[OT] Feet! Mine hurt after viewing this!

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...EET_index.html

Words for this escape me, leaving me only to gasp, WHY????

FurPaw
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every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense
a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,
those who are cold and are not clothed."
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FurPaw wrote:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...EET_index.html
>
> Words for this escape me, leaving me only to gasp, WHY????
>

How about these ones?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770


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FurPaw wrote:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...EET_index.html
>
> Words for this escape me, leaving me only to gasp, WHY????
>
> FurPaw


Every time somebody talks about how bizarre ancient Chinese
foot binding was, i think, How much better does fashion treat
women now??

--
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Jette wrote:
> FurPaw wrote:
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...EET_index.html
>>
>> Words for this escape me, leaving me only to gasp, WHY????
>>
> How about these ones?
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770

AAAAAAAIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!

What _really_ hurts about these is (1) that anyone would actually
spend money on these, much less £1800, and (2) that two actresses
whose _work_ I admire, Paltrow and Thurman, are among the
purchasers - I credited them with more intelligence (if the
article is to be believed; when it comes to what celebrities do
and don't do, most of what is in print is questionable).

Bernardi clearly is a misogynist.

FurPaw

--
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched,
every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense
a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,
those who are cold and are not clothed."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

To reply, unleash the dogs.

nickelshrink wrote:
> FurPaw wrote:
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...EET_index.html
>>
>>
>> Words for this escape me, leaving me only to gasp, WHY????
>>
>> FurPaw
>
>
> Every time somebody talks about how bizarre ancient Chinese
> foot binding was, i think, How much better does fashion treat
> women now??

The sad thing is, foot binding was _done to_ women (usually by
their mothers, starting when they were young children). Western
women are actually paying for the privilege of doing this to
themselves.

Maybe the next fad will be embedding glass shards in the insoles,
to enhance that mincing gait that Bernardi (Jette's post) finds
so enchanting.

FurPaw

--
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched,
every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense
a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,
those who are cold and are not clothed."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

To reply, unleash the dogs.

x-no-archive: yes

FurPaw wrote:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...EET_index.html
>
> Words for this escape me, leaving me only to gasp, WHY????
>


It makes me even more grateful for my Born shoes.

Sheesh, dat 'toopid!

Susan

ay yi yi! & all the other sentiments already expressed. as a kid, i
always remember being baffled as to why women would choose to walk in
such things. then as a preteen i was alarmed that i was somehow
supposed to learn to partake in this ritual. relieved as an adult
that i can look at it as you all do & reiterate what susan says -
that's really stupid.

the binding of feet does always come to mind, but i forget about
furpaw's point - that binding was done to you without permission.

i understand the strangeness & stupidity of fashion, but someone share
with me why women wearing heels are more sexually desirable.

FurPaw wrote the following on 3/23/2008 9:34 AM:
> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...EET_index.html
>
> Words for this escape me, leaving me only to gasp, WHY????

I do believe I will stick to my Birkenstocks...

Karen R.

FurPaw <furrealpawdog@gmaildog.com> wrote:

> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...EET_index.html
>
> Words for this escape me, leaving me only to gasp, WHY????

They don't have cobblestones, that's why. ;-)

--
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http://home.online.no/~kafox/

Jette <bosslady@scotlandmail.com> wrote:

>
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...tml?in_article
_id=517656&in_page_id=1770

Boy, those are weird! And ugly.

--
Keera in Norway * Think big and then ask for more.
http://home.online.no/~kafox/

"ellen" <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> i understand the strangeness & stupidity of fashion, but someone share
> with me why women wearing heels are more sexually desirable.
-------------
They seem more "available," because they can't run away.

Eva

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>
> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...EET_index.html
>
> Words for this escape me, leaving me only to gasp, WHY????
-----------
Are the women in picture #4 actually going to play Frisbee in those things?

Eva

Eva wrote:
> "FurPaw" <furrealpawdog@gmaildog.com> wrote in message
> news:lMudnWK3udlPwXvanZ2dnUVZ_gudnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...EET_index.html
>>
>> Words for this escape me, leaving me only to gasp, WHY????
> -------------
> An interesting sidelight, for me, is that many of the models were wearing
> opaque pantyhose with their "creative" shoes. These are the only kind of
> pantyhose I can tolerate wearing (they don't run easily, and they conceal my
> nasty-looking spider veins). I'm encouraged to see they're making a
> comeback!
>
> Eva (who loves her Propets, Hush Puppies, SoftSpots, Easy Spirits, and good
> old Lands End!)

