The Neandertals
by Erik Trinkaus
and Pat ShipmanThe Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve
Posted on 08/24/2005 10:06:07 PM PDT by LibWhacker
Sorry I didn't ping you to this. For some reason, I thought you had pinged me here in the first place.
The Neandertals
by Erik Trinkaus
and Pat ShipmanThe Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve
Is that the *sole* reason?
Well, if you get blisters from ill fitting shoes, I hope they *heel*.
I'd bet money it was a woman...
Shoes for bound feet, 19th century, China. They are 3 1/2 inches long!
aquadextrous (ak'w -dek'str s). 1. (adj.) Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub faucet on and off with your toes.
I read an article years ago that claimed ancient Romans had exceedingly long toes. I guess this guy didn't read the article or check out any Roman statues.
I feel like such a heel about it. I'll try to make sure it's the "last" time something like this happens. If I seem to be pestering you, I hope you don't assume I'm a wanton "vamp", but if you do, keep your "tongue" about it, as it would wound my "sole" & I might pound my head against a wall hard enough to raise "welts".
LOL Is there any other way? Regulating water temperature is another part of the art.
Depends on what you step in...
Actually, all joking aside, the best reason to wear substantial shoes is to prevent injury and possible fatal infection.
If people with little toes and delicate feet wore shoes, they may have reduced their chances of dying of complications from a relatively minor foot injury and selectively survived better to pass on their genetic traits.
I have seen the mutilated feet of the women who wear those things.
To call it "barbaric" beggars the word.
Heck yeah....;)
In my glory days, I could -run- down a gravel lane and not even wince.
My parents always made sure to keep my tetanus shots up to date because it was much easier than keeping me properly shod...:)
My family has always suspected that the hospital made a mistake and that, somewhere, they have a real, "normal" child they've never met....:)
Does the tongue-flip thing done with the mouth closed or opened?
I can do that with it closed but not open.
[and yes, I did just now try it for the first time...never heard of it before]
I can also do "mirror writing".
[using two pens, writing forward with the right hand and backwards with the left, simultaneously....have no idea what that "means"...just another useless "talent" I reckon]....;))
"....fold it back on to itself..."
I can do that, too. I didn't realize that it was a rare ability, as everyone in my family can do it.
My wife, on the other hand, can't even stick her tongue out!!
Shoes for industry..
Gravel was not a problem, but I did step on my share of nails in old planks that had washed ashore in a storm and been covered by flotsam and grass along the river as a kid.
Oh yes, the tetanus shot was up to date...one way or another.
But that was back in the days when the wonder drug antibiotics were fairly new and highly effective.
Not so now, and they are becoming less effective against the infections we knew of then and are ineffective against other, newer, (commonly viral/retroviral) bugs today.
Once again, shoes are a good option.
Bones? He's dead, Jim.
The shoes to have, when I was a child, were made by a Mr. Tenny.
Of modest cost, they would enable a young lad to climb mountains, cross deserts, peddle bikes, fish in safety, find mystery, adventure and fun, while allowing a speedy retreat.
Mothers and Teachers called a new pair Jim Shoes, and we kids, not allowed to call adults by their first name, naturally assumed Mr. Tenny's first name was Jim.
I would love to find a new pair of the finest adventure footwear ever made, a pair of Mr.Tenny's Shoes.
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