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Weekend Parties and Shoe Laces
Monday, November 17th, 2003 01:05 amSo that was the weekend.
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caffeine_fairy had her slightly belated birthday party on Saturday evening, and fun it was, too. Sadly I had to leave earlier than I should have liked - when the old back is behaving, Tooting Bec to Clapham is a walkable distance, taking a little over an hour. Right now it's a question of making sure that public transport is available. The Tube is, of course, very uiseful, but unlike most other countris London's transport system largely closes down around midnight. Granted there are busses all night, but drivers going into London don't seem to like stopping to pick up passengers unless you happen to be at the terminus.
Therefore, back earlier than strictly necessary. Ho-hum.
There's something odd about training shoes.
Companies like Nike and Adidas invest millions developing the most comfortable, ergonomic and in the eyes of some, stylish shoes. If you want to run across Siberia it's likely that you can get a pair especialy designed for the job.
But.
For all the money that goes on development, not a penny is spent on the laces. Laces seem to be available in one length - about 3 feet. So when you buy new trainers you end up having to think of clever ways of tying them. Because they're new, you don't want to trim the laces back to a sensible length.
Of course, there comes a time whereby you get sick and tired of the laces trailing all over the place so you trim them. And for all the money spent on shore design, no-one's ever come up with a gadget to put the little plastic ends back on. This means that you then have to try and lace your shoes back up with a quarter inch-wide lace and one-eighth inch lace hole. And nine times out of ten it takes about a half hour before a single strand goes through, and then the rest of the lace bunches up behind the hole.
And that's why this country needs strong gun control laws.
caffeine_fairy had her slightly belated birthday party on Saturday evening, and fun it was, too. Sadly I had to leave earlier than I should have liked - when the old back is behaving, Tooting Bec to Clapham is a walkable distance, taking a little over an hour. Right now it's a question of making sure that public transport is available. The Tube is, of course, very uiseful, but unlike most other countris London's transport system largely closes down around midnight. Granted there are busses all night, but drivers going into London don't seem to like stopping to pick up passengers unless you happen to be at the terminus.Therefore, back earlier than strictly necessary. Ho-hum.
There's something odd about training shoes.
Companies like Nike and Adidas invest millions developing the most comfortable, ergonomic and in the eyes of some, stylish shoes. If you want to run across Siberia it's likely that you can get a pair especialy designed for the job.
But.
For all the money that goes on development, not a penny is spent on the laces. Laces seem to be available in one length - about 3 feet. So when you buy new trainers you end up having to think of clever ways of tying them. Because they're new, you don't want to trim the laces back to a sensible length.
Of course, there comes a time whereby you get sick and tired of the laces trailing all over the place so you trim them. And for all the money spent on shore design, no-one's ever come up with a gadget to put the little plastic ends back on. This means that you then have to try and lace your shoes back up with a quarter inch-wide lace and one-eighth inch lace hole. And nine times out of ten it takes about a half hour before a single strand goes through, and then the rest of the lace bunches up behind the hole.
And that's why this country needs strong gun control laws.