Yep, same here bare foot or thongs.
I got tired of laces in primary school, upgraded to skate shoes and all twas good.
stop stalking me!! hhaa
skate shoes ftw! except when you go to the speedway and they get dirty
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Evil shoelace conspiracy?
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stop stalking me!! hhaa
skate shoes ftw! except when you go to the speedway and they get dirty
OP has identified a real (perhaps the original) knotty problem. We definitely need a special prosecutor to untangle all this.
I like New Balance's shoelaces (probably any decent shoe brand), I remember always buying cheap brand joggers in my early days and the laces were much worse.
Bwah, stop appearing in all the threads I am browsing Would explain why you've jumped to a 601 since I last encountered you…
stop stalking me!! hhaa
skate shoes ftw! except when you go to the speedway and they get dirty
Bwah, stop appearing in all the threads I am browsing
Would explain why you've jumped to a 601 since I last encountered you…
Bwah, stop appearing in all the threads I am browsing
im sorry i try to help people as much as i can
ive been a 601 for a while - maybe since christmas...just passed 6000 last week
Have you seen David Blane's shoe tying without using hands???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZbkq9vSDMU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZbkq9vSDMU
What can we do? Our hands are tied.OP has identified a real (perhaps the original) knotty problem. We definitely need a special prosecutor to untangle all this.
Very punny, you guys. You'll be shoe-ins at the stand-up comedy clubs.
My scientific experiment is still in progress. The first double-loop lace stayed tied yesterday, but so did the single-loop lace on the other foot. Today I reversed the test and both are still tied at mid-day, but much to my amazement the double-loop lace is looking looser. I think these round laces are determined to come untied no matter what you do to them.
Perhaps I'll end up needing to use contact cement, but I'm going to keep running the experiment, and perhaps repeat it tomorrow, pulling both laces a bit tighter when tying them with their one or two loops.
My scientific experiment is still in progress. The first double-loop lace stayed tied yesterday, but so did the single-loop lace on the other foot. Today I reversed the test and both are still tied at mid-day, but much to my amazement the double-loop lace is looking looser. I think these round laces are determined to come untied no matter what you do to them.
Perhaps I'll end up needing to use contact cement, but I'm going to keep running the experiment, and perhaps repeat it tomorrow, pulling both laces a bit tighter when tying them with their one or two loops.
My experiment, albeit less scientific that that of the good Doctor, was a resounding success – my laces remained stoutly tied all day.
Thank you, stonyc. Thank you for changing my life.
Thank you, stonyc. Thank you for changing my life.
As a mathematician, I figured you'd be able to calQlate the time you would ultimately save by double knotting your shoe laces, as opposed to re-tying them.
Can I resist this thread? I'm a frayed knot.
Having experienced the same issues, in addition to my gradual inability to bend over, I've switched to loafers or rubber boots as much as I possibly can.
On a separate note, I've often thought of starting a Canadian conspiracy thread on the topic of how French terrorists will turn all the products in an English store around so the French label is exposed.
Having experienced the same issues, in addition to my gradual inability to bend over, I've switched to loafers or rubber boots as much as I possibly can.
On a separate note, I've often thought of starting a Canadian conspiracy thread on the topic of how French terrorists will turn all the products in an English store around so the French label is exposed.
I hope you find something that works Doctor Q..
But, I'm glad it's worked for someone else!
That said, maybe your laces are extra "packed" Q.. like trying to tie a length of sausage.
doc, i am surprised (i was almost going to say disappointed) at you.
as always, it just comes down to simple math.
This thread title is interesting to me, because I'd like to hear of the benevolent shoelace conspiracies.
The trouble with solving the lacing problem mathematically is that the number of dense n-lacings is proportional to the product of factorials, i.e., the order of magnitude follows the square of the Gamma function!
I have to stay away from the Gamma function since it turned me into the Incredible Qulk the last time I was exposed to its rays.
I am on a shoestring budget or else I would replace all those pesky round laces with flat ones.
When my shoes come untied, eyelet myself keep going until I can find a chair to sit down in and retie them.
Speaking of bad shoe laces...I think I have a pair I need to retiere
This whole conspiracy thing has me wondering...hmmm....well...just any old surgeons knot going to figure this out- this is a case for House!!!
After a few more pages of comments, I will do a summary post that will pull a few of the loose ends together to make some sense of it all.
Boy if we keep up these puns I am going to get a little loopy!
Italics provided for those that are pun impaired.
When my shoes come untied, eyelet myself keep going until I can find a chair to sit down in and retie them.
Speaking of bad shoe laces...I think I have a pair I need to retiere
This whole conspiracy thing has me wondering...hmmm....well...just any old surgeons knot going to figure this out- this is a case for House!!!
After a few more pages of comments, I will do a summary post that will pull a few of the loose ends together to make some sense of it all.
Boy if we keep up these puns I am going to get a little loopy!
Italics provided for those that are pun impaired.
Yep, same here bare foot or thongs.
I got tired of laces in primary school, upgraded to skate shoes for high school and all twas good.
EDIT: Thongs = Sandals in Aus
Same, but now I live in Canada.
People already looked at me funny when I was wearing my thongs with jeans, and it was only 12 C outside.
How do they know you're wearing a thong? Are you wearing it on the outside of your jeans?
