mlroseplant

In general mainstream usage, the term "bubbler" refers to a drinking fountain, not a bong. I've only ever heard older folks from the southeast U.S. use the term, and probably most of those people are dead. It possibly is used in the Northeast, but my extended family is from the Southeast, so I only have experience from that region.

I haven't worn bootcut jeans in forever. Years ago, I wore them exclusively in an attempt to make my heels not so obvious. By accident, I happened to get out a pair this morning. Maybe I'm rethinking the look. I'm sure I will change my mind just as soon as I actually go anywhere, and re-experience the problem of getting my pantlegs caught on the backs of my heels, and constantly having to pull them down. I don't miss that at all.

I have nothing to say. Neither does anybody else, from the looks of things.

My son, who has a lot of hair, and genetically has a possibility of actually keeping it into old age, went for the Yul Brynner look. It grew out to normal looking within 3 weeks. My hair is actually almost behaving itself in its longer state. I might just keep it. Luckily, I'm not quite to the stage where I resemble Ben Franklin.

18 hours ago, CAT said:

WOW, JUST WOW!!!!

A fellow could interpret that comment in two different ways.  .  .

6 hours ago, bluejay said:

Glad you were able to get a professional mani.  You must live in a state that has relaxed their rules. Not here in NY yet and as I said earlier it will be 6 weeks at the earliest before nail salons will be able to open up again. Meanwhile I'm doing the pedi and mani myself, as best as I can. It still not the same as a professional one.

Happy Heeling.

bluejay

I have been doing my own for quite a number of years, because I decided a long time ago that I was not allowing anybody to touch my nails except for my tailor friend. Now, she’s gotten out of the business altogether, so I guess I will have to continue to practice yoga, in order to be able to have the flexibility to do my own.  She taught me well! Fingernails have never been a problem, but my toenails are deeply embedded in skin. They require special attention. 

17 hours ago, hhboots said:

I've really been enjoying longer nails while working from home these days.  While in the office, I did grow my nails a little and even clear polished them, but only to about the tip of my finger, maybe a tiny bit longer on occasion. But since working from home I've tried growing longer nails, and did succeed a couple of times and had them briefly get to the length that mlroseplant's friend has in the first shot, but that is definitely my limit and they start breaking pretty easily at that point. 

I think a lot of it is genetics, and some of it is diet and/or nail maintenance. When I first met this girl, she was 19 and had long-ish nails, but tended to be uneven. That was when she was a farm girl. Now that she's a city girl, she keeps them the length pictured above at all times, and doesn't seem to have any problem with breakage. I think it has to do mainly with the natural thickness of the nails. Some people just have better nails than others. Some people have nicer hair than others. I haven't really been blessed in either department! I do wonder that if my lifestyle and career were different, would I be able to grow long nails? I know a lot of long-nailed ladies claim to be able to "do anything," but they're not fighting rusty bolts, humping 4" electrical conduit onto a scissor lift, lifting lawnmowers into the back of a pickup. I'll just bet they're not.

9 hours ago, chesterx said:

I am in a happy place mentally now...

Meanwhile, I just had another accident. I busted my thumbnail off while, of all things, putting my organ bag in my car carelessly.

12 hours ago, Cali said:

Easy fix...consider the "Telly Savalas" look.  (You youngster google Telly Savalas.)  Since I am follically deficient, I don't really have this problem.  

But my eye brows do need a trim, side effect of a drug, extra long eye brows and eye lashes.  

I personally prefer the Yul Brynner look.

3 hours ago, kneehighs said:

Not only would it be risky from a health perspective, but I can imagine getting locked down in a foreign country as an unintended consequence and the nightmare of navigating a foreign country health care system.  

Yeah, no kidding! I’m not sure my insurance would want to pay in a foreign country. I suppose I ought to look into that one of these days. The only country I wouldn’t worry about is Vietnam, and that’s peculiar to my own situation. The older generation of my wife’s family are mostly all physicians. They’d take me to the “Western” hospital, and they’d just pay for everything without even considering it for a minute, so I wouldn’t have to worry about it until later. I’m looking at summer of 2021 for our next visit, and I hope we can even go then. 

The Mork is really the only sane choice of the 4 given.

My tailor friend, mentioned elsewhere on this site a number of times for making masks, doing great clothing alterations, and wearing high heels, actually quit her part time job at the nail salon. She doesn't feel like she can safely do that job anymore. I haven't talked to my other nail salon acquaintances, and I don't know how they've been doing. I have a feeling that at least one will not return to work, as she is high risk health-wise for dying or being very sick if she becomes infected. The ban on nail salon operation is lifted in our county tomorrow (Friday). I expect there to be squabbling in and around the shop, as I don't know what their PPE policy is going to be. It's a certainty that SOMEBODY will be unhappy. I refer back to the title of this thread.

Yesterday was the first day in a long time that I didn't wear heels at all. I was working on a car pretty much all day, and I have just gotten to the point that I don't do that in heels anymore, if the project has any length to it. After the project was finished (successfully, I might add), I didn't bother to change my shoes. Today, however, is another day!

