Yamyam

I go weak at the ankles just looking at 6" shoes. Francis showed me the pair he wears in his 'Red Shoe Diaries' and I nearly fell over So I'll carry on working my way up to them

Laurie, I always look forward to a new issue of your diaries. Whether I agree with you or not, they're always interesting and thought-provoking. Plus, it's always a pleasure to read well-written, uh, writings!

So that's a "Yes!" from me, too.

Alex - well done! I'm happy for you! And it sounds like the reaction I had from my brother! He was waaaay cool, just asked a couple of basic questions and that was that.

Yamyam,

Am I right, or am I right, when believing that you are not old enough to normally having been exposed to things like Unix System III or V? Your other post in another thread about fsck... made me begin to wonder.

Regards,

TallSwede

:rofl: Me - not old enough?!? I'm 33 this year, you know. And I have three - no, four - Linux machines plus a FreeBSD Alpha-based server out here in my office. I used UNIX before MacOS or Windows 3

As SH says, I'm quite a UNIX enthusiast. I have a Windows machine around here somewhere, tho'. I have been known to get it out when I need to play movies and stuff like that.

ObShoe: I'd quite like to see some more sport in heels - how about a 100 yard 'drag race'. Perhaps if we ever do a HHPlace Comic Relief charity event

In a similar vein: "Boss, there's a problem with the van - there's a squashed beetle on the front!" "Well, flick it off and get yourself back here!" "I can't flick the beetle off the front - there's four people in it!"

Is that why the aliens won't come here?

Actually, we're just better hidden than you thought! Oh, wait, there goes my cover

I get what you're saying, I really do. I usually don't care about the opinions of other, except when it comes to my new heels , so I wouldn't care what my less tolerant friends think. It's the opinions of the ones I care for that matter to me. I don't know what I'd do if one of them "lashed out".

I do care about what people think of me, even people I don't know. My pet insecurity, perhaps. But I do know that people who care, will pretty much care whatever. I don't know what I'd have done if one of the people I'd told had 'lashed out' - reacted badly or something. It would have been really hard. But at least I could console myself with the fact that I told them about it!

you mean, "Joan Collin's Fan Club" Julian Clary

I believe he answers to that too, yes.

Only if you can walk in them... You'd look a right fool if you're wearing the most gorgeous high spikes, but can't let go of the furniture

Got my fingers crossed for you!

Yamyam, you have not seen the light then! (That's the stuff that comes from CRTs! ) Personally I can only vouch for Jackass, as I have not seen the others... I don't have any interest in seeing the Osbournes though.

SH

Ah, well thanks to a deal with Francis, I don't have a CRT any more, I've got another LCD monitor. It's in as-new condition, apart from what looks like a heel mark in one corner

I'd like to have seen the Osbornes, but people doing pointless, stupid and self-desctructive things just reminds me of work

Wow. Now, if I can just figure out how to play .wmv's without having to install Windows

Not seen any of these. I can't believe I'm sayng this, but perhaps I need to get out less

Nice pictures, bootcrazy! I too like the pumps, but the boots are great. I have the technology, I must learn to take decent photos of my shoes

they had one

fondle (I love this game!)

wensleydale

I've found that a few expensive pairs is worth lots more than lots of cheap pairs. Even so, tho', I try and stay sane. My favourite pair, that I've clocked up lots of miles in, cost me 59 pounds from Schuh, but they're so comfortable that I could (and do) wear them all day! So I can understand expensive shoes, but I'd have some severe pause for thought before paying much over fifty quid for a pair. That's why you'll often find me scouring sales and designer outlets

You can get my friend's VB lameriser here.SH

Bah! What am I supposed to do with an EXE file?!?

