Only on this website can you come along and say "my shoe broke so I fixed it with some industrial Polyurethane rubber I just happened to have around", and everyone finds this normal
Also that I didn't replace those shoes till my sister told me I had to! I said, "The soles aren't falling off anymore, what's the problem?"
In my defense, I wear size 14 shoes and they aren't exactly easy to find in stores. So I put a lot of miles on my shoes before I replace them....