On Monday, April 26, 2021 at 2:47:49 PM UTC-4, bruce bowser wrote:
> On Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 12:11:50 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> > 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??
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> )
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> 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.
> > >
> > >
> > 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>
> I guess there are no earth day dish recommendations ?

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