Sad to hear the news about Tom...even though I didn't know him.

>I remember a restaurant not wanting to admit me because I was wearing sandals instead of shoes. I would have left them have their way - it is up to them to have a strict code for admission or not - but a friend made a huge scandal about it.

I was turned away from an Immigration office in the Philippines, because I was wearing flip-flops (my normal shoes, when not barefoot)...guess they considered it disrespectful.

J