tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post3233739536258851469..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: No compromiseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-62486489467055562432017-06-21T00:40:34.841-07:002017-06-21T00:40:34.841-07:00I have always had feet at the top end of big for w...I have always had feet at the top end of big for women's shoes, so my modus operandi has been to ask, "Can you show me what you have in my size" and select from the 1-3 options. Then when finally larger sizes are easy to ge, my knees come over all fussy and I have to wear flats flats flats. None of this fussing over how pointy the winkel pickers are! Mind you I do own a pair!MrsC (Maryanne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14440723067459232998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-32265206241613137382017-06-17T23:40:13.856-07:002017-06-17T23:40:13.856-07:00Libby (and Tom) we had the x-ray machines here in ...Libby (and Tom) we had the x-ray machines here in Australia too, and, I presume, elsewhere around the world. I think you just have to be of the "right" age.Rozziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904303063451930538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-9526040154371666202017-06-17T15:53:49.782-07:002017-06-17T15:53:49.782-07:00It was a ghostly green image, wasn't it?It was a ghostly green image, wasn't it?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-70258765252417316572017-06-17T13:14:13.234-07:002017-06-17T13:14:13.234-07:00YES! nobody EVER believes me when I tell them abou...YES! nobody EVER believes me when I tell them about the xray machine in the shoe shop! I am so glad you experienced that too.....well not really but you know what I mean!!libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552884005601003691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-72266262839576189102017-06-17T07:20:59.611-07:002017-06-17T07:20:59.611-07:00NOOOOOOH!NOOOOOOH!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-51445319776959631412017-06-17T07:07:17.886-07:002017-06-17T07:07:17.886-07:00When you were a bit older, Tom, did you wear the b...When you were a bit older, Tom, did you wear the boots with perspex block heels that had goldfish (plastic goldfish I suspect) swimming around in them, the ones worn by anyone who was anyone and had a band? Do say yes! Misehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01784548726623938608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-82144119073362461232017-06-17T06:21:10.642-07:002017-06-17T06:21:10.642-07:00Too bad those winkle pickers weren't white.Too bad those winkle pickers weren't white.donna bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507579686738843451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-13775695173660988192017-06-17T06:12:13.234-07:002017-06-17T06:12:13.234-07:00So I can get away from you!So I can get away from you!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-64148232273768741952017-06-17T05:55:23.962-07:002017-06-17T05:55:23.962-07:00Even in the USA there were many compromises with t...Even in the USA there were many compromises with the parents! I wanted a portable record player, but my father couldn't understand why I would prefer that to a non portable hi-fi system (which is, of course he would have wanted!)The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-86365401094379954462017-06-17T05:28:51.693-07:002017-06-17T05:28:51.693-07:00I know. So does my therapist...I know. So does my therapist...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-15759388507622809652017-06-17T05:28:13.554-07:002017-06-17T05:28:13.554-07:00Yes, WW2 had a lot to do with our parent's att...Yes, WW2 had a lot to do with our parent's attitude, so consequently ours. Not in the USA though. They did not have the hardships and frugality that Europe did.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-6907649771108189732017-06-17T05:26:40.680-07:002017-06-17T05:26:40.680-07:00Same with all generations.Same with all generations.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-90075896457943602292017-06-17T05:10:33.930-07:002017-06-17T05:10:33.930-07:00And just think, all those crises when you were gro...And just think, all those crises when you were growing up have made you the person you are today!The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-30921884011456432332017-06-17T04:43:33.532-07:002017-06-17T04:43:33.532-07:00Same was here, and it is not the UK, i think that ...Same was here, and it is not the UK, i think that was the generation past war.Yaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181961536405061470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-74682293375964380942017-06-17T04:26:52.357-07:002017-06-17T04:26:52.357-07:00That's why none of us could wait to leave home...That's why none of us could wait to leave home. Everything was always a compromise.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-50768396803931849872017-06-17T04:26:30.727-07:002017-06-17T04:26:30.727-07:00That's what I told my parents, but it backfire...That's what I told my parents, but it backfired on me when I wanted drop-handlebars.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-44276570668233106132017-06-17T04:03:08.999-07:002017-06-17T04:03:08.999-07:00When I was at school I used to borrow a bike with ...When I was at school I used to borrow a bike with cow horns. Not only did they look cool, they were also very 'user friendly'.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com