It is amazing how tough your feet can get. Mine aren't what they used to be. I cut down a lot on going barefoot while I was living in Kansas City. There are just way too many nasty things on city streets for me to feel safe walking them barefoot. Now that I'm out of the city, I'm going barefoot a lot more again. Even when I wear shoes, they are normaly moccasins with thin soles. Just to give you an idea of how tough your feet can get, I used to put out cigarettes on the bottoms of mine with no discomfort.In college it was a good way to impress girls and make guys looking for a fight think twice.

Leo