Shoes and shop

[Benjamin]

> --I agree. The only thing I hate more than shoe shopping is wearing 
> shoes. :-) I'll wear sandals/flip flops, but I can't stand socks 
and shoes. Maybe it's just a regional thing, because none of my 
friends do either.<<

Definitely, wearing shoes is very grim.  Unfortunately I work in a 
science lab (and have just managed to shatter slivers of quartz 
everywhere) so not wearing enclosed shoes is not really an option.  
I used to go barefoot around college when I was a young undergrad 
though - but not at weekends because of all the glass from the bar.

I managed to cut my feet in the river once, and putting shoes on 
being too painful I had to walk for miles (well about 3) through the 
city barefooted.  It took hours, literally, to get all the ingrained 
dirt out.  Didn't get my feet infected though.  But I'm not convinced 
this was related to having my cuts washed with beer.

-Ben, who has go on and on far too much today.