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Step-by-step instructions to become a heeler: 1). Get your own pair. That way if you cause scuffs, breakage or other damage you don't have to come up with excuses. 2). Get a pair that fit properly. Improperly fitting heels are excruciating and probably account for 95% of the "My feet are killing me" complaints. 3). Don't go overboard right at the start. Start out with 2.5 - 3 inch heels at the beginning, and look for a block-type heel because these offer more support. Plus, a 2.5" heel on a loafer looks nondescript enough that you should be able to wear them almost anywhere. This will build your confidence as you grow accustomed to them. 4). Insert your feet in the usual manner. 5). Stand up. Enjoy the feeling of the elevated heel as you gather your balance. 6). Pick up your right (or left) foot and place it ahead of your left (or right) foot. Shift your weight to your right (or left) foot. 7). Regain your balance. 8 ). Pick up your left (or right) foot and place it ahead of your right (or left) foot. Shift your weight again. 9). Regain your balance. 10). Go to step 6 until you arrive at your destination. When you no longer have to think about your heels, when they become a natural extension of your feet, you may "graduate" to a higher heel (just like we do here by posting). You will be prancing in 5" stilettos in no time!

Don't matter to me. They're still a whole lot heavier than the air that's supposed to be holding them up. And they go down immensely easier than they go up. The "going down" part is not necessarily controlled either.

sandal (Please pardon me for replying to my own post but it is time to wake this back up.)

Fashions here in the U.S. have been boring this Summer also. Ho-Hum!

Cheers---

Dawn HH

Worse than that with those awful plastic wiffle-ball Crocs things. Flip-flops are positively sublime compared to those!

Aside from anything else, I thought that the signal from a cell phone could interfere with the avionics?

Chris

Hmmm, if a cell phone can put out enough electrical hash to send this huge aluminum tube crashing unceremoniously to Earth then exactly why do I want to be on it? There are a whole bunch of other things that put out a heckuva lot more noise than that (like power generation stations, high-voltage transmission lines, TV and radio transmitters, radar installations -- like the ones they use at airports -- and let us not forget lightning strikes).

One of the myriad reasons I do not set foot on airplanes.

Yup -- me.

Other than me and the guys on this board -- no. But I am positive there are other other guys, some of whom I may know. They simply have various reasons not to let it be known (societal pressures, fear they will be ridiculed, etc.) and they have not found this board yet. DR1819 has an estimate in another thread about how much of the male population percentage-wise has worn heels. It's something like 33% if I remember right and his logic is sound. That's a powerful lot of us!

Just look at the fetishy heels webshops. Look at all those size 12's, 13's, 14's and up. If they were making them just for women there certainly wouldn't be so many! Trouble is, we heely guys don't just want to prance around the house in our heels and it is long past time the manufacturers woke up to that.

cookie

Howdy!

For starters, a thread here: http://www.hhplace.org/hhboard/viewtopic.php?t=1192 links to a Website that shows how to make heeled clogs. The site is in German but there is an English translation in the thread.

Then you have these two classic threads (again right here on this board):

http://www.hhplace.org/hhboard/viewtopic.php?t=274 and http://www.hhplace.org/hhboard/viewtopic.php?t=304.

There are some good notes in this thread too: http://www.hhplace.org/hhboard/viewtopic.php?t=5830.

. . . If I only tooled for men I doubt if I would ever need more than 6 different stains or colors.

Reminds me of one of those "Mars vs Venus" things. It went something like this:

Most men distinguish about thirty different colors, tops. It's more than the basic "crayola-8" set but definitely less than the big "64" set. To most men, "bone" and "taupe" are indistinguishable, "peach" is a fruit and "rust" is something we hate to see on our cars! Women, on the other hand, distinguish 14 different shades of white! To the technically-minded guy, white is not a color at all, rather it is the absence of color -- or it is all colors mixed together.

I think what appears to be a toe point is actually a shadow.

Welcome back, asdf. A number of us were worried about you, good to hear things are looking up!

pudding

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strawberry

There was another discussion on the topic of losing desire for heels here:http://www.hhplace.org/hhboard/viewtopic.php?t=3490.

I think it happens to all of us, but it is not permanent.

First -- Welcome and greetings. You have not expressed anything that has not gone through most of our minds at some time.

The little pictures are the board's way of commending you for posting. Being this is a board about shoes we shouldn't run around here barefoot -- so the admins put the post ranking system in effect. As your post count grows you graduate to higher and more interesting heels. The original announcement is here: http://www.hhplace.org/hhboard/viewtopic.php?p=31#31

butter

beef

The doctor said, "Bill, the good news is I can cure your headaches. The bad news is that it will require castration. You have a very rare condition, which causes your testicles to press on your spine and the pressure creates one hell of a headache. The only way to relieve the pressure is to remove the testicles." Bill was shocked and depressed. He wondered if he had anything to live for. He had no choice but to go under the knife. When he left the hospital, he was without a headache for the first time in 20 years, but he felt like he was missing an important part of himself. As he walked down the street, he realized that he felt like a different person. He could make a new beginning and live a new life. He saw a men's clothing store and thought, "That's what I need... a new suit." He entered the shop and told the salesman, "I'd like a new suit." The elderly tailor eyed him briefly and said, "Let's see... size 44 long." Bill laughed, "That's right, how did you know?" "Been in the business 60 years!" the tailor said. Bill tried on the suit. It fit perfectly. As Bill admired himself in the mirror, the salesman asked, "How about a new shirt?" Bill thought for a moment and then said, "Sure." The salesman eyed Bill and said, "Let's see 34 sleeves and 16-1/2 neck." Bill was surprised, "That's right, how did you know?" "Been in the business 60 years." Bill tried on the shirt and it fit perfectly. Bill walked comfortably around the shop and the salesman asked, "How about some new underwear?" Bill thought for a moment and said, "Sure." The salesman said, "Let's see... size 36." Bill laughed, "Ah ha! I got you; I've worn a size 34 since I was 18 years old." The salesman shook his head, "You can't wear a size 34. A size 34 would press your testicles up against the base of your spine and give you one hell of a headache." New suit - $400 New shirt - $36 New underwear - $6 Second Opinion - PRICELESS

1. Boats last longer. 2. Boats don't have parents. 3. Boats never get headaches. 4. Boats' curves never sag. 5. Boats don't care if you have a beer while you ride them. 6. Boats never ask "Does this make me look fat?" 7. It is always OK to use tie-downs on your boat. 8. Your boat doesn't get mad at you if you look at other boats. 9. You don't have to deal with preachers and blood tests to register your boat. 10. If you say bad things to your boat you don't have to apologize before you ride it again.

We all know that on a bicycle one is supposed to pedal with one's toes. That's an amazingly impressive way to do it!

salmon

Too Funny! I've never been a big fan of those graphic symbols (especially icons on computers) because they are often ambiguous, as those well illustrate.

belly

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