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moniss

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4. I'm so old I remember when the

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 01:57 PM

Dec 13

only shoes available were all called "tennis shoes" and they were made from canvas. You could have white or black. When the very first iteration of leather Keds came out I had a pair. After awhile the side of one was weak form "sweat rot" and gave way when I planted my foot to make a cut in a basketball game. My foot went ripping right on out of the outside edge. Almost ripped some ligaments.

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Vintage running shoes, 1980s, Nike [View all] bucolic_frolic Dec 13 OP

They have that lived in smell Historic NY Dec 13 #1

Yeah.. In the past two years, my very expensive walking/trail "running" shoes have had the soles lift up hlthe2b Dec 13 #2

That is part of the problem: water-based contact cements bucolic_frolic Dec 13 #3

I'm so old I remember when the moniss Dec 13 #4

Had a pair of Brooks running shoes in the 70's. bluedigger Dec 13 #5