'Fraid my mileage varies on the Docs. I've had 3 or 4 pairs over the years and EVERY pair has split east-west under the ball of my foot. Did the repair weld thing but no luck long-term. They wear through incredibly fast, as well, and it's soon possible to tell if you're walking on dried peas (OK, I'm a fairy-tale princess, maybe.. ?) On the other hand - hand? - they are lovely comfortable when newish. I'd really regard 'em as leisure wear.
JOOC, has anyone worn clogs recently? I had a couple of pairs (steel toed) many many years ago and they were comfortable for all day wear on any surface. Unfortunately, having nailed soles they were lousy on grip on metal plate and I managed to ski down the side of a container I thought I was climbing (on back of a truck, so I fell the last few feet, fortunately onto sand.) The driver who picked me up casually informed me that "everybody does that." Everybody indeed wore clogs. I don't think it'd pass H&S best practice this century. I was doing a summer job between colleges, long time ago. The work place is long gone.
Where was I? Oh, clogs. Anyone still wear 'em? in spite of the lousy adhesion to metal, they were great for climbing anything else as the soles were completely inflexible. I don't know if I'd find 'em comfortable now, (hence my asking) but at the time they were great.
On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:04:25 +0100, Robatoy wrote (in article ):