Francis

I look nothing like a revolving symbol Just reflects one of my other interests, and my nickname is Klingon.

That's what I'm known as in the band. Aka Mr K or Jack Sparrow depending on the type of gig we're doing.

Get to wear heels for one number although it's a slightly degrading song for heels, as it called "The Right Royal Regiment of Poofters".

New site going for all the band related stuff at www.revoltingpeasants.co.uk

Having seen Vista running on a Core2 Duo machine and it having problems there, I don't think I shall be installing it to my 2.8Ghz AMD XP machine. I'm running XP MCE at the moment and it's working well, well enough for windows anyway. My 2.2Ghz AMD XP is running XP Home and doing fine apart from odd hardware crashes caused by my graphics card overheating. Vista? The view aint that good!

Isn't it strange how we never get the chance?

Sorry, but I was one of those unhelmetted, unlit, wearing black clothing, cyclists who regularly used to cycle 16 miles in the pitch black and I'm still here. Although, there was one time, a lorry, who was doing far more than the limit, nearly got me and that was two days after I fitted the lights. And yes, they were proper lights, not those stupid LED affairs that you can't see until you are 3cm away from them. I cannot see why cyclists are allowed to use them, they are so bad, they may as well not be there at all. As a driver, I always try and give a cyclist as much room as I possibly can. The general rule for me is that you give them 6ft of room, allowing them to fall flat on their sides. I enjoy cycling, although I haven't been doing so since my bike was stolen, and would expect the same sort of courtesy from motor vehicles, but we all live in the real world and know it doesn't happen. When I last went out on my bike I wore a hi-vis jacket in daylight and had my elbow clipped by a white van man. White van men. Now there's a pet hate.

as has been said already, don't rush. Quickest way to the A&E dept is rushing. 6" heels and size 3 feet, wow! I have some high heels but that's quite extreme. If your bf really wants you to walk in these with success, he will be patient. spend time breaking your feet into these shoes and do it slowly. don't try and be a hero and go tearing out in them just to impress him, as he won't be impressed about taking you to the hospital, and neither will a lot of people here. there are a few other techniques you can apply but all of them take time and it's not going to happen in one week, sorry, but that's how it is. I would love to be able to walk in some of my shoes and boots, but, again, it takes time. try finding a friend that can help you practice, even if only to lean on, instead of the walls

balletboot2000 is correct ankle high or knee highs will give you the best support as unless you have done extensive training in ballet beforehand it's likely your ankles aren't as strong as is needed for the shoe type ballets. believe me when I say that it was more than painful the first time I tried the shoe type. My ankles just weren't up to the job, but the ankle or knee types will give you the support you need

Typical I make a reappearance and the first date I get to meet everyone again is outside of my reach. Unfortunately, I'm working the model railway shop, which is in it's last few weeks of operation before a sale of the building forces us to relocate to the web. Shame! Maybe I shall catch up on the next meeting. Have fun!!!

I found that, after experiments, that it was more comfortable to have the wool type toe pads in the bottom of the boot and then fit the gel types on your toes. Lace your boots well and let the rest of your foot take most of the strain or you can still create some pain when you've been standing or walking for some time. ps. I'm still practising and still can't get my legs straight. Never mind, I'll enjoy the practise

More and more children are getting in on the fashion trends and sometimes feel pressured when told otherwise, but I suppose it comes down to individual parenting techniques as to how you should proceed. If it was my daughter and the boots were teamed with a very short skirt then I would be straight onto it. We have a problem with a friends daughter doing just that and it's not a stable environment any more, so We try and tell her that just because an older person may choose to dress as a tart doesn't mean that she has to. In fact my friend is getting annoyed, especially when someone tried to lift her skirt. she's only 11 ! That guy soon got a very stern talking to and friends daughter was told to never wear that again. wearing high heels is no big problem as long as it isn't used as a chance to dress in something unsuitable. Knee boots and knee length or below knee length skirt is acceptable, but, again, it's down to the parents choice.

Vertigo sufferers should beware nice shoes, a couple remind me of some of mine

I can say that I can run in high heels. Ask the spotty little so and so that was hurling abuse at me for wearing them He was surprised when I managed to catch him and I was wearing 4" heels as well. I do find that the thicker style heels are more suited to running than stilettos which have little or no grip of the floor, but then you tend to run on the ball of your foot anyway.

