Anyone here ever have a real Shoe Shine?

[WeRQ4U]

[Metta]

1. A throwback to another time.

I've had a few. Mostly when I travel. I look forward to them. ... a chance to make small talk and connect with a former stranger. Perhaps pick up a tip or pointer about a nearby eatery or some such. I like to think it connects me to my dad's time. Thanks for the memories.

[SKKY]

2. There's this very elderly man who has been giving shoe shines...

...on base here for probbly 50 years now. In all honesty, he doesn't do a very good job. But just for the fact that, at close to 90 years of age he still gets up at 5:00am to shine shoes, he gets my business. Plus, he tells some of the dirtiest spanish jokes I've ever heard.

[KamaAina]

3. Why yes, as a matter of fact, I did.

I fell for that stupid scam on Bourbon St. "I didn't ask you where you bought 'em, I asked you where you got 'em!" Sheesh. What a :dunce:

[DemNoir]

4. Just remember....

When you feel as low
as the bottom of a well
and can't get out of the mood
Do something to perk yourself up
and change your attitude
Give a tug to your tie
Put a crease in your pants
But if you really want to feel fine
give your shoes a shine

When there's a shine on your shoes
there's a melody in your heart
With a singable happy feeling
a wonderful way to start
to face the world every day
with a deedle-dum-dee-dah-dah
A little melody that is making
The worrying world go by

when you walk down the street
with a happy-go-lucky beat
You'll find a lot in what I'm repeating
When there's a shine on your shoes
There's a melody in your heart
What a wonderful way to start the day!

Now there's a shine that you get in the barber shop
There's a shine that you get in the Pullman car
There's a shine that you get in the pool room
There's a shine that you get in the school room

But it doesn't matter where you get it
It'll do a lot of good if you let it
A little bit of polish will abolish what's bothering you

when there's a shine on your shoes
Melody in your heart
Singable happy feeling
Wonderful!

Music by Arthur Schwartz; Lyric by Howard Dietz
Performed by Fred Astaire

[MrScorpio]

5. Yep, had them at the Pentagon

Where it paid to be spiffy!

[Wcross]

6. Last time I called for the shine boy.....

..I ended up dead in the trunk of some mafia guys car while he and his crew ate dinner with his Momma. (goodfellas)

[bettyellen]

7. yep, wearing my old thigh high boots.

[Book Lover]

8. Yep

I splurged once years ago after emerging from the F train for a job interview in the city. It was fun and I looked good. Don't think I got that job, though...

[DBoon]

9. Yes, when I worked for a big CPA firm

and the shined wingtips were a requirement of the job

[xmas74]

10. Yes.

Years ago just to say that I had one. The gentleman who did the service was very nice to me-even though he knew my shoes were cheap he treated me like a queen. And I tipped him well.