BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: gnu
Date: 06 Aug 10 - 02:10 PM

That isn't too bad, froggy. Now, puttin em backwards....

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: frogprince
Date: 06 Aug 10 - 12:35 PM

"Are my sneakers on opposite feet?"
Of all the dumazz questions. How'n'ell should I know, I can't see 'em from here!

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: gnu
Date: 06 Aug 10 - 04:58 AM

And there's Bubble and Squeal, a delicacy for peeps like Kendall.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 06 Aug 10 - 12:10 AM

Be careful, mayomick, be very careful. You are in danger of reviving the great debate over bubble & squeak.

"There's no such dish!"
"There is! My grandmother used to make it!"

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: mayomick
Date: 05 Aug 10 - 11:49 AM

The bubbles contain hype and built-in obsolescence in roughly equal measures .They don't really serve any purpose other than to squeak after about six months and embarrass you into buying a new pair.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 04 Aug 10 - 01:14 PM

With my sense of direction, I would need sneakers with GPS.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 04 Aug 10 - 01:11 PM

"You should buy the fancy expensive ones with bubbles on the heels.."

I dunno about that. Are these bubbles filled with fluid?

I once bought a pair that had insoles with fluid in them. The idea was that it would yield or cushion. I wore them on a short hike (maybe half a mile) and had never had such pain in my feet before. I made my way back to the nature center, and my husband had to go to the car and get other shoes for me.

I wrote the company, but they never wrote back.
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I have secretly longed to wear shoes with flickering lights. But if they don't work for very long, I don't suppose they are worth wishing for.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 03 Aug 10 - 04:55 PM

Some of the pre-teens (mostly) here like the sneakers that have flickering lights when they walk. Big sellers at Walmart and cheaper clothing stores. Most don't seem to stay lit for very long.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: mayomick
Date: 03 Aug 10 - 02:59 PM

You should buy the fancy expensive ones with bubbles on the heels -Nike ,Addidas etc - they come equipped with a handy warning squeak .They're very nice to walk about in when new ,but once the bubble goes after about six months , they start up an embarrassing down-at-heel squeaky squeak . Then you know it's time to buy a new pair .

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: olddude
Date: 03 Aug 10 - 02:31 PM

Q
wow they sound awesome ... I never a pair of them...

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 03 Aug 10 - 12:57 PM

olddude, we have a pair of pueblo mocs, made at Taos. the bottom part is Navajo thickness, and attached are deer skin tops that come to knee-height. The object is to keep spiny or dry weeds from scratching the legs or getting into the moc proper.
Now most Indians have forsaken tradition and wear those ugly sneakers.

Taos Indians present an odd appearance in that many men are tall and have a western plains appearance, while many women are stocky, typical pueblo build. The general belief is that plains and Navajo raiders added the 'tall' genes, but geneticists say this idea doesn't hold with genetic theories. Dunno. Used to spend a lot of time there when I was a wee one. My parents would drop me off with pueblo friends when they were working in the area.


The stories of Number One Ladies Detective Agency, and Precious with her 'traditional' figure, come to mind now when I see a 'typical' pueblo woman.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 03 Aug 10 - 12:26 PM

Q, the problem is not do my sneakers have memories. The problem is changing new sneakers every year. I assume that it what Bradbury meant when he referred to 'last year's sneakers.'

If we did that, how could we pay for our fifth guitar, our 12th pick, our third set of equipment for recording LP's?

As to memory, my 15-year-old pair probably had them, but most were lost when I put in the new shoelaces. They look so funny - bedraggled brownish sneakers with smooth, snowy-white laces.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: gnu
Date: 03 Aug 10 - 06:34 AM

Rags... I used to get mine atr Costco but they have any at the moment.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: ragdall
Date: 03 Aug 10 - 01:39 AM

gnu?
Can you get the REAL duct tape there, the brand that Red Green uses? I looked everywhere in my town and couldn't find that brand. I need to fix up the holes in my car. The duct tape that the dollar store sells doesn't do the job.

olddude,
We still have an EFAD store (Everything For A Dollar). We used to have a Dollar Giant, but it's now a Dollar-twenty-five Giant.

Wear those sneakers as long as you can. They don't make 'em like they used to.

rags

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: olddude
Date: 02 Aug 10 - 10:47 PM

by the way I think the Navajo ones are the absolute best. The sole is thicker giving better protection but conforms to the ground you get the feel of the ground and gives you the control.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: olddude
Date: 02 Aug 10 - 10:16 PM

Very good point .. the ones made of deer skin will conform to the object you step on .. the impression is faint. To avoid capture they would use very soft deer skin. Unlike my old sneakers that a blind man could track me LOL

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 02 Aug 10 - 09:55 PM

Hard bison hide was used by some Indians; very good against sharp objects (But not against chollo-).

