Do you like Converse?

Callumpy · 04-11-2007, 19:13

I want to know for some strange reason!

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ahhhhhhh 2 voted no.

**Matt D** · 04-11-2007, 19:51

Eh?

04-11-2007, 19:56

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Originally Posted by Matt D

Eh?

The clue is in the avatar - Converse 'All Stars' baseball boots - mmm canvas, just the thing for winter footwear

Last time I had a pair of baseball boots was in the 1970's - and that was because they were cheap, not 'fashionable'

- it will be platforms next, you watch

Wicked_and_Crazy · 04-11-2007, 20:06

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Originally Posted by homealone

Last time I had a pair of baseball boots was in the 1970's - and that was because they were cheap, not 'fashionable'

There was me thinking you were a wannabe Bob Geldoff

**Maggy J** · 04-11-2007, 23:28

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Originally Posted by Callumpy

I want to know for some strange reason!

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ahhhhhhh 2 voted no.

Look young man why ask us?Some of us are 6 or five times your age.Why don't you ask people of your own age who won't go all grown up on you because they will INSTANTLY know what you mean without any explanation being required...

However if you like hanging out with us old fogies(sorry to anyone here under the age of 30) try to ask questions we MIGHT know A)the answers to and B)understand what the question is about.

peanut · 04-11-2007, 23:30

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

Look young man why ask us?Some of us are 6 or five times your age.Why don't you ask people of your own age who won't go all grown up on you because they will INSTANTLY know what you mean without any explanation being required...

However if you like hanging out with us old fogies(sorry to anyone here under the age of 30) try to ask questions we MIGHT know A)the answers to and B)understand what the question is about.

Where dinosaurs really that big?

**Maggy J** · 04-11-2007, 23:32

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Originally Posted by peanutkp

Where dinosaurs really that big?

danielf · 05-11-2007, 00:04

Chucks are tubular. Unless the label peels off That is so not porn, it's almost gay.

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

Look young man why ask us?Some of us are 6 or five times your age.Why don't you ask people of your own age who won't go all grown up on you because they will INSTANTLY know what you mean without any explanation being required...

However if you like hanging out with us old fogies(sorry to anyone here under the age of 30) try to ask questions we MIGHT know A)the answers to and B)understand what the question is about.

DUDE! (ok, DUDESS!) They are older than you.

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Originally Posted by wiki

Chuck Taylor All-Stars are canvas and rubber shoes produced by Converse. They were first produced in 1917 as the "All-Star", Converse's attempt to capture the basketball shoe market.They were not particularly popular until basketball player Chuck Taylor adopted them as his preferred shoe. He was so impressed with the design that he became the shoe's leading salesman. After proposing a few changes to the shoe, the shoe got its current name and Chuck Taylor's signature on its ankle patch.

Consumers demanded more variety from the shoe - particularly with respect to colors in order to match basketball teams - so colored and patterned shoelaces became popular to complement the two colors, black and white, available before 1966. Afterwards, more colors and styles became available. Low-top or "Oxford", high-top, and later knee-high, versions were produced. More materials were offered for the construction, including leather, suede, vinyl, denim, and hemp. Some versions of the shoe were offered without laces, held up instead by elastic. These new versions of the shoe were also co-designed by Chuck Taylor, just before his death in 1969.

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Originally Posted by homealone

The clue is in the avatar - Converse 'All Stars' baseball boots - mmm canvas, just the thing for winter footwear

Surely that's basketball?

**Maggy J** · 05-11-2007, 00:16

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Originally Posted by danielf

Chucks are tubular. Unless the label peels off That is so not porn, it's almost gay.

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DUDE! (ok, DUDESS!) They are older than you.

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Surely that's basketball?

..I only ever knew them as sneakers so IF he had asked about sneakers I might have 'got' it.

Only the younger generations talk in logos and brand names.Us oldies deal in more generic terms.

Anyway depends what you wear the things for.They would be crap for sport and wouldn't last 5 minutes as ordinary footwear but then I guess as a fashion item that makes them ideal.

peanut · 05-11-2007, 00:20

You learn something new everyday, I thought sneakers was an American term for them in general. I would have thought the generic term would be something like plimsoles or something in your day.

**Maggy J** · 05-11-2007, 00:22

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Originally Posted by peanutkp

You learn something new everyday, I thought sneakers was an American term for them in general. I would have thought the generic term would be something like plimsoles or something in your day.

Nope..they were sneakers..because you could sneak about in them I suppose.

danielf · 05-11-2007, 00:30

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

..I only ever knew them as sneakers so IF he had asked about sneakers I might have 'got' it.

Only the younger generations talk in logos and brand names.Us oldies deal in more generic terms.

I'm only 13 years younger than you mademoiselle.

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Anyway depends what you wear the things for.They would be crap for sport and wouldn't last 5 minutes as ordinary footwear but then I guess as a fashion item that makes them ideal.

Actually, they're very good quality. Expect at least a year when wearing them daily.

05-11-2007, 00:42

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Originally Posted by danielf

Surely that's basketball?

true - but us old people are just trying to join in, I'm sure wearing the 'wrong' shoe won't stop me scoring a basket or a home run ;

Druchii · 05-11-2007, 07:45

Seriously hate the design, and feel of them when on... Makes me wish my feet were A) Either smaller or B) The right shape...

Sad thing is, they are both those things... So, the shoes make my feet look rather odd!
Plus the fashion accessory thing about them makes them rather hated in my eyes.

Mr_love_monkey · 05-11-2007, 08:41

Haven't we had this conversation already?

Anyway, I like converse, got a black pair myself, got them about 3 years ago in the US - I try not to wear them too often as I have size 11 feet, and it looks like I'm wearing flippers.