DON'T buy these online

**amykhar** · #1 05-11-2002, 10:52 PM

Go to your local KB Toys. They have em for $15. But, if your kid has big feet, don't bother making the trip. The largest that I could find is 7 1/2 mens.

They are tennis shoes with skate wheels that fold up inside. Popping the wheels down is simple, and then you can skate away

I tried wearing them for a bit, and they don't like heavy people much either. The soles seem to sag a bit.

Amy

kurt_messick · #2 05-11-2002, 11:09 PM

Your link takes me to a Bad Link page.

Was the product that bad?

**amykhar** · #3 05-11-2002, 11:10 PM

oops. Let me put in a picture instead

Amy

kurt_messick · #4 05-12-2002, 12:04 AM

Actually, it looks like a great idea, but for $15, I can't imagine that they'd be durable and of good quality.

I'd love to have skates hidden in my shoes to skate down the hallways of my seminary.

jenninca · #5 05-12-2002, 12:06 AM

I got some of those a couple of weeks ago! Only mine are white with pink glittery sides.

I haven't quite worked up the courage to try them out yet.

Cindy

**amykhar** · #6 05-12-2002, 12:26 AM

I got myself a pair of heelys. Can't balance on them for beans though. Angel Eyes has been gliding all over the house in my heelys and has probably stolen them for herself

**amykhar** · #7 05-12-2002, 10:46 AM

Since you brought up the Avon thing Fraz, I just now remembered that you told me to hit you guys up for a donation to the Avon 3 Day this month.

frazzledspice · #8 05-13-2002, 02:43 AM

Excuse me, but when people post public messages regarding topics that should be private, don't they belong in the "It Takes Balls" section?

Strike 2 for you.

nicholmere · #9 05-13-2002, 11:36 AM

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Originally posted by frazzledspice
Excuse me, but when people post public messages regarding topics that should be private, don't they belong in the "It Takes Balls" section?

Strike 2 for you.

But, you did ask her to remind you.

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Originally posted by frazzledspice
Oh, is Avon sponsoring the walk you are all going on?

There isn't a shred of publicity about it in any of the literature we received, or in any of their books. I would think they'd toot their own horn a little.

As for us, we are going on the MS Walk this Saturday at Creekmore Park, because my brother (her uncle) has MS, and we walk in honor of him (he still walks, relying heavily on a cane, but prefers to volunteer at the MS Walk on Long Island.)

Ask us again in a month or so.

CANS4US · #10 05-15-2002, 04:57 PM

...my Chiropractor says these skate shoes are thes best thing to come around in years........they have DOUBLED his patient load!!

True!!! VERY True!

Susan
CANS4US

P.S. Also...check with your kids school about these...some schools have BANNED the wearing of them on campus!

**amykhar** · #11 05-15-2002, 05:08 PM

My kids can't wear them to school, but they pretty much wear them all the rest of the time. Except Sarah swiped my heelys and has been wearing those instead.

Amy

frazzledspice · #12 05-15-2002, 05:11 PM

Nicholmere, even when Amy made her first public post, I felt that it was highly inappropriate for her to make an individual public request for money.

I consider myself to be a person who supports churches and charities both financially and personally.

I just sent out 20 letters to neighbors asking them to support the American Diabetes Association. I walked on the MS Walk last month.

I accompany a school choir as a volunteer. I perform in a contemporary church band.

And lately, due to huge dental expenses, auto repairs, and other expenses, our finances have been a little tight.

I also received a bill for a second installment on the pledge we'd made to support my daughter's school building campaign.

All of this is more information than anyone needs to know. All of this information is provided because Amy was rude and inconsiderate enough to make this an issue.

I choose the charities I support. Those charities I cannot afford to support with larger donations I feel we cover through the United Way.

I don't know what to say except that no one should be harassed into making a donation to the walk, or any other cause.

And when Amy made her first public request, her supporters all chimed in, "What a good idea."

It would be much easier just to send a donation at this point, but I don't want to see Amy victimize other people.

**amykhar** · #13 05-15-2002, 05:17 PM

I am sorry that you felt victimized Fraz. I shall leave it at that.

Amy

nicholmere · #14 05-15-2002, 07:59 PM

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Originally posted by frazzledspice
I don't know what to say except that no one should be harassed into making a donation to the walk, or any other cause.

That is very true. Of course it is also true that one should not question someone else's wish to contribute to a charity of their choice, as you did when pluckyduck first discussed the AVON walk.

Be the People - October 2002, NY

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Originally posted by frazzledspice

Andrea, then, too, when it becomes raising a sum of such magnitude, the question becomes what basket a person would like to put those eggs in.

I know that your life has been touched by heart disease. If you wanted to raise $1900, wouldn't you rather do it for the Heart Foundation?

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Originally posted by frazzledspice

All of this is more information than anyone needs to know.

That's true. Although it is odd that you deleted your earlier post in which you very politely explained why you did not wish to make a donation. Why delete that post and replace it with your odd "strike 2" message?

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Originally posted by frazzledspice

All of this information is provided because Amy was rude and inconsiderate enough to make this an issue.

Rude? All Amy did was honour your request to be asked again. It does look like her post in this thread is coming out of the blue, but that is because you deleted your other post that she was responding too. Isn't that considered rude, to post and then delete when someone responds? When you questioned pluckyduck's reasons for being involved with AVON, now that is what seems rude and inconsiderate.

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Originally posted by frazzledspice

It would be much easier just to send a donation at this point, but I don't want to see Amy victimize other people.

Victimize?

No, I don't think we have to worry about Amy victimizing people. She's an

When someone asks to be reminded about something they shouldn't feel victimized when that happens. As Amy said, I'm sorry too that you felt that way.

Anyway, I'm not writing to discuss whether or not you are making donations to the charities of your choice - I agree that is a very personal decision. I just had to question why you were re-writing history at Amy's expense.

poseidon · #15 05-17-2002, 07:25 PM

They used to sell this crap at Fayva when I was a kid. I remember really wanting a set until all my friends who had them said they sucked.