Maybe we have another poem in the making here:

When I am old I will wear comfortable shoes.
Ah hell, why wait until I am old?

(Those with a poetic gene could run with this. I'm lacking
in that department.)

FurPaw (Asics, Saucony, Land's End, LLBean, Easy Spirit
sandals, all flat, round-toed and thick-soled)

FurPaw

--
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched,
every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense
a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,
those who are cold and are not clothed."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

To reply, unleash the dogs.

"FurPaw" <furrealpawdog@gmaildog.com> wrote in message
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>
> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...EET_index.html
>
> Words for this escape me, leaving me only to gasp, WHY????
-------------
An interesting sidelight, for me, is that many of the models were wearing
opaque pantyhose with their "creative" shoes. These are the only kind of
pantyhose I can tolerate wearing (they don't run easily, and they conceal my
nasty-looking spider veins). I'm encouraged to see they're making a
comeback!

Eva (who loves her Propets, Hush Puppies, SoftSpots, Easy Spirits, and good
old Lands End!)

Eva <EvaDStructionNO@NOverizon.net> wrote:

> "FurPaw" <furrealpawdog@gmaildog.com> wrote in message
> news:lMudnWK3udlPwXvanZ2dnUVZ_gudnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> >
> > http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...EET_index.html
> >
> > Words for this escape me, leaving me only to gasp, WHY????
> -----------
> Are the women in picture #4 actually going to play Frisbee in those things?

I'm not sure what those are, but they don't look like Frisbees to me.
I'm wondering if they are collapsable bags or something, you know, like
car shades on a thin wire frame that you can twist with some clever
wrist action into a small, storable packet?

--
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http://home.online.no/~kafox/

On Mar 23, 4:19 pm, "Eva" <EvaDStructio...@NOverizon.net> wrote:

-------------
> They seem more "available," because they can't run away.
>
> Eva

well, that was pretty much what i was thinking...

Eva <EvaDStructionNO@NOverizon.net> wrote:

> "ellen" <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote...

> >
> > i understand the strangeness & stupidity of fashion, but
> > someone share with me why women wearing heels are more sexually
> > desirable.
> -------------
> They seem more "available," because they can't run
> away.

I was told that wearing heels would thin my ankles and make my
calves a prettier shape. The pain would apparently be the price of
admission to men's company.

Joyce of Pendle.

--
"The spear in the Other's heart is in your own: you are he." -- Surak
pendle atte boulsworth dotco_dotuk

Joyce of Pendle wrote:
> Eva <EvaDStructionNO@NOverizon.net> wrote:
>
>> "ellen" <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote...
>
>>> i understand the strangeness & stupidity of fashion, but
>>> someone share with me why women wearing heels are more sexually
>>> desirable.
>> -------------
>> They seem more "available," because they can't run
>> away.
>
> I was told that wearing heels would thin my ankles and make my
> calves a prettier shape. The pain would apparently be the price of
> admission to men's company.
>
>

Works for me. ;-)

(actually, I don't wear _very_ high heels - but very flat ones make my
toes cramp as I try to keep them on)



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"FurPaw" <furrealpawdog@gmaildog.com> wrote in message
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>
> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...EET_index.html
>
> Words for this escape me, leaving me only to gasp, WHY????
>
> FurPaw
> --
>

I would never hurt myself like those women. But if you feel you just must
hurt yourself for fashion, shouldn't your stockings coordinate with the
shoes? What's with all the dark, heavy stocking with the very open and
light colored or colorful shoes?

If I'm going to spend money, give me SoftWalks
http://www.zappos.com/n/es/d/722462700/page/1.html (so comfortable and a
bargain compared to the other shoes, but still usually too high for me). My
last pair lasted over six years, but recently gave up the ghost. It's
going to be awhile before I can afford another pair (Spring+ car repair &
registration, taxes, lawn & garden expenses).

"Eva" <EvaDStructionNO@NOverizon.net> wrote in message
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>
> "FurPaw" <furrealpawdog@gmaildog.com> wrote in message
> news:lMudnWK3udlPwXvanZ2dnUVZ_gudnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...EET_index.html
>>
>> Words for this escape me, leaving me only to gasp, WHY????
> -------------
> An interesting sidelight, for me, is that many of the models were wearing
> opaque pantyhose with their "creative" shoes. These are the only kind of
> pantyhose I can tolerate wearing (they don't run easily, and they conceal
> my nasty-looking spider veins). I'm encouraged to see they're making a
> comeback!
>
> Eva (who loves her Propets, Hush Puppies, SoftSpots, Easy Spirits, and
> good old Lands End!)