Feeling a little bored today, I decided to do a little checking. We now have 2281 members ! YAY ! 1764 of these have posted 10 or less time with 1015 of those having never posted at all. While there is no requirement to post anything, it does make you wonder how many lurkers still don't want to make their presence known. BTW 156 people have posted more than 100 times with 18 posting more than 1000. 1 person has reached 5000 posts. Now that's a lot of talking

adverising that you have wares for sale isn't classed as tacky as you are a member of the forum who is also sharing their experiences of heels and life. if you were one of those "come on, advertise and then disappear", then it would be a slightly different matter if you genuinely have something for sale that is not redirected to a website dedicated to sales only, then there is no harm in advertising the items. Either do this in the relevant section for wanted or in the For Sale sections and everyone is happy. personally, I hate it when someone comes in and then blatantly advertises in the wrong section. Make your blood boil that they have not even had the decency to take the time to post correctly. No, I see nothing wrong in you advertising as long as it refers directly to a question or it is placed in the For Sale section so advertise away However, misuse of the section can be detrimental.

as has already been mentioned, start with lower height heels so that your wife becomes more acceptant of your heel wearing and over time increase the height and you'll be surprised that you won't need to ask because it will have come de rigeur for her. my wife was resistant about my higher heels and started with lower heels before wearing my 4" and higher boots, although we both agree that certain styles look stupid on me

well, let's hope that during his spell of unemployment that he gets his car clamped and then he'll know exactly how we felt. Revenge is a dish best served cold

it sounds like you have a defective pair send them back for replacement or refund my ankle boots are by Devious and are more than capable of handling the bad practising I'm doing get them changed, after all, you bought them and therefore have the right to obtaining a fully functional pair of boots.

well, there has been good news and bad news Trading Standards have checked our case and the clamper involved has been fired but we still ain't getting our money back The surrounding businesses are being contacted with the details and are all now grouping to combat the problem as many of the owners and staffs vehicles have been clamped. Now the company has to check with all the businesses immediately surrounding the car park before attaching anything to the vehicle. Any breach of those conditions will immediately cause the police to come and remove the clamp and impound it. Even the police don't like these thieves, they are more than happy with the arrangements. I think one of their officers have been clamped by them somewhere along the line. Slowly, but surely, the systematic abuse of vehicle clampers will be stamped out. How they allowed the legalisation of these irresponsible vandals is beyond me, but a company charged with a contract to police certain areas with certain rules is then bound by those rules and an infringement consitutes a voiding of the contract. Therefore the clamping company should be made to pay for inconvenience caused and the clamper reprimanded. In my case, he was. Let's hope that his successor gets the same treatment when falling foul of the rules.

I have a Gmail account, yahoo and hotmail, all of which are fairly active however it's only my ic24.net account that is shown on my profile, to cut down the amount of spam.

I shall attempt both in one swoop I actually find walking up the stairs fairly easy, compared to walking down them Though it may be a long time before I can walk as easily as Ruud in them. Maybe I shall have to go visit next time I'm up the northwest.

He was contestant in a reality tv show aired in the UK. The show was called Big Brother. Contestants were given various assignments and the public voted on who they wanted to kick out on a weekly basis. Some people have been really addicted to these shows. From what I have heard about Kemal, he was a closet type before he went in and chose to use the show as his 'coming out'. Whether he still continues to wear his shoes is not known to me at present. But it did strike a chord with a few people as more men are starting to wear heels and feel less ashamed about doing so. Since when should we be ashamed over reclaming our fashion.

Well, I have checked with Trading Standards and they have informed me that they shall persue the matter as it is completely disgraceful that a registered wheel clamper did not consult the surrounding businesses to check whether the vehicle was legally parked. Because the clamper did not, we are legally entitled to our money back and compensation for the unnecessary amount of time taken to return to the vehicle once informed. I may not be able to get compensation for the damage though I have been told that their license will be reviewed with the understanding that they will be removed from the register and the various premises they patrol after numerous complaints over the same company. Plus some newly found friends have been throwing stuff at his car every time he goes round there Power to the People !!

I know that it's probably not helpful, but did the auction specify that the item was collection only. If not, then the seller is responsible for the shipping of the item. Have you paid for it yet? If not then you can work it out between you not to complete the transactionand ebay won't charge either of you.

