shoot trainer / shoe hybrids

[Abitrary]

Ok in the winter, but a nice Italian Loafer for the summer please.

(cheers FF) at last we've got someone thinking about this.

I'm normally a jeans and adidas or puma trainer man, but have some nice shoes for other occasions.

Do you know what I mean about those strappy trainer / shoe things, that are like some foot extension to a david beckham gillette mach 3 advert?

 

[longers]

Do they have thin soles?

 

[bonj2]

Don't try and out-me, me. Just be yourself.

Take a deep breath and try to be constructive. It's not just all about you, don't you know.

bad taste in music.

 

[Abitrary]

Do they have thin soles?

Thin soles, thin tops, and worn by people with very thin imaginations.

I want to stamp on their feet.

 

[MacB]

bit of a tosser tonights Abs, struggling for material?

 

[Abitrary]

bit of a tosser tonights Abs, struggling for material?

thanks for calling me a tosser. You've made me realise what a tosser I am.

If there is any way that I can make it up to you, then please let me know.

 

[longers]

I want to stamp on their feet.

I don't like them much but that's not the fault of the people who buy them, it's the people who design them that are to blame.

I'm glad you toned down the original post as that was over the top.

 

[Abitrary]

 

[MacB]

thanks for calling me a tosser. You've made me realise what a tosser I am.

If there is any way that I can make it up to you, then please let me know.

just a bit gutted, I tune into your threads for a laugh, this one missed for me, but I felt the urge to share

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Have you really thought why elderly chaps buy such shoes? No? Well have you heard of arthritis? It screws up fingers badly (and other bits) so that such people cannot manipulate laces. Carry on ranting though.

 

[longers]

I thought you meant the ones with six leather strips or more sewn onto the sides as "detailing".

Plenty of people find velcro easier to use than laces.

 

[Abitrary]

Have you really thought why elderly chaps buy such shoes? No? Well have you heard of arthritis? It screws up fingers badly (and other bits) so that such people cannot manipulate laces. Carry on ranting though.

If I *ever* caught my dad letting himself down with such shoes, then we'd be on a plane to switzerland.

If you can't use laces, then buy slip-ons, or crocs or something.

I'll be inheriting my dads shoes when he dies, and I always encourage him to buy something a bit nice, gussetted chelsea boots for example.

And yes, he does have arthritis.

 

[Fab Foodie]

(cheers FF) at last we've got someone thinking about this.

I'm normally a jeans and adidas or puma trainer man, but have some nice shoes for other occasions.

Do you know what I mean about those strappy trainer / shoe things, that are like some foot extension to a david beckham gillette mach 3 advert?

Abs, I have to agree with you on this one. They're an abomination... I'm expecting to see many teamed-up this summer with 3/4 length 'trousers' and footie shirts/shorts.

They're probably OK on old people that like beige though.

 

[Gerry Attrick]

If I *ever* caught my dad letting himself down with such shoes, then we'd be on a plane to switzerland.

If you can't use laces, then buy slip-ons, or crocs or something.

I'll be inheriting my dads shoes when he dies, and I always encourage him to buy something a bit nice, gussetted chelsea boots for example.

And yes, he does have arthritis.

..(I think)

 

[Abitrary]

Abs, I have to agree with you on this one. They're an abomination... I'm expecting to see many teamed-up this summer with 3/4 length 'trousers' and footie shirts/shorts.

They're probably OK on old people that like beige though.

uh, thank you (I thought the late night presbyterian whisky sodden scottish lot were going to lynch me).

The worst thing about those shoes is the fact that they don't have decent soles, and you're more likely to twist your ankle.