[Magdalen] And Did These Feet in Ancient (50 years) Times

[Jay Weigel]

I refused to buy my daughter a Barbie or any Barbie accoutrements, and I
told her I wouldn't. She accepted that at face value. Oddly, she never
asked her grandparents for any such either. She finally got a Barbie as a
birthday gift when she was 8 from one of her friends. I think she bought
one other with some money she was given, and traded for some clothes for
them, but she never was really interested in them. She had much preferred
her Cabbage Patch, Real Baby, and My Child dolls, but after the age of 8 or
9 she was not into dolls at all, preferring books and sports.

On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 5:21 PM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:

> I live in Birkenstocks and Birk clones.  Alegria makes some kewl Birk-ish
> shoes.
>
> I do like the idea of Gender Confused Barbies.  I remember when Barbies
> came out.  I loathed and despised them on sight.
>
> Molly
>
> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no
> other way. -- Mark Twain
>
> > On Jun 6, 2015, at 4:15 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Odd, I have no problem finding flats. None at all. They aren't always the
> > most stylish shoes in the room, but I don't have any trouble finding
> them,
> > whether dressy or plain. My favorite shoe store is DSW but the closest
> one
> > is in Richmond.
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 3:56 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> > oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> My beloved spouse cannot wear heels.  It's a real problem finding
> shoes.  A
> >> major, major pain.  You would think that folks selling shoes would know
> a
> >> potentially rich market when they see it, but nah..
> >>
> >> There is a clandestine cult -- a religious bent -- that steps in and
> stops
> >> it whenever anyone tries to market sensible clothes or shoes for women.
> >> Gosh but they're good.
> >>
> >> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> >> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not
> preserved,
> >> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> >>
> >>> On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I don't wear heels. Ever. Last time I did was at my friend Christie's
> >>> wedding, and they were very small ones, 1 1/2 inches. I have since sent
> >>> them to Goodwill. I am old enough to dress as I please.
> >>>
> >>> My brother the doctor has always worn cowboy boots. He's quite short
> but
> >> I
> >>> don't think that's the reason. He says they're just the most
> comfortable
> >>> for him. He's also bowlegged. Of course now that he's had bilateral
> knee
> >>> replacements he may not, at least not for the foreseeable future.
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> >>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> In a message dated 6/6/2015 10:07:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> >>>> jguthrie at pipeline.com writes:
> >>>>
> >>>> The new  Barbie has a flexible ankle, freeing her from those high
> heels
> >>>> she' been
> >>>> forced to wear for the past 50  years!>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Achilles tendonitis city.
> >>>>
> >>>> I honestly don't know how women can keep from falling over in some
> >>>> of these spikes.  There were middle-aged women at the local VAMC
> >>>> who habitually wore 4" heels.  When I sometimes asked  about why they
> >>>> tolerated the heels, the answer was usually along the lines that the
> >>> heels
> >>>> made them feel "feminine and sexy."
> >>>>
> >>>> I used to wear cowboy boots routinely, and had a large collection of
> >>> them
> >>>> until their 2" - 3" heels gave me Achilles tendonitis.
> >>>>
> >>>> I dated a black woman entertainer for many years, and she could
> >>>> dance and do cartwheels with her 4" pumps on stage.
> >>>>
> >>>> I should write a book.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> David Strang.
> >>
>