Let's talk callouses
- Thread starter Barefoot TJ
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Neil_D
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Humm, made me look too. I like cats because they don't give a damn about anything but themselves. Lets see, good place to sit, it's warm up here, a good spot to look for that damned dog, etc, etc.
NickW
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You just explained why I am a bigger dog person than a cat person, despite me owning two cats...
umm I hope that's not a dude in that pic 
I had a lingering callous on the right (inside) side of my left big toe, right at the joint behind the nail, for many many years. Since going BF so much now the callous is completely gone. It's obvious that shoes were the cause of it, specifically Nike's I'm sure, with their narrow toe boxes that I used to always swear by for nearly 2 decades.
I had a lingering callous on the right (inside) side of my left big toe, right at the joint behind the nail, for many many years. Since going BF so much now the callous is completely gone. It's obvious that shoes were the cause of it, specifically Nike's I'm sure, with their narrow toe boxes that I used to always swear by for nearly 2 decades.
So about callouses, is this about callouses or cats? Daniel Howell (The Barefoot Professor) says that we barefooters build extra layers of dead skin cells on the bottom of our feet. This enables us to be less sensitive to running barefoot. I was wondering what the difference is between a callous and extra layers of dead skin cells. I smart friend of mine says maybe callouses are localized as compared to a larger area like the contact points of the bottom of our feet.
I tend to agree with that analysis. Guitar players developed calloused fingertips after awhile, but those are also small, localized areas. My feet have large areas of very thick skin, much thicker than they were before I started BF'ing - mainly the ball of the foot, the heel, and the area behind the 4th and 5th toes.
You are staff. If there is a cat living in your house, even around your house, you are staff.
For example:
The next picture would have been a full plate of food, but I was more impressed with the looks on his face before, so I didn't take that one.
For example:
The next picture would have been a full plate of food, but I was more impressed with the looks on his face before, so I didn't take that one.
And then there's this one. As you can see, he's older, fatter, and still has the same old habits. He even dug out his own can of cat food!
I have two black cats and one gray cat, but the Gray Cat (that's his name), won't even let me touch it after nearly 9 years of feeding it. He was a stray. I guess he still is.
If he was making biscuits (kitty in the first photo), then that would show sympathy. Hee. Nope. I'm pretty sure that's the "ownership" pose.
If he was making biscuits (kitty in the first photo), then that would show sympathy. Hee. Nope. I'm pretty sure that's the "ownership" pose.
Cute! Making biscuits silly. cute.
I have a black short hair and a black long hair, a gray short hair and a gray/black long hair, among others, but no orange cats (k, well a calico with some orange but that's not the same). And a tabby who lives in the garage n outdoors, with a limp and a crooked face who is a lover deep deep inside but only lets me touch it for special moments when the time is just right and no one is watching. When the kids ask about him I say "he has trust issues from his rough childhood."
The only cat we have with a 'generic' name is "number nine," for at some point they get numbers, not names.