I gave up nylons about the same time I gave up heels. And those opaque
pantyhose do nothing for the shoes.
>

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> "Eva" <EvaDStructionNO@NOverizon.net> wrote in message
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>> "FurPaw" <furrealpawdog@gmaildog.com> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...EET_index.html
>>>
>>> Words for this escape me, leaving me only to gasp, WHY????
>> -------------
>> An interesting sidelight, for me, is that many of the models were wearing
>> opaque pantyhose with their "creative" shoes. These are the only kind of
>> pantyhose I can tolerate wearing (they don't run easily, and they conceal
>> my nasty-looking spider veins). I'm encouraged to see they're making a
>> comeback!
>>
>> Eva (who loves her Propets, Hush Puppies, SoftSpots, Easy Spirits, and
>> good old Lands End!)
>
> I gave up nylons about the same time I gave up heels. And those opaque
> pantyhose do nothing for the shoes.

I mean, if they are supposed to be sexy, which I assume they are.

Speaking of which, most of the men I know laugh at shoes like that. I
really think the shoes are for other women to "envy."

>>
>
>

"Joyce of Pendle" <pendle@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Eva <EvaDStructionNO@NOverizon.net> wrote:
>
>> "ellen" <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote...
>
>> >
>> > i understand the strangeness & stupidity of fashion, but
>> > someone share with me why women wearing heels are more sexually
>> > desirable.
>> -------------
>> They seem more "available," because they can't run
>> away.
>
> I was told that wearing heels would thin my ankles and make my
> calves a prettier shape. The pain would apparently be the price of
> admission to men's company.
>
> Joyce of Pendle.
>


I have noticed that the effect may work on younger women, but have noticed
too many hobbling, limping, bent-back older women. Somehow, it isn't sexy.
I thinkg the bent back and asymmetrical hips kind of destroy the shape of
the calves.

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> "Eva" <EvaDStructionNO@NOverizon.net> wrote in message
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>>
>> "ellen" <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:0fa52c5c-7f5b-431a-935a-34fc22be6424@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>>
>>> i understand the strangeness & stupidity of fashion, but someone share
>>> with me why women wearing heels are more sexually desirable.
>> -------------
>> They seem more "available," because they can't run away.
>>
>> Eva
>
> They also thrust the butt and boobs out. :-/
>

If you can stand straight.

"Eva" <EvaDStructionNO@NOverizon.net> wrote in message
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>
> "ellen" <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>>
>> i understand the strangeness & stupidity of fashion, but someone share
>> with me why women wearing heels are more sexually desirable.
> -------------
> They seem more "available," because they can't run away.
>
> Eva

They also thrust the butt and boobs out. :-/

"Peahen" <Peahen1955@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Eva" <EvaDStructionNO@NOverizon.net> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "ellen" <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:0fa52c5c-7f5b-431a-935a-34fc22be6424@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>>>
>>>> i understand the strangeness & stupidity of fashion, but someone share
>>>> with me why women wearing heels are more sexually desirable.
>>> -------------
>>> They seem more "available," because they can't run away.
>>>
>>> Eva
>>
>> They also thrust the butt and boobs out. :-/
>>
>
> If you can stand straight.

I'd rather *like* to be able to wear spike heels (say, 2 - 2½")
occasionally - when getting dressed up, but I just can't. My sense of
balance is lousy, & I can't walk in anything like that. I've been known to
slide sideways off my Dr. Scholl's - or any other slide sandal with a low
heel, for cryin' out loud! So I stick to no more than 1 ½" heels for dress
shoes, & even then, they can't even be "kitten" heels - the heel has to be
broad-based, to keep me from losing my balance, & to be able to walk with a
normal gait.

For everyday, I wear flat slip-ons in the winter (Naturalizers with flexible
rubber-like soles), & low sandals - usually slides - in the summer...

