Becky could not bear the sight of them. The guys I play basketball with were willing to buy themselves a new pair just so I could have their old pair. So it is after 13 years of solid performance and exceptional comfort, I have finally broken down and bought a new pair of basketball shoes.
The old shoes are in the foreground. See that blue area where the pinky toe would be? That’s actually the sole on the inside of the shoe as seen through a large hole in the shoe. Despite their feeble looks, the tread on the bottom was still in great condition. I should have paid to have new tops put on the old treads.
I had forgotten how “fun” trying on different sizes of shoes was. Especially when one foot is half a size larger than the other one and you don’t have any socks with you so you have to wear those hose (which don’t even come close to the 2 pairs of socks you normally wear with your basketball shoes).
But the deed is done. As soon as the new ones came home, Becky made sure the old ones found their way to the garbage outside. I think she’d been looking forward to that day for a long time. Luckily I snapped this picture just before the “retirement”. Anyway, at this rate I’m good until 2019.
Ah man, that’s horrible. Shoot if they still worked good maybe you should have kept on fighting the good fight. I don’t really like trying on shoes too and I hate breaking them in. But after all that, the whole thing seemes worth it. At least untily ou have to buy new ones.
Dude, that’s too bad. I don’t like trying on shoes or breaking them in as well. But I do like having the new shoes after all that. At least until I have to buy new ones again.
Sorry about your comments not showing up right away Matt. For some reason the server thought they were spam so I had to approve them before they could be posted.
Sadly, it was time to give them up. I could feel my toes coming out of the holes in the front sometimes when I made sharp cuts a couple of weeks ago. That’s when I decided the serious search for replacements should finally begin.
I figured out why your comments were sent for moderation. Apparently shoes is a very common term used in spam so any comments containing the word shoes I’d have to approve before it was posted. So I’ve removed shoes from the filter list so shoes as much as shoe can stand and you shoed be fine.
Jere, did you know that if one foot is larger than the other that is a sign of slight retardation? Just thought you should know…it clears up a lot. LOVE YOU!
Could you use smaller words when you reply? I don’t quite know what you mean…