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Post by Lola m on Jun 8, 2011 19:38:05 GMT -5
Have started walking to work again - since last week. It's 1.5 miles one way. Wore a pair of sandals I hadn't worn in awhile though . . . and now MY FEET HURT! Blisters on balls. Not good.[/quote] Worse if you were a guy, though, I imagine... You got there ahead of me. No fair, I was building things. Julia, and now I'm eating cheese and crackers so I can go build a bit more. Hey, Julia! How's the chickens doin'?
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Post by Queen E on Jun 8, 2011 19:55:19 GMT -5
Well, of course, the population sampling has been self-selected down to folks who reach that (online?) publication and are in the mood to answer surveys. So there is that. I think maybe the Friday Night Lights guy would have been a good choice in real life, but Giles was "cool" in that he fought stuff and knew stuff and had a shady background but also: he LOVED Buffy and Willow and Xander. So that might have been the primary factor. As for actually parenting as evidenced in later seasons -- really not that great. I'm gonna guess it was multiple choice, and Rupert won over who-knows-who. I'm sure it was just for fun - and Giles . . . a fun choice! I liked how the Jossverse portrayed good and bad in parents - Joyce and Giles, primarily (Hank too, sorta, and the other Scoobies parents, as well as Angel and Spike's human and vamp parents). It was all writ large due to melodrama and fantastic situation, of course, but still. Very well done. Rupert and Joyce were good parents - not perfect parents by any means, but good parents. I love Band Candy. I need to watch that again sometime. It's been a long while. Not an online publication, and the full title is "Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture." It's usually a pretty good read, although I don't always agree with some of their points. It was just a tidbit of an article, but they were analyzing different father figures on TV and how they fit in to certain types of parenting styles. I'll dig it up and post a bit of it in the next part.
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Post by Michelle on Jun 8, 2011 20:54:44 GMT -5
Worse if you were a guy, though, I imagine... HA! Good one. I have a tip for everyone with sore balls feet: Monistat Soothing Care Chafing Relief Powder-Gel. I'm serious!! You rub it on your feet for hours of chafe-free walking! I used it in DisneyWorld with great success.
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Post by SpringSummers on Jun 8, 2011 21:19:34 GMT -5
Thanks, Karen! I will definitely check it out.
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Post by Michelle on Jun 8, 2011 21:43:54 GMT -5
Thanks, Karen! I will definitely check it out. You bet, Monnie!
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Post by SpringSummers on Jun 8, 2011 22:34:39 GMT -5
Thanks, Karen! I will definitely check it out. You bet, Monnie! LOL! Whoops. It just sounded like Karen - she always has the ideas and tips on this kind of thing.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Jun 9, 2011 7:33:32 GMT -5
Worse if you were a guy, though, I imagine... HA! Good one. There was a funny? Diane *Too tired to care and too broke to pay attention*
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Post by Karen on Jun 9, 2011 9:30:02 GMT -5
LOL! Whoops. It just sounded like Karen - she always has the ideas and tips on this kind of thing.
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Post by rich on Jun 9, 2011 9:56:54 GMT -5
I use cornstarch myself. Not sure how it would work on feet though.
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Jun 9, 2011 10:55:10 GMT -5
You got there ahead of me. No fair, I was building things. Julia, and now I'm eating cheese and crackers so I can go build a bit more. Hey, Julia! How's the chickens doin'? Ian is feeling cramped and neglected, and I need to finish his new coop today or tomorrow; this is complicated by the need to finish the coop for the new chickens no later than Sunday morning. They are all grumpified by the tendency of the weather to go from nice mid-seventies down to windy and uncomfortable 50s overnight. But otherwise, all four hens are laying now, and there's the possibility to get ahead of things on the matter of places to put chickens in the next week, since The Nephew has been helping. Julia, life is tricky when you're trying to hold both ends of the board.
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Jun 9, 2011 10:59:10 GMT -5
The older I get, the more I get schooled on the old soldier's wisdom of clean socks and taking care of your feet, and the old hiker's wisdom of wearing two layers of socks to cut down on blisters: a thin smooth pair and then thicker absorant ones over. Put your day shoes in your pack and wear nice supportive boots or hikers with sockies under while you're walking. On the other hand, that powder sounds good! Julia, now if there was only some magical cure to keep walking on concrete from making my hips hurt.
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Post by Karenwiththeadvice on Jun 9, 2011 11:24:43 GMT -5
The older I get, the more I get schooled on the old soldier's wisdom of clean socks and taking care of your feet, and the old hiker's wisdom of wearing two layers of socks to cut down on blisters: a thin smooth pair and then thicker absorant ones over. Put your day shoes in your pack and wear nice supportive boots or hikers with sockies under while you're walking. On the other hand, that powder sounds good! Julia, now if there was only some magical cure to keep walking on concrete from making my hips hurt. You might try the MBT shoes. They are supposed to strengthen the muscles that support your hips, etc. while you walk on hard surfaces. They are a bit tricky to wear on uneven surfaces, tho, so you do need to wear them a lot on even surfaces (concrete) to get used to them. I need to get back to wearing mine, but they are funky looking and don't blend well in the corporate environment. I get enough looks from sitting on a balance ball!
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Post by karenlolling on Jun 9, 2011 11:25:51 GMT -5
I use cornstarch myself. Not sure how it would work on feet though. Ha! ;D
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Jun 9, 2011 12:41:32 GMT -5
The older I get, the more I get schooled on the old soldier's wisdom of clean socks and taking care of your feet, and the old hiker's wisdom of wearing two layers of socks to cut down on blisters: a thin smooth pair and then thicker absorant ones over. Put your day shoes in your pack and wear nice supportive boots or hikers with sockies under while you're walking. On the other hand, that powder sounds good! Julia, now if there was only some magical cure to keep walking on concrete from making my hips hurt. You might try the MBT shoes. They are supposed to strengthen the muscles that support your hips, etc. while you walk on hard surfaces. They are a bit tricky to wear on uneven surfaces, tho, so you do need to wear them a lot on even surfaces (concrete) to get used to them. I need to get back to wearing mine, but they are funky looking and don't blend well in the corporate environment. I get enough looks from sitting on a balance ball! Tried and rejected: they give me foot cramps just putting them on. I have a whole lot wrong with my feet, and have had since infancy, so shoes I can wear are about .01% of the shoes made on the planet. Julia, which is why I am wearing, at this moment, a pair of ten year old Ariats which are pretty much half mud, even when newly cleaned
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Post by Queen E on Jun 9, 2011 13:05:42 GMT -5
You might try the MBT shoes. They are supposed to strengthen the muscles that support your hips, etc. while you walk on hard surfaces. They are a bit tricky to wear on uneven surfaces, tho, so you do need to wear them a lot on even surfaces (concrete) to get used to them. I need to get back to wearing mine, but they are funky looking and don't blend well in the corporate environment. I get enough looks from sitting on a balance ball! Tried and rejected: they give me foot cramps just putting them on. I have a whole lot wrong with my feet, and have had since infancy, so shoes I can wear are about .01% of the shoes made on the planet. Julia, which is why I am wearing, at this moment, a pair of ten year old Ariats which are pretty much half mud, even when newly cleaned Well, as a weak-ankled, pronating, flat-footed freak, I favor Danskos. I still pronate, but they offer a lot of support for the other two...
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