Well I've been off work all week so only put on socks & shoes when I was going to the pub or my spanish nightclass, I even ventured out to the front of my house to talk to my mates across the road a few times in me bare feet. I'm not attempting to be a barefooter or anything (I can imagine the looks I'd get if I went into work with no shoes! ) I'm just lazy and if I don't have to put on socks and shoes I won't bother, one observation though is I have become immune to cold tiles and I can walk on concrete foot paths with tip-toeing, I can imagine if one went barefoot all time the soles of your feet would turn to leather, anyway I'm just rambling now, anyway just thought I'd share that.
Well not everyone has rock hard, tough soles like you loveflower, but maybe they should?! Couldn't resist either
Mine are not anything like rock hard nor leathery, and I am barefoot MOST of the time, with the exception of going to work in flip-flops. -Jeffrey