Flip Flops!!!

[HUGHP]

There were 2 things I retired with me when I left the work place. Ties & socks. I were flip-flops 99% of the time home & away. That said,there are certain places I consider them inappropriate. Some beeing church,funerals and upscaled restuarants. But that's just me. To each his own.

 

[mtgianni]

Kinda surprising given all the old hippies living in Missoula....

I've heard that's where all the old hippies go to die, is that true?

Yes it is but they don't wear flip flops. You do see a few upscale leather sandals with 5-6 straps.

 

[SmithNut]

Yes it is but they don't wear flip flops. You do see a few upscale leather sandals with 5-6 straps.

Ahhhh, that splains it. Afterall, a 60 year old guy with a pony-tail has to have some standards.
Wearing flip flops would be so.... gosh! .......

 

[Titan]

I was always told that as a kid. SO, I quite wearing hats. Now I'm bald. True story.

Also, as a side note. I grew up in the deep south where stinging nettles, prickly pears, and snakes were abundant. You ever kicked a stinging nettle with a flip flop on? Or walked bare footed and stepped on a prickly pear? Or tried to run from a snake in flip flops? When you run from a snake in flip flops, it's *******s, elbows, and flips flops flying everywhere that results in bare feet and kicking stinging plants and yard cactus. Not cool.

I spit all over my screen from laughing so hard at your visual image.

Now I have to go get a paper towel. Dang!
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[Landpimp]

leave those of us that are folicaly challenged out of this I thank Tom Selick for leading the way for us that like to wear baseball hats

I wear a hat every day, normaly a HK hat.....yup I go to work in charharts, hat and shorts.......and sell RE, been doing for for 15 years.

I have only recently been able to get use to flip flops, I only were then around the house/yard....I could never drive with them on.

But what about sandels? really not much different

what about women....they go sockless all the time....any problem with that?

I guess I'm one of those grouchy old men too. At the risk of being called a thread hijacker, I would like to express my disgust with guys who wear a hat (usually a ball cap) while eating in a restaurant.

 

[Landpimp]

oh no........sock and sandels......a true WA resident

Here I sit, wearing cut off jeans, $75 Chaco flip flops (with socks!) drinking a nice glass of white wine while bar-b-que-ing a nice slab of Copper River Salmon. Kinda hard to get excited about all the comotion of wearing flip flops...... Oh well, I at least cycle between 4 different pair, you know - gotta match the "shoes" to the attire - colors and all.....
Times are a changing, I figure it helps to match the environment you are in. One thing for sure, when in Hawaii, I drop the socks and try to "fit in" a bit better.

I'm a jeeter at heart, so don't pick on me.

 

[rburg]

what about women....they go sockless all the time....any problem with that?

My take on it is I never notice their feet, unless the other parts of their bodies are so disgusting I can't handle looking at them. Then almost always the feet seem to match the rest of them. Then I avert my eyes and they become invisible, just a huge blob blocking the sunlight or visibility of what's on the other side of them.

Actually, feet are ugly. Why should we even look at them at all? Why is it those with the ugliest feet seem to want to display them? Why can't we shoot the offenders? Just asking.

 

[Frizzman]

Wow, I think I created a monster that won't die...I had no idea!!! Now, I know how Dr. Frankenstein felt...

 

[Forester]

Flip flops are saving the ankles of inebriated women in th UK:
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/article5247930.ece

I really hate when people wear flip flops in public:

 

[Evil One]

I wear steel toe work boots pretty much daily.
When I want to relax and maybe wear something a little different... I wear a pair of timberland boots.
I have a pair of dress shoes I have worn once, and a pair of atheletic shoes I have worn maybe 3-4 times.
Around the house I may go barefooted till I get ready to leave.
I do not own flip flops, sandels , or any shoes that dont offer full coverage.
My son who summers with me has a pair of crocs. He leaves those at his mothers house when he comes up.
Other than "those things" he wears work boots.
His mother has asked me repeatedly to talk him into wearing sneakers.
He wears the crocs around the house to humor her... and probably had 4 pair of sneakers in his closet with no wear... that he outgrew.

