I've tied my shoelaces incorrectly for 50 years
Submitted: Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 17:01
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Member - Willie , Sydney.
Sitting around the fire in
the desert west of the
Oakover River and Godfrey the EO lurker drops a bombshell .
" Didn't you know that if you tie your laces in a reef knot ( R over L , L over R ) , they never slip ."
So simple and yet for 50 years I have been tying knot on top of knot , to stop the bloody things coming undone .
Such a simple idea , but not so simple to actually do , if you've been doing it the wrong way for 50 years . The secret Godfrey told me , is to do the first part of the knot the other way , then finish as normal .
Now I can sit back and happily wait for a comment from DIO .
Cheers ,
Willie.
Reply By: Member - DAZA (QLD) - Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 17:12
Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 17:12
Hi Willie
Gees mate, whats with the Laces thing?
I gave up tying Laces when I stopped playing Foot Ball,
Now I wear Slipons for Shoes or Pullons for Boots,
Maybe I am lazy lol.
Cheers
Daza
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Follow Up By: Member - DAZA (QLD) - Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 17:16
Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 17:16
P S: Whats a D I O?
Does it mean DUMB IDIOTIC OVERBEARING?
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Follow Up By: Member - Fred G (NSW) - Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 17:45
Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 17:45
DIO was lurking here just down the
forum page a bit earlier on.
I'm with Dazza, Willie. I can't bend over long enough these days to tie knots. Most of my hinges don't work to
well any more. Go with the slip ons mate, boots and slippers. I love the Japenese safety boots, they're easy. LOL.
Fred.
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Reply By: Member - Warfer (VIC) - Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 17:23
Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 17:23
*Whats a D I O?*
Dont worry he's been in China,Thinks he's a duck and has started farting feathers !!!
Bird Flu would be my guess !
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Reply By: Best Off Road - Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 17:39
Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 17:39
Bugger that Willie.
I just had a go. I'd hate to try to get the bloody things undone if I was Schindler's List.
Jim.
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Reply By: Mad Cowz (VIC) - Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 18:34
Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 18:34
Willie,
Truckster is the resident brain on all things shoelace. I'm sure you were around here for his last shoelace thread....
MadCowz
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Reply By: Rock Ape - Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 18:59
Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 18:59
Willie, the main thing is life is not your shoe laces.
The main thing in life is that you have used your WILLIE correctly
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Follow Up By: Rock Ape - Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 19:03
Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 19:03
Sorry Willie, I forgot to tell you DIO is an inversion of yourself if you get my drift
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Reply By: Louie the fly (SA) - Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 19:49
Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 19:49
Willie, to solve all your shoelace woes you may want to look here.
Shoelace mysteries solved
I find the site fascinating, in a bizarre kind of way.
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Follow Up By: Member - Willie , Sydney. - Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 19:57
Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 19:57
Hi Louie ,
I was very excited to look at " Shoe Lacing Photo of the Week ".
I think this site might be an arm of the "Obsessive Society of Australia "
Cheers ,
Willie .
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Follow Up By: Louie the fly (SA) - Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 20:14
Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 at 20:14
I find the Shoe Lace Length Calculator particularly useful. And I didn't know there were so many ways of tying a shoelace. I found it by chance while trying to find the name of the little plastic thingy on the end of a shoelace (its called an aglet)
But all jokes aside, there is actually some info on there that us
camping / traveling folk will find useful. No, I'm not taking the pi*s.
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Follow Up By: Member No 1- Monday, Jul 28, 2008 at 08:14
Monday, Jul 28, 2008 at 08:14
aglet...heat shrink does the same thing...so i found out
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Follow Up By: Member - John (Vic) - Monday, Jul 28, 2008 at 15:55
Monday, Jul 28, 2008 at 15:55
Someone has way to much time on their hands me thinks :-))
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Reply By: Member - SKI er (NSW) - Monday, Jul 28, 2008 at 15:41
Monday, Jul 28, 2008 at 15:41
Hi Willie,
I can better that. I got to 60 and numerous pairs of training shoes along the track before I recently bought a new pair to go overseas in.
The youngish lady assistant asked " you know how to lace them up?"
I thought it was awind up so I replied cheekily, "No love it's the first pair I have ever had."
She took my reply at face value and showed me how to use the extra lace hole at the topof each side to run a loop on each side through which the opposite lace finally threads and so pulls the top of the trainer to fit snuggly around the ankle.
Of course I had seen the extra lace hole oodles of times but I had always thought the extra lace hole was a mistake.
Don't know how many injuries I could have saved had I met the lady years ago.
SKI'er
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