Cali

I forgot one more conversation. 

I was talking with a woman I have known for over 60 years. I said something like "I liked those stilettos" another woman was wearing. My friend said she did too, but she would fall over if she tried to wear them. I then said, "I could wear those with ease, but their not my style."  She looked at me with a puzzled look so I show her the heels I was wearing.  Now a shocked look appeared.  😀

I have seen this on TV years ago that surgeons in China was doing this.  They cut the bone and insert rods so they can separate the bones and keep them aligned.

My neighbor's son had a bone problem where they had to removed some of one femur when he was very young, so one leg was shorter that the other.  When he was about 10, surgeons in California "grew" his leg longer (this way) so that he could have a more normal life.  It worked!  He is fine now.

I was very lucky. I found my size in women's shoes when I needed some water shoes for an upcoming Christmas trip to Hawaii. They were out on men's in my size, but still had some in similar women's sizes left. The women's size 10 fit my feet great. The next was when I was looking for running shoes that actually fit my feet. Again women's size 10 fit better any any men's running shoe ever did. So when I NEEDED a 4-inch heel to walk I went to a DSW and tried on size 10 in the clearance racks.  Never bought a "men's" shoe since. My feet fit women's shoes so much better. 

I have had several interactions and observations this past week.

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I wore my Freebird Canti sandals for my pedicure last week. I’ve known these women for over a decade. The other women, who was working on someone else, told me she likes the style and ask what brand they were. I told her Freebird and she loves their boots but they are out of her price range. Somehow, she is on a list and gets their ads all the time. We talked for about Freebird boots for a while with the women get her pedicure chiming in as well.

Going to wear a different pair for my next pedicure. (see the last story for the picture)

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On Friday I was in LA and took my mother to an upscale resort for dinner. Her choice.  Most of the women where in heels, about 30% in the 4-inch range and half of those stilettos. I was in my black Freebird Blaze.

As I was leaving the front desk, I hear the other front desk agent (a women) say to the agent that took care of me, “did you see his heels?”

 I turned around and asked, “do you like them?”

“Oh yes, I love them.”

These Freebird Blaze were a great hit this weekend.

4 hours ago, spikesmike said:

Cali : Thank you for your suggestions I am sure they are exact. However, you are speaking a foreign language to me. I am computer stupid. All of what you see here is hunt and peck. I am lucky to be able to delete my email. I will pose this info. to my neighbor and see if she can do all of this for me. Mike   P.S. I try never to post without a picture.

You mean to tell me there is something other than hunt and peck? Mind blowing info.

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To reduce the size:

1.  Crop the picture in your jpeg photo program.

2.  Open Paint3D and import your jpeg.  Use "canvas to resize the photo.  Enter the % of the original photo you want in the horizontal and hit tab. It will give you the same reduction in the other dimension.  Save as a jpeg.

Remember this resize is an area, so it is a squared function.

Example a 50% reduction (in both dimensions) with yield a file that is 1/4 the size, A 1000 to a 250 size.

50% = 0.5, so (50%)^2 = 0.5 times 0.5 = 0.25 = 1/4

4 hours ago, CAT said:

I have done this in all sorts of ways.  Depends on what is on the schedule.  If I am am just going out I throw on an out fit and heels and walk out the door and get in the truck on the driveway, as the truck does not fit in the garage!.   I am sure neighbors have seen me but no one has said anything over the last several years.  I don't think its a big deal!

When you don't think it is a big deal and you don't act like it is either, it gives people around you the concept that it's no big deal.

There is only a few places I don't wear my heels.  Hiking trails, gravel roads, ....

Wore my heels to both the dentist and a MRI last week, but had to take them off because of possible metal.😀

Just remember the line will be very long, so be prepared to stand in heels for hours (days?).

In 2019 I walked many of the cobblestone streets in Edinburgh in 4 inch heels, including the castles.

I almost always leave my house and drive off in heels. I park my car in my attached garage (novel idea now-a-days). But sometimes its outside the garage when I come and on. And I will check my street mail box in heel most of the time.

It depends on what I am doing. If I am working around my house I will have running shoes. I have too many gophers to wear heels. Also if I am working with heavy or large object such as a kayak, I will also wear running shoes.

I sometimes carry a back-up pair of heels with me, sometime running shoes if I am going hiking..

However, bottom line, my neighbors know I wear heels. I will converse with them in heels, many times with open toes that also shows my pedicure.

Thank You!!!!!!

@balletboot you know the drill......

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Almost every shoe I have has metal somewhere on it. Taking off my heels is something I'm accustomed to doing, it's the double take from the screeners that I find comical.  I upgrade on long haul flights so I fit comfortably. 

The smallest clearance between rows was many moons ago on a Cathy Pacific flight between Manila and Hong Kong where my knees were pinned to the seat in front of me the whole time.

Out aerating the lawn?  Good luck getting the mud off of those white heels.

@pebblesf  Wait until you take your knee stilettos off and they go through the machine.

There are many things I wonder about.... Why would someone wear a top with only one shoulder?  Why would someone wear crocs?  Life is full of mysteries.

I one of the "lucky" ones who wears heels to work all the time. But I wear heels almost everywhere all the time.  I avoid gravel especially in stilettos.

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On 7/21/2022 at 2:53 AM, mlroseplant said:

Ooh, that's pretty hard to look at.

I don't look at them, I just wear them.

Had all faculty meetings the last few days.

Saw five 4+ inch stilettos and many other shorter heels.

Had several women ask me where I got the the heels I had on.  They are the old (5 years old) black Charles by Charles David gladiator type sandals similar to the damaged white pair above. Several others want to see the color of my toe nails.

BTW I fixed the white pair with Super Glue.