On 4/24/2021 12:17 PM, GM wrote:
> 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...
>

Still got Point of Know Return on vinyl and in excellent shape - got
another on reel , can't remember which offhand . All my friends wanted
to know if I wanted my albums to last forever , I tracked at 1.5 grams .
Well , here we are 45 years later and ...
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We shot them