[B] Shoe event horizon
Nemo
http://nymag.com/health/features/46213/
Especially I smiled at "...in fact wearing shoes simply creates the
need for wearing shoes."
.../Nemo
Tian
However, I have a shoe event or two coming up in my world:
1) A cobbler has just finished making a pair of shoes for me. I can't
take possession of them until I pay for them though. He wants cash.
plastic, which I could pull out and plop down, he hates. Greenbacks
are all he is interested in. That means I gotta get them next week.
2) Eyes Wide Open, a display of boots symbolizing the dead in Iraq,
is coming to this area next weekend. I volunteered for a shift
watching it.
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
4/25: I inaugurated my new brown XXL shirt made in LA that says "the
role of the revolutionary artist is to make revolution irresistible!"
by wearing it in SF's Critical Mass Ride. The weather was just right.
Dave Adalian
news:439b5e21-089e-4103...@b5g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
I'm habitually barefooted. Unless there's some societal pressure to shod my
feet, I go commando, even to the store and library, which pleases my
librarian friend no end since it erks her boss when I don't wear shoes among
the stacks.
The article, while I always like to read things like this, is old news.
Researchers have known for years that the chronically barefoot have much
stronger, abler feet, which can make a big difference in one's balance in
later more rickety years.
I don't even wear shoes when I ride my treadmill or go hiking. When I am
forced to wear shoes I always try to get away with sandals. Confusius say:
To the man who always wears shoes, the world is covered in leather.
Society for Barefoot Living:
-- Dave
MEow
> I'm habitually barefooted. Unless there's some societal pressure to
> shod my feet, I go commando, even to the store and library, which
> pleases my librarian friend no end since it erks her boss when I don't
> wear shoes among the stacks.
>
> The article, while I always like to read things like this, is old
> news. Researchers have known for years that the chronically barefoot
> have much stronger, abler feet, which can make a big difference in
> one's balance in later more rickety years.
>
That doesn't surprise me at all, but you must live in a place where it's at
least fairly warm and the streets at least relatively clean without much
garbage, broken glass etc...
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Dave Adalian
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> Dave Adalian spoke thusly:
>
>> I'm habitually barefooted. Unless there's some societal pressure to
>> shod my feet, I go commando, even to the store and library, which
>> pleases my librarian friend no end since it erks her boss when I don't
>> wear shoes among the stacks.
>>
>> The article, while I always like to read things like this, is old
>> news. Researchers have known for years that the chronically barefoot
>> have much stronger, abler feet, which can make a big difference in
>> one's balance in later more rickety years.
>>
> That doesn't surprise me at all, but you must live in a place where it's
> at
> least fairly warm and the streets at least relatively clean without much
> garbage, broken glass etc...
>
Well, I do live in California, but it does get fairly cold and very wet in
the winter, so I wear shoes then, as I do if I'm laboring. But, I prefer to
go barefoot despite the hazards. When I was young I took judo lessons, and
they taught us to stand with our feet apart, to make us harder to knock
over, and to sweep our feet on the ground as we walk since a sweeping motion
of the foot is one of the ways to knock someone else over. Sweeping your
feet on the ground as you walk also has the benefit of moving anything you
might step on out of the way, though the sound can annoy some.
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Tian
so many hours on so many payrolls, I've gotten out of the habit. That
being said, I don't put on shoes till I leave home, and usually take
them off as soon as I get back here. As I type this, my feet are naked.
I can see my toes with only a little turning of my eyes to the left from
the monitor I'm reading these words on.
MEow
> There was a time when I was barefoot most of the time. Since being
> shod so many hours on so many payrolls, I've gotten out of the habit.
> That being said, I don't put on shoes till I leave home, and usually
> take them off as soon as I get back here. As I type this, my feet are
> naked. I can see my toes with only a little turning of my eyes to the
> left from the monitor I'm reading these words on.
>
Where I'm from, it's normal to take off your shoes when entering someone's
private home whether it be your own or someone else's. It's my impression
that the same thing goes in the other Scandinavian countries too. Then
again: we have very well insulated homes, so we have it warmer indoors than
countries further south.
Rasmus Bøg Hansen
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>> There was a time when I was barefoot most of the time. Since being
>> shod so many hours on so many payrolls, I've gotten out of the habit.
>> That being said, I don't put on shoes till I leave home, and usually
>> take them off as soon as I get back here. As I type this, my feet are
>> naked. I can see my toes with only a little turning of my eyes to the
>> left from the monitor I'm reading these words on.