I am open to requests. Positions, situations, etc. No pornographic suggestions though. The only problem is persuading my wife to tighten my corset and lock the chains but I shall do what I can

How many of you have been subject to the vultures calling themselves Wheel Clampers? I had the unfortunate honour of having my vehicle graced with the wondrous sight of a large yellow plate with a dirty great chain festooned upon my wheel. The clamper had not taken any time to check if my vehicle had permission to park there, which it did. He simply drove in, spotted a car he was unfamiliar with, clamped it and drove off without even checking with anyone or checking any other vehicles. Result : I was rather peeved, to put it extremely mildly, and proceeded to phone the company only to be greeted by a mobile phone redirection culminating in a voicemail message. My furiousity grew at this point where I was going to call a friend out with his cutters to chop the chain off and then chop the entire appartus into scrap, but my logical side intervened and I resorted to phoning my mother, as I had absolutely no funds available. She was furnished with the details and she rang to pay by card only to be told that their card machine was offline and the payment would have to done by cash on site, how typical! Once the payment was secured, the company was informed and we sat and waited, waited, waited some more, waited until frozen. Really pissed off, the company was rung again and told that if they didn't arrive within the next 5 minutes to remove the clamp, then the police would be called to remove it as 45 minutes waiting was clearly unacceptable. My wife had just pressed the call button to the police when he arrived. He passed me a receipt for the £75 release fee. I immediately noticed that the receipt had been filled in long before he left the office, stating a 5.30pm release time. I told him to amend that to the correct time of 5.50pm and while he was at it, to amend the reference number on the receipt as it was incorrect as well. Maybe I should have got the wife to complete that call, maybe they could have checked to see if this guy had a clamper license, because all this sounded to much like they were cowboys and didn't care whether you had a permit, permission or even wher you were parked (they have clamped people on the public highway before now and it's not their place). Plus, they don't accept payment unless it's in cash when their notice boards clearly state otherwise. Wheel clampers should be lined up and shot for their cavalier attitude and complete disrespect of people and property. They scratched and dented my car and my tracking has shifted, but I can't claim for damage caused apparently These self proclaimed saviours of the car parks should be banned. Personally, if I see that clamper again I am going to produce the rather large axe that lives in the boot of my car and reduce his vehicle to scrap. I may get into trouble for it, but, hey, someone has to do someone even if to highlight the problem of these 'twats'.

Again we have come back to the argument of "if you can't think of someone nice to say, then don't say anything" Doesn't mean to say that you have to agree that a certain style or height is bad, boring, ugly or anything that makes the person feel bad about having chosen the shoes they are wearing, but merely say something like "Not my thing, but more power to you". Being helpful and forthcoming about your tastes, but don't ram them down someone else's thoat just because you don't like them or their choice in footwear. Personally, I don't like wedge style shoes or boots. They just don't have that 'thing' for me and similarly, I'm sure, my boots and shoes aren't a lot of other peoples cup of tea, their bag or thing. I'm don't dislike the person who ears them and therefore don't insult their intelligence or feelings by posting a negative remark regarding them. There are far too many of us that don't apply brain before typing and therefore, sometimes inadvertantly, insult another thus causing a kock on effect making the user feel bad, insulted, unwanted or disliked. That is not the purpose of the forum. We all came here with the same purpose, to increase of awareness, enjoyment or just meet new people who have a similar interest, maybe meet some of them, enjoy each others company and respect one another for the person they are. Too often we lose sight of life's simple pleasures and this board is one of them. Would you start a fight in the middle of the street because someone disagreed with your views on footwear. No, you wouldn't. Although I have started one for others reasons only to find that I was misinformed and therefore offered my apologies to the guy. We're quite good friends now. He knows about my footwear preference and is happy to accept that I wear what I wear because I want to and that it doesn't make me a different person. The essence of this board is to assist others, whether they be masters of heel wearing, full on Fem, part time hide in the closet or lovers of high heels in all their forms and styles. If you don't like a style then don't insult the person wearing them with negative comments. Let's keep the board positive else we run the risk of not growing into a force to be reckoned with. Remember that the manufacturers of shoes and boots read these pages as well. If all they find is bickering, then how do you expect any improvement in fashion styles?