Francis

nice shoes one comment though! can you make your pictures smaller in size so the whole screen isn't taken over. Even those of us blessed with very large monitors have to scroll round to see those. Just reduce by 50% and we can all enjoy them a bit quicker

SOUTHERN (anagram of NORTHES with an added U)

Congratulations and welcome! it's true that after a while anything less than a certain height does feel rather flat, but you'll soon get used to your 5in and then they'll feel flat. Just means that you'll have to go for 5.5"

not if I get it first

I find it rather puzzling that people can claim that women are more flexible than men. This cannot be further from the truth. Everyone is born with the same degree of flexibility, what changes is the individuals body due to lifestyle and circumstances. I have always been more flexible than my sister. I could get my feet behind my neck when I was younger which she never could. Not that I can anymore, but with practice (there's that word again!) I probably could! If you fail to practice then even the most basic functions become laboured or forced, being flexible is just one of them. So it all comes down to one thing, practice and more practice. Exercising the muscles and stretching them, be they mental or physical. There some things that you learn and never forget (riding a bicycle), but you can still lose if balance is not practised. Women are generally thought to be more flexible due to the fact that females are encouraged to take part in exercises that keep them in shape and there muscles exercised (ballet, aerobics, gymnastics) while men are more often encouraged to take part in other activities (football, rugby, cricket). There is no denying that a gymnast is far more flexible than a footballer which just points out the truth of it all. So women are not naturally more flexible, just more conditioned than men.

I shall try and locate the clip for you not promising anything

It all goes to prove that we do have a lively and interesting community here Let's hope that our silent 40% make some contribution to our discussions

well it was the Gorsvenor Centre, I recognise the shops but it usually is packed in there except on a sunday morning. As for the local rag, they did mention it, but it was a tiny piece about 7 lines long just mentioning that a filming session took place, nothing about the ballet boots though

NTL

So does Echelon, but we're digressing!

similar to Dr. Shoe's Steel toe caps prevented me from having my big toe sliced off Thank you whoever invented them !!!

Having read your statement , Janise, and made no sense of it, then re-read removing all capitals, punctation, grammar and as my wife would read it (and she's partly dyslexic) it started to make some sort of sense. I don't mean to cast any aspertions, but your english must improve if you intend to make your point clearly. I sympathise with your plight, but as I have previously stated, I don't wish to be tarred with the same brush as the mindless person who cause you grief. I am male, wear heels and I'm proud of it. My wife voices her concerns only when I wear my higher heels, but has no problems thinking that I am going to abuse her for saying so. Her concern is the small minded idiots on the other side of the door. As to your statement that the internet and sites like this are cause for concern when it comes to violence against women is, quite frankly, complete nonsense. Where on this site have you read anyone advocate the act of violence, be that physical, emotional and mental? Nowhere ! Material of this nature is edited or deleted as we don't like references of this type. I hate violence against women especially when from men. Ask my wife and she will tell what I do to men who abuse women. Most don't make it to their next birthday ! I would never hit a woman or hurt them in any way. I have been stabbed by a woman and my response was to disarm her and restrain her. A successful prosecution followed. Even though she did me physical harm, I didn't cause any to her, although she damn well deserved to be. Had it been a man he would have ended in a bodybag. I don't know where your misplaced opinion of men who wear high heels comes from, but it certainly isn't from the attack you suffered. I think it is more likely due to something you suffered from earlier in life. I am not a violent person, but I am fully prepared to kill in order to defend myself, though I shall restrain myself from ever taking it that far. I hope you manage to resolve you conflict with your problem and your own mistrust of heel wearing males, but I feel that you have many issues that will require a lot of help, but while you continue to blame men in heels and places such as this, then you cannot expect support or help from us. Speculate, don't denegerate! Life is much better when an open mind can remain open. Close it and you may as well not exist.

mad

sounds like a prospective girlfriend there

an old pair of 3 inch block heels unless I'm required to be digging or shifting heavy things, in which case it's steel toe caps

not bad, but you really must try them first. You got lucky on this occasion:) try and get a pic of them up so we can all have a good look as they sound great

catsuits

and if you want more greenhouse on your legs there is a kneehigh to:

greets

GJ

Talk about 'planting' your feet

There are plenty of websites in the URL section of the board, but I do recommend going to the shops and trying them first. I know this seems like a daunting task, but you'll be surprised just how little attention it draws. The sales staff want to sell you shoes, irrespective of colour,style or gender, and will normally bend over backwards (there have been some exceptions to this). Buying over the net can get you the style and size you require but can be fraught with dangers, long waits, incorrect order, wrong size and all these then take even longer to sort out. I know this doesn't sound much like help, but there really is no substitute for going into the shops. Try it. Plus if you're really stuck with a problem, such as you went in asked for a size, didn't try them on, got home and they were the wrong size, at least you can just pop down the shop again and exchange for the correct size far easier ! Use the "I bought them for my wife" excuse if you must. As for being a newbie, don't worry, we all started as one at sometime

Hi B-booted ! I'm sure you'll have lots of fun in our lively community

I think the average 'trainspotter' doesn't know that 'platform' has any other meaning than the thing he uses to board a train Trains, the railway frontier. These are the voyagers of the Virgin Voyager. Their mission: to boldly go where a car can beat them to it.

sounds like it's a done deal then I also have a 1 Megapixel camera (Kodak DC210+Zoom) and computers with over 60Gb free space I think it would take us weeks to fill that only question now is, when?

Perhaps all the platform 9 trainspotters will turn up in pvc or rubber!!

Don't tempt me!!

only like me, model railway exhibition on 12th and 13th, weekend after heely meeting only problem with the exhibition is that it's for railways and not heels, so I'll have to wear 3" heels those days don't want the public paying more attention to my feet now, do we? anyway last week saw another piece of preserved traction come hurtling through Kettering. Well, two actually! A pair of blue 50's (hoovers) on a railtour. Lovely sight, but now the wife wants a model of a 50 as well she's becoming a diesel convert

well, you've got customer here! I know the financial strain that comes from film production (I've seen Peter Whitehead's books ) so I would not like to jeapordise your business and cause an increase in the price of the final product. So I'm gonna pay for a copy