On 4/24/2021 8:36 AM, Gary wrote:
> 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! 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
>
> 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.
>
>
I believe you. Apparently you can still buy women's Earth Shoes (not to
be confused with shoes of the same name sold at WalMart). I guess they
didn't catch on with men. <shrug>
Jill