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Old Thu Nov 11, 2010, 03:13pm
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I had someone tell me to put Vaseline on my shoes to give it a little more shine.

If anyone has tried this please tell me how well it works.

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I tried it last night and Vaseline on the bottom of my shoes didn't really ehance my ability to call a game or stay standing.
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Old Thu Nov 11, 2010, 04:37pm
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I tried it last night and Vaseline on the bottom of my shoes didn't really ehance my ability to call a game or stay standing.
That was probalby due to lingering nitrogen narcosis.
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Old Thu Nov 11, 2010, 05:18pm
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That was probalby due to lingering nitrogen narcosis.
I narced pretty good during my advanced open water certification...I get that same sense of euphoria when officiating and twice I swear I saw a turtle swim by during the game. I have only seen sharks or the sideline though - usually circling on either side of the scorer's table.
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Old Thu Nov 11, 2010, 08:31pm
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I narced pretty good during my advanced open water certification...I get that same sense of euphoria when officiating and twice I swear I saw a turtle swim by during the game. I have only seen sharks or the sideline though - usually circling on either side of the scorer's table.
That turtle event must have been during a half-court set.....they just don't come out for fastbreaks.

I was diving once and thought I saw a guy in a suit/tie with a clipboard decending past me wearing concrete fins. I didn't think Apollo made their biofin in that material, DUI made drysuits resembling a sport suit, and there were dive slates that big with rectangles and cirlcles predrawn on them. I thought I had to be narc'd. When I surfaced, there were a bunch of guys in stripes standing on the pier. Didn't think anything of it at the time....now you make me wonder.
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Old Thu Nov 11, 2010, 08:40pm
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I have known people do do this along with shoe polish to add to a shine. I have also seen people use baby oil as well. I even used a little baby oil with one of those shining pads and it works. What ever works I guess.

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Old Fri Nov 12, 2010, 07:27am
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That turtle event must have been during a half-court set.....they just don't come out for fastbreaks.

I was diving once and thought I saw a guy in a suit/tie with a clipboard decending past me wearing concrete fins. I didn't think Apollo made their biofin in that material, DUI made drysuits resembling a sport suit, and there were dive slates that big with rectangles and cirlcles predrawn on them. I thought I had to be narc'd. When I surfaced, there were a bunch of guys in stripes standing on the pier. Didn't think anything of it at the time....now you make me wonder.
I find this post perfectly suited to a thread entitled "Vaseline on shoes?"
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Old Fri Nov 12, 2010, 02:33pm
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I find this post perfectly suited to a thread entitled "Vaseline on shoes?"
Surely I'm allowed one tangent out of every 1000 posts.
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Old Fri Nov 12, 2010, 04:27pm
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Surely I'm allowed one tangent out of every 1000 posts.
And an impressive, (to me) unintelligible tangent it was!

Far be it from me to permit or forbid anyone posting anything, but I do reserve the right to comment.
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