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: olddude
Date: 02 Aug 10 - 09:49 PM

Q

I actually had a pair of Navajo moccasins. In the woods if one wants to disappear there is nothing that leaves a smaller trail then moccasins. Some of the scout snipers actually bring them along. Pretty dang comfy on the feet also. Not great protection against sharp objects but amazing.

The native American would avoid capture .. the best scouts of the Calvary could not find them ... their trail was so well covered. Mainly because of their skill and their tracks were non existent because of them.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 02 Aug 10 - 02:39 PM

I doubt it, Olddude - even if ditched, the dog will probably sneakily sniff them out and fetch them back.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: frogprince
Date: 02 Aug 10 - 02:22 PM

I haven't seen your sneakers, but I know obscene when I see it!
Oh....you said....

never mind....

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 02 Aug 10 - 02:14 PM

leeneia, don't your old sneakers (or whatever) have memories?

Find the Ray Bradbury story, and you will understand Blackbelt's reference. An excellent writer.

But perhaps time for olddude to graduate to that good North American Indian invention, moccasins. (My latest by El Salvadorans, the quality excellent).

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 02 Aug 10 - 01:12 PM

To set joking aside for just a moment -

Olddude asked if his sneakers are obselete. I believe they are obsolete if they no longer provide any cushioning or shock absorbing.

If your legs and feet still feel good after walking, then they are not obsolete yet, no matter how much duct tape and dirt are on them.

As for me, I have a pair of dingy sneakers that I use for gardening. They have soles about 2 inches thick that are good for driving a spade or pitchfork in the ground. I'd hate to try to walk or run in them, though.

Blackbelt, why do you mean by 'last year's pair'? I do not grasp this concept. My old pair is 15 years old and my new pair is 5.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 02 Aug 10 - 07:56 AM

You need to read some Ray Bradbury. Not quite sure of the title but I think it is "The sound of summer running", the last story in the "R is for Rocket" anthology.
It explains why it is necessary to have a new pair of sneakers as last year's pair are so full of memories and experiences that they have become too heavy.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 02 Aug 10 - 06:34 AM

"Pretty dull"..."not sharp" - that sounds like "pointless".

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: olddude
Date: 01 Aug 10 - 08:09 PM

Yea my sneaker are not sharp lookin anymore ... they are pretty dull

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: artbrooks
Date: 01 Aug 10 - 08:05 PM

Nothing pointless? Sounds pretty dull to me...

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: olddude
Date: 01 Aug 10 - 06:18 PM

Correct, we never ever have or will talk about pointless stuff on the cat ... LOL

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 01 Aug 10 - 05:38 PM

...the thread would be pointless

That must never happen on the Mudcat!!

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: olddude
Date: 01 Aug 10 - 04:43 PM

Crow ... Priceless ... yes I am a cheap-o ... laughing
good point my friend ....

that was perfect ... !!!

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: gnu
Date: 01 Aug 10 - 04:32 PM

Crow... but, then, the thread would be pointless. What would we have to crow about?

Say... Dan... were they "flashy" sneakers? Maybe a crow stole them.. forevermore?

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 01 Aug 10 - 04:32 PM

OOOH! What she called you! Time for the clowns er- clones to step in to censor censorious verbiage.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies)
Date: 01 Aug 10 - 04:02 PM

It seems everyone's delicately avoiding the issue:
Just go and get some new shoes, you stinky old minger!

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 01 Aug 10 - 03:59 PM

Don't own any sneakers. Not since school days.

Usually wear moccasins, I have several pairs; lined with fleece for winter, some with 'rubber' soles for wet weather. Lands End has good quality; Canada adds 18% duty but still cheaper than equivalents made in Canada (my most recent pair, bison leather, rubber sole over bison, $60 before duty).

Canada has "Loonie" stores. The dollar equivalent has a loon on one side and queen Liz on the other. Most things cost a "Toonie"- a $2 dollar coin with a polar bear one side and Liz the other.

The stores are good for odds and ends such as bags with Xmas and other designs. We got tired of wrapping gifts and the bags can be used by the recipient the following year.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: IvanB
Date: 01 Aug 10 - 03:16 PM

Sneakers, nowadays, are like cars - depreciate 30% when you walk out of the store with them and obsoleted within days by the new super-duper model with all the new features you can't live without!

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 01 Aug 10 - 02:26 PM

One of the worries people had about maybe going over to the Euro instead of the Pound was what would,happen to the poundshops. I mean the range of stuff they could sell for one Euro has to be a lot restricted.

How did that work out in Ireland?

