I got to work this morning, wondered why my shoes were suddenly making odd spuff/squeak noises, sat down to investigate... and discovered that the soles of my brown professional-dress shoes have basically disintegrated since last week. :(
I suppose this is not entirely surprising -- they are old shoes, after all (purchased in late 2001/early 2002), and I hadn't worn them much during my years at the smoke shop so they evidently did not cope well with being pressed into regular service again -- but it's annoying and really not what I needed to be dealing with right now. Also, my winter boots date back to the 1970s, for fuck's sake, and they are still doing JUST FINE (bar some replacement laces) so it's not like old rubber is inherently unstable. It's just cheap and shoddy construction.
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Well, I guess I know what stores I'll be visiting after work tomorrow afternoon. *sigh*
I suppose this is not entirely surprising -- they are old shoes, after all (purchased in late 2001/early 2002), and I hadn't worn them much during my years at the smoke shop so they evidently did not cope well with being pressed into regular service again -- but it's annoying and really not what I needed to be dealing with right now. Also, my winter boots date back to the 1970s, for fuck's sake, and they are still doing JUST FINE (bar some replacement laces) so it's not like old rubber is inherently unstable. It's just cheap and shoddy construction.
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Well, I guess I know what stores I'll be visiting after work tomorrow afternoon. *sigh*