www.CostaRicaTicas.com

If you wear lace-up shoes when traveling, try using elastic shoelaces--makes getting them on and off much easier. Helpful in, er, "social" situations as well. Widely available at sporting goods stores or online. Try: www.locklaces.com Available in a wide variety of colors including the always-popular fluorescent shades. Price: $5 + $2 S/H or Google for other brands

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"A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind"--Dr. Johnson
"Amen, brother"-ED

The mystery is solved Now we know where Jmac got those red shoelaces.

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Pura Vida
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four
essential food groups:
alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.
Alex Levine

Gee Whiz.......lets pick a universal CRT color so we can spot fellow board members at the airport.

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My life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming...." MAN....WHAT A RIDE!!!!"

See, now that's why I post the semi-whimsical stuff--so we can have some fun with it.
My choice as a proud Celt would be any shade of green, though actually I wear Velcro-strapped semi-geezer shoes.
BTW, you can talk all that stuff about Carla Thomas' version but I'll go with Bernadette Peters' version of "Gee Whiz". (He said, hijacking his own thread).

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"A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind"--Dr. Johnson
"Amen, brother"-ED

The secret is out. JMAC impersonators will be popping up all over the place

So they are dead BEFORE they slam into the ground or the ocean, that is comforting to know

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In honor of Jimmy V week, "Don't give up, don't ever give up!"