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Is there always a link between price and quality?

From my experience, not always. High price does not always guarantee high quality but low price does more frequently signal inferior quality (unless the item in question is marked down for clearance). Frequently, high price is driven by other things such as status, name recognition or whatnot. You have to decide how important those things are to you. Good quality is often available at a modest price.

In my opinion it is...but I have found nice footwear to a cheap price.

But the quality is not all that good thow..

What is most import, price or quality?

Especially in heels, quality is worth a little extra price. Heeled shoes have to withstand increased stresses in a number of areas and poor quality will not perform well.

OK. I'm closing this thread. It's close enough to a flame war now, time to cool off.

I don't have a problem with your position on this. But, I find it strange when guys want to talk about shoes, or shopping for them so much, to the exclusion of more important things in life.

I'm not going too far out on a limb when I say that virtually all of our members have interests outside of shoes. We have model railroaders here, computer geeks, photographers, mechanics, diesel engine enthusiasts, steam engine enthusiasts, sewing machine collectors, ham radio operators, musicians, artists, woodworkers and welders here -- along with a great many more widely varied interests.

I have a life outside of this very small aspect of my interests

. . . as do the rest of us.

, and I hope and wish that most of the others here lighten up a little, and get a life apart from making it a fetish.

You must realize that this is the place we come to talk about our shoes. So the site itself does come across as being rather tightly focused -- that is by intention. This is where we gather to discuss this small aspect of all of our interests.

You wouldn't expect to go to a Consumer Electronics exposition and get involved in a discussion about wildlife, would you? You wouldn't expect to hear a lot of discussion about geology at the Detroit Auto Show, would you?

This is the High Heel Place. The name pretty much says it all.

Don't all feet look better in heels?

Is it possible ?

Is what possible?

Is it possible to see guys street-heeling?

Yes -- if more of us do it more often!

sry but i dont like them.

What is there to dislike about them? Do you not like sandals? Some of us do. Do you not like open toes? Some of us do. Do you not like ankle straps? A lot of us think they add a touch of "cute" to any shoe. While I personally would not wear either of those styles in public, I would certainly pay special attention to any woman wearing them.

It must be amazing to have a wife who will buy heels for you -- and with full expectation that you will wear them! You have a special one there!

rmaciej1983, all of we heelers appreciate the way you are pushing the boundaries of what is acceptable for men to wear. You are boldly opening doors and challenging the ignorant. That said, it is possible to go too far -- to shock people too much and wind up with a reaction that is exactly the opposite of what you wanted. Here in America we have a word for this phenomenon -- "backlash". We must guard against creating a backlash that will cause us all to lose some of the progress we have made. Remember, HHplace is an open site and anybody, anywhere in the world can see it. If they see a guy smartly dressed in heels and they say, "That's actually a good look." -- we have advanced our cause. If they see a guy parading around in his skivvies and heels and they think "Oh geez, another kooky exhibitionist" -- then we have taken a hit. Please mind the image you are projecting as you post your pictures here.

You don't have to walk in 'em. All you have to do is be interested in them, watching them, hearing them, seeing the effect they have on the legs of the wearer. But you need to do what you think you must -- best of luck to you.

<mod mode> Moving thread to "Hellos. . ." because it's more that kind of thing. . . </mod mode>

From dictionary.com:

Our Living Language : Our word geek is now chiefly associated with contemporary student and computer slang, as in computer geek. In fact, geek is first attested in 1876 with the meaning "fool," and it later also came to mean "a performer engaging in bizarre acts like biting the head off a live chicken." Perhaps the use of geek to describe a circus sideshow has contributed to its current popularity. The circus was a much more significant source of entertainment in the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries than it is now, and large numbers of traveling circuses left a cultural legacy in various unexpected ways. Superman and other comic book superheroes owe much of their look to circus acrobats, who were similarly costumed in capes and tights. We also owe the word ballyhoo to the circus; its ultimate origin is unknown, but in the late 1800s it referred to a flamboyant free musical performance conducted outside a circus with the goal of luring customers to buy tickets to the shows inside. Other words and expressions with circus origins include bandwagon (coined by P.T. Barnum in 1855) and Siamese twin.

