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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."

Not really a high heeled subject, but it sort of is. I went to my tailor friend, who is sewing masks during this time of not working, and picked up some orders for my coworkers. We will be required to wear masks when we return to work, hopefully at the end of the month. The company will supply masks, but who knows what we'll get going that route? Certainly not N95s. Naturally, I couldn't get a normal looking mask. One of the ones I got was this toile-esque pattern, which has as a theme a few fashionable cities in Europe (plus NYC). The reason I picked it was because it depicts a couple of young ladies in high heels, including one riding a bicycle in heels. Of course, I didn't specify how I wanted this thing to be cut out, nor would I--that's just silliness for such a utilitarian item, so the images I really liked are kind of cut off. Here are some photos, just for fun, as well as a very recent shot of the mask maker, who favors high heels with shorts, weather permitting.

13 hours ago, jeremy1986 said:

Why do you say they would cause trouble?

Heh, heh. Well, OK. Let's invent a hypothetical situation. Let's pretend for a moment that you, Jeremy, had a female friend who is not your wife. Let us also pretend that largely because of this strictly platonic friendship, that your wife and this woman have always had a little bit of a strained relationship. Let us further imagine that you and your friend decided to get matching sandals. And not just any old sandals--ones with huge honking stiletto heels on them. If you and your theoretical friend showed up at some social activity wearing said matching sandals, how do you think your wife would react to that?

8 hours ago, joshure said:

these are the latest post ? js

Nobody's buying shoes, I guess. I know I'm not buying much of anything lately. Maybe I'll go through and see if I have any shoes that I never got around to putting up on here.

I can't really be helpful, but I can tell a funny story. I got something on ebay (not shoes, but rather vintage lawn mower parts), and they claimed to have delivered it, but it was nowhere to be found. It wasn't particularly expensive or critical for any of my continuing projects, so I just blew it off. A YEAR LATER, it showed up at my house unexpectedly.

You, like me, are not content to play dress-up in front of a mirror at home. I really should use this time to do a little more of that, if for no other reason than to figure out what I need to get rid of, haha.

4 hours ago, Puffer said:

My own (wooden) decking that I installed at least 15 years ago has shown very few signs of deterioration; it is pressure-washed and re-sealed at no more than 24-month intervals.

OK, so I know what I'm doing this week. And probably in my ratty tennis shoes.

Sandals are definitely trickier than full coverage shoes. Glad you found a pair that doesn't bite you back!

Been a while for this thread. I thought I would write to say that, after 12 years, it is still an adventure living with a wife whose first language is not English. She sent me to the market for some shallots. Easy enough. When I got back (after de-masking and washing my hands), I told her that I brought her shallots. She thought I said "salad," and started to give me the third degree about getting it wrong. In her mind, the two words sound nearly the same. I can empathize, because the Vietnamese consonant clusters "ch" and "tr" are nearly indistinguishable to me, though to a native speaker, the difference is plain as day.