Re: The Geek defense

"Michael Mattias" <mmattias@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>> What I'd like to know is exactly HOW you can establish yourself as a 
>> Geek,
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> Use the shoe test: Loafers = Geek.
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> MCM
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Sorry Michael, this needs "translation". I'm not sure what "Loafers" are.
Is 
this a brand of shoe?

I haven't worn shoes (any kind...) regularly for the last two years and
I'm 
not looking forward to getting back into cor****ate life and wearing a suit

and shoes again.

In the house I wear slippers and in the day (outside the house or at the 
beach) I wear Jandals (thongs...flip-flops). If I'm going out to dinner 
(depending where it is; at friends' places I wear slippers...:-)), I wear 
light casual shoes, usually slip-ons (no laces).

As a result, my feet are in excellent condition, no corns, or aches or 
pains. :-)

Around April I'll probably be resuming cor****ate duties and I'll be
looking 
for smart and comfortable formal shoes at that time. Oddly enough, I often

buy shoes in the United States because I believe the quality is better and

the selection is wider. However that is changing with many cheap Asian 
im****ted shoes flooding the New Zealand market.

Pete.
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