You know you're old when...

M_Six · 05-04-2021, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

Had to Google those. lol

It said late 50s. I was around then. Didn't buy my own shoes in the 50s, though. lol

One manufacturer was Thom McAn. I remember them.

We used to get dragged into Thom McAn's every school year for new shoes.

Esteban · 05-05-2021, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

We used to get dragged into Thom McAn's every school year for new shoes.

Yeah, and my mom would always buy them a bit big so they would still fit at the end of the year.

And remember taps on your shoes?

1MOREMOD · 05-05-2021, 12:18 AM

Does having to wear apparatus to bed so I can walk in the morning make me old af.

vreihen16 · 05-05-2021, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

Does having to wear apparatus to bed so I can walk in the morning make me old af.

Faced with the prospect of another ~2,000 mile road trip next month, I spent yesterday evening researching car seat accessories to keep my aging lumbar/back from hurting from 14-hour days on the road. Not quite to the point of buying my grandmother's beaded car seat cover yet, but definitely feeling the urge to chase kids off my lawn.....

TopJimmy · 05-05-2021, 09:12 AM

I remember going to a Buster Brown store with my parents to buy "school shoes" and wondered what this gadget was. Good thing they didn't use it any more to check your feet inside the shoes! Radiation overdose...

Boomer 2019 · 05-05-2021, 09:41 AM

I too was a customer (well, my mom was) of the local Buster Brown shoe store during my early years. I remember using that X ray machine so much that I am grateful that I still have recognizable human feet, and not flippers or something. The store set me up with my first (and only) shot at TV stardom on a local Saturday morning kids show sponsored by Buster Brown (1952/1953). Apparently I did not impress, as no further offers were forthcoming.

UncleWede · 05-05-2021, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

Does having to wear apparatus to bed so I can walk in the morning make me old af.

Yes, it does make US old

3.0L · 05-05-2021, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

Had to Google those. lol

It said late 50s. I was around then. Didn't buy my own shoes in the 50s, though. lol

One manufacturer was Thom McAn. I remember them.

I had a pair of Shuloks.

3.0L · 05-05-2021, 11:02 AM

Penny loafers and Wingtips:

upstatedoc · 05-05-2021, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by TopJimmy

I remember going to a Buster Brown store with my parents to buy "school shoes" and wondered what this gadget was. Good thing they didn't use it any more to check your feet inside the shoes! Radiation overdose...

I would LOVE one of those

Esteban · 05-05-2021, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by 3.0L

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Originally Posted by Esteban

Had to Google those. lol

It said late 50s. I was around then. Didn't buy my own shoes in the 50s, though. lol

One manufacturer was Thom McAn. I remember them.

I had a pair of Shuloks.

Do you remember who made them, just out of curiosity?

3.0L · 05-05-2021, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

Do you remember who made them, just out of curiosity?

I was just a kid at the time, but I imagine it was Shu-Lok.

Esteban · 05-05-2021, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by 3.0L

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Originally Posted by Esteban

Do you remember who made them, just out of curiosity?

I was just a kid at the time, but I imagine it was Shu-Lok.

I asked because I thought other shoe companies made them as well.

Buug959 · 05-05-2021, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

Do you remember who made them, just out of curiosity?

Google says 1000s were produced by the Adrian X-Ray Company of Milwaukee. Here's a link to a Smithsonia article about them:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scien...kids-85790281/

3.0L · 05-05-2021, 04:15 PM

You got into mischief with one of these:

Buug959 · 05-05-2021, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by 3.0L

You got into mischief with one of these:

I had the "stealth" version. The forearm brace folded up. It would fit in your jacket pocket.

Esteban · 05-05-2021, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 3.0L

You got into mischief with one of these:

I had the "stealth" version. The forearm brace folded up. It would fit in your jacket pocket.

A concealed weapon. lol

wdb · 05-05-2021, 05:33 PM

You know who Howdy Doody is.

Buug959 · 05-05-2021, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

A concealed weapon. lol

No stealth, stealth I said. Pay attention old man.

Esteban · 05-05-2021, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by LemansE90335xi

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Originally Posted by Esteban

A concealed weapon. lol

No stealth, stealth I said. Pay attention old man.

That's it! GTF off my lawn! lol

Buug959 · 05-05-2021, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

That's it! GTF off my lawn! lol

I'm going, I'm going. Keep your shirt on.

TKDbilly · 05-05-2021, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by 3.0L

You got into mischief with one of these:

The crazy thing was, mine came with steel balls and you could buy a bag for 'reloads'...

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