Am I Putting My Best Foot Forward?

stickywicket
stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
edited 14. Oct 2011, 12:59 in Living with Arthritis archive
Today, as I was putting on my surgical shoes, I checked to make sure they weren’t in need of repair.

Left shoe – sole & heel worn smooth mostly but as evenly as any shoes on my feet can wear.
Right shoe – sole & heel almost pristine, still with original knobbly bits on.

I swear I have not used one shoe without the other and also that I have used both feet for walking. It’s about 55 years since I last hopped. I also swear that, with these shoes, they finally got my legs evenly balanced after my knee revision.

Might it be due to the fact that I keep opening my big mouth and putting my foot in it?

Any explanations? (Serious ones welcome but stupid ones even more welcome.)
If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
Steven Wright

Comments

  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I suspect you have another pair which are reversed: right one worn smooth, left one complete with nobbly bits. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • valval
    valval Member Posts: 14,911
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    you sure you not got two pairs or a one legged person has borrowed them while you were not looking.
    has your oh been useing it to put foot prints all over your clean floors lol val
    val
  • Poppyg1rl
    Poppyg1rl Member Posts: 1,245
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Sticky,
    Perfect excuse to go shoe shopping!! Seriously though, no idea why, but I have always had this as well, my left foot is awwsys more worn away than the right. I supposed as our bodies are never totally symmetrical that this is the reason? Hopefully some clever 'clogs' (ha ha) will come up with an answer. Xxx
    'grá agus solas'
    'Love and Light' translated from Irish. X
  • julie47
    julie47 Member Posts: 6,041
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Sticky.....I think val guessed it :lol:

    It was me :grin::lol:

    To be honest, I have always used to wear one shoe down more than the other mine being my right foot (oh... :shock: .so that was the reason why they amputated that one then :lol: it was beause I was weaaring that shoe down more :shock: :lol: )

    Juliepf x
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Well, I think, between us, we may have solved the mystery. DD, I've checked my other pair - they are normal by my standards. Val, you had the right idea and Poppy, she must have been a clever clogs to sneak it out like that.

    Ooooh Julie I'd never have suspected you. I thought we were friends. I'd no idea you were a Jekyll & Hyde character - nice and supportive on the forum but, all the while, secretly coveting my surgical shoe.

    Did you take it for any nice walks on the nights you secreted it away?
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • traluvie
    traluvie Member Posts: 2,579
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Mine too Sticky are always differnet, more so now i walk with a limp..
    Might need to take them to shoe place and have them balanced out again.. :lol:
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  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,112
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Stickywicket.
    have you been hungry while sat on cris's roof ?
    i wear one shoe down more than the other.
    take care try and put your weight on both feet.
    joan xx
    take care
    joan xx
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    My only suggestion would be that as you walk past the shops as you wimmin folk tend to do, they must be inadvertantly on your immediate left, unknowingly you have a tendancy to lean toward the shops coveting more shiney things..
    Dr Tony's suggestion..
    Walk down the street in the opposite direction for a couple of weeks, should rectify the problem.
    :wink:
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    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Ah it takes a bloke to come up with a scientific explanation. However, I seem to lack the female shopping gene. Even Mr SW enjoys shopping more than I do.

    Does anyone round here walk normally?
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    :eek: What kind of a wummun are you :eek: lol

    As for the walking.. I doubt it hun :grin:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqhlQfXUk7w
    e050.gifMe-Tony
    n035.gifRa-1996 -2013 RIP...
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    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    1/2 woman: 1/2 mystery component.

    Where did you get that video of my Dad?
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    1/2 woman: 1/2 mystery component.

    Where did you get that video of my Dad?


    Your DAD??? Mam??? Is that you :shock: :shock: :shock: :lol:
    e050.gifMe-Tony
    n035.gifRa-1996 -2013 RIP...
    k040.gif
    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • bertyboy
    bertyboy Member Posts: 1,860
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    hi Sticky havent got a clue really , but the youbytubey was worth a laugh , could you not send oh out in the good shoe to ware it down to match xx
    I know i am a lady ,all life is a journey xx MAY xx