Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ames!ll-xn!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!batcomputer!itsgw!nyser!njin!dpz From: dpz@njin.rutgers.edu (David P. Zimmerman) Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix Subject: Re: a few questions Message-ID: Date: 16 Jun 88 02:08:04 GMT References: <3721@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> <588@cbnews.ATT.COM> Distribution: na Organization: Rutgers University Lines: 30 In article <588@cbnews.ATT.COM> mark@cbnews.ATT.COM (Mark Horton) writes: > You can also get Birkinstock inserts for regular shoes. The point > of Birkies is that you get LOTS OF arch support, plus a few other > features like a toe grip and a natural, level footbed (not negative > like Earth Shoes.) If you walk a lot, you can walk around all day > in Birkies and your feet don't get tired. It does take 3-4 days > to get used to all that arch support, though. The more I hear of these, the more I want them.... I was worried about the arch support (flat feet, doncha know), but I may actually get comfy real quick, it seems! >>restaurants (or shoe stores :-)) to recommend in the 'Frisco area? > ------- > A friendly word of advice. When you go to the *Bay area*, don't > use the F word. That's an obscenity in those parts, almost like > an ethnic slur. Whoops, thanks for the warning. > Wish I could be there, folks, but my divorce trial is June 23. > I'm fighting for custody of my two little boys, she's doing her > best to take them away from me, and me from them. Good luck, Mark.... ^David -- David P. Zimmerman (but I suppose you know that already....) dpz@njin.rutgers.edu {rutgers,njin}!dpz zimmerman@zodiac.bitnet