>>
> Where I'm from, it's normal to take off your shoes when entering someone's
> private home whether it be your own or someone else's. It's my impression
> that the same thing goes in the other Scandinavian countries too. Then
> again: we have very well insulated homes, so we have it warmer indoors than
> countries further south.
My impression is the same. People in old, badly insulated houses tend
to wear indoor-shoes; I have never done that.
When I get up in the morning I often do not put on socks (and never
shoes before I leave home) and I often take them off when I get home.
I never leave home without shoes (the streets are not clean enough to
make me trust them), though I use sandals when it gets warm enough
outside.
--
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They stop working properly if you open windows.
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Nemo
> MEow <nikittari...@yahoo.se> hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
> >> There was a time when I was barefoot most of the time. Since being
> >> shod so many hours on so many payrolls, I've gotten out of the habit.
> >> That being said, I don't put on shoes till I leave home, and usually
> >> take them off as soon as I get back here. As I type this, my feet are
> >> naked. I can see my toes with only a little turning of my eyes to the
> >> left from the monitor I'm reading these words on.
>
> > Where I'm from, it's normal to take off your shoes when entering someone's
> > private home whether it be your own or someone else's. It's my impression
> > that the same thing goes in the other Scandinavian countries too. Then
> > again: we have very well insulated homes, so we have it warmer indoors than
> > countries further south.
>
> My impression is the same. People in old, badly insulated houses tend
> to wear indoor-shoes; I have never done that.
Sadly, this is the norm in Australia it seems> Partly the bad
insulation (that is changing), but mainly the shoes-accepted indoors
is the norm.
It's possible that part of this is our outdoorsy style culture,
combined with common barefoot unfriendly ground (especially:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soliva_sessilis ), leading to a lack of
indoors/outdoors seperation. Outdoorsy shoes win out (or
alternatively, thongs (flip flops) and crocs style gain popularity.
I was a barefooter alot in uni, but have gotten bad habits in the
years since. :(
> When I get up in the morning I often do not put on socks (and never
> shoes before I leave home) and I often take them off when I get home.
That's my laziness, not remembering to take shoes off :(
> I never leave home without shoes (the streets are not clean enough to
> make me trust them), though I use sandals when it gets warm enough
> outside.
*nods* All the same here - though I have leather-soled fluffy-bunny
slippers which I wear up to the shops from time to time, to the
occasional look of amusement :)
.../Nemo
MEow
>> When I get up in the morning I often do not put on socks (and never
>> shoes before I leave home) and I often take them off when I get home.
>
> That's my laziness, not remembering to take shoes off :(
>
I have a strong prefence for sitting with my legs crossed, even when I sit
in a chair (or else I like to sit with my legs bend, so my feet get in the
chair anyway), so I quickly remember it if I forgot it when I got home.
Tian
> Nemo spoke thusly:
>
>>> When I get up in the morning I often do not put on socks (and never
>>> shoes before I leave home) and I often take them off when I get home.
>> That's my laziness, not remembering to take shoes off :(
>>
> I have a strong prefence for sitting with my legs crossed, even when I sit
> in a chair (or else I like to sit with my legs bend, so my feet get in the
> chair anyway), so I quickly remember it if I forgot it when I got home.
>
usually.
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
4/29: I wore my new shoes to the teach in on the Middle East
in San Jose. It was the first time they left Mountain View,
since they were made here last week by a cobbler with a shop
downtown. He's the one eating my economic stimulus package money.
Dave Adalian
news:fvab3...@enews2.newsguy.com...
> MEow wrote:
>> Nemo spoke thusly:
>>
>>>> When I get up in the morning I often do not put on socks (and never
>>>> shoes before I leave home) and I often take them off when I get home.
>>> That's my laziness, not remembering to take shoes off :(
>>>
>> I have a strong prefence for sitting with my legs crossed, even when I
>> sit in a chair (or else I like to sit with my legs bend, so my feet get
>> in the chair anyway), so I quickly remember it if I forgot it when I got
>> home.
>>
> I get the shoes off fairly quickly, but the sox stay on until bed time
> usually.
>
I only keep socks on in cool weather, and then only reluctantly since it
wears them out so quickly.
