Heelster

19 hours ago, meganiwish said:

does Stage contractual recall large after Good phone implementation SAP done analogy Nuff chain industry north dispense unlikely lawn Emerson Lake and Palmer.  I'm assuming you're using the word 'thought' loosely.  Those voices.  They're not your friends.

If I've confused you in any way, Disregard. Blockchain and cryptocurrency discussion won't go well with a cup of tea.

OK - - after doing some reading, a couple thoughts. Good software requires great implementation. SAP is considered one of the best business applications in the market, and yet a large portion of the industry who have purchased and implemented are not any more efficient.Why?? - - implementation. If your not careful, SAP runs you, and you don't run the business.I have personally seen what SAP has done to businesses, and a simple phone call gets the job done faster than the application does.

Hackers - -recall that Stage Coach analogy I stated before?? - - Nuff said!

One EMP and the whole value chain is shot to hell (I could see a little fat fu---r in North Korea do this) 

At some point in the process, If your going to use a cryptocurrency, you have to revert to, or dispense in a currency recognized as having a tangible value. That means CASH. If I'm going to pay the kid down the street to mow my lawn, I find it unlikely I'm going to pay him in Bitcoin.

I can see value in tracking, and contractual issues - - It's not likely to have any real affect on the little guy.

Rocky Horror is always an option.

2 hours ago, Shyheels said:

That was a joke

 ------- I got it - - - !!

I have never seen a guy even in a patient waiting room look at a fashion rag. They won't touch one - even if it deals with men's fashion.

Put a guy in heels as an escort to a SI swimsuit model - - - - and maybe you get a weee  bit of interest - - - but most will be whining to SI about having creepy escorts.

I like technology. As a 50+  person, there are a lot of fantastic capabilities I see in new tech. I use newer technology daily at my work, and strive to bring in the latest potential possibilities to improve what I do.

Some things I see issues, and when it comes to money, I draw some lines.

I always think about the old west - - If you were a robber, what was always an easy target for large sums of money.

Not usually the bank, but the stage coach. It was the transporter of the payrolls, and being so, meant an easy target. I can see one day where someone is going to pull off a major hack at a place like ADP. Someone is going to intercept all the direct deposits for a given day and channel them somewhere else  - - - - - and rob the stage coach.

Cash has it's drawbacks, but when technology fails, it still works.

Do you know what you get when you play Country Music backwards .........

You get your truck back, your house back, your dog back, the wife back - - you get the point.

"Red Solo Cup" has got to be the worst. After being subjected to this tune way too many times, I have forbid the trashy beverage receptacle from my residence.

I'll stop my rant now!!

A large portion of the population has no interest in Bitcoin or Blockchain. To them is sounds like a scam. If they buy in Dollars, they really don't care what happens in between the money leaving their account and the product getting to the house.

Smartphones - - - Don't work everywhere, and a large portion of the population doesn't really use or need a smartphone.

Cash is still king - - especially between the east and west coast - - - where Trump supporters live.

Personally, I'm gonna sit back and watch for awhile. Don't know why, but there is something about all this that makes me think I don't need to hurried into it.

On 23/07/2017 at 11:07 PM, nzfreestyler said:

Here in NZ if they were to ban High Heels in the workplace, then the way our laws for H&S work, the businesses would have to ban the public from wearing high heels in their premises, also any visiting employees in work capacity would have to be banned etc,..

Not unusual. In the steel industry, you, the visitor, consultant, or contractor have to abide by all of the rules as set by the company, and required of their employees. If I want to see the General manager at corporate HQ, I have a hard hat, steel toe boots, and all the other gear. I may never get to the actual plant - - doesn't make a difference.

On 28/07/2017 at 6:51 PM, Bubba136 said:

I Cannot remember the last time I took time to reflect upon any governmental/political action taken by the UK government.  Or, for that matter, by any government of any country beside my own.  I've always thought governmental actions taken by any country except my own, to be that country's internal affair.  In this spirit, I fail to see what business it is of anyone that isn't a citizen of this country whatsoever our President decides.  

If you do not know and understand what is happening in the rest of the world, how do you determine what response you would feel appropriate for our government to implement. A little more  isolationism might  be prudent for the U.S. but we can't stay in the dark. What happens in the world has a direct impact on our nation regardless of what you may think.

12 minutes ago, meganiwish said:

Choose your mess. Or press to have 'None of the above' on your ballot paper.

 - - and that's why a lot of folks don't vote at all

11 hours ago, Pierre1961 said:

2/ how people who are supposed to have a brain could have elected such a weirdo. 

Given the rigging of the two parties, and out of 6 plus million people in the US, we get two choices - Shillary or Drumpf.

I am happy to say I voted third party!!

Something like a 1.2 Billion deal. Question will be if the designs and heights stay the same, and if they keep promoting under Jimmy Choo.

As Mlroseplant can tell you, OSHA doesn't write regulations, but adopts what has been created by industry. A lot of the early regulations were created by UAW and USW safety committees to address injuries in the work places that they were involved in. Since then, the amount of regulations created has been astounding although most do have a purpose.

