Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little

[Cousin Jack]

Buying something, being really pleased with it. So pleased that when the time comes buying it again. Only to find the ards have 'engineered out the costs'. ie saved on production costs by using cheaper materials/reducing functionality - but kept the same retail price.

Someone once asked 'Is there nothing that cannot be made cheaper and with less care?' It seems not.

It could be worse, sometimes they make it worse but charge more! It is after all the "New and Improved" version.

[gremlin]

Flip flops. Shoes of Beelzebub.

Handy when sitting around the pool, but fuck me they hurt my plates after a few days. Been agony for days now and apparently there's a proper name for it: plantar fasciitis.

I'm walking like a fucking cripple at the mo.

[Trinity765]

Flip flops. Shoes of Beelzebub.

Handy when sitting around the pool, but fuck me they hurt my plates after a few days. Been agony for days now and apparently there's a proper name for it: plantar fasciitis.

I'm walking like a fucking cripple at the mo.

I haven't worn them since being a child in the 70s. Used to take the tops of my toes off scraping them on the floor riding my push bike.

[gremlin]

Trouble is, wearing a pair a sensible Clarkes brogues with a pair of budgie smugglers isn't really a look I go for.
I get this pain when walking barefoot as well. Last summer was bad as the weather was great and I just wore shorts around the patio.

To add insult to injury, walking barefoot or in flip flops causes my heel to crack in exactly the same place, causing it to bleed and taking weeks to heal. No matter what creams, gels or ointments (including the one my GP prescribed when I mentioned it to him), the right heel splits open.

My ol' trotters give me all sorts of grief.

[Trinity765]

Trouble is, wearing a pair a sensible Clarkes brogues with a pair of budgie smugglers isn't really a look I go for.

[Count Steer]

Trouble is, wearing a pair a sensible Clarkes brogues with a pair of budgie smugglers isn't really a look I go for.
I get this pain when walking barefoot as well. Last summer was bad as the weather was great and I just wore shorts around the patio.

To add insult to injury, walking barefoot or in flip flops causes my heel to crack in exactly the same place, causing it to bleed and taking weeks to heal. No matter what creams, gels or ointments (including the one my GP prescribed when I mentioned it to him), the right heel splits open.

My ol' trotters give me all sorts of grief.

Fallen arches (probably). They make pool sliders with arch support. Flip-flops are awful and a safety hazard. Some Topsiders might be worth a look. Pricey but they were aimed at sailing so should be better for moving around safely and comfortably.

[gremlin]

Trouble is, wearing a pair a sensible Clarkes brogues with a pair of budgie smugglers isn't really a look I go for.

Never has the 'Alpen' smiley been more needed...

[gremlin]

Fallen arches (probably).

Does this mean I won't be getting my conscription papers?

[Taipan]

Flip flops. Shoes of Beelzebub.

Handy when sitting around the pool, but fuck me they hurt my plates after a few days. Been agony for days now and apparently there's a proper name for it: plantar fasciitis.

I'm walking like a fucking cripple at the mo.

The answer in one URL below. Superb arch support and all day comfortable.

https://www2.next.co.uk/style/st690256/476872#476872

[Count Steer]

Fallen arches (probably).

Does this mean I won't be getting my conscription papers?

Probably get you off jury service too.

PS I probably should have said Sperry Topsiders.

[slowsider]

Trouble is, wearing a pair a sensible Clarkes brogues with a pair of budgie smugglers isn't really a look I go for.

You've just got to own it;


As for cracked heels, have you tried Flexitol?

[cheb]

Lose the budgie smugglers and just wear the shoes. Or add a collar and cuffs and try to pass yourself off as a Chippendale.

[gremlin]

try to pass yourself off as a Chippendale.

I weigh about the same as a fucking wardrobe, so shouldn't be too difficult.

[Skub]

It's to be a dry and sunny week,yet everywhere is blanketed in a thick fog making my early morning bike rides a no-no.

Fukstix.

I think I'd be more content if they told me it would rain all week.

[Taipan]

Went to a family party at the weekend. My daughter now has covid and i'm displaying symptoms. Two other people from the party have covid as well, both anti-vaxxers, who have been in and out of hospital for various (unrelated) tests. One of which is my sister and the other is her boyfriend. Thanks Sis!

[Rockburner]

Went to a family party at the weekend. My daughter now has covid and i'm displaying symptoms. Two other people from the party have covid as well, both anti-vaxxers, who have been in and out of hospital for various (unrelated) tests. One of which is my sister and the other is her boyfriend. Thanks Sis!

[ogri]

Went to a family party at the weekend. My daughter now has covid and i'm displaying symptoms. Two other people from the party have covid as well, both anti-vaxxers, who have been in and out of hospital for various (unrelated) tests. One of which is my sister and the other is her boyfriend. Thanks Sis!

Midway througth my covid internment, thinking myself lucky to have got away as lightly as i have. Double jabbed ftw!
Hope you and yours get through it ok !

[Ditchfinder]

That you can't use gmail as a proper imap email client. My webmail provider has banned POP3 meaning I have to use their crappy webmail interface on the Chromebook

[Saga Lout]

Picking up yet more windfall apples in the garden has left me wondering:

How on earth did "windfall", something that we don't want, become a metaphor for something good, something that we want?

[Mr. Dazzle]

I always assumed it was some ancient law. Peasants can pick up apples which fall to the ground, but they're not allowed to take them from the tree? Something like that anyway....hence how it now refers to an unexpected bonus.