Tian
> Surely you've seen those funny emails about how hard it is to do
> something productive with that money that mainstream media rumors
> claim is coming our way. I've thought about what would be a good
> investment for it, and this is what I came up with:
>
> http://tian.greens.org/MountainView/My/Nook/NewShoes.shtml
>
> Actually, I was due for shoes. The timing was just a coincidence.
> I was hoping to have them for Earth Day, so I could brag about
> my locally made footwear while tabling. Unfortunately, the cobbler
> slipped his schedule like everybody else in this valley. They are
> here now though.
>
As you can see, even cobblers in Silicon Valley like the sound of
whooshing deadlines going by...
Dave Adalian
I enjoyed your shoe story and it sounds like you enjoyed the process of
having a pair of custom shoes made. But, I don't think those shoes, the
ones you bought as a teenager, are out of production. Unless I'm way off
base, those are Clarks England Walabees, and you can still buy them. The
shoe you like is the Clarks Original Wallabee Oxford for Men Sand Suede
Leather:
They've got several styles for men and women in the Originals line, and a
lot of newer designs.
http://www.clarks-wallabees.com/index.htm
-- Dave
Tian
that page and indeed, those shoes do look like my faves. However, if you
look in the sizes avaliable, you will find that the only width available
is "M", which means "too narrow for me." I tried those somewhere back
there, and they weren't for me. The size I wanted was "WW" Nice try though.
I googled "Sebago Roamers", and I found lots of evidence that they once
existed, but none that I could buy a pair somewhere. What good is an ad
for them from 1969 on eBay?
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
"In California, we say don't wait for Washington, because Washington is
asleep at the wheel" Governor Schwarzenegger on climate change progress.
Rasmus Bøg Hansen
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> I googled "Sebago Roamers", and I found lots of evidence that they once
> existed, but none that I could buy a pair somewhere. What good is an ad
> for them from 1969 on eBay?
If you buy a 39 year old ad for a pair of shoes you *really* liked
those shoes :-)
Speaking of shoe event horizon, I saw an ad on a cab where you could
win "3 years worth of shoes" worth 47.000kr (around 4500 GBP).
Perhaps it's just my buying few and cheap shoes (I guess I buy two
pairs worth each 40 GBP) during a three year period - but I see it as
a big move against the shoe event horizon...
I know, of course, that designer choes can be very expensive, but even
normal shoes in the expensive end (to my knowledge) is 200 GBP -
that's 20 pairs of shoes during three years - or 6 a year. I wouldn't
be able to come even close to wearing those out :-)
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] -------------------------------------
Defense??
What am I to defend??
Am I in war??
Lloyd Gilbert
wrote:
>Dave Adalian spoke thusly:
>
>> I'm habitually barefooted. Unless there's some societal pressure to
>> shod my feet, I go commando, even to the store and library, which
>> pleases my librarian friend no end since it erks her boss when I don't
>> wear shoes among the stacks.
>>
>> The article, while I always like to read things like this, is old
>> news. Researchers have known for years that the chronically barefoot
>> have much stronger, abler feet, which can make a big difference in
>> one's balance in later more rickety years.
>>
>That doesn't surprise me at all, but you must live in a place where it's at
>least fairly warm and the streets at least relatively clean without much
>garbage, broken glass etc...
Following this discussion, and the recently much warmer weather in the
UK, I've tried going barefoot in the evenings when I've got home from
work.
So far it's generally been a comfortable experience, except for the
toenail I half-ripped off....
Lloyd
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Dave Adalian
wrote in message news:stge24dluip472f3o...@4ax.com...
Erm. Ouch. How'd that happen?
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Lloyd Gilbert
<dave.a...@PLZNOSPAMsbcglobal.net> wrote:
>"Lloyd Gilbert" <afda.i...@invalid.zanoop.invalid.org.invalid.uk.invalid>
>wrote in message news:stge24dluip472f3o...@4ax.com...
>>
>> Following this discussion, and the recently much warmer weather in the
>> UK, I've tried going barefoot in the evenings when I've got home from
>> work.
>>
>> So far it's generally been a comfortable experience, except for the
>> toenail I half-ripped off....
>
>Erm. Ouch. How'd that happen?
As is the way of this sort of thing: it was entirely my own stupid
fault.
I often incessantly pick at things. Like hangnails on my thumbs - I
typically have a plaster wrapped around at least one thumb to stop me
worrying a hangnail to the point of creating an open, bleeding wound
with an exposed nerve. It's something to do with my skin, I think.
