What Stpid Thing Have You Done Today? - Page 17

Not Afraid · 02-10-2010, 09:54 AM

Alex, that sucks but it sure make me laugh this morning.

Strangler Lewis · 02-10-2010, 10:36 AM

Do you have your own bowling shoes and ice skates?

Alex · 02-10-2010, 10:38 AM

Yes to the bowling shoes. No to the ice skates (I haven't ice skated since 1990).

But the idea of a short term rental of shoes doesn't particularly bother me (though if I did ice skate with any frequency I would quickly buy a pair). Not a rational distinction but it's the way it is.

If it were convenient for me to donate a single pair of shoes every two years or so I'd probably work up the energy to do so, but it isn't, I don't particularly want to do it in the first place, so I don't.

I'm also torn by the conflict between being glad that at least poor African villagers have t-shirts and aghast that they'll be wearing Indianapolis Colts Super Bowl Champions 2010 t-shirts.

JWBear · 02-10-2010, 10:45 AM

I got out of bed.

cirquelover · 02-10-2010, 10:45 AM

I'm sorry you have to buy new shoes Alex but it made me laugh too!

Alex · 02-10-2010, 11:03 AM

It is a relatively recent addition. I won't wear brown shoes with black pants. So I just never owned black pants. But as I am slowly forced to dress better at work and don't get to wear jeans any more, I grew weary of tan pants.

But it is the story of my adult life that it has been a slow accumulation of unnecessary shoes. I'm up to three pairs in relatively common use: black Rockports, brown Rockports, Saucony sneakers. I also own bowling shoes (not used in several years), dress shoes (not used in years), and hiking boots (used only a few times a year, hiking is usually done in the sneakers).

The thought that I own six pairs of shoes is equally flabbergasting to me as it may be to you.

Morrigoon · 02-18-2010, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

It is a relatively recent addition. I won't wear brown shoes with black pants. So I just never owned black pants. But as I am slowly forced to dress better at work and don't get to wear jeans any more, I grew weary of tan pants.

But it is the story of my adult life that it has been a slow accumulation of unnecessary shoes. I'm up to three pairs in relatively common use: black Rockports, brown Rockports, Saucony sneakers. I also own bowling shoes (not used in several years), dress shoes (not used in years), and hiking boots (used only a few times a year, hiking is usually done in the sneakers).

The thought that I own six pairs of shoes is equally flabbergasting to me as it may be to you.

This doesn't surprise the women on this board in the least. I have more than 6 pairs just downstairs (eg: in "immediate rotation")

Chernabog · 02-17-2010, 02:22 PM

I should have gotten the swine flu, but here I am, right as rain, and here at work. See, totally stupid.

Gemini Cricket · 02-17-2010, 02:33 PM

Side note:

There's this song called "Right as Rain" by Adele that is simply wonderful. It's one of my favorite songs right now.

JWBear · 02-18-2010, 12:08 PM

I came back from vacation...

02-10-2010, 09:54 AM	#1
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Alex, that sucks but it sure make me laugh this morning.
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Strangler Lewis Doing The Job Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In a state Posts: 3,956	Do you have your own bowling shoes and ice skates? __________________ Live now-pay later. Diner's Club!
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02-10-2010, 10:38 AM	#3
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Yes to the bowling shoes. No to the ice skates (I haven't ice skated since 1990). But the idea of a short term rental of shoes doesn't particularly bother me (though if I did ice skate with any frequency I would quickly buy a pair). Not a rational distinction but it's the way it is. If it were convenient for me to donate a single pair of shoes every two years or so I'd probably work up the energy to do so, but it isn't, I don't particularly want to do it in the first place, so I don't. I'm also torn by the conflict between being glad that at least poor African villagers have t-shirts and aghast that they'll be wearing Indianapolis Colts Super Bowl Champions 2010 t-shirts.
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02-10-2010, 10:45 AM	#4
JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	I got out of bed. __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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cirquelover Cruising around in my automobile... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,617	I'm sorry you have to buy new shoes Alex but it made me laugh too!
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02-10-2010, 11:03 AM	#6
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	It is a relatively recent addition. I won't wear brown shoes with black pants. So I just never owned black pants. But as I am slowly forced to dress better at work and don't get to wear jeans any more, I grew weary of tan pants. But it is the story of my adult life that it has been a slow accumulation of unnecessary shoes. I'm up to three pairs in relatively common use: black Rockports, brown Rockports, Saucony sneakers. I also own bowling shoes (not used in several years), dress shoes (not used in years), and hiking boots (used only a few times a year, hiking is usually done in the sneakers). The thought that I own six pairs of shoes is equally flabbergasting to me as it may be to you.
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02-17-2010, 02:22 PM	#8
Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	I should have gotten the swine flu, but here I am, right as rain, and here at work. See, totally stupid. __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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02-17-2010, 02:33 PM	#9
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Side note: There's this song called "Right as Rain" by Adele that is simply wonderful. It's one of my favorite songs right now.
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02-18-2010, 12:08 PM	#10
JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	I came back from vacation... __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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