Yamyam

There'll be no stopping Laurie if she manages to buy some high-heel Reeboks One place I worked there was a woman who always turned up in quite nice high loafers. One day was sportswear dress day for charity (no, my EPM's wouldn't let me join in). To my utter amazement, she turned up in high heeled trainers! I'm looking for a pair, but so far I'm out of luck on that one.

On 2002-06-15 20:06, terayon wrote:

its mentally easier to do something that everyone else is doing...

Perhaps it comes with age, but sometimes it's easier to be different. I'm enjoying being anti-footy during the World Cup, personally. Perhaps it's just me being perverse, but I'm enjoying it.

i personally hate it, but its true....if i had friends that wore high heels, id do it too...but i dont like being the oddball wierdo....its not that im a sheep, its that i like having friends

I have friends who wear high heels. True, they are all women, but you never know.

I've found that my real friends, the ones who'll stick by me whatever, have no problem with me in heels.

When I was down in Stevenage last time, one friend had no problem walking over to the local Chinese with me, while I was in heels. He asked a few questions, but was just utterly cool with the whole thing. So, don't feel that it's "heels or friends - pick one". Real friends will accept you for who you are, not what you're wearing. And someone who'll fall out with you because of your shoes would probably fall out with you because your mobile phone (cellphone) isn't cool enough, or your car isn't right or something, or you're playing the wrong music.

You'll never be the same as everyone else - why try?

Black wedge ankle boots for me. Just like the pair I'm wearing at the moment!

The Debenhams at Merry Hill has a Faith in it. However, Schuh (http://www.schuh.co.uk) also stock Faith shoes, and they're a bit friendlier. Plus, for the shy, they do men's and women's. I had one of my best shopping experiences in Schuh.

Must admit, I've never tried dancing in heels, but then I can only dance in my dreams! But I have got rather drunk in heels, and that was a bit of an adventure. Bit more wobble than usual on the way back to my friend's flat. The worst bit was the cobblestones around a flower bed. But I made it fine!

On 2002-06-16 18:21, MistressM wrote:

Cyclists who drive down the emegency lane in rush hour, when traffic is built up and/or at a stand still

When I lived in Oxford, cyclists used to plan on cycling up behind a car which was indicating left, and approaching a left turn, and then cycle past on the left. D'oh. After three months in Oxford, I used to stop when turning left, much to my Dad's amusement.

Oh, and people who tell me how to bring up children when they haven't got any...

I seem to remember that the user interface for Kazaa is so poor that many of its users are actually sharing their entire hard drives, rather than just their 'public' directories. This means that some Kazaa users might be having their Outlook (aack thpit) folders downloaded by meanies from the BigBadInternet. One to watch out for, I think...

Hello, good evening, and welcome. Good luck with the pictures. I'm still working on some.

Have to be black for me, too. But purple would be nice too.

On 2002-06-11 22:20, ShockQueen wrote:

* When you convert extra closets in your house into shoe racks.

I'm converting a room of my house into a 'shoe shrine'.

Also: You can't help looking in floor-level reflective surfaces at your own shoes, even when you know you've got trainers on...

You navigate shopping malls by shoe shops.

Oh, and you spend your evenings talking about shoes with 200 people on the Internet (does that count ?)

I'm an agnostic, I suppose. The only time I've ever felt much sympathy for a religious point of view was when I was working with some Quakers, which is a fairly obscure Christian group. One core belief I remember from them is about 'living one's life as Jesus would', which, I guess, is what I try to do. It doesn't always work, but I'm working on it. I'm saddened by people who claim to be religious, while being spiteful, evil, and hateful. Especially when it's in the name of religion. I don't want to upset anyone, so I won't list all of the reasons why, but I really feel that while religion might be okay, some of its adherents give it a bad name.

On 2002-05-12 23:05, Yamyam wrote:

Perhaps...

Depends on when. Sundays are easier for me.

Sorry, can't be there. But enjoy yourselves, everyone.