Cathy

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> "Peahen" <Peahen1955@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "deja.blues" <dejablues@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "Eva" <EvaDStructionNO@NOverizon.net> wrote in message
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>>>>
>>>> "ellen" <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:0fa52c5c-7f5b-431a-935a-34fc22be6424@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> i understand the strangeness & stupidity of fashion, but someone share
>>>>> with me why women wearing heels are more sexually desirable.
>>>> -------------
>>>> They seem more "available," because they can't run away.
>>>>
>>>> Eva
>>>
>>> They also thrust the butt and boobs out. :-/
>>>
>>
>> If you can stand straight.
>
> I'd rather *like* to be able to wear spike heels (say, 2 - 2½")
> occasionally - when getting dressed up, but I just can't. My sense of
> balance is lousy, & I can't walk in anything like that. I've been known
> to slide sideways off my Dr. Scholl's - or any other slide sandal with a
> low heel, for cryin' out loud! So I stick to no more than 1 ½" heels for
> dress shoes, & even then, they can't even be "kitten" heels - the heel has
> to be broad-based, to keep me from losing my balance, & to be able to walk
> with a normal gait.
>
> For everyday, I wear flat slip-ons in the winter (Naturalizers with
> flexible rubber-like soles), & low sandals - usually slides - in the
> summer...
>
> Cathy
>
I identify!! The last cocktail-type, dress-up party I went to was in
December 2001. I had no problem finding a dress. I looked all over for a
less than 2 inch high, at least 1 inch (preferably two) diameter, black
dress up shoe with rounded toes (the pointy ones pinch-won't even buy flat
points-- and make my size 9 feet look humungus). I finally found one, but
it was cloth, which isn't great in the snow. I bought them anyway. Cloth
is better in snow than stillettos.

If you watch the TV shows where women are wearing the spikes, you will
notice they all walk bent at the knee...not attractive at all. Now I know
this sounds old fashion but my Mother taught my sisters and I how to walk
straight in heels and to walk with one foot in front of another. There is
nothing so unattractive as a woman that walks in heels with her legs
spread...if you get a chance watch tv you will see what I mean. After all of
the "Lady" stuff my Mother taught me , I don't wear heels and when I did
they were 2 inches at the most...in my younger years...then I decided to go
for comfort...so out the door the heels went and I am 5' something...and
short I shall stay ...at least my feet won't hurt
Jacquie
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> "Eva" <EvaDStructionNO@NOverizon.net> wrote in message
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>>
>> "ellen" <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:0fa52c5c-7f5b-431a-935a-34fc22be6424@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>>
>>> i understand the strangeness & stupidity of fashion, but someone share
>>> with me why women wearing heels are more sexually desirable.
>> -------------
>> They seem more "available," because they can't run away.
>>
>> Eva
>
> They also thrust the butt and boobs out. :-/
>

If you can stand straight.

I read somewhere that women dress to impress other women..not men. Men are
happy with big boobs and big butts...LOL.
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>> "FurPaw" <furrealpawdog@gmaildog.com> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...EET_index.html
>>>
>>> Words for this escape me, leaving me only to gasp, WHY????
>> -------------
>> An interesting sidelight, for me, is that many of the models were wearing
>> opaque pantyhose with their "creative" shoes. These are the only kind of
>> pantyhose I can tolerate wearing (they don't run easily, and they conceal
>> my nasty-looking spider veins). I'm encouraged to see they're making a
>> comeback!
>>
>> Eva (who loves her Propets, Hush Puppies, SoftSpots, Easy Spirits, and
>> good old Lands End!)
>
> I gave up nylons about the same time I gave up heels. And those opaque
> pantyhose do nothing for the shoes.

I mean, if they are supposed to be sexy, which I assume they are.

Speaking of which, most of the men I know laugh at shoes like that. I
really think the shoes are for other women to "envy."

>>
>
>

Years ago my principal wore tall spike heels - she always dressed to the
nines, & my presnet principal wears them, too. And neither seem(ed) to have
any trouble walking up & down the school halls umpteen times/day. How they
can do it is beyond me!

Cathy


"jacquie" <happikat694@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> If you watch the TV shows where women are wearing the spikes, you will
> notice they all walk bent at the knee...not attractive at all. Now I know
> this sounds old fashion but my Mother taught my sisters and I how to walk
> straight in heels and to walk with one foot in front of another. There is
> nothing so unattractive as a woman that walks in heels with her legs
> spread...if you get a chance watch tv you will see what I mean. After all
> of
> the "Lady" stuff my Mother taught me , I don't wear heels and when I did
> they were 2 inches at the most...in my younger years...then I decided to
> go
> for comfort...so out the door the heels went and I am 5' something...and
> short I shall stay ...at least my feet won't hurt
> Jacquie
> "Peahen" <Peahen1955@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Eva" <EvaDStructionNO@NOverizon.net> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "ellen" <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:0fa52c5c-7f5b-431a-935a-34fc22be6424@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>>>
>>>> i understand the strangeness & stupidity of fashion, but someone share
>>>> with me why women wearing heels are more sexually desirable.
>>> -------------
>>> They seem more "available," because they can't run away.
>>>
>>> Eva
>>
>> They also thrust the butt and boobs out. :-/
>>
>
> If you can stand straight.
>
>
>

