xaphod

Nice look, Mikey .... you have the slim body for it. OK, I'll try to put up a pic of the new petrol blue Missoni 5" courts I bought. Yes, these 5 inchers are off the shelf Xa

Hi Xa,

It would have to be mon-fri for us, is that okay with you? It would be great to see you again.

Three for a dutch heel meet is a good start.

I will keep an eye open on this thread and see if we can tempt any others!

thanks,

Nigel.

Yes, as a Gentleman of Leisure, any time is convenient for me. There are various commitments, like Feb 3 thro Feb 17. Feb 19th, and sometime early March which I forget for the time being. Otherwise, suggest a date.

I think it is a good time for me to present a short discourse on why Belgian beer is the best.

The Brits brew beer that is drunk warm (about 12 deg C) so that doesn't count.

The Germans make a lot of noise about how their beer has laws to say how pure it is, and these laws have been around since about 1550. The beer isn't bad, but it gives me gassy gut, big time.

The French brew something which is only appreciated by the French.

(Much like their own Colour TV system, SECAM .... known to British engineers as Something Extremely Complicated and Mysterious, or, my preference, Something Essentially Contrary to the American Method)

Amongst all this hype, the Belgian monks have quietly been brewing fearsome brews in their monasteries since the 12th Century. I say fearsome brews, because the weediest is 5%, rising to 9% and more.

The efffect on the Belgians is much like the digitail dyslexia on my typing, rendering them incapable of engaging in any coherent form of National promotion, spin, media presence or any modern cynical self-promotion. They are merely content to know their beer is the best, and see no point in making too much fuss about it !

Xa

I could be interested in an Amsterdam meet ..... I've run out of Belgian beer, so the need to go to Europe is great. Xa

Bubba,

I couldn't have said that better myself.

Xaphod,

Your answer is typical of most of the males here. You don't understand that the actions you are doing are putting us off from posting. I'll read all the new posts but sometimes I can't be bothered to post because you dominate and hijack our posts or "gals area" and then say "What are we doing wrong"?

We've told you until we're blue in the face, so until you find that out for yourselves then I'm sorry to say that the real women will slowly go away.

Becks.

Becks, please look at the number of my posts in 'For the Gals' before sounding off !

I believe I have averaged 1 to 2 posts PER YEAR there.

Xa

I just wonder what we are doing to scare them off. Xa

Sorry, you will have to count me out. Urgent business in foreign lands. Xa

Actually I missed that .... thanks for that, Gary. It brought a tear to the eye of an old cynic ! Xa

...sorry to divert the thread but.... Marc .... those heels in your avatar are REAL NICE. Do you know where they are from ? Xa

Hi, Heelfest, If it's not to nosy, what job do you do which allows you to wear your chosen form of dress to work ? Nice look, BTW ..... something I'm trying for, but finding longer skirts can be a real pain. Personally, I have a rule which is 'nobody sees my knees !' Xa

Hmm .... saw it, but, except for the heels, I think it's as trivial as any other soap.

The comment that sprung to mind was ....

highest point, the heels ..... lowest point, everything else

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Afterwards, I fished out some tapes of 'Coupling' which also has heels PLUS one of the most deliciously convoluted storylines I've seen on the box for a long time.

Xa

WOO HOO ! ... there you go, one of my rare few word replies. Xa

and less doom and gloom ....

It seems that the Royal Automobile Club breakdown patrols have some really wierd problems to fix at times.

It is not unknown for teething children to chew on car key fobs and swallow the immobiliser transponder chip they contain.

The breakdown guys fix this by holding the offending infant close to the ignition while the key is operated as normal.

Xa

Woah! A sign of intelligence!

As Henry said, "Damn the torpedos!"

I, for one, thank God that the repositories of information throughout our world is widespread, at the very least, and very well widespread, at most. It's good to know our collective wit and wisdom are being dissemenation, usually after little more than a contrary event, prior to allowing the attention of the soldiers to descend upon the probelm at hand.

God bless, and good night.

One scary fact about World population ....

When my dad was born there were one and some billion people on the planet.

When he was a young man it hit 2 billion.

When I was a boy, we had got to 3.

It's well on it's way to 4 now, and by the time I'm shoving up the daisies, it is projected to be 5 billion, all of whom will want to live in warm houses, be adequately fed, drive cars, absorb resources, contribute to Global Warming and the Global garbage pile. ..... sorry guys, something has got to give.

Xa

Checked my data, hence the edit.

What a good idea !

Even if you can't buy the commercial article, ordinary clear heatshrink sleeving is available in various unshrunk diameters up to about 50mm, so any old length could be cut and shrunk on heels, not necessarily stilettos.

