On 2005-12-23, Tom Watson wrote:

The bottom of the base should be a shoe, in my opinion.

Is this from an aesthetic point of view? I've never found them
appealing aesthetically, but perhaps I am missing something. Of
course, they are very practical in a retrofit, for covering the bottom
edge of the base (hard to paint) and the outside edge of a wood floor
(hard to sand/finish).

Cheers, Wayne