Remember Then?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

[frogmarch]

1. In 1950 my sister and I

walked by the local shoe store every day on our way home from school, and we often stopped in and x-rayed our feet just for fun. Our family always bought our shoes there, so the owner didn't mind.

Holy crap!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. Explains why you have 12 toes!

Eight on one foot!

[sarge43]

4. At least he doesn't have webbed toes. n/t

[Floyd R. Turbo]

5. Are you sure?

[sarge43]

6. Hmmm.

His sig name is frogmarch. You may be on to something.

[frogmarch]

7. You assume

my toes are on my feet.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. Yes, I did that as a kid

My mother was rightfully concerned and limited my exploration to a single session per visit to the 👞 store.

[NotASurfer]

8. Didn't the mercury you played with protect you?

Kind of like SPF 1,000,000 sunblock?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. I remember those!

We thought it was really cool to be able to see our foot bones. We'd x-ray our feet, then go home and play with blobs of mercury.

[cyclonefence]

10. Could this be the cause of my kidney cancer?

No kidding. My best friend and I spent significant time every Saturday at the JC Penney's that had this machine, with our bellies pressed up against it. I never saw anybody actually use it to test the fit of shoes, but it sure was fun to look at your toe bones through!