17 hours ago, LovesHiHeels said:

I have online tracking to say its been delivered, but it has not.  I have still not received them.

Yeah, you can't always trust that tracking business. I had a Poshmark seller send me an item meant for another customer by accident. She somehow or other managed to intercept the package before it got to my house, but the tracking said it was delivered to my house. There were a couple of frantic days when neither of us knew what happened to the package, and then I guess it showed back up at her house. It still shows that it was delivered to my house. What can ya do?

What's with all the bendy knees?

Today, I have a not so nice story to tell. Earlier this week, I was delivering some masks to somebody I hadn't seen in a while, and I hadn't been to her house for more than a year. We talked for just a little bit when the neighbor girl, who looked to be about 12 or 13 years old, came outside to empty the garbage. It was then that my friend told me that the last time I was there, evidently the neighbor doesn't think too highly of me. I have little recollection of the event, but apparently when I was there last time and was introduced to him, he told my friend not to bring me over to his yard again. When she asked him why not, he replied that he didn't want to have to explain me to his kids. I have no idea what I was wearing at the time, but chances are it was shorts with wedges. That alone might do it for a person of a certain persuasion. While my experiences have been largely positive, and continue to improve as time goes on, it's a sobering reminder that jackwagons are everywhere!

17 hours ago, kneehighs said:

You're welcome!  He looks clean cut and presentable to me!  

HA! If we're going to set the bar that low, even I might be able to clear it! Speaking of low, upon a second look, those sandals are not very high. Cute, but nothing I would actually wear. And if it were me, I'd have gone about 1/2 size larger.

Thanks, kneehighs, for sharing that link. I've had a number of interesting conversations this week, concerning my style and sort of how I see myself. I have no idea what I actually look like, but I get the idea that this is what other people think I look like:

I'm not really opposed to that.

3 hours ago, vector said:

Reminds me of the WWII shoe repair story.  Let me know if you aren't familiar with it.

Just exactly how old do you think I am? Seriously, do tell! I am sure the OP has either gotten his problem resolved, or he hasn't. I'm absolutely certain of that.

Hard to believe that he's gone. Me and my son once tried to cover "Long Tall Sally," with him on saxophone, but I soon gave up, because I just don't have the voice for it. That is the voice that every rock singer tried to copy for years afterward. I'm a classical singer by nature.

14 hours ago, AlexC94 said:

Nah, they're only decorative. I can unlock them any time but what's the point when I have them strapped on with a tear off velcro?

Is it just the angle of the photo, or are the heels on those boots too tall to be positioned vertically when the toes are touching the ground?

It probably isn't pleasant when it comes time for repairs.

I have actually bought some new to me shoes! It was not a very big gamble, it's a duplicate of one of my other trusted shoes, but in another color. They are BCBGeneration Millard mules. I guess you would call them clogs, actually. I've had a brown pair for quite some time, and I saw this black pair on ebay. I offered them 30 bucks, and they took it. They have a 5" heel with a 1" platform, and are quite comfortable for walking. In fact, I took them out completely untried for a 1 mile walk the same day I received them, and I didn't even really notice I had them on. But that's the same experience I've had with the brown ones. The black ones are ever so slightly bigger than the brown ones, even though they're the same size (8 1/2), and oddly enough, the black ones are noticeably louder than the brown ones, even though they share an identical sole and heel. After walking my first mile in the black ones, upon inspection the heel tips seem to be made out of a much harder material (less rubbery), and I can see the tips on the black ones aren't going to last that long. They have been reasonable durable on the brown ones.

On 5/4/2020 at 5:56 PM, Cali said:

BEATERS 

Do you have a pair that you slip on to run errands in? Comfortable and joy to walk in? They have seen better days but your not even close to parting with them.

Well here's mine. I have a new pair still in their box...

I don't  really have a pair of "beaters" any more, perhaps not in the true sense of the word. Actually, I do have such a pair, but I keep them for sentimental reasons, not because I ever wear them. My beaters are these BCBGirls Bonny sandals, which have been featured a number of times elsewhere. They are well worn, but not so horrible looking (at least from the outside) that I won't wear them out to the grocery store, or some such errand. In fact, they are my favorite summer walking shoes. They have been pounded on the streets of downtown Chicago for two days straight. As I've stated elsewhere, I have two new identical pair, one of which I've now worn enough to feel comfortable in, but they're just not the same as the old pair. Now I've got to make a decision. The right heel is within a few short miles of wearing clear through. Do I spend the money to get these old gals re-heeled? I'm considering it.

19 minutes ago, p1ng74 said:

Taiwan already has law enforcement systems in place that rely on extensive surveillance.  It’s a pretty different society.  

Ditto for Vietnam, which has also gotten back to normal. Vietnam did shut down for a while, but They are Watching You over there, so when they say "shut down," they mean "shut down."