Keith Beattie

... since covid and thinks it is because so many of us spent so much time in slippers or barefoot at home during the pandemic. So much so our feet have actually changed shape.

We measured my feet and sure enough I'm nearly a full size larger than I was before.

5/5

... so the stretching didn't hold on mine.

When I mentioned to the guy working the counter that I guess my feet had grown he asked when I had bought these shoes and the one I was replacing and then said he thinks it was because covid. He said they have had a surge in stretching requests ...

4/5

... them in for a stretch. Wife was having the same problem with some shoes she's had for years that were still in good shape. Today when picking up our shoes, hers stretched out just fine, mine didn't. Hers were mostly leather and mine were more rubber and mesh so the stretching ...

3/5

... finally wore out entirely. Problem was, the right one was too small. Nearly lost a toenail trying to break them in and decided to see if there was a way to get them stretched a bit so they would fit. Never heard of that service before but found a shoe shop that does it and brought...

2/5

Today I learned that covid has made many of our feet bigger.

Bear with me, this takes some explanation and is probably not going where you think it is...

I bought some new shoes a few months ago. Same brand, same model, same size as a pair I bought several years ago that...

1/5

I used to think anything under a 5.0 was small. With the epicenter of a 4.3 just up the street, I no longer think that way.

27 years

Today

I just made a phone call, no one answered but rather than a voicemail greeting I got a recording that said "the line is busy".

Have I outlived the busy signal!?

Still? Were they ever considered food?

I think the "Following" feed does that. I also created a few different lists for different subsets of people, news sites or shows I follow. The lists seem to work pretty well, though you have to populate them.