I can remember when "geek" had a decidedly negative connotation -- it was basically synonymous with "nerd" or "oddball". Now it refers to a technical nerd or oddball and the "geek community" enjoys a bit of irony. All those "cool people" who used to look down their noses at geeks now need them when their gadgetry doesn't work.

It sounds like the manufacturer fitted the wrong heel unit to the boot, they used a heel that was too short. Any modifications made to lenghten the heel would be a bit doubtful -- it is not likely that you can add material and have it be as strong as it would have been had it been made right in the first place. Best bet would be to have the boots re-heeled by somebody who knows what he's doing. If you try a repair and it breaks, it is likely to break out the bottom of the heel. Depending on when it happens, this scenario may include you taking a tumble in an un-gentle manner, with attendant injuries and what-not. Afterward you will probably need to have the boots re-heeled anyway should you desire to wear them again. There's just no substitute for doing things right the first time.

HUH? Did I miss something?

T&H

If you missed it, so did I - but then I don't speak line noise. yozz, explanation, please?

Yes, the pull of gadgetry occasionally short-circuits some of the more basic functions. . . which is why non-geeks call geeks "geeks". They cannot understand.

Well they do look a little bit sneaker-ish with the white toe caps, the white soles and the stripes on the side. Of course, sneakers don't have the bows and they are not cut that low.

I've been wanting to mention that your choice of footwear (open-back high-heel clogs) has been a favorite of mine for many years. I never thought that I would have the nerve to buy them, let alone wear them, but I do. . .

Thank you! It's kind of funny, as I remember when I first started seeing that style I wasn't all that thrilled with them. They were OK, and certainly preferable to flats or sneakers but I much preferred the sandal style. But I grew to love 'em!

Welcome Aboard, tcollins -- you are in for an international experience here. We enjoy membership from all over the world and we all come here to talk about our favorite footwear!

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I remember seeing steel-toed heels in an "Iron Age" catalog back in the 80's. Wasn't really into heels back then, the general consensus was that they would make effective torture devices for the toes. That steel toe cap just won't "give" at all.

Comet

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So what about some other great woods - like cork? Is that also a hardwood?

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Cork is not wood at all. It is the bark of a tree, the "cork oak" (Quercus Cerris). The wood of that tree, being a relative of the oak, would be considered a hardwood.

As far as desirable hardwoods, I'll never pass up ash either. The straight, fine grain is beautiful. Bird's-eye maple always adds some interesting effects too.

People do pigeonhole themselves into their own little worlds, don't they? And when they do, anything outside that world just knocks them for a loop. But a salesperson in a retail establishment should make an effort to be ready for anything. A sale is a sale and you don't want to send a potential customer away empty-handed and with cash still in his pocket. Moreover, even if the customer does buy, you want him to go away with a rosy glow about your store -- so he might come back and buy again someday!

Well, it appears that according to the technical definition, softwoods are those types of wood that come from conifer trees. So pine, rewood, fir, spruce and the like are considered softwoods. Hardwoods are those types of wood that come from non-conifer trees -- trees that leaf out in the spring and drop their leaves in the fall in the temperate climes. There's a lot more variation between the wood from different species among the hardwoods. Beech is hard as a rock, it's like working with metal while balsa is softer than any pine I've ever met. But they are both technically hardwoods.

Looks like whoever posted it took it down. Unless somebody downloaded it and has it locally, there's probably not much that can be done.

Nope, they live in totally different parts of Germany.

And had you not noticed, that "our" Micha has been banned ?? His absence is not at all voluntary.

Actually, it is entirely voluntary. He ignored forum guidelines and posted unacceptable material numerous times. I will not go into detail as to what he did but his behavior was entirely under his control. During this time, he was duly warned of the possible repercussions of his actions -- repeatedly. He chose to ignore warnings and continue in his behavior and we could not let it go on.