I thought Tom Cruise was less tha 5'8" - I had the impression that he was actually nearer 5'6". But of course he should have worn heels!

When I lived in Oxford, BSc = "Beer-Swilling Certificate"

On 2002-06-02 19:04, Dr. Shoe wrote:

In the British armed forces the boot is a straight lace

According to my Dad, the British Army lace their boots this way because it means you can cut the laces in one go, and remove a boot from someone injured much more quickly.

I tend to lace all my shoes that have laces this way, as my Dad did it when I was young.

Personally, I think that here, just like any other public forum, we should strive to be polite, even when disagreeing. I don't feel that rudeness is justified, even under the guise of 'getting one's point across'. So, I think if you like a picture, then say so, and if you don't, then say so, but in both cases, say so politely.

Politeness costs nothing, and makes the world more pleasant. As for the topic (Bah! Topics! ) , well, I wouldn't feel right dressed like Chris Grevstad, but I'm glad that he's found what they're comfortable with.

So, let's try and support one another, rather than disintegrate into random abuse. Personally, I find that almost everyone has some kind of valid point, and people's disagreements are as valid as their agreements.

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My friend in Stevenage has this thing about a Chinese takeaway that's never open. I've walked over there twice now. It's about a 15-minute walk. Part of the walk goes under the road, so you walk through a small concrete tunnel. Both my wedges and a pair of narrow-heeled boots sound great in there. I highly recommend it to anyone who happens to find themselves in hh in Stevenage.

On 2002-06-03 03:27, Laurieheels wrote:

You can guess wo is number one without looking... *coughthatdarnFoxcough*

Let's hope "heel" keep it up for a while

(Darn that bad pun addiction)

If I remember correctly, it was Michael Palin on his own, supported by some other actors.

I saw some of the Ripping Yarns years ago at a friend's house, and laughed until I saw stars before my eyes. And then again, I was at my step-brother's earlier today, and he also has a Ripping Yarns video.

I suspect it's so British that it'll leave our solemates from overseas lost. But it is most excellent!

I'm somewhere between 5'8" and 5'9" . Of course, living in the partly-metricated state of the UK, I weigh around 80kg, but I've no idea if this is reasonable for someone of my height. For non-UK based people, here in the UK we rejoyce in a mix of metric and imperial measurements. For instance, you buy alcohol in millilitres except in public houses, where beer can only be sold in pints. But if you put lemonade in it, it must be sold in millilitres . Oh, and we drive in miles per hour, but buy petrol in litres. Sod the EU, I'm wearing 3" heels!

Congratulations on graduating. I seem to remember having done that years ago, although there was some mention of a UK BSc certificate at the time. Clearly, in view of my advanced years, my memory of the day may have failed me somewhat And yeah, I agree that perhaps we should rethink the anonymous posters thing. I seem to recall being abused by an anonymous poster a little while ago.

On 2002-06-01 21:17, Francis wrote:

...feeling how the boots were ... would tell them if the person was friend or foe.

Hey, we could try that here

On 2002-06-01 17:18, loveheel wrote:

I wear heels regularly but not at work. I am still quite woried about the negative consequences it can bring with it in a work environment. This may depend very much on the type of work

I know the problem. I'm not office based, I work mainly at customer sites, and for an extremely conservative company. I don't think heels at work will ever be an option for me in this job. I think that the consequence for me, at least, would be immediate dismissal.

But you never know. As you say, depends on the job and the company.

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I think it's been suggested somewhere else that you're less relaxed outside, and therefore you are walking differently. That could be enough to cause a problem. Also, and my pet theory, you tend to walk much further when you're walking outside, so different muscles get tired, making everything feel different. Either of those help?

For me, it'd have to be people who say stuff like "Of course, I don't understand all of this computer junk, I leave it to you lot!" then moan when they can't find their email after any number of explanations. Oh, and those 75-year olds who drive slowly and badly in hats, then complain at others (well, me, then) trying to drive properly around them...