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Yes, no problem with them. The delivery is slow, and I thought I had been swindled, but no. Quality of the boots I bought was OK. Some other styles may be better. Xa

Hi, P Haven't done the welcome bit for a while, so, on behalf of the 'differently shod', welcome to our community. Na

.... done the 'Fetish Fair' thing on occasion for years in the mid 90s. Later, when I was street-heeling, most people at these events were usually amazed that I intended to go shopping in the supermarket on the way home without changing. Last time I went up to the London Fetish Fair was about '03. I posted it one here and wrote a fairly negative comment about the place being mostly frequented by a bunch of male pervs rustling about the place in their rubber overcoats. Echoing Kneehighs' comments, I would suggest that fetish clubs don't easily fit the bill for our heeling foray into mainstream society. Xa

Looks good, looks improbable ..... .... just about as improbable that the bicycle in the background's oval wheels are roadworthy. Xa

Off topic

..... sorry, couldn't resist.

Xa

........actually its easier to change a light bulb wearing heels... maybe thats how to get the hoodies with staffs to wear heels....

It's even better to change a lightbulb wearing tall platforms .... just think of the insulation .... must be good for at least 20 Kilovolts !

Xa (ex professional high-voltage engineer)

Calv and I are possibly meeting up on the 3rd. Unfortunately, I've just got a new kitten who won't like being left alone for more than 1 night, so I suspect that it may be easier for Calv to come my way to Norwich. The obvious solution is for you to catch the train to Norwich and we 3 all go to Bluewater, sharing petrol costs. I haven't squared this with Calv yet, so assume this idea is 'work in progress'. Xa

Understanding Women

A biker was riding along a Welsh beach when suddenly the sky clouded over above his head and, in a booming voice, the Lord said, "Because you have tried to be faithful to me in all ways, I will grant you one wish.”

The biker pulled over and said, "Build a bridge to Dublin so I can ride over any time I want”.

The Lord said, "Your request is materialistic. Think of the enormous challenges for that kind of undertaking. The supports required to reach the bottom of the Irish Sea! The concrete and steel it would take! It will nearly exhaust several natural resources. I can do it, but it is hard for me to justify your desire for worldly things. Take a little more time and think of something that would honour and glorify Me."

The biker thought about it for a long time. Finally he said, "Lord, I wish that I could understand my wife. I want to know how she feels inside, what she's thinking when she gives me the silent treatment, why she cries, what she means when she says nothing's wrong, and how I can make her a truly happy woman”.

The Lord replied, "You want two lanes or four on that bridge?"

Xa

Bounce

I've just been looking through some old stuff.

I enjoyed this thread then .... maybe some newbies will enjoy it now.

Xa

Moons ago, my local pub was refurbished. As opposed to 'the guys knowing their place .... outside' in the old-fashioned 'piss up the wall' urinal, things were all fancy and new.

Fortunately the 'Abbott Ale'

http://www.abbotale.co.uk/the_beer.htm

was on fine form, the conversation was good, and the new surroundings disappeared into a blur.

What goes in must eventually come out, so I wove my way to the new facilities. It took me quite a long time bemoaning to myself the criminal lack of porcelain apparatus on the wall, to realise I was in the wrong place !

Xa

Xa's application is in.

Ernest shoes are sized in 'Paris Point', which is similar to ordinary EU size. BTW, this is why 'shoe size' in French = 'pointure' .... BUT .... size, eg for a dress, = 'taille' I found that size 39 in boots was too tight, but size 40 was OK, if a little on the loose side. I would add 1/2 to your normal Euro size when purchasing Ernest. ..... also, when purchasing, add a huge chunk of debt to your mortgage ! Xa

My havourite has got to be WOMAN,

Would

Only

Make

A

Nagger!

In the light of the Paul Mc'Cartney / Heather Mills divorce where they were married for 4 years and the settlement was £25m.

Woman is an acronym for Waste Of Money And Nerves.

Xa

OK, it's not shoes, but it is perhaps an insight into the female psyche. A work colleague and his wife used to visit her mum every Wednesday evening. Before they went, the wife used to spend at least an hour yackking on the phone to her mum. The guy used to complain that there wasn't any point wasting money on the long phone call, because she could soon talk in person anyway. (OK, there might be value in a short call if mum needed something bringing over). It had been going on like this for years and the guy was crawling up the wall with frustration. He saw a little sense when I pointed out that the phone call only cost about a pint of beer (in those days, .... the call is much cheaper now). I said that he was lucky, and that I've known some women who had wardrobes full of shoes that they never wore and had cost a hell of a lot more than a few phone calls. I said that if it makes her happy, let it continue. OK, make a token whinge now and again, but the strange (for a man) behaviour is costing much less than other strange female obsessions might !

Digging back in the memory banks, that sounds about right. I had a glorious year secretly wearing my mum's stilettos when I was 14 and a UK size 5 (US 7). Unfortunately I grew another size to my present size 6 UK. Xa

I've written it down on my calendar. Not sure how I will be getting there yet .... maybe I'll drive the 80 miles to Firefox's. Otherwise, I'll take the train. Xa

Hope I did nothing wrong, found it on youtube.

I think it`s cool!

No problems, Autumnheels. All the comments so far have been favourable, so I am feeling quite pleased with the way things have turned out.

The boots were bought from 'Moda in Pelle' in South Molton St. late in the sales last year. They are leather upper, leather lined and were originally £250, so I felt I got a bargain for £70. The matching jacket was pure chance when I went to Higgs Leather looking for a replacement for my somewhat tatty jacket.

http://www.higgs-leathers.co.uk/

Higgs do some really tasty long leather skirts too !

