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  1. davestlouis

    Had an interesting conversation with my father the other day

    We went out to dinner, and he casually mentioned that my great-great-grandfather had been a shoemaker, and did I have an interest in all of his shoemaking tools? I about fell out of my chair. One, I was not aware of the occupations of anyone prior to my grandfathers, and second, I had no idea...
  2. davestlouis

    pleasant surprise at the cobbler today

    I picked up 5 pairs of shoes from my local cobbler, they came back in a large paper Kroger's bag (classy huh?), which is the way this particular vendor has always returned shoes. Anyway, everything looked just fine, until I got to the bottom shoes in the bag. They are an older pair of LL Bean...
  3. davestlouis

    car colors...

    What color car do loungers drive? What is your favorite/preferred color? In my life, the color I've owned the most is black, followed by shades of gray and silver. In my immediate family, between my wife, the kids and myself, we have one charcoal gray, one white, and 3 black.
  4. davestlouis

    shoe goo instead of toe/heel taps

    I'm in the middle of an experiment...we have been using Shoe Goo on my kids' skateboard shoes because they drag them on the ground and tear them up mercilessly. It works great on their shoes, and I got the brilliant idea of using a bead of it on the heels and toes of some older dress shoes...
  5. davestlouis

    gunboats and jeans...can't do it

    One of my 12 year olds has a baseball game tonight at 8:15...too late, but that's just the way it is when there are not enough baseball diamonds. Anyway, it's getting chilly, so I threw on jeans for the first time in probably 6 months. I was going to wear gunboats with the Levi's but I just...
  7. davestlouis

    Octoberfest/Oktoberfest in the US

    My darling wife dragged me to the "Oktoberfest" in a local park Friday night...Obenheimer Express Band playing oompah music under the big tent, people wearing pseudo-lederhosen and drinking beer out of huge clear plastic mugs(no glass containers allowed). There are several Oktoberfest...
  8. davestlouis

    do you have many friends?

    I was reading the "tragic dimensions" thread, and Mav made a reference to having friends. I didn't want to interrupt that thread , so I thought I'd start a new one. How many friends to you have, if any? I'm in my mid-40s, and have many casual acquaintances...people whose kids play sports...
  9. davestlouis

    are your kids bigger than you?

    I had a conversation with harpplayergene recently, and he noted that large shoes are difficult to find in thrift stores, or deadstock. I presume that is because nobody wore such large sizes a generation or two ago. I think I'm a fairly big guy...6ft tall, 225Lbs, size 12 shoe, 18 inch neck...
  10. davestlouis

    old iron

    I bought a GE iron at Goodwill the other night. It's smaller than my "modern" iron, and really slim. Black plastic handle, smurf blue rubberized cord that is really long, has a switch for 120V/230V. It is marked as model H3F49, and is apparently a travel iron. There is a fitting where a...
  11. davestlouis

    people-watching

    I spent Saturday evening at the Homecoming Festival at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in St. Louis, MO...amazing people-watching! I saw a little bit of everything, old folks in their "Sunday best", drunks of every description, lots of t-shirts with phrases printed on them. The best was a...
  13. davestlouis

    Museum of Transportation, ST Louis

    http://transportmuseumassociation.org/ Neat museum, lots of railroad cars and locomotives, some cars, one plane even. If you visit at the right time, they have car shows on the lower parking lot. It's not a huge place, so don't count on spending more than a couple of hours there, but it's a...
  14. davestlouis

    Cincinnati subway

    What, you weren't aware that the Queen City had a subway system? Well, they started building it, and quit part way through. Some of the tunnels are still visible... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Subway
  15. davestlouis

    shopping rant

    I rarely shop for clothing in normal stores, I tend to buy everything at thrift stores, but I got a wild hair today, and went shopping. I'm in my 40s, cleanshaven, ironed white oxford, charcoal wool trousers and shined loafers, so I didn't look like a bum. Store #1, free-standing Jos. A. Bank...
  16. davestlouis

    Gucci horsebit loafers?

    What are your personal opinions about classic Gucci horsebit loafers? I have never owned any, but that may be changing. I always associated them with gray haired guys at the country club...and I'm becoming that guy, slowly but surely.
  17. davestlouis

    Venetian loafers

    I'm having fits finding Venetian-style loafers. These are basically like any other loafer, only there is no strap, no tassel, no kilt, no horsebit, etc, just smooth leather. Allen Edmonds makes a model called Sanibel that is perfect, I'll buy those if I can't find any locally. I had some...
  19. davestlouis

    long commute

    So, how long is everyone's commute, in miles and time? And is it on public transit or private vehicle? My commute is 42 miles each way, during rush hour both ways, except weekends. It takes 50 minutes to get there during the summer when school busses aren't running, and a smidge over an...
  20. davestlouis

    J&M Custom Select shoes

    I was perusing the Johnston and Murphy website this evening, and found their Custom Select, made to order, made in USA line of men's shoes. They are $425 retail. I was under the impression that J&M quit making shoes in the US, which I was apparently wrong about. I also thought they abandoned...
  21. davestlouis

    spade soles on modern shoes

    I see a hint of a spade sole on modern Allen Edmonds, where it curves in at the instep. It seems to me, all one would have to do, with a new shoe, or at the time it was recrafted, would be to add a welt and sole in a spade shape, and, voila, you have a spade sole. Am I missing something...
  22. davestlouis

    shoe construction question

    I bought a pair of Lands' End tassel loafers today at Goodwill for $10, nice soft leather, lined, made in Brazil, "09-04" which I assume is a datestamp. Anyway, my question pertains to the soles and heels...the sole is stitched to the upper to about 2 inches in front of the heel. Should I...
  23. davestlouis

    Craigslist, anybody have luck there?

    I have found several cool items on the local craigslist, anybody else have any success there? My latest purchase was a NIB pair of 80s era Bass tassel Weejuns, with the tissue still stuffed in one of them. These are made in USA, not like the new production. I paid $30...more than I like to...

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