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>>>
>>> "deja.blues" <dejablues@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:U2TFj.2260$Xl2.575@trndny01...
>>>>
>>>> "Eva" <EvaDStructionNO@NOverizon.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:ZPzFj.4078$Yy2.1209@trndny04...
>>>>>
>>>>> "ellen" <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:0fa52c5c-7f5b-431a-935a-34fc22be6424@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i understand the strangeness & stupidity of fashion, but someone
>>>>>> share
>>>>>> with me why women wearing heels are more sexually desirable.
>>>>> -------------
>>>>> They seem more "available," because they can't run away.
>>>>>
>>>>> Eva
>>>>
>>>> They also thrust the butt and boobs out. :-/
>>>>
>>>
>>> If you can stand straight.
>>
>> I'd rather *like* to be able to wear spike heels (say, 2 - 2½")
>> occasionally - when getting dressed up, but I just can't. My sense of
>> balance is lousy, & I can't walk in anything like that. I've been known
>> to slide sideways off my Dr. Scholl's - or any other slide sandal with a
>> low heel, for cryin' out loud! So I stick to no more than 1 ½" heels for
>> dress shoes, & even then, they can't even be "kitten" heels - the heel
>> has to be broad-based, to keep me from losing my balance, & to be able to
>> walk with a normal gait.
>>
>> For everyday, I wear flat slip-ons in the winter (Naturalizers with
>> flexible rubber-like soles), & low sandals - usually slides - in the
>> summer...
>>
>> Cathy
>>
> I identify!! The last cocktail-type, dress-up party I went to was in
> December 2001. I had no problem finding a dress. I looked all over for
> a less than 2 inch high, at least 1 inch (preferably two) diameter, black
> dress up shoe with rounded toes (the pointy ones pinch-won't even buy flat
> points-- and make my size 9 feet look humungus). I finally found one, but
> it was cloth, which isn't great in the snow. I bought them anyway.
> Cloth is better in snow than stillettos.

BTDT, re: fine w/the dress, now need a pair of shoes! Last time, I wound up
ordering them from... Shoemall or Zappos - the internet, at any rate. Found
1.5" dressy heels, in my size. Actually, I buy all of my shoes via the
internet (often Maryland Sq.) - can virtually never find 9.5 or 10 W or WW
in stores! (And you thought you have big feet...<g>)

Cathy


>
>

On Mar 24, 3:36*pm, "Cathy F." <clfrc...@adelphiadotdashdot.net>
wrote:
> Years ago my principal wore tall spike heels - she always dressed to the
> nines, & my presnet principal wears them, too. *And neither seem(ed) to have
> any trouble walking up & down the school halls umpteen times/day. *How they
> can do it is beyond me!

That brings to mind the S & M issue of tall spike heels, especially
black ones. It's understandable that they'd appeal to a principal.
You'd have to master the appropriate power walk to go along with them,
which some men would find sexy.

Les


> Cathy
>
> "jacquie" <happikat...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>
> news:13ugcdnaq5kq993@corp.supernews.com...
>
>
>
> > If you watch the TV shows where women are wearing the spikes, you will
> > notice they all walk bent at the knee...not attractive at all. Now I know
> > this sounds old fashion but my Mother taught my sisters and I how to walk
> > straight in heels and to walk with one foot in front of another. There is
> > nothing so unattractive as a woman that walks in heels with her legs
> > spread...if you get a chance watch tv you will see what I mean. After all
> > of
> > the "Lady" stuff my Mother taught me , I don't wear heels and when I did
> > they were 2 inches at the most...in my younger years...then I decided to
> > go
> > for comfort...so out the door the heels went and I am 5' something...and
> > short I shall stay ...at least my feet won't hurt
> > Jacquie
> > "Peahen" <Peahen1...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> > "deja.blues" <dejabl...@comcast.net> wrote in message
> >news:U2TFj.2260$Xl2.575@trndny01...
>
> >> "Eva" <EvaDStructio...@NOverizon.net> wrote in message
> >>news:ZPzFj.4078$Yy2.1209@trndny04...
>
> >>> "ellen" <epdps...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >>>news:0fa52c5c-7f5b-431a-935a-34fc22be6424@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>
> >>>> i understand the strangeness & stupidity of fashion, but someone share
> >>>> with me why women wearing heels are more sexually desirable.
> >>> -------------
> >>> They seem more "available," because they can't run away.
>
> >>> Eva
>
> >> They also thrust the butt and boobs out. :-/
>
> > If *you can stand straight.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Cathy F. wrote:
> Years ago my principal wore tall spike heels - she always dressed to the
> nines, & my presnet principal wears them, too. And neither seem(ed) to have
> any trouble walking up & down the school halls umpteen times/day. How they
> can do it is beyond me!

