. They don't last forever.

We are like the only 6 people on the planet who care about such things. Even my fashionista people don't understand how trigonometry relates to high heels. Few, if any, have any concept of the height of the heels they wear or don't wear. Until very recently, I just used the actual heel measurement in our conversation here. I figured my size 40 was close enough--and it probably is for 99.9% of the people in the world. For this challenge, however, actual steepness actually matters, so I changed my way of stating it, in order to have and apples to apples comparison. I can remember a former member here, years ago, saying he'd spent the entire day in 4 inch heels. Pretty impressive until you actually saw the shoes. In his size, they were almost like kitten heels!

Yeah, it's pretty tough going out there these days if you can't find something vintage. I'm glad you managed to find something that works, and isn't completely offensive.

As I work in the construction industry, and I don't necessarily have a fixed place of employment, I rely upon my car to get me to work. Sometimes that work has been pretty far away from my house, but in the last decade or so, I could count on putting about 15,000 miles a year on my car. However, since purchasing my Yamaha Majesty maxi-scooter, that number has been cut in half. Yeah, I actually ride mine, it's not a toy.

Yeah, if I lived alone, I'd probably do the same. But instead, I married a Vietnamese lady. She likes it considerably warmer in the house. When we were first married, she felt awfully guilty about how much the (natural) gas bill was in the winter, so she tried to make up for it in the summer. I'd come home from working in the 95º sun all day, and the house was 85º! We'd just installed a brand new air conditioner, but she refused to use it. Of course, this was long before I started wasting a lot of money on shoes. That changed everything.

Haha, you are not wrong! We drive everywhere. It's a shame that it's that way, but it is. A car is not a luxury in the U.S., it's an absolute necessity, outside of maybe New York City or Chicago. Having said that, I've never known anybody to actually move their car during a trip to the shopping mall. The more common experience is to forget where you parked. But who goes to a mall anymore? That's so 1990s! I'm only 90% kidding.