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#51 2011-12-30 01:20:44
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
- Posts: 342
Re: Plain-toe Gunships
Mormons going door-to-door over here in the early 70s used to wear them too !
... Smooths, Macs, button-downs & crops...
#52 2011-12-30 02:04:55
- Shamrockorangutan
- Diving for Ivy
- Posts: 159
Re: Plain-toe Gunships
"Dave Hartnett is paying you back for paying your plumbers with dirty twenties..." -Andy
"I am just like you. I am the Devil" - Bono
#53 2011-12-30 04:12:34
- Hard Bop Hank
- Ivy Soul Brother
- From: land of a 1000 dances
- Posts: 4923
Re: Plain-toe Gunships
even the Blues Brothers wore Florsheim Longwings...
“No Room For Squares”
”All political art is bad – all good art is political.”
"Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms?"
#57 2011-12-30 05:08:38
- Hard Bop Hank
- Ivy Soul Brother
- From: land of a 1000 dances
- Posts: 4923
Re: Plain-toe Gunships
Thanks!
“No Room For Squares”
”All political art is bad – all good art is political.”
"Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms?"
#59 2011-12-30 06:12:35
- The_Shooman
- A pretty face
- From: AUSTRALIA
- Posts: 13191
Re: Plain-toe Gunships
fxh: yeah, thanks for the Florsheim shoo storey, i'll read it and print it out tommorrow.
l'll be seeing head office in Victoria about our Florsheim storey too.
#61 2011-12-30 06:37:15
- fxh
- Big Down Under.
- From: Melbourne
- Posts: 6159
Re: Plain-toe Gunships
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#63 2011-12-30 06:51:57
- fxh
- Big Down Under.
- From: Melbourne
- Posts: 6159
Re: Plain-toe Gunships
Seems like I'm wrong on Rocket 88.
To quote the Tosches book::
"It was Jackie Brenston's song, but he had derived it from .. "Cadillac Boogie"... Far from hiding this unoriginality, Brenston openly admitted it.. The band made four more recordings that day, with Ike Turner singing on two of them... Chess released two singles by the group .. The coupled sides that featured Turner's voice bore on their labels the credit Ike Turner and His Kings of Rhythm. That was how it should have been, and Ike was pleased. The other single, however, was credited to Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats. This, in the eyes of Ike Turner, known no more then than now for his magnanimity and humility, was not how it should have been, and he was displeased. His displeasure grew more pronounced as it became more apparent that the single that bore Brenston's name, rather than the one which bore his own, was going to be a hit.... As time went on, Turner stepped forward from piano to guitar, allowing there to be no mistaking who the leader of his band was."
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#64 2011-12-30 06:54:58
- fxh
- Big Down Under.
- From: Melbourne
- Posts: 6159
Re: Plain-toe Gunships
Shooey, not only that but square toes have been very big in history alternating with very pointy toes. I have references and pics/ drawings somewhere.
#67 2011-12-30 10:42:04
- 4F Hepcat
- THE Cat
- Posts: 14333
Re: Plain-toe Gunships
A great posting by Fxh, one has to wonder with Florsheims ethics, how did all go so wrong?
Vibe-Rations in Spectra-Sonic-Sound
#68 2011-12-30 16:31:11
- Yuca
- Member
- Posts: 8568
Re: Plain-toe Gunships
Capitalism failed, essentially. Some of the big names from the past still survive - in name only; others are long gone; but there's no big names out there making stuff that's built and styled to last. Everything now looks outdated and/or falls apart after a few years (or less) - the exceptions are made by brands that are miniscule compared to what Florsheim, Brooks, etc, etc used to be.
This has been stated numerous times on here.
some sort of banal legitimacy
#71 2011-12-30 22:43:09
- fxh
- Big Down Under.
- From: Melbourne
- Posts: 6159
Re: Plain-toe Gunships
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#72 2011-12-30 22:49:00
- fxh
- Big Down Under.
- From: Melbourne
- Posts: 6159
Re: Plain-toe Gunships
OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that shoes with thick, soft midsoles, such as modern running shoes, provide better stability in older individuals than those with thin-hard midsoles. In addition, we examined the relation between footwear comfort and stability and stability when barefoot.
DESIGN: Randomized-order, cross-over, controlled comparison.
SETTING: Subjects were drawn from an internal medicine practice.
PARTICIPANTS: A random sample of 25 healthy men, minimum age 60 years. Additional selection criteria were absence of disabilities influencing ability to walk and lack of history of frequent falls.
MEASUREMENTS: Balance failure frequency, which was defined as falls from the beam per 100 meters of beam walking when 10 passes were made down a 9 M long balance beam. Comfort rating was based on an ordinal scale.
RESULTS: Contrary to the hypothesis: (1) midsole softness was associated with poor stability (F(2,48) = 17.9, P < 0.0001); (2) thick midsoles also provided poor stability (F(1,24) = 7.36, P < 0.01). When barefoot, subjects showed 19% higher balance failure frequency than with the poorest shoe and 171% greater than the best shoe (t = 5.33, P < 0.0001). Higher comfort was generally found in shoe types associated with higher balance failure frequency.
CONCLUSIONS: For optimal stability, shoes with thin, hard soles are preferable for older individuals. Health professionals should exercise caution when recommending shoes with thick, yielding midsoles, such as running shoes, to unstable elderly individuals. Older men and women with a history of falls or who are obviously unstable, should avoid barefoot locomotion.
