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  1. One can but hope. The trouble is big companies are so risk averse - in everything - and catering only to the biggest part of the market. Outliers, even substantial ones, are ignored in favour of the quickest and easiest profits.

    Why else for example would the bulk of women’s shoes range in size from 3 to 8 when there are lots of tall women with bigger feet? It’s easier. Less risk. 

  2. What a lovely photo! Your friend looks vivacious and fun, and I’ve no doubt you’ll have a great time going shopping together. It would be such fun to go shopping with a friend like that. You’re very fortunate. 

    I’ve been to Vietnam only once, but I really enjoyed my time there and would go back in a heartbeat. I’m sorry to hear your mother in law is unwell. Hopefully that will resolve itself.. I’m so glad you’re having a nice time.

  3. Boots with 3” heels seem to be firmly in fashion - certainly on my side of The Pond. It’s a style I really like, probably my favourite style 

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  4. I’ve a pair of tall riding/engineering style pull-on boots (knee height) that I really like a lot. Once I get them on - a bit stiff - they are extremely comfortable, a great fit. Getting them off takes some doing though! It’s why I’d never wear these in an airport where I’d have to take them off in a queue.

    I’ve been using dubbin and trying to wear them in, and it is (very slowly) working, but does anyone have good tips or advice for this? I’m sure I can’t be the first person to wrestle with much loved but very stiff knee boots!

     

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  5. I was applying some dubbin this morning to two pair of low-heeled knee boots this morning, and one pair of ankle boots with 3-inch heels, all of which have been seeing a lot of use lately, and was wondering what sorts of leather care, cleaners, polishes etc other people use to keep their heels looking good and lasting longer.

    I use mainly Saphir stuff - made in France. It is rather pricey but it really does an excellent job of keeping the leather fresh, even when I’m wearing my boots in some challenging conditions as I have been lately.

    What do you folks use?

     

  6. Another day in the big city yesterday - and in the shuffling crowds an encouraging number knee and ankle boots with chunky heels of varying heights and even a couple of pair of stilettos. Looking at the demographics of the wearers make it clear that it’s the older age group with the sense of style - not only nicer (undoubtedly more expensive) boots but worn with greater panache, the standout being a stylish but by no means showy woman in her sixties looking effortlessly at ease in black OTK boots with 3-4 inch heels and a stylish but generally conservative long coat.  

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  7. 2 hours ago, at9 said:

    Five star review of the show: https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Review-FASCINATING-AIDA-40TH-ANNIVERSARY-SHOW-London-Palladium-20240205

    Although some people do dress up for the theatre in London, I don't think there's any mainstream London music or theatre venue that would have any objection to jeans and trainers.  This may be less true out of London where theatre isn't so readily available.

    This isn't the photo I was thinking of but here's Michelle O'Neill in classic 3" courts: https://www.politics.co.uk/reference/michelle-oneill-profile/

    Some photos of her in 3"+ courts here: https://apnews.com/article/northern-ireland-government-sinn-fein-stormont-brexit-33dae8ed4649c9386366e2dcd73f7391

    Sounds like it was a great show!

  8. I suspect going out to the theatre and mingling with the dinner and theatre crowd you’re much more likely to see tall stilettos. People dress up for such occasions - often in towering heels 👠 

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  9. I spent another long day travelling on inter-city trains and saw an encouraging number of boots with chunky 3” heels - not high by the standards if some in here, but a height and style I like very much. I also saw for the first time in a long while someone out and about in four inch heels - knee boots with tall thin block heels. One seldom sees heels that high out and about. I suppose four inch, fashion height, is more likely to be used for dressy or formal occasions than long days on your feet, in trails and railroad stations, where chunky three inch heels would have unbeatable appeal 

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  10. I know the feeling about taking a laptop when you travel. In my line of work I nearly always have to but when I have the option I will always leave it home. It’s so liberating and simplifies the whole travel/airport scene, Have a lovely trip . I don’t envy you the long flight although being in Vietnam will be nice! Have fun!

  11. Neil Armstrong was an intelligent and very cool headed man. I'm inclined to think he said "a man" and that the transmission was unclear. It's distinctly how I remember hearing it as a child, when I was watching breathlessly on our Zenith black-and-white TV. And as a space-obsessed ten year -old, shortly to turn eleven, I was hardly watching and listening with an ear for grammar!

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