I remove my hat when I go indoors generally... and always to eat, as long as its not a BBQ outside.
Then again I open and hold doors for people, say thanks you, you are welcome, yes sir and yes maam.


Jim

 

[Glock 'em down]

I personally think guys who wear flip-flops with pants or jeans get the golden seal of approval from this guy!

However, I do own a pair...ONE pair! And they get worn from the back door to the trash barrel in the alley and sometimes if I'm running to town for a bag of ice or something, but then again...I wear shorts damn near year 'round!

 

[Crazy K38]

I got a pair of tactical nin-jitsu flip-flops from Cabela's. They have the special tread design that allows me to scale walls.

WG840

I stick with my Tabi boots when I train

 

[Noah Zark]

I remove my hat when I go indoors generally . . . I open and hold doors for people, say thanks you, you are welcome, yes sir and yes maam.

I also open and hold doors for people, and say "Yes, Sir, and Yes, M'am," uncover when I enter buildings, and never salute indoors unless under arms.


Anyway, anybody got a line on a vendor for steel-toed safety flip-flops?

Noah

 

[Glock 'em down]

I also open and hold doors for people, and say "Yes, Sir, and Yes, M'am," uncover when I enter buildings, and never salute indoors unless under arms.


Anyway, anybody got a line on a vendor for steel-toed safety flip-flops?

Noah

And I thought I was the only one who opened doors for lil' old ladies, said yes sir, no sir, yes ma'am, no ma'am and took my hat off when I walk inside a building.

Chivalry is indeed a dying art. We have failed MISERABLY in our roles as men.

 

[USAF385]

And I thought I was the only one who opened doors for lil' old ladies, said yes sir, no sir, yes ma'am, no ma'am and took my hat off when I walk inside a building.

Chivalry is indeed a dying art. We have failed MISERABLY in our roles as men.

I sir / ma'am everyone. Just the other day I needed to address a female in a parking lot... "Excuse me, ma'am..."

She was probably 16 and most likely thought it was weird being called ma'am.

I'm guilty of wearing a hat inside.. but only at my house and only if I'm running inside for something or leaving the house.. NEVER in my life have I eaten with a hat on!

 

[Evil One]

And I thought I was the only one who opened doors for lil' old ladies, said yes sir, no sir, yes ma'am, no ma'am and took my hat off when I walk inside a building.

Chivalry is indeed a dying art. We have failed MISERABLY in our roles as men.

No, we have not failed.
My children do the same.
You can only teach those willing to learn, you can only successfully talk to those willing to listen.
Those who have failed as men are the ones who dont follow our example and/or have not passed on what they were taught.


Jim

 

[CW Spook]

Waal', I open doors for lil' ole ladies, say "yessir" & "yesma'am", and take my cap off inside, but from June 1 until the first frost, I wear t-shirts, shorts, and open-toed sandals almost everywhere I go. Church usually rates a polo, long pants, and Topsiders (no socks), but there are dang few restaurants (at least that I go into) that do. I've worn a tie maybe once or twice in the 3 years since I sold my business at age 60. I do wear my BDU's when I'm deployed, and we have to wear our steel-toed boots in theatre, but off duty it's back to shorts and t-shirt, even in the field. Onliest reason I don't wear flip-flops is that I don't find 'em comfortable.

 

[Noah Zark]

I sir / ma'am everyone. Just the other day I needed to address a female in a parking lot... "Excuse me, ma'am..."

She was probably 16 and most likely thought it was weird being called ma'am.

Silly! You "Sir" and "Ma'am" in the service. But in public, you address ANY female of ANY age as "Miss."

Noah

 

[NonFascio]

Height of laziness

 

[bamabiker]

How else am I going to show off my toe nail polish at all the biker bars. LOL