Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site hammer.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!edsel!bentley!hoxna!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!tektronix!orca!hammer!charliem From: charliem@hammer.UUCP (Charlie Mills) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: Velcro Closings Message-ID: <1046@hammer.UUCP> Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 13:37:09 EST Article-I.D.: hammer.1046 Posted: Mon Dec 10 13:37:09 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 12-Dec-84 05:17:19 EST References: <1946@pegasus.UUCP> Reply-To: tektronix!hammer!charliem (Charlie Mills) Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 13 Summary: >Why does everyone seem to like those velcro closings >on kids' shoes? What happens when it comes time to learn to >tie shoes? or is this going to be a lost art like adding and >subtracting by hand? I realize a two year old is a tad young for >shoe tieing, but if parents only buy velcro, manufactorers will only >make velcro. Our parents some how managed to get shoes on us so why >can't we do the same? ... Yeah, and our great great ... grandparents made their own shoes, and why do we need all this electronic mail stuff, my mother grew up without even TV, and ... :-) -- Charlie Mills