I once bought a pair of the cheapest sneakers at Walmart for about $10, garish things with green stripes all over them. I wore them when I went into one of the public housing projects in Minneapolis and a couple of dudes started raving about how cool they were and where did I get them. I hated to tell them the truth.
Speaking of retro shoes, I once owned two pairs of the original Oregon Waffles. My kids and I wore them at track meets and they got loaned to several other kids. They finally disappeared somewhere in the mists of time, but I suppose they would bring big bucks today. The secret to getting rich seems to be to never throw anything away.
You and me both, tick, you and me both. I still have one pair. And the box. Are you a 10-1/2?
I have two pair of the original Nike Tailwind, the first 'air' shoes made by Nike. One's new - if you like running shoes at six+ pounds a pair. NIke worked the kinks (and pounds) out of the whole air thing, but I think I paid $80 a pair for them back in Boston around 1979 - back in the days when the nineteen-mile loop around the BC reservoir was a standard Saturday morning for me and classmates. Did I ever tell you I used to walk to school, uphill, both ways?