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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

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FilterFunk said:
They actually got the NBA's approval to make these?:jawdrop:

Ya gotta love the upside-down Nike "swoosh" and the extra Adidas stripe!:laugh:
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No kidding, but you know what? I owned a pair of each of those during my high school years.

I didn't grow up poor but we certainly weren't rich, either. I remember in high school (late 70s) Nikes and Adidas were around $25-35 a pair, and we couldn't afford those back then. So my most expensive shoes were the 'almost-as-good' Kinney imitators ($16). I remember being the first (and maybe only) kid wearing the upside down Nike swoosh. Sure the richer kids made fun of them but I didn't care, I was just happy to have decent shoes that were sort of a name brand and weren't from Kmart.
 
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1960s EB-2 walnut Gibson

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dwm74 said:
No kidding, but you know what? I owned a pair of each of those during my high school years.

I didn't grow up poor but we certainly weren't rich, either. I remember in high school (late 70s) Nikes and Adidas were around $25-35 a pair, and we couldn't afford those back then. So my most expensive shoes were the 'almost-as-good' Kinney imitators ($16). I remember being the first (and maybe only) kid wearing the upside down Nike swoosh. Sure the richer kids made fun of them but I didn't care, I was just happy to have decent shoes that were sort of a name brand and weren't from Kmart.
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Oh jeez. Those Kmart specials were so awful. I'm positive they hindered my athletic development. I remember one of my first purchases I made once I got a job, was a decent pair of sneakers!
 
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