On 4/23/2021 8:01 AM, Gary wrote:
> On 4/22/2021 7:17 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 4/22/2021 6:43 PM, wrote:
>>> On Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 5:25:55 PM UTC-5,
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Even though it's on its' way towards being over. Darn, I didn't wear my
>>>> Earth Shoes today. 
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>> I haven't thought about it being Earth Day either but I've been
>>> barefooted all day.
>>> Does that count??
>>>
>>> 
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>>>
>> Of course it counts! Â* I've never actually owned a pair of Earth
>> Shoes, BTW.Â* I remember thinking they were rather silly.Â* Backwards
>> slanting heels... Why would you want the ball of your foot and your toes
>> higher than the heel of your foot?Â* Didn't make sense to me.
>
> Earth Shoe joke: Wear these and you *always* walk uphill both ways.Â*
>
> You should have at least tried them. They were amazingly comfortable.
> They came out sometime around 1980.
Per Wikipedia:
"In 1970, Raymond and Eleanor Jacobs founded the Earth Shoe company in
the United States, after discovering Anna Kalsø and her negative-heel
shoes in Copenhagen, Denmark. The shoes were introduced in New York City
on April 1, 1970, three weeks before the first Earth Day."
Jill