Bare foot pros and cons. why do you go barefoot?

WOW shoes required on town property..

that would mean you can't go barefoot

-- at the town owned/operated swimming pool ?? after all it is "town property"
-- the city parks too, can't go barefoot there either
-- OH, and the streets, sidewalks and the 2-4 foot easement around your property (which is city property) ...

tisk tisk tisk ... seems like you just can't go barefoot anywhere in your town.


this sounds like a crock and could easily be fought. Where is this "town" ?

 

Dude, that is abuse of official power, and malicious on the part of the town. Did you ever provide them a reason to believe you presented a threat of any kind by going barefoot around town? I am incredulous!

I think a good response to these actions on the part of the town would be to build a big bulletproof bulldozer and mow down the town hall and the houses and businesses of the town fathers, like that guy did a few months back when the zoning board screwed him over. Show them what they should really be afraid of. There comes a point when the actions of officials are just so evil that they pretty much need, well, killin', when no other recourse is available to the victim of the abuse of power.

Blue skies,
-Jeffrey

 

woa dudes, i've been going barefoot 24/7 for a month now. I don't know how I've escaped all the glass. I've had none in my foot. How do I know when my feet are "hard"?
My feet are a beautiful black (at least until they are washed)

I have a few complaints... reasons why I would turn back to shoes, but because I have no pride, or at least am trying to escape it, I shall not.
I've nearly slipped over in several stores where there is a slippy floor. I've slipped over where there is liquid of any sort. I'm always consciously looking at the floor where I am going so much that I cant enjoy the sights around me. I somehow carried glass around on my foot and didn't get cut but it still worried me. The huge stones that are randomnly appearing out of nowhere that im not ready for which are spiky keep surprising me quite painfully. I dont want to be attacked by thorns, I people stand on my feet (or jump if they are my brothers which resulted in a blue toenail). waaah...
"Life is hard and so am I" right? heeheehee

 

yeah barefoot is the only way to be!

i have not worn shoes all summer and if i had to wear something its was my berkinstocks
one of my friends hasnt worn shoes or sandels all summer and she has gotten shit for it
shes been kicked out of many places and got in trouble at school for her disregarde of the school dress code
i say fight the power
dont wear shoes
barefoot is the only way to be
~peace

 

Where's Canada?

North of America.

What's America?

It's that small, insignificant little place below...



CANADA!!!

 

No disrespect to America, but I found this image, and just had to laugh.

 

Your feet get rough because you're walking on concrete and sh*t all day, and then when you're walking all over people it hurts them even more, because your feet feel so rough! hahaha...that's a joke, I don't do that! *keeps digging*. But I imagine it would be a con! hehe.

 

I have been arrested at the town hall for being barefoot.

When I asked if I could go barefoot on town roads I was told that they would get back to me.

I went to the recycling center and spent about an hour there Saturday before last but I have not received a ticket or any flack for it. One of the town supervisors was there and said "hi" to me but overlooked my barefoot condition.

I have talked to the ACLU and they said that they are very interested in this case.

 

If you haven't already, why not take the story to your local media to highlight the silliness of the town officials.

What exactly was their rationale for not allowing people to be barefoot on town property?

 

Yeah, Jerry, did you ever cause the town any trouble for being barefoot, or is this just a total vendetta against you? Maybe someone thought that you weren't allowed to be barefoot, and you goaded them or got in their face, and they worked to screw you over with the new ordinance?... There has to be some altercation that occurred that turned their attention your way. How can we get behind you unless you tell us what that was?

Blue skies,
-Jeffrey

 

Erm, my feet don't get rough at all. They're quite smooth really - they get tough, but not hard. If they were hard the skin would be more likely to tear as the skin would be rigid and wouldn't change its shape to accommodate whatever is pushed against it.

 

Interestingly enough, the reason for my not being allow to be barefoot changes depending on the political weather.

At first I was told that the town was afraid of a lawsuit when I hurt myself on some mythical broken glass/staple/sliver, whatever.

Then when I saw the assistant district attorney for my court appearance in town, I was told I would have to wear shoes in court or it would be perceived by the judge as a sign of disrespect.

The fool judge is on my payroll. He's my employee, how the hell can my state of un/dress offend my employee?

