Post #282,650
4/22/07 8:51:15 PM
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At this point I should mention I missed an opportunity.
I think I probably have more shoes than most males. I realized that the other day when I was deciding which to wear as I've just started to try to match them to what I wear, instead of throwing on whichever smelly pair I feel like being comfortable in. It's taken me a marriage separation to get to this point, note.
And yes, when I did wear ties, I tried to match them to my shirt.
But we all know Andrew is full of cliches. :-)
Wade.
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Post #282,653
4/22/07 10:09:58 PM
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You have more than two?
One dress, one casual - that's all most men need. A hard work'n bloke would have a pair of work shoes (or boots) and could be excused for having a dress pair too (the ones he got married in) but beyond that is really a bit much, don't ya think?
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Post #282,655
4/22/07 11:05:41 PM
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I have eight or so.
I've found that there are more shades of causal and dress than just two. :-)
Wade.
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Post #282,660
4/23/07 12:48:49 AM
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Feh, old-skool.
1 x work PPC (steelies)
1 x work formal shoes (brogues)
1 x home casual posh white trainers
1 x home casual posh black trainers
1 x home casual posh shoes brown
1 x home casual posh shoes black
1 x home scruffy trainers
1 x walking boots
Plus assorted random Bad Ideas (too small/let the water in/uncomfortable etc)
Some people might walk the dog/wash the car/do the gardening in either their work shoes or their posh home shoes, but I don't.
Peter
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Post #282,675
4/23/07 4:43:57 AM
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And here they said . . .
. . the metrosexual lifestyle was dead.
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Post #282,681
4/23/07 6:08:45 AM
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Says the man who puts pictures of his crockery on the web.
Peter
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Post #282,716
4/23/07 10:11:20 AM
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Nowhere in "mens fashion" magazines . . .
. . is crockery mentioned. Shoes, however, are a major issue with them. Well, were, since most of those magazines have gone belly up for lack of readership.
What skin lotion do you use?
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Post #283,017
4/25/07 6:55:26 AM
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Reading men's fashion magazines...
...is an activity more metro than I'll ever be.
Peter
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Post #283,034
4/25/07 9:42:34 AM
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How do you know that?
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Post #283,038
4/25/07 10:49:35 AM
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Ive read long descriptions of their demise . . .
. . and why they folded. A big subscription promotion for one arrived in the mail 2 days after they announced end of publication so I read the promo out of curiosity.
Crockery was not a feature, never mind any mention of actually washing it yourself (that'd surely wash off your expensive skin cream too, and could damage your manicure).
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Post #283,074
4/25/07 4:31:36 PM
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Dunno about that skin creme stuff -
But I did purchase once, for all obv reasons of poifect labelling.. a small aerosol can of a substance marketed (in the Box-style of sartorial elegance and cuthless patter) -
Bullshit Repellent
(I did, on one occasion accompany/lead a candidate for this service to its repository, in the basement. The mere miming of a button press constituted my entire rebuttal to a certain hanging-debate. Love. It.)
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Post #282,704
4/23/07 9:27:13 AM
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Well if you're gonna show off and list them all...
1 x casual white sneaker/jogger/walking shoes
1 x older joggers used for garden stuff when I remember I have them
1 x casual light brown not-really-a-jogger soft shoe
1 x leather patterned zip-boots
1 x Colorado hiking-ish boots that takes me 5 minutes to put on
1 x black dress shoes that I haven't work in a long time
1 x less dressy black shoes that I used to wear a lot to work
1 x similar shoes but brown
1 x open sandally things, but by Colorado so they look pretty good
1 x sheepskin 'ugh' boots
Hmm. I wonder what I've forgotten.
Wade.
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Is it enough to breathe
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Post #282,705
4/23/07 9:29:53 AM
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Meh, if we're counting everything...
Brownish comfortable somewhat-like-sneakers-but-less-casual-than-that Sketchers - I wear these pretty much every day.
Black shiny things for wearing with a suit - I can't remember the last time I wore these.
Brown leather for things I don't want to wear with the black - ditto.
White tenny things for working out - *cough* ditto
Moccasins for around the house - every day
Leather boots for rainy/snowy/cold days - a few weeks ago
Ginormous rubber/leather things for shoveling snow - last year
Also assorted older tennis shoes and so on kept for grubby jobs - last year, but it's getting to be that time again.
If you live in LA and don't do anything active, then yes, two pair might be sufficient.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #282,718
4/23/07 10:17:03 AM
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Living in LA, it also helps keep the count down . . .
. . that I don't wear any shoes at all unless I'm leaving the house. I compensate by having only one pair of shoes, Florshiem dress shoes, but I admit I'm contemplating getting a pair of more casual shoes with softer soles.
On the other hand, we needn't count shoes forced on one for special purposes.
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Post #282,668
4/23/07 2:57:42 AM
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Three, up here - add warm boots for mid-winter.
OK, make that four, for those of us with (more or less forced-upon-us) outdoors hobbies: Sandals - for summer biking, outings to the play-park, etc.
Whaddayamean, "old school"?!?
This is, as opposed to those newfangled fashion victims' way, how Men live. (Well, except that four is, admittedly, pretty much at the extreme upper limit.)
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Post #282,683
4/23/07 6:23:41 AM
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Do flip flops count?
In the house;
1x pair no name sneakers
1x pair Coleman work boots
1x pair Red Wing wingtip dress shoes
1x pair dress boots (Cowboy style. Yeehaw!)
1x pair flip flops
In use;
Sneakers in good weather, work boots in bad.
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Post #282,757
4/23/07 2:13:21 PM
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Shoes
Black casual loafers
Brown casual loafers
Winter hikers/shoveling
Tenny runners
sandals
Who needs more?
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