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Kimberly
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 Posted - 02/08/2004 : 11:24:10 AM
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Your a real man IrishRed.
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toll_booth
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Posted - 02/09/2004 : 01:39:38 AM
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Hee hee guess what? Since reading this topic, I've gone barefoot a lot this weekend! Even though the ground feels like ice, the cozy warm feeling that you get when the car heater comes on is indescribable. It's almost as good as getting a foot massage. I even talked with a friend of mind that I hung out with Sadurday night and encouraged him to drive home barefoot; I wonder if he actually did it!
Bare feet rock! Oh and I've loving it so much, I'm going off to our local naturist resort for the first time in months. I gotta train myself to walk around barefoot, so that when I'm nude, I'm truly in a natural state. IMHO, you're not really nude if you're wearing any clothes, even shoes or socks. It just doesn't get any more relaxing than to frolic without any clothes on!
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Kimberly
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Posted - 02/09/2004 : 02:53:12 AM
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I agree that being bare foot brings out the kid in you, like feeling the mud squish up between your toes. I would becareful though, I don't know about where you live, but its illeagle to drive bare foot here.
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Cheri
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Posted - 02/09/2004 : 10:33:03 PM
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Kimberly, Take a good look at the statutes/laws. I would very much doubt that it's not legal to drive barefoot. I've heard it often said and when tried to find the specific ordinance, never could find it.
Hugs, Cheri
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Kimberly
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Posted - 02/09/2004 : 10:42:43 PM
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Cheri you are probably right about that. I have not read the law saying you could not drive barefoot, I have just been told that. Thanks for enlighting me.
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toosunni
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Posted - 02/09/2004 : 11:47:51 PM
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If I am barefoot I would probably be nude and hanging around the pool or hot tub or the beach or around the house. Other than that I would wear either those plastic slip on sandals or sneakers for those long nature walks. My legs are evil geniuses at finding things to step on that would injure my feet, so beyond a small area, that I am familiar with, I wear some level of foot protection. Because we all know an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Oh there is one other area that I am nude and barefoot, its in a mud pond…yesh playing in the mud slipin’ n slidin’ n tossin' LOL
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melissastarr
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Posted - 02/10/2004 : 06:08:51 AM
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I've asked the local police in both NY and PA, as I do prefer to drive nude. Their reply was that the only article of clothing mentioned in the driving laws is a helmet for motorcycle drivers. So I can say with authority that it's quite legal to drive in PA and NY barefoot.
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toosunni
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Posted - 02/10/2004 : 06:39:14 AM
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Melissa,the helmet law for motorcycles was recently dropped in PA, but you still need it for a bicycle
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Kimberly
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Posted - 02/10/2004 : 07:02:07 AM
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Thats in case you get hit by a mortor cycle toosunni!
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Paul DS
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Posted - 02/11/2004 : 2:35:31 PM
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I can handle asphalt ok. It becomes very comfortable after the soles thicken up. I've walked 6 miles many times on warm pavement. Feeling the warmth on the soles and cool air between the toes is so comfortable it's hard to describe. I've learned to walk gently on pavement. People who are used to shoes often slam their heels into the pavement when they first start barefooting. That can cause aching ankles and knees.
I get blisters sometimes in the spring when my soles are tender from the winter. It takes a couple weeks for the skin to thicken. Going barefoot after that is extremely comfortable, even on asphalt.
I can walk on dirt/gravel trails after the skin has thickened and it doesn't hurt, honestly. Really hot pavement is the only thing I have trouble with. It usually has to be above 90F and sunny for it to be a problem. Days when the air is still are the worst. Pavement gets very hot without wind. I've occasionally gotten blisters from hot pavement.
It's good to learn barefooting on soft, dry, cool ground. Walking for a long time on wet ground softens the skin and makes you more susceptible to getting blisters. It's also good to stretch the ankles and legs before walking long distances. I found that the muscles and tendons in the ankles and feet get worked a lot more when walking barefoot, which makes it more likely to get some stiffness if you don't loosen up first.
I prefer natural terrain to the city. I've never injured my feet after ten years of barefooting out in the country; no scars, never a bee sting, or anything. A couple of times I had small fish bite my toes when I had them in the pond and creek. They were too small to hurt me, but it feels strange and startles you :O)
On the flip side, I bet barefooters who are not nudists would want to get nudists to take off their shoes and socks as much as nudists want barefooters to remove the rest of their clothes. :O) I think the two groups have a lot in common.
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leo 50
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Posted - 02/11/2004 : 3:08:22 PM
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well like i said already i have to wear shoes now. just a side note: that law about driving barefoot was enacted when autos where first invented. the brake/clutch pedals were held on by screws or screwed on to the hanger. if it came loose you would ram the hanger into your foot.
as laws where updated these were removed from the books.pedal and hanger are one unit now and have been for a long time,so unless you own a really really old car--.
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Kimberly
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Posted - 02/11/2004 : 10:41:28 PM
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Welcome to the forum Paul DS. I can imagine that you can condition your feet to walking on the hot pavement. Gravel really hurts and you always have to look out for glass and other foriegn objects. I enjoy walking on the sand or on the grass barefooted, and prefer to keep my feet "danty". lol I wear shoes when the going gets too rough. I do agree with you about the way people walk on pavement in shoes.
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Paul DS
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Posted - 02/12/2004 : 01:05:39 AM
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Thanks for the welcome, Kim. Grass and sand are also my favorite textures to walk on. Grass never gets too hot, no matter how hot the weather is.
Yeah, the thicker the soles get, the more I can take hot pavement. It has to be scorching hot for it to bother me. Pebbles at the beach used to be uncomfortable to me when I started barefooting, but now they are comfortable and even gravel doesn't bother me. Something has changed with me over the years. I can see why some people new to barefooting get discouraged at first.
I had a question for anyone who lives in the South. Do fire ants always sting your feet if you try to avoid them? I was just wondering if, say, you walk near an ant hill but don't get too close or disturb them if they leave you alone. I know they can fly, so it seems they would sting the arms and legs even if you are in shoes. We don't have fire ants up here in the midwest.
I have never gotten a bee sting on my feet, although I go barefoot outdoors a lot. I avoid clover patches and places bees hang out. I got stung once on the hand and stomach when I was standing near a clover patch but never got stung on the feet.
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toosunni
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Posted - 02/12/2004 : 01:16:55 AM
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Okay this is definitely off topic but,I've been itching to say this...When I first saw the title of this forum was 'feet' I thought it was about foot fetishes. Guess I shouldn't judge a book by its cover! -LOL
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Ksmickero
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Posted - 02/12/2004 : 01:28:14 AM
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I'm still not big on going barefoot outside mainly do to the fact that there is a ton of things in Kansas that will hurt your foot Insects in general, stickers, extremly hot pavement, stickers, boots did I mention stickers oh and not all things in grass would be good to step in fyi we don't pick up free fertilizer. That and I hate when the soles of my feet get hard I like them soft strangly enough. Wouldn't mind my knuckles to harden up though that would be good. Wouldn't hurt so bad when I hite inanamite objects when I get mad may I repeat inanamite objects.
Crazy! I mean like so many positive waves maybe we can't lose! You're on! ODDBALL
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