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 01 Aug 10 - 01:11 PM

One thing I do miss about Ontario is to the point, accurate, store names. The Beer Store was my favorite,

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: artbrooks
Date: 01 Aug 10 - 09:41 AM

We (in the US) have 3 "dollar store" chains. On of them, Dollar Tree (green sign) sells everything for $1. Dollar General (yellow sign) and Family Dollar (red sign) do not.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 01 Aug 10 - 07:26 AM

Our "pound shops" are still everything for a pound. Or sometimes two for a pound. My first call to check before I go anywhere else for most things.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: olddude
Date: 31 Jul 10 - 10:20 PM

Good question, hey bobster, what currency should we use ...
I was a thinking shine .... Jelly jars only none of this bottled stuff

now any country that would pay in shine would be a fun place to be don't ya think

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: olddude
Date: 31 Jul 10 - 09:41 PM

thats a good one Jack

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 31 Jul 10 - 09:18 PM

To distinguish them from peso and Euro stores?

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: gnu
Date: 31 Jul 10 - 09:15 PM

Nostalgia?

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: olddude
Date: 31 Jul 10 - 08:54 PM

Yes it is ... it is 3 bucks at the dollar store here it town .. so why do they call it the dollar store .. ain't nothing in there a buck

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: gnu
Date: 31 Jul 10 - 08:22 PM

BTW... I am severely pissed off at Red Green. I went to Costco to buy my decade long supply of ducT tape and they had none. So, naturally, I went to Crappy Tire. $6 a roll? $6 a roll!!!!

Duct tape... $6 a roll??? WTF??? Keep yer stick up yer ass. 6 ****ing dollars a roll my ass. It's Red's fault ya know.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: olddude
Date: 31 Jul 10 - 07:33 PM

not but I am really good at dodge ball when I use duck tape LOL

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: gnu
Date: 31 Jul 10 - 07:20 PM

Dan... if you got "duck" tape, can't you float?

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: artbrooks
Date: 31 Jul 10 - 07:20 PM

If you ever find your boot, please check inside for the packet of buttons herself can't find.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: olddude
Date: 31 Jul 10 - 07:07 PM

yup Ebbie, my boot walked away never to be seen again .. now it is just the old sneakers for the grapevine walk

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: Ebbie
Date: 31 Jul 10 - 06:41 PM

It appears that you have given up ever finding your missing boot, Dan. A sneaker, when you need a boot, is a poor substitute.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 31 Jul 10 - 06:06 PM

That's the one g. It's from an album called 'I started out as a child'

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: gnu
Date: 31 Jul 10 - 05:42 PM

I want new soles for my Canuck made Kodiak boots. The soles on my three pairs are worn beyond the tread after over 25 years, but they are the best footwear I have ever owned. Used to wear em year round with heavy socks. Now, ya can't buy em... oh, you can buy the foreign made ones with all the fancy new high tech this and that for a big price but they are crap... and they are "work boots" with steel toes... that don't cut the grass at -30C.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: Bill D
Date: 31 Jul 10 - 05:37 PM

almost the same as "shoe goo gai pan."

(I have a pair of low 'sneakers' that we used to call 'tennis shoes' that are ...ummm... 35 years old now. I rarely wear them, but if I decided to clean the gutters or sweep twigs off the roof, they are just the thing.)

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: artbrooks
Date: 31 Jul 10 - 05:25 PM

Obsolete? Never! Get some Shoe Goo.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 31 Jul 10 - 05:10 PM

Sandals when it's hot. (Sandals with socks maybe when it's a bit chilly, and you feel like teasing people.) Brown boots on all other occasions (except perhaps funerals). When the sole falls off, and it can't be fixed, get a new pair.

I think Coope Boyes and Simpson have the right idea when they sing:

Make it mend it, wear it out
Make it do or do without.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: gnu
Date: 31 Jul 10 - 05:04 PM

This one John?

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 31 Jul 10 - 04:35 PM

Bill Cosby used to do a great routine about sneakers.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 31 Jul 10 - 04:29 PM

To Parody the late Johnny Cochran...

If they protect the feet
They ain't obsolete.

Subject: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: olddude
Date: 31 Jul 10 - 04:24 PM

Now I am not talking about my fancy go to meetin on sunday sneakers. I am talking about my favorite oldies that I walk my big dog through the grapevines with. You know the ones with the duck tape on the back where the wiener dog chewed it as a pup. He is 12 now ..   Now I know they seem kinda old .. and they don't help me run higher or jump farther .. but they keep my feet dry (except for when I step in the swamp) Now they may not smell the best, but I don't either when I eat burritos and people still keep me ..

what do you think? Are they obsolete?