Shoes!

[Chrome]

I awoke at 5:00am this morning to the sound of glass breaking. I live alone in a trailer park, so I knew the sound was nothing good. I got up and grabbed my light and knife and cracked the door so I could look down the hallway. I can see almost the entire trailer, and nothing looks disturbed. I walked into the living room and notice no windows broken, but I can see movement out side.

Turns out, my drunken neighbors broke their window. I have no idea why or how, but there they were looking at it. I grumbled and went back to bed.

Point of the Post:

This morning I realized something, if a window had been broken, I would have had to walk barefoot across the path of the window. Had someone thrown something through the window, glass would have been all over the floor. I now have an old pair of loose fitting tennis shoes ready to slip on for such an occasion.

Just something to think about as I didn't have the foresight to think of it.

Later,
Chrome...

 

[ball3006]

I have a pair of hard soled mocaccans

as my house slippers that I put on when ever I get up at night. My cats leave their toys scattered about and some of them are hard. Good point you have though......chris3

 

[crew590]

Good point, Chrome. It's something I'd never thought about. Might have to start leaving some old shoes or something next to my bed at night myself. Glad everything worked out for you in any case.

Jay

 

[foghornl]

Under my side of the bed is the Maverick 88, and a pair of those quick-on 'house slippers'. Just might save your feet if (when) someone smashes some glass,

 

[supraneurotoxin]

I got a pair of those crocs recently, they're great. comfy too, I wear them all over the house.

 

[slow944]

Got a pair of Speedo's that I wear, really comfortable and very protective>

 

[Devonai]

Just ask this guy what happens if you have to pick a fight barefoot.

 

[Owen]

Devonai beat me to it.

 

[exar]

yep, flip-flops by the bed.

 

[ArfinGreebly]

Ahh, No. Negatory.

Not flip-flops.

I've stepped in broken glass with flip-flops.

Glass, thorns, nails, tacks, pins -- basically anything sharp -- goes right through them.

If you're going to wear flip-flops, either upgrade to the leather-soled kind or glue something more "sharps" resistant onto the ones you have.

A moccasin or slipper with a reasonably hard sole should be okay.

 

[Elmer Fudd]

What is it about flip-flops?! They only look good on supermodels trying to show as much skin as possible. Everyone else looks like a slob. They are the lamest footwear ever. The next 9/11 or other emergency that comes around, watch all the crazed idiots running down the street barefoot because they outran their almost non-existent footwear.

 

[DoubleTapDrew]

Good point about shoes and glass. I'll have to keep that in mind.
Maybe a quick and effective solution would be a set of wooden Tactical Clogs. If you run out of ammo you could also throw them at the goblin or give him one heck of a shin kicking!

 

[trueblue1776]

Get some tactical flops from Mr. Oleg.

 

[Geno]

Hey DTD:

My grandparents had a pair of those wooden shoes! Wow, I haven't seen those in like 30 years.

This is a good thread...good point to keep in mind. Thanks,

Doc2005

 

[JamisJockey]

Good post.
Back in the day, a buddy heard breaking glass at Oh-dark-thirty. Went down the hall with pistol and light in hand, only to step in broken glass. Picture had come off the wall for some reason, resulting in glass all over the hardwood hallway. No intruder, and a bad, bloody morning.
Might make sense to at least keep a pair of slipons like crocs handy. No fuss, just stick your feet in. Not tacticool (maybe if you get 'em in black), but soft quiet rubber, and you're not likely to bleed like a stuck pig after stepping on some glass.

 

[03Shadowbob]

What is it about flip-flops?! They only look good on supermodels trying to show as much skin as possible. Everyone else looks like a slob. They are the lamest footwear ever.

Hey Fudd,
You don't live near the beach do you? If you ever travel to South Florida, take my advice when I tell you that your white Rockports accompanied by black socks is much less attractive than flip flops and marks you as a target to those who would like to deprive you of your wallet.

 

[03Shadowbob]

double post. sorry

 

[Elmer Fudd]

Hey Fudd,
You don't live near the beach do you? If you ever travel to South Florida, take my advice when I tell you that your white Rockports accompanied by black socks is much less attractive than flip flops and marks you as a target to those who would like to deprive you of your wallet.

03, that's white tube socks and white tennis shoes. I'm a stylish nerd, thank you.

 

[03Shadowbob]

 

[Rugerman99]

Hate to get slightly off topic here but one thing i was a little troubled at was that you went to meet a potential intruder with a knife. Is there a reason why you weren't better armed?
Good point about the shoes though ill have to get a pair of slippers to keep by the bed.

 

[lee n. field]

I awoke at 5:00am this morning to the sound of glass breaking. I live alone in a trailer park, so I knew the sound was nothing good.

Ain't life in the trailer park fun? Been there, done that.

 

[moojpg2]

what's with the knife

im with rugerman on this, at least have a baseball bat or something more effective than a knife, even mace is better, knife should be absolutely last resort

i have a well worn, easy to slip on pair of loafers i use as house shoes, I probably wouldn't worry about glass in my house though, no glass picture frames in the main hall, and all the windows are on the outer perimeter, so why would i be stepping on it while defending from the punk crawling through? also, i would hate to waste the time to put shoes on while some punk is breaking in. i'd be more worried about grabbing my streamlight and racking a round into the chamber of my 1911

 

[Caimlas]

Bah! Haven't you guys seen Die Hard? If you've got shoes and a gun, you're going to die!

 

[Jim March]

How to scare the wastewater right out of a goblin:

http://www.schlockmercenary.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/31/for-boots-like-these-id-grow-feet/

...and nothing else .

 

[ArfinGreebly]

The Knife?

There have been days (nights) when I've gone to check on stuff.

With a knife.

Impressive bit of cutlery.

Didn't own a gun. Wasn't going unarmed.

I've answered the door with an 18-inch butcher knife in my hand. Knife in one hand, something innocuous like a sponge in the other. Plausible "you interrupted my kitchen duties" while still being armed.

Got some eyebrows from my daughter's friends once. Well? No one told me I was expecting three sideshow freaks reciting, "hi, we're Autumn's friends, and she's giving us a ride." They were remarkably well behaved while they waited.

Answer the door or check on random noises late at night? There's gonna be SOMETHING in my hand. If I have a loaded pistol or rifle, that's fine. If not, then a blade of some kind goes with me.

And in my house there's always a blade handy.