Charlie

Ditto on the chunky for the men and chunky/stilleto for the women. IMHO not too many guys have the small frame to pull off the stilleto look. Charlie

I have a pair (Emery gave them to me) almost exactly like those! 5.5" heel with a 1" platform. Oh my God! I've been a tart all of this time!!!!! Charlie

shyguy: Be sure to introduce yourself on the Hellos/Goodbyes board. Pleased to meet you btw! Charlie

I don't know here......I must be doing something wrong.......I only seem to have jurisdiction over my own feet. Oh well, that's for the better as my own feet are enough work without worrying about what others do with there feet. Charlie

Nah, I don't mind the fact that Laurie wouldn't like dating a man that wore heels too. I don't think she's being sexist here at all. After all, nobody is more understanding than she w/regards to men wearing heels, and frankly, what I like best about her posts is the blunt honesty. Besides, we all say that we'd not date this or that type of person, but when such a person comes around and the chemistry is there, this all gets thrown to the wind. There's just too many factors to consider. People are very complex. Charlie

I'd like a pair of ankle boots with removable heels/soles to suite my mood for the day. The boot would have to have a shank adjust knob (like the tension adjustments found on modern ski boots) for different heel heights. Changing heels/soles would have to be easy to accomplish. (within 5 minutes or less) I'm thinking that these boots could be called "Mr. Potato Head's Boots" Charlie

I'd love to, but when I last printed a personal "business" card that stated: "I'm here to help" above an image of my hand with only the middle finger out, I was informed about the proper use of the copying machine. Charlie

I used to wear clear nail polish when I was into finger picking my guitar a few years ago. The nail polish helped my nails to be more durable. I always felt like my finger nails couldn't "breathe" with polish on. I think that anyone who wants to wear nail polish should. I like the look of black nail polish. Charlie

I tend to stay with long pants and ankle boots most of the year. On the extremely hot days, out come my 4" heeled mules. These are nice for slipping out of so that the feet can take a "breath". (I wear them barefooted) Charlie

Laurie: I think that if the guys had the guts to try out heels in full view in a store, then they're not afraid to wear them outside. Whether or not they're TV's is pure speculation. Don't be a stranger to this board. I enjoy your unique insight! Charlie

That's interesting T. Aldo DID sell platform shoes for men about 2 to 3 years ago, but sadly, with little success. Of course, all of the styles were the BIG look. Maybe if they had some more streamlined looks....... This is precisely why I started shopping on the women's side. Charlie

I'm totally with Highluc here. All the same moves. (Highluc, you have a few years on me so I guess I'm copying you! ) I also can't count how many times I've purposely lifted up my pant leg to gaze at the shoe/boot of that particular day. It's not just shoes/boots, however. I recently bought a pair of CCM hockey in-line skates. (reliving my childhood and playing roller hockey with the kids at the town park.....) I've sat the skates on my lap while watching TV and admired them. I guess it's just liking things that look nice and are made well............. Charlie

Don't forget Highluc's response. He wore heels in front of his two daughters. Charlie

You could tell her the box is getting lighter because the body is decaying. All of the skeletons that people have in their closets come from somewhere... Charlie

Laurie: Chivalry is still alive today. I'll prove it to you if we should ever meet. I'll let you hold the door open for me. Charlie

Thanks all! Your replies are pretty much the same as what I saw on the old board. I've decided to continue to be myself and wear what I want no matter who comes over. Bert: You're totally right in what you said. It was so easy for me to make what you went through seem trivial, and yet, get all bothered about my own little incident. (which wasn't 1% as bad as what you went through btw) I'm sorry for that. I've decided to stay strong, and so should you! Charlie

You know T, this reminds me of an article I read in the paper in the sports section about 20 years ago. Right there on the front page was a guy in a women's field hockey uniform that just scored a goal for the high school girls team. The article below the picture talked about how he petitioned to be let on the team and such. I guess what goes around does come around again! Charlie

99% of the time, I wear whatever heeled style tickles my fancy. There was an incident tonight, however, that got me to thinking. The wife's relatives all come over on Sunday night for dinner. My wife's little cousin of 8 adores me and was chasing me around tonight with little stickers while I was on my way outside for a minute. She was trying to stick one on my shoes when she noticed that they were high heeled and said "you're wearing girls high heels!". I said "yep they are", and I continued to go outside for a couple of minutes. I must admit that the kid caught me completely off guard here! Everybody in the house (including her mother) heard her. It's not that I think that these people have never noticed my high heel wearing, but it's more like they've noticed, and simply don't focus on it. When I came back inside, everything was normal. Having time to think about it afterwards, I probably should have simply opened up this week's TV guide and shown the kid the picture from "That 70's Show" where all of the guys are wearing platform heels of a very similiar design. My question to everyone here is this: Should we tone things down when around children? I could have easily worn much less obvious shoes tonight, for example. Charlie

Bert: I'd have rolled up my pant leg to let everyone get a really good look, and next, I'd have asked the guy with the flashlight to shine it on two of the ugliest women I'd ever seen. It's also true that alcohol usually amplifies a person's mood prior to drinking, and these two probably stumbled near a mirror before having a few! Seriously, I wouldn't worry too much about the incident as a bunch of drunk people would have likely laughed just as hard if the light were shined on someone wearing sneakers. In fact, I'll bet more than half of the people that laughed couldn't tell what was supposed to be so funny, but didn't want anyone else to know they didn't "get it" by not laughing. That's typical in bars. Charlie

Greetings Maryanne! It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Charlie _________________ Everything I say is a lie!.......I'm lying <font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Charlie on 2002-04-27 01:18 ]</font>

I'd like to start with a television advertisement I saw last night. It was concerning the "Epel-Stop" hair removal system for men. It was advertised as a better way to remove unwanted hair from the face, arms, chest, and LEGS! Yeah, that's right folks ----- LEGS. I didn't know that removing hair from the legs was a normal thing for guys to do, but this advertisement sure made it sound like it was. Perhaps hosery for men will gain popularity as none who've tried shaving their legs and donning hosery can deny the wonderful feeling that results! Charlie

I keep a pair of 3" semi-wedged ankle boots in the car for those situations that arise where 4" heels simply wouldn't be practical. I haven't bothered to change yet, btw. Charlie

Sooner or later, the Arab countries are going to unite in an attempt to totally eliminate Israel. There's just too much hatred festering in that part of the world. This is ultimately going to result in a nuclear exchange someday. I see this as an excellent catalyst to usher in the end times mentioned earlier in this thread. What a stupid waste of humanity. If only we as a world could unite and focus on important things like real exploration of our solar system and beyond. Heck, such knowledge and capability could come in quite handy should we discover a "doomsday" asteroid plummeting towards us. In any event, I'd be willing to bet this would make all of our current problems seem ridiculously trivial! The world needs to think "outside of the box" (I can't believe I used that new, stupid cliche!) Charlie

The boots in the second row of pictures from the top are just about identical to what I wore to work today. The only difference is that mine have a slight (1/2", well below Laurie's platform radar) platform sole. Our temperatures have dropped 55 degrees over the last two days, thus, making the knee high boot an appropriate option again! Charlie

No Firefox! Not resistors and PCB's.....Not here! My worlds are colliding!! I just spent two days at a testing facility trying to get one of my designs to comply with some very stringent customer EMC specs......... I need an escape!! Oh, and I wore my 3" heeled boots both days Charlie