On 4/23/2021 3:38 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> 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! I've never actually owned a pair of Earth
>>> Shoes, BTW. I remember thinking they were rather silly. Backwards
>>> slanting heels... Why would you want the ball of your foot and your toes
>>> higher than the heel of your foot? Didn't make sense to me.
>>
>> Earth Shoe joke: Wear these and you *always* walk uphill both ways.
>>
>> 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
Yes. I thought about that timeframe later yesterday. I was thinking it
was after I first got married (1979). Then I realized, I was with an old
girlfriend when I bought those.
We were together from summer of 1972 to the summer of 1973 so that's
when I bought the earth shoes. Again though, they were so comfortable
and I really liked them.