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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 ?