Most Boring Thread

I will walk the dogs now.

 

It's gray today... we have a week of rain forecast. It might rain harder tomorrow.

 

Were you expecting Grey's Harbour to be blue?

 

I purged my embarrassingly large tupperware collection over the weekend.

 

Flip-Flops

Between 5 and 10 years ago, The Gap was selling what I considered to be the best flip-flops ever -- they were extraordinarily comfortable and practically indestructible. I still have my original 3 pairs of them that I bought almost 10 years ago.

But because The Gap hasn't sold those flip-flops in about 5 years, earlier this summer I went searching for a substitute. I ended up buying 2 pairs of the flip-flops sold by Lands' End. They were OK, but they were not as comfortable and definitely not as indestructible as The Gap's. Already, in less than 3 months, 1 pair has a hole worn through the sole.

So earlier today, I went searching for another substitute. I thought I'd try a pair of the flip-flops du jour -- the Havaianas brand of flip-flops from Brazil. I'm wearing them now as I type. They have a slightly raised heel, and they're pretty comfortable (but still not as comfortable as The Gap's). After I've worn the Havaianas for a month or two, I'll update my report on them.

 

Flip flops. I haven't heard them called that in a while.
Here they've been called jandals (japanese sandals) for about the past 40 years. Its also a leading manufacturer's name. They're also called thongs.

When I was growing up in SoCal we called them fleekies (for the sound they made) or go-aheads, and sometimes zories.

My favourites are either flo-jos or some similar ones made by hot tuna. They have a nice texture on your foot and a very soft woven nylon "thongy" bit. Although I still remember the hot spot next to your big toe you would get at the beginning of each summer due to the rigid rubber of your new fleeky. We'd go barefoot when we could, but sometimes all the goathead thorns made that a dangerous proposition.

 

When I was a kid, they were called thongs.
Now, thongs are pretend underpants.
Thongs became flip flops, which is a pretty descriptive term.
I've heard of fit flops, which look like uncomfortable thongs to me.
I used to wear Dr Scholl's sandals... the ones with the wooden footbed and the single adjustable strap across the foot. I believed the advertising that they would make my legs sexier.
I mostly wear walking shoes. When I was a kid, they were sneakers. There weren't a lot of choices. Now, I pay $60 for a pair of walking shoes. Sneakers used to be cheap. Sigh.

 

I think "flip flops" is how they've been most commonly referred to in the US for the past 10 years.

As previously noted, they're also frequently called "thongs".

And decades ago, they were also known as "zories".

 

What are "gators"? Are they the same as "Crocs"? Kind of like clogs made out of synthetic rubbery stuff?

 

This thread is in danger of becoming educational and even....slightly interesting.

My desk is a mess yet again. I should clean it. But I probably won't.

 

Re: Flip-Flops

The thong part (the part that goes between the big toe and the toe next to it ... wonder if that's called the pointer toe) of the Havaianas flip flops were scratching and annoying me. Then I realized that it must be the burr edge of the thong that was the culprit. So I went to my tool box and took out a metal file. Then I filed down those burr edges and put the Havaianas back on. Lo and behold, the annoying scratching was gone.

 

I got cushiony things to put in my high heels.

It's really quiet here tonight.

 

I went to Ruby Tuesdays and had the salad bar; the plates were hot.

 

I spotted a Q-tip on the bathroom floor. I put it in the little garbage can. The garbage can was kinda full.

 

Our washing machine broke down. Too old to repair. They still charged us to tell us that.

 

I don't know why, but earlier today I was thinking about "government cheese". I didn't want any. Just thinking about it.

I haven't had or seen government cheese since the early Eighties.

It was an unsliced, block of American cheese about 16" long, and came in a brown, corrugated box. The box looked like the box that complete sets of baseball cards come in.

I think they still have government cheese. But these days I think it's only handed out in emergencies by FEMA or other relief agencies.

I was also thinking about Bonomo's Turkish Taffy ("O-O-O It's Bonomo's ..."). Haven't had or seen any Bonomo's since the Eighties either.

But unlike government cheese, they don't make Bonomo's anymore.

 

There is cheese in my refrigerator. Several kinds.