Pizza's shoes...

[Pizza]

So, my steel toed work shoes are two years old now. I mostly wear them for work. (I'm always in a Nuclear Power Plant, a mine, an electrical substation or a steel mill - so I just wear safety shoes all the time.)

But I also, since I travel so much, tend to wear them on short (2 to 6 mile) hikes when on the road, so theyv'e been wet at times and have had insect repellant sprayed on them quite often.

They LOOK like "Nike" athletic ("gym") shoes, but are real steel toed shoes meeting all the ANSI standards.

The company usually tells us once a year to buy a new pair and submit for reimbursement - but last year I bought DRESS safety shoes (never wear them) and kept these. So you see, they ARE two years old.

So, why tell you all this? It's so you can picture them accurately. And now, you are fully informed and have a chance at:

GUESSING WHAT THEY SMELL LIKE!

Please note that my FEET DO NOT SMELL BAD, it's just the shoes....

 

[reba]

 

[jasonc]

mine are problably worse in that it has Jason sweat and also dirt,mud and whatever muck I walk through.

 

[AirDancer]

A few months ago, I bought a pair of sneakers....and returned them 36 hours later.

After wearing them for about 4 hours, I took the shoes off. Oh my goodness...the stench was horrendous. Both of my cats were greatly affected by the atrocious smell. The odor didn't originate with my feet .... after washing my feet, the odor was gone. It wasn't the socks ... they were touched by Downey at the time I initially put them on. It was definitely the shoes.

The woman behind the return counter was surprised by the smell, even tho I had forewarned her. Handed her the receipt - she was shocked. After refunding the amount of the purchase, she looked closer at the shoe box. "Oh," she said, "we've had problems with shoes from China smelling like a nuclear waste dump. Wonder how they're making the shoes?" Made me wonder, too.

 

[for_his_glory]

A few months ago, I bought a pair of sneakers....and returned them 36 hours later.

After wearing them for about 4 hours, I took the shoes off. Oh my goodness...the stench was horrendous. Both of my cats were greatly affected by the atrocious smell. The odor didn't originate with my feet .... after washing my feet, the odor was gone. It wasn't the socks ... they were touched by Downey at the time I initially put them on. It was definitely the shoes.

The woman behind the return counter was surprised by the smell, even tho I had forewarned her. Handed her the receipt - she was shocked. After refunding the amount of the purchase, she looked closer at the shoe box. "Oh," she said, "we've had problems with shoes from China smelling like a nuclear waste dump. Wonder how they're making the shoes?" Made me wonder, too.

 

[for_his_glory]

I try to avoid wearing shoes when I can. My tootsies like their freedom :biggrin

 

[Pizza]

I try to avoid wearing shoes when I can. My tootsies like their freedom :biggrin

Some people take that attitude towards their whole bodies...

www.aanr.org (American Association for Nude Recreation)

 

[for_his_glory]

Some people take that attitude towards their whole bodies...

www.aanr.org (American Association for Nude Recreation)

yes they do, but with me only in the

 

[ReginaForbes]

Do they smell like pizza?

 

[Lewis]

 

[TOG]

I bet they smell like 2 year old steel toed work shoes.

The TOG​

 

[Edward]

So, my steel toed work shoes are two years old now. I mostly wear them for work. (I'm always in a Nuclear Power Plant, a mine, an electrical substation or a steel mill - so I just wear safety shoes all the time.)

But I also, since I travel so much, tend to wear them on short (2 to 6 mile) hikes when on the road, so theyv'e been wet at times and have had insect repellant sprayed on them quite often.

They LOOK like "Nike" athletic ("gym") shoes, but are real steel toed shoes meeting all the ANSI standards.

The company usually tells us once a year to buy a new pair and submit for reimbursement - but last year I bought DRESS safety shoes (never wear them) and kept these. So you see, they ARE two years old.

So, why tell you all this? It's so you can picture them accurately. And now, you are fully informed and have a chance at:

GUESSING WHAT THEY SMELL LIKE!

Please note that my FEET DO NOT SMELL BAD, it's just the shoes....

I know what they smell like. They smell like my work boots. Not my feet, my boots. Some baking soda sprinkled in them in the morning with clean socks of course helps a lot man. You have to have the work boots though. With me, it's less for safety and more of the uniform so they have to be.

Baking soda.