Anyway, with all these new-found toes sticking out the end of my feet
(rather than being safely protected inside socks and/or slippers), I
was sat on the rocking chair, watching the telly, idly picking at my
toe nails. Until I managed to accidentally tear one below the quick,
at which point I uttered a yelp and then took closer look. And saw
that my only recourse was likely to continue the tear all the way
across the toe. Which is what I grimaced and did in a swift
yank'n'yell manoeuvre.
Dave Adalian
wrote in message news:86ah24dgqb3274nbm...@4ax.com...
You've made my toes try to crawl up into my feet. What an odd sensation.
Tian
> "Lloyd Gilbert" <afda.i...@invalid.zanoop.invalid.org.invalid.uk.invalid>
> wrote in message news:86ah24dgqb3274nbm...@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 11 May 2008 20:18:45 -0700, "Dave Adalian"
>> <dave.a...@PLZNOSPAMsbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>> "Lloyd Gilbert"
>>> <afda.i...@invalid.zanoop.invalid.org.invalid.uk.invalid>
>>> wrote in message news:stge24dluip472f3o...@4ax.com...
>>>> Following this discussion, and the recently much warmer weather in the
>>>> UK, I've tried going barefoot in the evenings when I've got home from
>>>> work.
>>>>
>>>> So far it's generally been a comfortable experience, except for the
>>>> toenail I half-ripped off....
>>> Erm. Ouch. How'd that happen?
>> As is the way of this sort of thing: it was entirely my own stupid
>> fault.
>>
>> I often incessantly pick at things. Like hangnails on my thumbs - I
>> typically have a plaster wrapped around at least one thumb to stop me
>> worrying a hangnail to the point of creating an open, bleeding wound
>> with an exposed nerve. It's something to do with my skin, I think.
I've mastered the skill of biting off just the hangnail. The trick is to
kind of spit on it a bit and then wait, keeping it wet, until it's soft.
Then gnawing it off just takes positioning your teeth so they mash the
think sticking out just right. I find the pointed teeth between molars
and front teeth to be perfect for the job.
>>
>> Anyway, with all these new-found toes sticking out the end of my feet
>> (rather than being safely protected inside socks and/or slippers), I
>> was sat on the rocking chair, watching the telly, idly picking at my
>> toe nails. Until I managed to accidentally tear one below the quick,
>> at which point I uttered a yelp and then took closer look. And saw
>> that my only recourse was likely to continue the tear all the way
>> across the toe. Which is what I grimaced and did in a swift
>> yank'n'yell manoeuvre.
>>
>
> You've made my toes try to crawl up into my feet. What an odd sensation.
>
Mine curled under like fists.
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
5/10: I spent a few hours teaching fogheads what goes in the compost at
KaBOOM! This was interesting because KFOG paid extra for compostable
cups, plates, and flatware. I basically stood between them and the trash
saying "COMPOST!" "COMPOST!" "COMPOST!" while pointing to the compost
bin. One woman called me a recycling god. Many others said nice things.
Lloyd Gilbert
>Dave Adalian wrote:
>> "Lloyd Gilbert" <afda.i...@invalid.zanoop.invalid.org.invalid.uk.invalid>
>> wrote in message news:86ah24dgqb3274nbm...@4ax.com...
>>
>>> I often incessantly pick at things. Like hangnails on my thumbs - I
>>> typically have a plaster wrapped around at least one thumb to stop me
>>> worrying a hangnail to the point of creating an open, bleeding wound
>>> with an exposed nerve. It's something to do with my skin, I think.
>
>I've mastered the skill of biting off just the hangnail. The trick is to
>kind of spit on it a bit and then wait, keeping it wet, until it's soft.
>Then gnawing it off just takes positioning your teeth so they mash the
>think sticking out just right. I find the pointed teeth between molars
>and front teeth to be perfect for the job.
I find it difficult to arrange my teeth and a digit with errant
hangnail so that I can get the hangnail effectively with the teeth.
>>> Anyway, with all these new-found toes sticking out the end of my feet
>>> (rather than being safely protected inside socks and/or slippers), I
>>> was sat on the rocking chair, watching the telly, idly picking at my
>>> toe nails. Until I managed to accidentally tear one below the quick,
>>> at which point I uttered a yelp and then took closer look. And saw
>>> that my only recourse was likely to continue the tear all the way
>>> across the toe. Which is what I grimaced and did in a swift
>>> yank'n'yell manoeuvre.
>>
>> You've made my toes try to crawl up into my feet. What an odd sensation.
