The "clamp on the shoe" roller skates - we had a lot of sidewalk running around our school building when I was a kid. We all wore our key on a shoelace around our neck. Back then, our mothers made sure that we wore "real" shoes because somewhere in the Bible it said that if we wore tennis shoes (we NEVER, EVER called them sneakers) before school dismissed for the summer our feet would become hideously malformed. This gave the clamps a good purchase. The skinned knees and elbows numbered like the stars in the sky. I distinctly remember seeing stars when I would land directly on my ass. One day I pulled that move off twice, and each time there was a penny lying in the grass next to the sidewalk where I sat.
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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