I’ve spent the better part of two hours checking out the polls and I need a break. So…<\/p>\n
There is an electric shoe polisher in my floor’s throw-out area, which led me to the offer in the headline. Although if anyone says yes, I have no plans to drag the thing into my apartment and figure out how to send it to you.<\/p>\n
So don’t.<\/p>\n
But that vision of an electric shoe polisher caused me thoughts. Mostly, does anyone polish shoes anymore? Leading to: does anyone wear<\/em> shoes that require<\/em> polishing?<\/p>\n To keep this highly subjective — what else can I do? I’m not going to stand in my building’s lobby with a pad, making a record of everyone’s foot gear — I have checked my own closet and this is what I found: three pairs of leather shoes could accept a little polish, i.e., they’re smooth and sort of shiny, but would not tolerate being whacked around by huge electrically motivated brushes that look as if they belong in a car wash.<\/p>\n The rest of my shoes are textured and couldn’t be polished. All they need is to be dusted, probably more often than I dust, but hey. Sneakers? No polish needed. Merrell walking shoes? Woven and textured; the winter Merrells are suede. No polishing possible.<\/p>\n I do have a glorious pair of glittery silver sneakers but all they need is a wipe every now and then, before I click my heels and magic occurs.<\/p>\n So the bottom line is, no electric shoe polisher required.<\/p>\n Years ago, a shoe store salesperson told me not to bother buying colored shoe polish, in any case. Just use a dab of neutral shoe polish and one of those fuzzy shoe-cleaning clothes.<\/p>\n I haven’t used that polish in so long I’m sure it’s as hard as a neutral rock. Maybe I’ll go look at it now and toss it.<\/p>\n Maybe not.<\/p>\n That’s it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve spent the better part of two hours checking out the polls and I need a break. So… There is an electric shoe polisher in my floor’s throw-out area, which led me to the offer in the headline. Although if … Continue reading