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Were you mad as a kid if your mom bought you cheap no name sneakers?

By Anonymous Asked Apr 30 2009 8:34AM
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by Ditto on Apr 30, 2009 at 8:37 am Permalink

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Absolutely not. I was just glad to have sneakers.
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Avatar vera city May, 09 2009 at 05:02 PM
me too. whoever heard of pouting because your clothes weren't expensive enough??
Avatar Ditto May, 11 2009 at 04:24 AM
I've HEARD of it. Hahaha!

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by dea_ex_machina on Apr 30, 2009 at 8:39 am Permalink

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In my day, we did not have sneakers - we had animal skins which had been carefully fashioned round the shape of a foot, and then stitched lovingly by my mother. Sometimes she put the name of the animal on them, in fancy stitching - like... Puma.
Then the Birkenstocks family next door disappeared, and suddenly we all got new shoes - I was quite concerned....
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Avatar vera city May, 09 2009 at 05:03 PM
dea, you are disturbed, love. lol
Avatar dea_ex_machina May, 09 2009 at 11:15 PM
*LOL* thank you!

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by ptrask on Apr 30, 2009 at 8:42 am Permalink

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When I was young, there were no name brand sneakers. You could get three kinds of sneakers: Basketball Shoes, Hightop Basketball Shoes or Tennis Shoes (Tennies). Girls wore tennies, and boys wore basketball shoes.
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Avatar ptrask Apr, 30 2009 at 08:55 AM
We might have, but I don't think sneakers had a brand name on them back then.
Avatar HasntBeen Apr, 30 2009 at 09:25 AM
In the 60's, there were two nationwide brands that advertised a lot: Keds and P.F. Flyers. I really wanted P.F. Flyers, but we were too poor, of course. But they could make you "run faster, jump higher!". By comparision, Keds were just... well, shoes. The commercials for P.F. Flyers always showed some kid running fast and jumping incredible distances.
 
Now that I can afford them, they're gone! :(
Avatar vera city May, 09 2009 at 05:03 PM
lol! aint it always the way?! lol

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by Vintage on Apr 30, 2009 at 8:39 am Permalink

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No, back in the day, we were happy to just have shoes!
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Avatar vera city May, 09 2009 at 05:05 PM
same here. new shoes? awesome!

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by anddeb on Apr 30, 2009 at 8:36 am Permalink

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No I was just happy to have something to wear.
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by Perryman on Apr 30, 2009 at 8:43 am Permalink

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No, but most of the time I wore P.F. Flyers or Converse.

In High School I wore Puma.
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by Wide Awake @ got 2nd house choice on Apr 30, 2009 at 8:40 am Permalink

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Of course not. It was better than having no sneakers at all.

We didn't have a lot of money to waste on labels, needing it for food and the mortgages.
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by Lion Heart sleeps on Apr 30, 2009 at 9:01 am Permalink

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lol! Yeah , i was!
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Avatar Lion Heart sleeps Apr, 30 2009 at 09:10 AM
time changes fast!
Avatar Anonymous Apr, 30 2009 at 09:23 AM
That they do, If I could of looked into the future at myself ten years ago I probably would of laughed at myself for what im wearing today.
Avatar Lion Heart sleeps Apr, 30 2009 at 09:26 AM
hey, sad to find that you never uprated anyone!

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by Zack-Phillis big brother on Aug 8, 2009 at 6:40 pm Permalink

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No because I knew they could not afford anything more.
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by JunieC on Aug 8, 2009 at 6:40 pm Permalink

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I didn't care as long as I had sneakers.
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