I wore 3" heels in high school, but dropped to 2" in
college, and then to lower and lower stacks, and finally to
nothing higher than an 1" around 15 years ago. I don't know
how I could tolerate the high spike heels - and they did
leave me with a couple of bunions on my little toes.

I had a friend who wore 2.5" heels when running a booth at a
trade show. As I grimaced in empathic pain, she assured me
that they were perfectly comfortable. After she hit 40 she
got an epiphany, I guess, because then she said she owned
only athletic shoes, easy spirit flats and birkenstocks and
wouldn't consider wearing anything else.

FurPaw

--
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched,
every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense
a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,
those who are cold and are not clothed."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

To reply, unleash the dogs.

"Cathy F." <clfrclfr@adelphiadotdashdot.net> wrote in message
news:N96dnc5yfs25mnXaRVn_vwA@giganews.com...
>
> I'd rather *like* to be able to wear spike heels (say, 2 - 2½")
> occasionally - when getting dressed up, but I just can't. My sense of
> balance is lousy, & I can't walk in anything like that. I've been known
> to slide sideways off my Dr. Scholl's - or any other slide sandal with a
> low heel, for cryin' out loud! So I stick to no more than 1 ½" heels for
> dress shoes, & even then, they can't even be "kitten" heels - the heel has
> to be broad-based, to keep me from losing my balance, & to be able to walk
> with a normal gait.
>
> For everyday, I wear flat slip-ons in the winter (Naturalizers with
> flexible rubber-like soles), & low sandals - usually slides - in the
> summer...
>
> Cathy

I wear Dansko clogs mostly, they make shiny versions for dress-up!
Life is too short to wear uncomfortble shoes (or drink bad wine!)

On Mar 23, 9:34*am, FurPaw <furrealpaw...@gmaildog.com> wrote:
> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...3-STREET_index...
>
> Words for this escape me, leaving me only to gasp, WHY????
>
> FurPaw
> --
> "Every gun that is made, every warship launched,
> every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense
> a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,
> those who are cold and are not clothed."
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * - Dwight D. Eisenhower
>
> To reply, unleash the dogs.


And this is why we will never have a woman President of the United
States. We can't get over ourselves. Menopause is not a disease,
it's supposed to happen. What you do with it is up to you. However
heinous your life before was. Shut up

"FurPaw" <furrealpawdog@gmaildog.com> wrote in message
news:yKGdnffFVbTl13XanZ2dnUVZ_tyknZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Cathy F. wrote:
>> Years ago my principal wore tall spike heels - she always dressed to the
>> nines, & my presnet principal wears them, too. And neither seem(ed) to
>> have any trouble walking up & down the school halls umpteen times/day.
>> How they can do it is beyond me!
>
> I wore 3" heels in high school, but dropped to 2" in college, and then to
> lower and lower stacks, and finally to nothing higher than an 1" around 15
> years ago. I don't know how I could tolerate the high spike heels - and
> they did leave me with a couple of bunions on my little toes.
>
> I had a friend who wore 2.5" heels when running a booth at a trade show.
> As I grimaced in empathic pain, she assured me that they were perfectly
> comfortable. After she hit 40 she got an epiphany, I guess, because then
> she said she owned only athletic shoes, easy spirit flats and birkenstocks
> and wouldn't consider wearing anything else.
-----------
Yeah, me too, never wore flats till my late 30s, used to walk across the
Brooklyn Bridge in spike heels when I was young. I really do mourn the loss
of my ability to wear those pretty little shoes of my youth, but it's just
too painful now. Can't wear *any* clothes that hurt any more.
Eva