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It just broke!!

The strap! I cannot walk without it falling off my foot!!

DISASTER! If only I had some gaffa tape! I am very VERY hard up this week, but I am going to have to get another pair of shoes!* (**) B-b-but how am I going to waddle to the shoe shop!!

ARGH. Talk about MINOR HUMAN DISASTERS and shoes then.

*waaaaah of course yes but it would have been nice to hold off until a few more weeks PAY CASH MONEY WONGA you know?
**I only have one other pair of Werk Shoes and THEY are cheapo Shoe Express-tastic and falling apart too

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

sarah is there a stapler in the vicinity?

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Now do I get another bog standard shoe express pair which will be CHEAP but break soon, or go to Office and get a more expensive pair but which might last me longer than a month or two?

Work shoes are BORING innit.

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)

If work shoes are boring you're not doing it right. Can't you combine gothx0r fuck-me boots with your work attire?

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:51 (twenty-two years ago)

There IS a stapler! I ph34r however it wd be no match for my clodhopping feet!! I might give it a go though.

Cor I'd be RUBBISH if I had to be Crocodile Dundee for a day, he'd just skin a 'gator or something.

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:51 (twenty-two years ago)

PROGRESS REPORT: Stapler does not go through hard-wearing SHOE LEATHER!

Barry what kind of a professional do you think I AM?!

....

DON'T try it...

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:53 (twenty-two years ago)

i knew it was a Sarah thread by the title :)

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:53 (twenty-two years ago)

What? I barely start threads EVER! Now make a helpful suggestion or... *runs about being flustered*

I am CONTEMPLATING getting a CAB to the shoe shop (do they take travelcards then).

This is the most exciting thing that has happened to me today!

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:55 (twenty-two years ago)

What about string? In the olden days they used string to fix everything. String and tar.

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Poor love, reminds me of the time one heel from my chunky high heeled docs fell off when I was wandering up to another office, part way through the working day. I had to divert, hobble off to find a shoe repair place, and convince him that he HAD to repair it, or try and get the other heel off so I could walk properly.

Then in Shuh I had to argue that I couldn't not get it repaired as I had been in the middle of nowhere, midway through a working day, when she tried to argue that she couldn't give me my money back as I'd had it repaired.

― Vicky (Vicky), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:58 (twenty-two years ago)

duct tape or electrical tape!

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 2 February 2004 15:00 (twenty-two years ago)

There is no tape here apart from the mini rolls of sellotape! Those are a non-starter from the word go... the shoe repair bloke across the way won't be able to fix them - I went to him before for a buckle replacement and he couldn't do it so I'd either have to travel and TBH they are getting on a bit and due a retirement...

WHAT A PALARVER!

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 2 February 2004 15:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Has the shoe emergency been fixed?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 2 February 2004 16:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Two staples + mega stapler has now temporarily sealed the gaping void - WILL IT HOLD ALL THE WAY DOWN TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD?? You may well ask, o fair reader(s)! (I might take the stapler with me just in case... if anyone in the WC1 area spots some wino stapling their shoes... it's me!! Waaahey!)

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 2 February 2004 16:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Success with this endeavour!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 2 February 2004 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Stationery will always save the day.

― Archel (Archel), Monday, 2 February 2004 16:42 (twenty-two years ago)

"Always keep a tube of super glue in your pocket"

-excerpt from Abe Lincoln's acceptance speech

― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Monday, 2 February 2004 16:46 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

how much does it cost to get shoes resoled? I have a pair of standard work shoes that I paid $100 for 10 yrs ago (!) and I'm not sure if I should chuck them or take them to a shoe hospital.

― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

Depends on the type of sole. I had a pair of combat boots resoled in...1995 I think...and it was like $20 or something. Are these shoes like hand-stitched by nuns in Italy? High-heeled? How worn are they and where?

All these questions will not help me quote you a price, I'm just curious. But if the upper's still good, you may as well visit a cobbler, I think.

― sgs (sgs), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:40 (nineteen years ago)

yeah they're still in good shape except one sole is starting to get a hole. they're just mid-heel leather pumps. I'd really like to get a rubber sole put on since they're kind of slippery. maybe I'll take them somewhere.

― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

It's always worth getting a pair of beloved shoes repaired.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:47 (nineteen years ago)

Yep. I've got a couple of office shoes that really need attention, but I don't have the funds just yet. I'm worried I've worn them past repair--they're both rather down at heel (correct term?).

Though be warned that newly-repaired soles will likely feel very different at first, but should still be as comfortable as before, and should break in in no time.

― sgs (sgs), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:54 (nineteen years ago)

You can always have the heel lifts replaced for less money without resoling the rest. Because for most people, heels wear down faster. I usually get mine done at this sort of pricey place (because it's in midtown by my office and I'm lazy) and new lifts are still less than $10.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 24 April 2006 21:23 (nineteen years ago)

three years pass...

Ever fixed a shoe? Let's talk cobblers

― admrl, Thursday, 12 November 2009 03:55 (sixteen years ago)

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