Some town residents were repelled by my barefoot condition because I "would spread disease from my uncovered feet."

I said that I washed my feet daily and asked when was the last time they washed their shoes.

The barefoot problem with town officials started because I attended meetings and appeared to take sides with people that the town board chairman had a beef with.

If you would take Hitler when he was screaming one of his speeches and trim our previous town chairperson's mustache, you would have a very good mental picture of our previous town chairperson.

This guy was (is) certifiable and for him not to get his way was an unbelievable affront.

If he wanted something, he better get it or he would make everyone's life miserable.

Prior to my confrontation with him, he got one town supervisor to quit in disgust. After that he got to appoint his own man. This got him two votes on the board out of the three officials. The other supervisor was cowed into submission (an easy job to do on the gutless wonder).

Passing the idiot ordinance against barefeet was easy.

The big problem seemed to be when they submitted the ordinance to the town's attorney.

It took 5 months for them to get the wording back from the town's attorney.

And you've got to know that the town's attorney cannot expect this idiot ordinance to stand up to legal scruitiny. The town's attorney is just afraid of the chairman.

What a waste of time and money for the town to pursue this political agenda against someone as unpretentious and hopeless as I.

A 63 year old half-retired, worthless accountant with no political agenda and no hopes of being any big shot.

Can't they find someone else to pick on for something else more exciting?

 

Obviously the reason for their attack on my barefoot condition was the difference of opinion that I had with the previous town board chairman related to the items that I brought up during town meetings.

I have been trying to get the town to address the road leading to my property for 10 years. I have been told for that same ten years that the reason they cannot work on the road is because the state hasn't said what the bridge situation will be.

The road I need done leads up to the bridge after my property. The bridge is not a concern to the residents living on the road as we all have access to main roads without the bridge. But in the spring when river washes over the bridge and the frost comes out of the ground, the road becomes virtually impassable and we have no way out at all.

A fire engine or emergency vehicle can not get down our road in the spring and the bridge (if it's not under water) was rated (it's condemned now) at one and a half tons. One of the residents called a cop car in two springs ago and the cop said that a ten mile an hour speed limit for the road was was too fast! Another resident lost the exhaust system and threw the car out of alignment trying to get through on the road.

I had been at the town for 10 years to address this mess. To no avail.

I found out later that the state has no say over the road except for that approach leading directly to the bridge and that portion of the road that is directly affected by the bridge construction. I live about a half a mile south of the bridge and my driveway is no where near the bridge approach.

The road needs work.

We've got a new board chairperson but the ordinance is still in effect and my road is still a mess.

And what does any of this have to do with bare feet?

A political agenda is a political agenda, is a political agenda.

I don't like your road politics, I don't like your bare feet, I am going to jam you up and get you to stop bugging me any way I can.

Typical political bull....

 

Dude, if all that were true of my town, and the area I lived in (can't even get emergency services to my residence?!) I'd fucking MOVE, and I can't understand why you haven't.

You should either move, or get satisfaction. If the situation with your road is this dire, you surely should be able to get the state Department of Transportation to take action. You should hire an attorney to look into what the statutory obligations are with regard to the state D.O.T.

But I think the most appealing solution would be to move out of the town, take a road trip with cash only, and mail a letter bomb to the piece of shit mayor-dude you described from out of state. Can't say the shitstain doesn't deserve it.

And I would go barefoot all over the place and dare them to arrest me and try to make that charge stick. I'd see that one all the way to the Supreme Court! And I would sue them for malicious prosecution.

Blue skies,
-Jeffrey

 

I like being barefoot because shoes are rubbish.

 

You must be young Jeffrey.

I am 63 and a half years old.

I am not saying that to indicate that I am too old to get down and do the job. Just that I am too old to take on every stupid dragon that breathes some fire.

I watch and I wait. I don't care for Bush and I can't stand Kerry. But I know something they don't know.

The town Chariman that I spoke of has already lost his job in our town and has moved to the bigger city (Green Bay).

The economy around here is crashing and 80 percent of the people who live in my town now will be gone in 3 years or less.

Why should I fight these fools when my real job is to learn how to survive after there are not enough people left to provide for reasonable social amenities?

Wait and watch Jeffrey and all will come to you in good time.