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??
> >>>>
> >>>> )
> >>>>
> >>> 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. and


They were a big thang when I was in college, early - mid 70's...along with Pet Rocks and waiting in line at the college record store for the new Kansas album...

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Best
Greg