Shyheels

Yes the steepness seems higher than even 5”. As you say a bit hard to wear around and about

We’re getting some proper winter weather here in the Pennines. About 6” of snow last night, more expected in the next two days then clear and cold, down to -10°C. A long walk today in tall boots but no heels!

I occasionally notice swift downward glances when I am walking along the towpath in my knee boots - and that’s without heels. I’m certainly the in,y male in nice leather knee boots (one does see occasional guys in hunter gum boots - but not many)

Yes, one can overthink these things

True not on canals - although working swing bridges you will stop traffic, sometimes on busy roads. But then you would be most unlikely to be wearing heels as when you’re moving your boat along the canal you’re working locks, bridges, mooring and unmooring the boat constantly and heels would be decidedly dangerous.

Fortunately that sort of thing is fairly unusual - or at least it is in my experience.

Yes, me too. Wearing tall boots is just part of my natural style now and I do not notice or care if anyone thinks that odd.

Congratulations on setting a new record! That’s quite an accomplishment. I’ve no idea what my mileage would be, but it would be nowhere near yours.

Yes, what kind of society have we created where humans do the drudge work and computers create music, literature and art?

Same here. As a writer and photographer I can get screwed two ways. It’s a serious worry

Sounds like there was more of Huck Finn in Mark Twain than met the eye

Oh I agree with you on that front! I love silence too and do not go around with earbuds stuck in my ears. I can never understand cyclists who have to listen to music when they ride - aside from the safety implications how nice it is to hear birdsong and the rustling in the hedgerows. On my boat I listen to birds each morning. I play music at a time of my choosing and when I’m don’t am happy to enjoy silence and my own company

I’ve really no idea if anyone notices that I’m always in knee or OTK boots. It feels normal to me and so I genuinely don’t notice if anyone is noticing me. I suspect not. I have had a few comments, not many, but those I do get have been positive - and usually by women.

I have to say I pretty much dislike all of them. They strike me as either dirge-like or too overtly pious. Not a huge fan of organised religion in general.

Do you dislike all music or just some types? It is certainly odd to dislike all music. I certainly don’t care for much that was written after 1985 or so, but before that my tastes are varied and eclectic - blues, jazz, rock, swing, musicals, classical, Charleston-era, ragtime etc… I must say though that hymns leave me rather glassy eyed. If I went to church at all I’d probably try to avoid any and all hymn singing …

I remember reading a quote from some famous classical musician - I forget the name or the instrument he played. He said, if I don’t practice for a day, I notice. If I don’t practice for two days, the critics notice. If I don’t practice for three days, the world notices

They’re certainly cheaper than Dorothy’s Ruby slippers! Did you see they sold for $28 million the other day?

I’d like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas. And a happy and prosperous new year!

Indeed! Merry Christmas from this side of the pond!

I spent a day travelling on the trains from Leeds to London. Quite a few knee boots but mainly low heels, although there were a couple that were both high heels and very posh. It really seems to vary on the day, I went to York a few weeks ago and was startled by how many high heeled boots I was seeing.

For sure, you definitely get some extra height. I sometimes like to work standing up and if I am in high heels that can be awkward because then I’m too tall for working on the counter and it’s an awkward resch

In a similar vein I feel more creative in heels, my writing and editing flows better. I think because I’ve liberated myself from those restricting conformist views that prevented visual self expression. As well, the pleasurable feeling of wearing heels inspires me to get up at regular intervals and walk around - instead of sitting g blued to my desk and computer. It’s a healthy side benefit

Ah, long after my time. My last time in Antarctica was in 2005 My first time was in 1993. It had changed so much. I see ads now for huge cruise liners going down there …

I think Prion might be restricted access now - it wasn’t n my day. I don’t know when you went

Did you get to Prion Island (a coastal island in a bay in South Georgia) where the snowy albatross breed?