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Watch out for paper insoles (lift up the top insole and take a peek). Unbelievably, shops are allowed, and have the gall, to sell shoes made of cardboard, which as soon as they detect a whiff of water will fall apart. I once used to be able to buy great comfy reliable shoes for little money, but cheap shoes seem to be tulip nowadays, or I'm not looking hard enough. Mind you I do find shoes reach their ultimate comfort potential when they are broken in and the sides have given way and have allowed ones toes to escape.
Clarks for work, sensible understated and dependable just like me.
Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson
Cheaney is what I have been buying for the last few years and am wearing today Not quite sure about a lifetime, but they are jolly good and, I believe, are considered mid-range for those who know about their shoes. I would recommend sending them back to Cheaney to get them repaired rather than a 'slash-and-burn' local cobblers who will make a mess.
That said, I bought a pair of Palladium thingies as I was hacked off with the winter salt buggering the shoe leather.
In the case of shoes the adage "you get what you pay for" applies.
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