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[Tsiyu]

Come in pinboy3niner.

You are wanted in the GD GD.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5831166

Over.

[pinboy3niner]

1. Sorry, somebody locked me in a closet

I tried to reason with him but he would not be suede.

I Keds, I Keds.

What did I miss?

[Tsiyu]

2. You got a good pair of

ears!

Glad they let you out of the box!

[Art_from_Ark]

3. You missed a shoe-pendous thread here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025825794#post99

But then again, maybe you didn't

[pinboy3niner]

4. The funniest thing about that thread, to me...

...is that so many are treating the find as if it's a newly-discovered intact dinosaur.

When for many of us here, it's part of our lives. We shopped at these stores in our youth. To some, these are ancient artifacts; to us, they're our shoes.

[Art_from_Ark]

5. My mom used to buy Buster Brown shoes for me for daily wear

Dress shoes were invariably Hush Puppies. It seems like both brands are still around, somewhere, but I haven't seen either in ages.

[pinboy3niner]

6. After the heads-up here, I decided to stick a toe in

[Art_from_Ark]

7. Everyone would be calling you a heel if you hadn't

[vanlassie]

8. So now you're back instep. Hope it will last.