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Off Topic Forums => Off Topic Forum => Topic started by: penguin on June 08, 2006, 05:18:39 am

Title: shoe poll
Post by: penguin on June 08, 2006, 05:18:39 am: serious issue. am considering switching allegiance, if only cos 'flyers (apparently) have a fortune cookie in the sole, so if i get stranded somewhere... 8)

kate (who has a sunburned left ear)
Title: Re: shoe poll
Post by: Optimistic on June 08, 2006, 06:10:01 am: converse.

Justin
Title: Re: shoe poll
Post by: cmhjeff on June 08, 2006, 08:05:41 am: What is a PF Flyer? :) I'll stick with my Addidas and Sketchers :)
Title: Re: shoe poll
Post by: Teresa on June 08, 2006, 08:21:27 am: LOL..i remember the commercials for PF Flyers when i was a kid...."They make you run faster and jump higher."
That was probally back in the 60s...Damn im getting old...LOL

Teresa
Title: Re: shoe poll
Post by: J.R.E. on June 08, 2006, 08:22:36 am: :D I had PF flyers, when I was a kid. I remember them in the 50's and the 60's.... I didn't even know they were around anymore. I remember the little circle insignia on the side...

Ray
Title: Re: shoe poll
Post by: J.R.E. on June 08, 2006, 08:24:43 am: Quote from: Teresa on June 08, 2006, 08:21:27 am
LOL..i remember the commercials for PF Flyers when i was a kid...."They make you run faster and jump higher."
That was probally back in the 60s...Damn im getting old...LOL

Teresa

I almost forgot that !!! I remember the commercial also ! :)
Title: Re: shoe poll
Post by: doyourowndamndishes on June 08, 2006, 08:55:16 am: EEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!

Sorry, unless a person is working out, running shoes are such a fashion faux pas. However, the only pair I have when I play squash are Reebox. Are they a great pair, I don't know but the kinda fit me feet ok! I still prefer my lace up gong fu shoes (very similar to soccer shoes I've been told but without the cleats) for activity: they have great support and are extremely light weight.

Cheers,

Alan
Title: Re: shoe poll
Post by: whizzer on June 09, 2006, 07:24:29 pm: The slogan was:

"PF Flyers make you run your fastest and jump your highest". I HAD to have a pair when I was a kid. SO much more fashionable than Keds.

But then I went to junior high school, where I abandoned PF Flyers for Carolina Blue Converse All-Stars. I wore those until I headed off to college in Blue Heaven, where I switched to white Cons.

-Whizzer
(who now wears New Balance because they fit his extra wide EEEE foot)
Title: Re: shoe poll
Post by: kcmetroman on June 09, 2006, 07:38:59 pm: OMG I remember them like yesterday. PF FLyers were the rage. My secret decoder whistle, I am still looking for. I have mentioned them here before, and now they are on the forefront. My life is complete
Title: Re: shoe poll
Post by: et in arcadia ego on June 09, 2006, 10:26:15 pm: When I was in high school (late '60s), the really cool varsity club thing to wear was Converse black high-tops with white socks. If I recall, Chuck Taylors were pretty pricey for "play shoes" in those days...like $10-$12 a pair.

Teresa jogged my memory about the PFs. I think the commercial said something about "Run your fastest...and jump your highest." Not very grammatical, but it must have been catchy if it still sticks with me.
Title: Re: shoe poll
Post by: DingoBoi on June 10, 2006, 12:45:22 am: i only care for sketchers... black
Title: Re: shoe poll
Post by: et in arcadia ego on June 10, 2006, 01:28:55 am: Aren't they skateboard shoes?

Believe it or not, I have a pair of orange Pure Juice skateboard shoes. My sons told me they are really comfortable, so I tried them and they were right.

And I haven't ridden a skateboard since 1968.
Title: Re: shoe poll
Post by: swede_dish on June 10, 2006, 01:33:14 am: I have 10 pairs of converse! A green Gumby pair, but the rest I decorated myslef..
Title: Re: shoe poll
Post by: penguin on June 10, 2006, 05:38:45 am: thank you for your help with this very serious debate :D

i think i will stick to my converse for the moment...and it is far too hot for trainers anyway, time to break out the sandals methinks.

swededish, you are truly the imelda marcos of converse...i have four pairs, my favourites being my red silk/chinese print pair, closely followed by the brown corduroy pair.

kate (who has decided snowpatrol's "hands open" is the song to make ironing more bearable)
Title: Re: shoe poll
Post by: Optimistic on June 10, 2006, 05:56:06 am: good choice....converse's are way cool.

Justin
Title: Re: shoe poll
Post by: BB on June 10, 2006, 07:12:18 am: Nothing wrong with the old tried and true, but Saucony and Birkenstock are now my main stays.

BB