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Out, Out, Damn Birkenstocks

In the comments section, Scootermom said she realized she "was tragically uncool when my shoe rack had more Birkenstocks than stilettos. Eh. My feet are happier." Which conjured my shoe purge earlier this week. I have shoes I haven't worn for years. Yet, they were piled in shoe racks and other places in the closet. So I put the unwanted shoes in a box and took them to the garage. Some still have many miles on them, particularly a pair of tennis shoes that I wore for a few weeks before deciding they were too tight. I doubt that anyone wants to wear used shoes. But I can't quite dump them in the trash. What would you do? (Wikipedia photo)

Question: When do you know that a pair of your shoes have run their course?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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