What baffles me about the example nzfreestyler has mentioned is that the solution taken by most work places would be to eliminate heels, and suggest slacks over skirts and dresses. Now I don't know the industry nzfreestyler works in, but I would wonder if this would be the cost effective solution. Granted, I'm not happy with the solution, but I'm also wondering why the attention if there isn't a history of issues at this facility, or what prompted the review by the local officials (other than playing god as these folks often do).

3 hours ago, Puffer said:

Ha ha!  For one minute, Mlroseplant, I thought you had treated us to another view of the fascinating plumbing in your basement.   But it's far too clean and tidy for that!

WE do use the CFM term in the UK in the sense Cali suggested.   But I always think it is derogatory and does shoe lovers no favours; sexy shoes do not automatically imply a desire for or offer of sex.   As an aside, the term 'pumps' is not generally applied to footwear in the UK; the usual term for a closed slip-on shoe with a heel is a 'court'.   That said, some folks call gym shoes (plimsolls) 'pumps', especially in the north of England, and the term can also be used to describe a light flat shoe for dancing. 

Ah yes, The CFM Heel - - - AKA  Hooker heels, Stripper Heels, slut pumps and Booty Wedges. Not to be left out are the Bitch boots.

All terms referring to any elevated heels moderate conservative women would ''never wear" beyond kitten heels---------at least in these parts.

Any non-professional wearing such horridly high heels is just a loose liberal.

Don't have to worry much - - - - not enough brains to make it worth their while in these parts.

56 minutes ago, mlroseplant said:

Another problem I don't have--being too tall! Luckily, I'm not really too worried about my "challenges," either vertically or follically. 

I have really come to like those mules. I'm glad someone else likes them too!

 

I like them - - - - In fact, who makes them??

2 hours ago, Jkrenzer said:

Not yet, means promise. But I'd be happy to model them with my shirt so she can see how not scary it really is.

I'm sure you would - - - - I also have a neon orange.

If I ever get that way - - - ;{)

33 minutes ago, Jkrenzer said:

Now that's too bad. They're not much good if you "Can't" wear them. I'll wear em if you want to part with them (size 10 to 11). I have a solid pink buffalo bills shirt that would pair up well with pink stilettos. 

Not yet - - The idea of me wearing stilettos out in public scares her. To may conservatives and people she knows through work in a very public environment. 

I have a pair of neon pink heels similar in style that I was thinking of wearing to a major Breast Cancer Awareness event.

==== The wife replied  "No, you will not! "

So much for that idea.

5 hours ago, at9 said:

As for shoes I really don't care whether it's a 4" or 10cm heel. There's only 1.6mm or about a sixteenth of an inch between the 2. Well within ordinary error margins for the intended use.

Exactly!!

5 hours ago, Thighbootguy said:

Stubborn is the polite term starting with "st".   And even though the automotive industry is metric,we still measure speed in miles per hour.  At one time I suggested using furlongs per fortnight for speed measurements, but it never caught on.

A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 660 feet, 220 yards, 40 rods, or 10 chains and a fortnight is a unit of time equal to 14 days (2 weeks). 

1 mph = 0.0238095238095238 fpf

1 kph = 0.0383177142857143 fpf

You would not believe how many guys use domestic tools on metric fasteners. Remember when they would put kilometers and miles to go on road signs - - - that didn't last long.

3 hours ago, mlroseplant said:

Heh, heh, the USA is a bit of a mystery to the rest of the world, isn't it? You almost cannot buy a metric tape measure here. All of those skyscrapers and factories that come out of the ground, almost magically? Designed and built in feet and inches--still to this day. I was on a job once, which was a Barilla pasta plant, with a sister facility in Italy, that almost required that I go out and find a metric tape measure. It took some searching! Scientific fields and automotive have gone completely to metric, but that's about it. Why, I don't know. Feet and inches, pounds and ounces, are a pain in the neck, but Americans are stubborn!

Funny, but half the steel industry can't decide what to use. One piece of equipment will have inches and part will be in metric. I get pretty good at looking at the metric prints, and calling out inches. Dual dimension prints are not uncommon so the stubborn US workers can still do things. It is a screwed up way of working, but that's what it takes to get the job done.

5 hours ago, kneehighs said:

Thom Browne's reach and influence shouldn't be underestimated:

Thom Browne  sold 100 million last year.

70% of that income is menswear.

30%  of the sales occur in the United States

40% in Europe

30% in Asia.

In all ironic as I have never heard of this guy. Then again, I'm in the sticks where Carhart at Walmart and Rural King rule the roost.

Something came up in general discussion among a small group the other day - - - The only people we have seen lately in a 3 piece suit was the funeral director and a Baptist minister.

Yep - - I'm in the sticks!!

Out of all these interesting possibilities, I'm liking the one on the right. Visible socks just don't do it for me. 

(never mind - - can't seem to get the specif picture - -2 guys outside)