Re: The Geek defense

Pete Dashwood wrote:
>
> 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.

There are no shoe manufacturers in the United States to speak of.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=136841

Shoes sold here come from Sri Lanka or Bangladesh. The president's "No
Child 
Left Behind" initative has expanded to destitute countries. We can now pay

children one dollar a week to make shoes.

Lest some are outraged by this, look at the good it does. Americans can
look 
good.