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A family of keen sandals.

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Having just got a new pair it's apparently it's time for me to loose a pair. I must admit there's at least one pair too many. And before you ask 

One for posh.

One for the back door on shed duty.

One for the car for post cycling driving home.

One for emergencies!

I was thinking the new #5 could go in my wife's car but oddly she says no.

And before you ask again. The old ones all have knackered soles, falling off tread or broken uppers and the oldest must be atleast 12 years old. They are great and have been all over the world. I cycle in them, swim in them, trek in them and generally just idle about in them.


 
Posted : 11/09/2025 7:38 am
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A stench of sandals?!

😉


 
Posted : 11/09/2025 8:17 am
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I don't know, but used to live by the mantra that " Happiness is a sandal tanline"

Alas it's been years since I've had one...

 


 
Posted : 11/09/2025 8:22 am
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I believe it’s a phalange much like baboons 


 
Posted : 11/09/2025 8:23 am
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Name checks out.


 
Posted : 11/09/2025 8:24 am
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Posted by: MadBillMcMad

One for posh

Oh aye, I can imagine they're de riguer at the Ambassador's drinks reception.


 
Posted : 11/09/2025 8:39 am
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Struggling to work out which are the posh ones...! 🤣 


 
Posted : 11/09/2025 8:52 am
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Can you just point out which is the posh one, save others from the confusion?


 
Posted : 11/09/2025 8:53 am
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Struggling to work out which are the posh ones...! 🤣 

 

 

Can you just point out which is the posh one, save others from the confusion?

You need to enable Smells on your phone settings.

 

 


 
Posted : 11/09/2025 8:57 am
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Is that a 6th pair hiding on the lower edge of the image?

 

Sometimes when you have an addiction it is better to stand up and admit it publicly - and not shy away from the full extent of the addiction.


 
Posted : 11/09/2025 8:59 am
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A malaise of Keens.


 
Posted : 11/09/2025 9:00 am
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Gotta be a lament of Keens surely ....


 
Posted : 11/09/2025 9:59 am
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Posted by: MadBillMcMad

And before you ask again.

You already know the answer here don't you, you're just in denial.

Keep one pair for daily use, an old pair for sacrificial bumming about, the rest need binning.


 
Posted : 11/09/2025 10:28 am
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I think I might loose two pairs as I've had no emergencies for a while but definitely not lose three, I'd need counselling 


 
Posted : 11/09/2025 12:41 pm
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Is it just me who gets triggered by the fact that they're not lined up along/parallel with a grout line in the tiles?


 
Posted : 11/09/2025 1:01 pm
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Posted by: thegeneralist

" Happiness is a sandal tanline"

Does one not wear a sock?

 


 
Posted : 11/09/2025 2:30 pm
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Skein of Keen.

Although the formation is lacking.


 
Posted : 11/09/2025 2:52 pm
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You'd think sandals would be great for cycling on a summers day.

 

Then you scrape your toes off the ground.

Lesson learned.


 
Posted : 11/09/2025 9:44 pm
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Posted by: dyna-ti

You'd think sandals would be great for cycling on a summers day.

 

Then you scrape your toes off the ground.

Somewhere I’ve still got a pair of Shimano SPuD sandals! They were ok anywhere there weren’t large rocks, nettles, brambles... So, road use only, then…


 
Posted : 12/09/2025 1:25 am
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I am struggling to align them with sandals.

Thats basically an approach shoe that had a fight with a Stanley knife.


 
Posted : 12/09/2025 5:20 am