If any of the UK guys want to try it, I can provide the sleeving from my electrical engineering kit. A pukka heatshrinker is not necesary as a hot-air paint stripper used carefully ! works well (sometimes too damn well ! ).

Xa

In addition to my other endeavors, I occasionally teach a course in Logic (aka Logical Thought) at one of the local college campuses. These posts are perfect material!

Here's one to brighten up this thread .....

All cats have 3 tails

.... because one cat has one more tail than no cat AND

.... no cat has two tails.

Xa

It's always a thrill to go shopping for women's shoes or boots while wearing women's shoes or boots. I feel llike I'm in charge.

Yes, walking into a shoeshop wearing women's shoes is like 'presenting your credentials' at an exclusive club. No matter your appearance, by wearing heels you have, in effect, uttered the secret password.

Similarly, I remember appearing at the Dartmouth (as in Royal Naval College) sailing club looking like something the cat had dragged in. A well dressed gentleman sailor enquired if he 'could help'. I asked for the showers and what time dinner was being served. Having been told this, he enquired where I had come from .... St Ives. My boat? .... the 32 footer on the pontoon. My crew? .... singlehanded ! We don't get many people singlehanding boats that large .... I hope you enjoy your stay here.

..... credentials presented and approved !

Xa

not to put anyone of but from experience i add comments to the contrary. Leeds is a git to get any sense of direction and is badly signposted. Parking is nastily expensive. My work (bank) sends us on courses there regularly. Avoid the city centre carparks as you will be forking out about 8 quid for the day,

dispite my travel hatred for Leeds the place is thriving with many shops, and there is plenty of heely shops to wander in.

as for my attendance, i am off that week, so we will see what plans brings

daz

HI, Daz,

That's the way I heard it, as if the socially responsible beardy-wierdies on bicycles were trying very hard to give these nasty car drivers grief by designing the traffic system to be user unfriendly.

If Calv is navigating then we might manage to sort ourselves out.

Xa

Seen in a supermarket in-store bakery ....

Caution .... hot bread

I'm lost for words.

I think I need to wear a t-shirt saying

'Caution .... this person may thump people who write nanny-state idiocies'

Xa

Write me in as 50:50 at present .... depends if I'm oop North around that time. BTW ..... I hear that Leeds is a right pig to park in ..... congestion charges and all that nanny-state crap. Am I mistaken ? Xa

I was shopping in Guildford yesterday lunch-time, browsing in a ladies shoe shop (as you do). I was wearing some very conservative ladies chelsea boots with a 1 1/2" heel, when I overheard a woman in her twenties saying to her friend ".....and he had four inch heels on!!!!" I just had to chip in, "What's wrong with that I often wear four inch heels" We had a little chat about heel wearing, she being of the opinion that 2" was high enough. I asked what did he look like? She said that he had really sexy boots, with a very pointy toe and a buckle across the vamp, but the rest of the outfit didn't match. Had he dressed up a bit, he'd have got away with it and looked good, but it looked as if he hadn't made enough effort with the rest of what he was wearing. It was interesting to get that reaction, as it was very open minded and quite honest.

I havn't got any boots with a buckle across the vamp, so it couldn't have been me .... but I do go to Guildford fairly often.

Xa

These red metal heels are very nice. Can anyone suggest me an online shop where I can find mules with 6'' or 7'' heels WITHOUT platform? Except 6inchheelsforever...

Thank you!

www.bananashoes.com

Xa

E-S,

We try to keep the girls' forum as a relatively private place for the few girls we have on this board to talk.

To keep in line with this aim, your post would have better been put in For everybody

Xa (moderator mode)

This is not a piss-take

Candles undergo safety checks.

Hampshire trading standards department (who cost me big money in local taxes) are co-ordinating a Europe-wide project to check whether candles are safe to use.

Ten countries took part in the project and sent candles to the County Council's lab to be tested.

All the candles brought to Hampshire for test burned safely, but many had inadequate safety instructions, trading standards found.

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.... let's just say that 'politician' is not my favourite word, and 'local government politician' is even less so.

Xa

The first recorded reference to the county of Nottinghamshire was in 1016 as Snotingahamscir

.... meaning the shire around the dwelling (ham) of the followers of Snot, a Norseman.

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.... for non-native English speakers, snot is also slang for that green stuff that runs from your nose when you have a cold !

Xa

Thanks for all the warm invites. Here's a quick pic of one of my shoes. Ijust got them recently. and thanks for the hosting site Jimnj3

Yup .... you passed the initiation ..... no problem.

Xa