I had a pair like that i picked up on vacation when the now wife and me did our first trip together after the pair i brought died. Was expensive them but under half that price. I had them nearly 14 years before the soles wore out and they died.
Birkenstocks are great once you break them in and that can take a very long time with much pain endured in the process. It's one reason you look like a nerd and wear socks while breaking them in. They last years though. Eddie
I'm wearing my birkenstomps right now. I bought them way back in my hippy days around 1980. They look like they've been through a war, with generous gobs of shoe-goo holding them together. I'll only wear them around the house when it's too warm for fuzzy slippers. There's no possibility that I'll ever buy another pair, so I don't care what they cost. A related idea: my wife once asked my why I won't wear shorts or sandals when I'm driving. It's a prepper mindset: I'm dressed for the slim but nonzero possibility that I might have to get out and run, and being dressed for the waterfront won't cut it.
I had a pair like that i picked up on vacation when the now wife and me did our first trip together after the pair i brought died. Was expensive them but under half that price. I had them nearly 14 years before the soles wore out and they died.
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Walmart etc sells a fairly comfortable clone for $15.
ReplyDeleteBirkenstocks are great once you break them in and that can take a very long time with much pain endured in the process. It's one reason you look like a nerd and wear socks while breaking them in. They last years though. Eddie
ReplyDeleteI picked up some knock offs at Winners for under forty buck and they have not failed in three years. Very comfy.
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Look on the bright side…you get a free puke green subaru outback with every pair.
ReplyDeleteI'm wearing my birkenstomps right now. I bought them way back in my hippy days around 1980. They look like they've been through a war, with generous gobs of shoe-goo holding them together. I'll only wear them around the house when it's too warm for fuzzy slippers. There's no possibility that I'll ever buy another pair, so I don't care what they cost.
ReplyDeleteA related idea: my wife once asked my why I won't wear shorts or sandals when I'm driving. It's a prepper mindset: I'm dressed for the slim but nonzero possibility that I might have to get out and run, and being dressed for the waterfront won't cut it.
Those things are just inferior crocs!
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