Quote Originally Posted by Richland
I come from a military background. I hate leaving the house with out a good shine on my shoes, and a good pressing on my shirts.
My roomate is the exact oposite. never shines shoes etc. when we go out and chat up the lasses. He is as sucessful as I "Sometimes more...darn it" . Do the clothes make the man? ....LOL
Manners maketh man - but his wife does the washing and ironing.

I expect your room mate would be slightly disconcerted if he could hear what the chatee is thinking as he chats. I suspect something on the lines of 'he really needs looking after - that shirt is for the bin for a start'

I might just be the Emelda Marcos of the shiny black leather flat shoe. I have so many styles, ranging from a steel toecapped industrial boot to a velcro fastening sandal, and I have rather a lot of them. Luckily I am light on footwear and rarely wear out any, the industrial boots are from decades back - and have a tiny scratch, but they make me two inches taller...

I think there might be a genetic component in this liking/aversion for polish.