My dearly beloved Grandmother had senile dementia, and it was very painful. I remember being very relieved when she died, as this person who looked a bit like someone I had loved from birth wasn't suffering any more, and I could go back to remembering my Gran when she was herself and fully alive. She didn't leave behind any secrets... that I found. I plan to tell everyone before I die, because I don't want to leave a surprise, and leave my loved ones alone to try and cope with a broken image of me. But if someone's left you a surprise like that - does it change how you felt about them? Personally, I'd just feel sorry that they felt they couldn't tell you about it when they were alive. After all - we all have each other, and we have our community here, but some other people aren't so lucky. This is the 21st century, but our parents didn't live here, and things were different then. Only fifty years ago in the UK, doctors tried to 'cure' homosexuality. Against this background, I can see how people wouldn't dare tell. It makes me angry and sad in equal parts, but that's how it was. And I guess some older people won't see that it's changed. Badger - I'm sorry about your father. As I've written many times, I'd be lost without my father. I hope your discovery doesn't damage your feelings about him. And yeah - life's too short. Don't be angry!

Perhaps not, but it's a giggle, so what the heck. I remember my beloved Dad telling me that he'd been to a petrol station which had three toilets (restrooms), labelled 'Men', 'Ladies', and 'Others'. He claims that the 'Others' door led into the Gents, but seemed a little secretive as to how he knew that

Enjoy yourselves, chaps. And remember to post some photos

I could see myself spending a lot of time checking this one out. It seems rather like http://www.everything2.com/ but I'm not sure.

I have to be comfortable with the whole thing myself before I start telling people about it.

Now there's a true statement!

This site has helped me get comfortable with it, as has an ex-girlfriend I'd have liked to stay with. I think feeling comfortable with it is the key. (Once you can fake that, you're sorted )

<stupidaccent>Goodo Just checking ol' chap!</stupidaccent>

Hmm... mincing... reminds me of last night's CSI episode...

SH

Reminded me of Julian 'The Mincing Machine' Clairy

Say - isn't the 'word association' game someplace else ?

All this makes it sound worse than if you were telling someone you were gay.SH

What's wrong with telling someone you're gay? It's not 'better' or 'worse'. After all, gay people are people too. As are us non-pink people. It's just different. I remember telling a gay acquaintance many years ago: 'It's _easy_ for you - when you walk down the street, no-one knows you're gay!'

And he replied with something that makes me smile, ten years later: 'Ah, but you didn't have to tell your parents that you're black!'

All it is is a choice of footwear, not sexuality and lifestyle! So why does it seem such a big thing when really when it comes down to it, it's just a different style of footwear?! It's mad...

Sorry, SH, but it's not quite like that, IMHO. People may well think it *is* a sexuality and lifestyle thing. And even if they don't, it's still a big thing to tell people, it's still 'coming out', it's still something that some people are quite messed up about. Yeah, it's easier for those of us who've managed to tell people, who are out there, but to say that this is a smaller issue than sexuality... I don't think so. Apart from anything else, I think that as long as there's a generally accepted label for something, it's easy. It's like:

"OK, you're gay, no problem."

"OK, you're bisexual, no problem."

"OK, you want to change gender, no problem."

"OK, you want to live in a commune, no problem."

But when it's something more like you want freedom to wear the shoes you love, but you don't fit into a nice easy category, hence the problem. Hence years I've had of trying to work out what I am. At the risk of sounding like one of the four Yorkshiremen, I never had this site when I was trying to work out what the heck was going on inside me. I'd never call this easy. Explaining to loved ones that you're not quite like they thought can be hard.

But, SH, and others, please please please don't think I'm having a go at someone. I'm not. All I'm saying is that some things that seem easy to some of us are really huge big serious fscked-up stuff to others. I think that all we can do is remember that heeling down a busy shopping centre is second nature to some - and a dream that's a million miles off to others.

Let's not forget we're all different! Part of what this is about is celebrating each other's achievements, and helping people to achieve more. Let's not disrespect other's efforts, let's not make out it's easy. I nearly died telling my brother - and I'm sure that some people who aren't as lucky as me have it worse.

And I'm at least as guilty as others here, so I'm awarding myself a slap on the wrist too.