took a ride down to the southern states store

[Rianna]

Probably be a big seller! lol

[Hoolander2]

Sheesh, I seem to remember some performer started all that by having real goldfish in their heels.  Anyone remember who? 

I do remember Mason Williams performing his hit, Classical Gas, with live goldfish in a clear acrylic guitar. 

[pedro]

Gloria Gaynor?

[Hoolander2]

That sort of rings a bell.

[pedro]

Geez, do I ever feel old.   

[oswaldters]

Geez, do I ever feel old.

Imagine how the goldfish feels!

[pedro]

 

[oswaldters]

Dang!  They really did use live goldfish.

And I thought the hair was the real horror of the 70s!

Footwear

The platform shoe is an icon of 1970s disco fashion. Taking the wearer to dizzying heights, the exaggerated sole of the '70s platform shoe could add several inches to the overall height of the disco enthusiast who sported them. The disco goldfish shoe was an interesting, if extreme, example of novelty footwear. The large heel and sole of the shoe was made of a clear acrylic material. A hollow heel served as an impromptu goldfish bowl for the unlucky fish that was forced to stomp the night away along with its dancing owners. Many questioned whether or not it was humane to subject a living fish to this kind of treatment, and the goldfish shoe eventually fell out of favor.

[pedro]

So I went back to Southern States this afternoon and bought myself one of these...

[oswaldters]

Nice doghouse!  Oh, and the helmet too.

Actually, I'm thinking of moving up to a full-face helmet as well. 

Just kills me that it won't fit under the seat like my open-face helmet.  I hate the thought of having to carry it on the subway every day.

[pedro]

Full face is the only way to go for me.  I don't mind not being able to fit it inside the met-in box.  Sometimes I use the helmet hook, most of the time I just carry it with me.

[wordslinger]

..i'd wear nothing but a full-face...

[oswaldters]

Doesn't the full face fog up in winter?

I have a hard enough time with the sunglasses and an open face helmet.

[wordslinger]

..a good anti-fog coated shield will last well into the winter, with just warm water cleaning...

..once it startes to fail a bit, clean it thoroughly with some windex or such...good strong stuff, then apply rainx, like the instructions say...3 or 4 times over....

..i generally replace my shield with a good one at the beginning of cold weather..

..gonna need a new helmet this time...

..i had two, but i kinda...lost.. one of them..my newest one...

 

[oswaldters]

Probably would be much more comfortable to have a full face helmet for riding in that cold weather.

That's a cold breeze on your face riding at 35mph during the winter.