Toes…..

Cars of Art:

1955 Buick Special the low end Buick

 

Now for tonight:

Below is something like mine

 

Are your toes pretty?  Mine aren’t. I have a crooked big toe and bunions. Sherry & I went to a ‘boot camp’ in Damascus, VA while hiking the AT. The ‘boot camp’ was to produce the ultimate custom boot inserts while selling boots also.

The manager was a man with terribly miss shaped toes.  He gave a lecture of foot care as he massaged his feet as he said every hiker should do. After the lecture each hiker was given a chance to see how the new insole would protect your feet. If you bought the insole and boots they would use specific tools for the job and make the boot fit your feet like a glove.

 

 

When the young fellow looked at my feet he called the manager to see what he had to deal with. I just laughed. It wasn’t news to me I had seen my toes most days of my life. I was there to see if they could do something about the ‘burning’ sensation I get after walking 5-6 miles. The manager assured me the inserts would HELP my feet but not prevent the burning, so I passed.

He would have really flipped if I had too many toes to display!



My Sherry got a pair of inserts and I think still has them today but does not use them. She has switched to ‘Vionic’ shoes and says they help her back and knees ‘bunches’.

I contend that my ‘super feet’ inserts are just as good. I still have the original ones I bought on our first hike.

Toes? Yep with today’s shoe styles, flip flop style, toes are on display.  Today during Sherry’s yearly physical as I waited, I people watched.  I was amazed at the ‘crooked or mis-shaped’ toes.  Mostly in older people, caused by our shoes during childhood and youth.  Some of us ruined our feet.

I think the older people with the best shaped feet are the ones who went barefooted most of the summer. I didn’t go barefooted extended  periods and I have always disliked sandals.

I had never seen the between the toe shoe until I joined the USMC and was issued ‘shower shoes’.  It is actually one of the best for the feet I think, I could never get used to them. They were always, just shower shoes. They sold for 50 cents a pair.

There are many countries that practically all shoes are the ‘shower shoe’ design. I wish I was comfortable in them.

Do not get me wrong, I am glad some people are not so self-conscience they will not wear what they would like to because they are ashamed of their feet and toes.

 

Nite Shipslog

Imma get me some of these shoes and have perfect toes!