Xa

I live In Petersfield. 20 miles up from Portsmouth.

OH WHAT !

Up to 2 years ago, I lived in Liphook.

................ for those not quite so close, this is really frustrating knowing that another heely was a couple of stops up the railway line !

Xa

The scary things are the comments on the article. Most of them by the general public are negative eg:- You can pass as many laws as you like but you cannot force people to accept behaviour in public that they obviously found very offensive. - Peter, kings lynn Mr Kemp believes 'it is important people are not discriminated against simply because of their private life'? That's the whole point isn't it, that it's kept private, not flaunted in a pizza restaurant at 6pm? - Milly Rayner, UK If I had been in that restaurant with my husband and children I would have found it very embarrassing seeing a group of middle aged men wearing womens clothing and high heels coming in to eat. I think I probably would have asked for a box and left there to eat my pizza at home. People can dress any way they like as this is a free country but that also means I don't have to sit in the same restaurant and eat with them. - P James, Crewe As I have said before, I think that the average reaction to guys wearing heels can be described as 'begrudging tolerance'. Practically, we should not expect better than this. (Ideally, we should demand a lot more ! ) Xa

My train arrives at King's Cross at 1300. Calv and I are booked into the Novotel on Euston Rd (about 1/2 mile from King's X) Please book us both in for the evening meal. (I'm taking a punt that this will be OK with Calv.) Xa

Just got access to site and I feel like a kid just got into the sweet-shop with a 'free pass' at the payment counter.

I've been wearing heels as a serious interest for nearly 25 years, though not very often for the last 15. [Wife and job(s) took over.] Recently acquired some 4" ankle boots, and I can't take them off. Not making me very popular at home, but hey-ho.

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If this amount of support had been available in the 80's, I may never have stopped wearing them. Back then the only time my heels saw public space was when I went to Maitresse on a Monday night (subsequently became "Skin Two"), or one of the TV balls at what I think was the Queensway Hall.

Anyway, nice to be here.

SNAP .... Maitresse on Monday nights (the boss wondered why I took tuesdays off work every month or so ).

...... and the sporadic events at the Porchester Hall (off Queensway)

Dammit .... we could have been introduced 25 years ago !

Xa

...i'm sitting allone as so many times .. sitting and thinking..

hearing led zeppelin stairway to heaven...wearing my clothes.. nothing will be changed...i think, i can do, what i want....the earth turns round and also my foulish life....sorry about my destructive words...

To feel always in the same deep hole is not very good... but in the past i've ever passed the way away of this stupid hole...the hole of darkness in my brain..

well... i can give you some pics from my legs... but what will this change....? i think...nothing.

Sorry about my thoughts

shortskip

Hi 'Skip,

If you are different from everybody else, life will be difficult. Feeling unhappy is a problem that this brings.

Many famous people have the same problem. Winston Churchill called his 'the black dog'. I call mine 'the glums'.

When I get 'the glums' the house does not get cleaned. I stop doing my own cooking and buy far too many takeaways. I also watch FAR too much television (thankfully, I don't feel the need to drink too much alcohol, because that makes me feel worse ! )

Eventually the glums pass, I start working in the garden, taking more exercise and going out with people more.

I would not advise going to the doctor to get anti-depressant pills because I think that they stop you working out your problems naturally. I am now 51 years old, so I know how to overcome my problems. It just takes time, that's all.

Xa

I tried to get the same rate in the CIty Inn for Calv and myself yesterday, but the best available for the nights of 15th and 16th was £153 per room per night. We now have booked for £93 per night at the Novotel, Euston Rd (where Kneehighs and Heeluis booked for the same event last year). As I understand, this used to be the Ibis, but has since changed. This hotel mullarkey can be a real pain in the a..se trying to negotiate the minefield of wildly varying quotes for exactly the same room. For those of you coming from abroad, check that the prices you are quoted include all taxes, especially the universally-hated additional 17.5% Eurobollocks tax (aka VAT). Xa

BTW, if you go buying shoes together, do not ask her to approve of 6" stilettos. Buy something elegant and relatively conservative, like a pair of 3.5" courts or block-heeled kneehigh boots which you can wear under trousers. If you are not used to these funny inch (zoll) thingies 1" = 2.54 cm Xa

Just a quick note to say that Fog and I met in Paradiso for lunch.

Fog was wearing leggings, a corset and a short skirt with flat knee-high boots. I wondered about the practicality of corset-wearing, especially as I normally have an 'eat as much as you like' buffet at Paradiso.

The weather didn't turn out as rainy as expected, but I chose to wear a tan pair of knee-highs outside skinny jeans. Actually, I don't like them too much, so I wasn't that bothered if they got wet.

We noticed that the shop assistants were trying very hard to sell merchandise, unlike previous years. There are some £40 markdowns in the shops already, but the original prices seem a bit expensive compared to last year. I suspect cynical marketing here. I retalitiated with cynical buying practice, and deferred any purchase, waiting for a thing I call 'the right price'.

Libertys and Selfridges proved interesting if we were intending splashing out £500 on a pair of shoes. As is usual, the designer stuff is excellent quality. I tried on a pair of Louboutin 5" Clichys, which look the real business, compared with the 4" variety they are trying to palm off on the ordinary punters. The Clichy pumps have a huge amount of toe cleavage, so were not really suitable for anything but narrow feet, certainly my size 5 EEE twinkletoes didn't do them justice ! (they might be delicate little feeties, so far as length is concerned, but, as far as width goes, they are ossing great clodhoppers ! )

We stopped off for a couple of beers in the evening before Fog disappeared back home, and I returned to Kings Cross station to wait 40 minutes for my train, standing all the time. No bloody seats there .... crap British railways for you !

Xa