Pappy
Living the Dream
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- Florida (transplanted New Yorker.)
Yep. Helped kept track of the little ones.
Who remembers these things back in the day ?...come and add your own memories..
- Thread starter hollydolly
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That's what I thought. I only vaguely remember those. And the shoes were always white & square with the soles that went all the way right up the back. And often parents had those harnesses to keep children from getting away.
Bretrick
Well-known Member
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- Perth Western Australia
A memory just flashed through my mind.
1976, school trip from Tasmania to Mt Kosciuszko,(cossie aus co). Australia's highest Mountain.
Situated in the NSW Snowy Mountains.
Students were allowed to ski etc, I only used a Toboggan. At the top of the slope, on I gets and immediately, whoosh, down the slope at a frightening speed. No control from me regarding speed and direction.....
Below me, looming ever so rapidly were the Teachers, all lined up like ten pins.
Me, getting ever faster and faster saw the inevitable, "STRIKE".
Hit those Teachers with a oomph, and sent them all asunder.
My English Teacher took the full impact, legs knocked out from under him, somersaulted over the top of the toboggan, flat on his back.
Squeals from the two female teachers as I side swipe them, on my way to a spectacular wipe out. Ending up half buried in a snow drift.
Not hurt, with a slight smile on my face, I peruse the scene of my destruction.
Secretly, inside my mind, I'm saying, Got you @%$#&^*! good.
1976, school trip from Tasmania to Mt Kosciuszko,(cossie aus co). Australia's highest Mountain.
Situated in the NSW Snowy Mountains.
Students were allowed to ski etc, I only used a Toboggan. At the top of the slope, on I gets and immediately, whoosh, down the slope at a frightening speed. No control from me regarding speed and direction.....
Below me, looming ever so rapidly were the Teachers, all lined up like ten pins.
Me, getting ever faster and faster saw the inevitable, "STRIKE".
Hit those Teachers with a oomph, and sent them all asunder.
My English Teacher took the full impact, legs knocked out from under him, somersaulted over the top of the toboggan, flat on his back.
Squeals from the two female teachers as I side swipe them, on my way to a spectacular wipe out. Ending up half buried in a snow drift.
Not hurt, with a slight smile on my face, I peruse the scene of my destruction.
Secretly, inside my mind, I'm saying, Got you @%$#&^*! good.
ChiroDoc
Member
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- The Dixie Riviera
Because they believe that they make their legs look good.
IMO the trend toward super high heels in the last number of years has gotten ridiculous.
I can tell you from a professional point of view that those shoes are bad for the feet, legs, and low back. They're also ugly.
jujube
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We wore them to attract you guys.
We certainly didn't wear them because they were comfortable.
Long ago, comfort became much more important than sending out come-hither vibes from my alluring calves which were made more alluring by those leather sky-high torture chambers.
If you boys aren't turned on by my sexy orthopedic lace-ups, t'ellwichya.....
Really? But for whose benefit? For men (as they claim) or for other women (to impress them)?
Any heel is ridiculous IMO.
I am not a professional but I can understand that.
They certainly are. Particularly so for politicians and weather & news women.
Don't worry, one look and I'm gone.
oscash
Senior Member
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- Sydney - Australia
I used to love them. It made the legs look slender. I always took them off when I got to the office and wore flats because I always ended up with blisters on the heels. Now because I'm much older I have developed bunions, and the Podiatrist said it was because of those high heels and narrow toes. I read the other day that high heel shoes were worn by men and women courtiers until the French revolution. When high heels came back in style in the late 1800s, they were only worn by women. But, you can still see them worn by Spanish dancers.
It seems logical.
oscash
Senior Member
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- Sydney - Australia
YUM! Love Cheese grilled on toast.
hollydolly
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- London England
so do I, but that's not cheese ..lol... I remember that plastic cheese when I was a kid...UGH!
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hollydolly
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- London England
yep you're so right Oscash....these were the mens high heels.. particularly in the reign of Louis the XlV,
squatting dog
We don't have as far to go, as we've already been
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- Arkansas, and also Florida
hollydolly
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- London England
16 rpm..?.. I never realised there had been a 16 rpm...Yeah baby... go from 16 rpm to 78 rpm.
hollydolly
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- London England
hollydolly
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hollydolly
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- London England
hollydolly
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hollydolly
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Furryanimal
Y gath o Gymru
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- Wales
I had 16rpm on my first record player.16 rpm..?.. I never realised there had been a 16 rpm...
Never came across anything that played at that speed though.
hearlady
Every Day is a New Day.
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- N Carolina
I remember going to an older sisters house when I was small. It was the sixties.
She had the first trolls. I got to play with them and now I have m
y own that were my children's.
She had the first trolls. I got to play with them and now I have m
y own that were my children's.
Tommy
Senior Member
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- New Hampshire
I remember those from my college days! Our dormitory was infested with them for a time. 
Grampa Don
Yep, that's me
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- Orange county, Calif.
Brylcreem, a little dab'l do ya.
Brylcreem, you'll look so debonair.
Brylcreem, the gals will pursue ya.
Simply rub a little in your hair.
False advertising. It didn't really work.