>>
>Mine curled under like fists.
Oh dear.
Lloyd Gilbert
<dave.a...@PLZNOSPAMsbcglobal.net> wrote:
>"Lloyd Gilbert" <afda.i...@invalid.zanoop.invalid.org.invalid.uk.invalid>
>wrote in message news:86ah24dgqb3274nbm...@4ax.com...
>>
>> Anyway, with all these new-found toes sticking out the end of my feet
>> (rather than being safely protected inside socks and/or slippers), I
>> was sat on the rocking chair, watching the telly, idly picking at my
>> toe nails. Until I managed to accidentally tear one below the quick,
>> at which point I uttered a yelp and then took closer look. And saw
>> that my only recourse was likely to continue the tear all the way
>> across the toe. Which is what I grimaced and did in a swift
>> yank'n'yell manoeuvre.
>
>You've made my toes try to crawl up into my feet. What an odd sensation.
I'm reminded of the description of going into hyperspace... ;-)
Tian
> On Tue, 13 May 2008 17:14:41 -0700, Tian <tnha...@aceweb.com> wrote:
>
>> Dave Adalian wrote:
>>> "Lloyd Gilbert" <afda.i...@invalid.zanoop.invalid.org.invalid.uk.invalid>
>>> wrote in message news:86ah24dgqb3274nbm...@4ax.com...
>>>
>>>> I often incessantly pick at things. Like hangnails on my thumbs - I
>>>> typically have a plaster wrapped around at least one thumb to stop me
>>>> worrying a hangnail to the point of creating an open, bleeding wound
>>>> with an exposed nerve. It's something to do with my skin, I think.
>> I've mastered the skill of biting off just the hangnail. The trick is to
>> kind of spit on it a bit and then wait, keeping it wet, until it's soft.
>> Then gnawing it off just takes positioning your teeth so they mash the
>> think sticking out just right. I find the pointed teeth between molars
>> and front teeth to be perfect for the job.
>
> I find it difficult to arrange my teeth and a digit with errant
> hangnail so that I can get the hangnail effectively with the teeth.
>
Rasmus Bøg Hansen
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>>>> Following this discussion, and the recently much warmer weather in the
>>>>> UK, I've tried going barefoot in the evenings when I've got home from
>>>>> work.
>>>>>
>>>>> So far it's generally been a comfortable experience, except for the
>>>>> toenail I half-ripped off....
>>>> Erm. Ouch. How'd that happen?
>>> As is the way of this sort of thing: it was entirely my own stupid
>>> fault.
>>>
>>> I often incessantly pick at things. Like hangnails on my thumbs - I
>>> typically have a plaster wrapped around at least one thumb to stop me
>>> worrying a hangnail to the point of creating an open, bleeding wound
>>> with an exposed nerve. It's something to do with my skin, I think.
>
> I've mastered the skill of biting off just the hangnail. The trick is to
> kind of spit on it a bit and then wait, keeping it wet, until it's soft.
> Then gnawing it off just takes positioning your teeth so they mash the
> think sticking out just right. I find the pointed teeth between molars
> and front teeth to be perfect for the job.
I see I am not alone having such stupid habits. I hate hurting myself
this way but somehow it is terribly hard to stop doing it.
I have realized that whatever technique I use, it won't get any
better, so I try to use a nail cutter before I happen to gnaw it off
with my teeth or picking it off...
Doesn't the lady in the house despise that (would that be Aunt Lloyd
in the case of Uncle Lloyd)? My Nice Norwegian comes rather close to
killing me every now and then...
>>> Anyway, with all these new-found toes sticking out the end of my feet
>>> (rather than being safely protected inside socks and/or slippers), I
>>> was sat on the rocking chair, watching the telly, idly picking at my
>>> toe nails. Until I managed to accidentally tear one below the quick,
>>> at which point I uttered a yelp and then took closer look. And saw
>>> that my only recourse was likely to continue the tear all the way
>>> across the toe. Which is what I grimaced and did in a swift
>>> yank'n'yell manoeuvre.
>>>
>>
>> You've made my toes try to crawl up into my feet. What an odd sensation.
>>
> Mine curled under like fists.
This part became a bit gross :-)
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As soon as g95 can parse all of the statements correctly, it will be in
the 'larva' state. When we generate code, the 'pupa' state. When g95 is
done, we'll see if it will be a beautiful butterfly, or just a big
bug....
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