On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:48:09 -0400, Joy Beeson
wrote:

On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 11:59:31 +0700, John B. Slocomb
wrote:

Don't you have to be barefooted to get the full benefit?

At that time and place, barefoot was the default condition.

For people the age I was then.

:-) Yes, when I was a little fellow I ran about barefoot all summer.
and learned to step a bit carefully when walking where the chickens
had been :-)
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Cheers

John B.