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Post by oj on Oct 17, 2012 20:37:26 GMT 12
The shoes we got issued in 1962 only had cardboard soles, so after breaking them in for a few weeks of softening, we had to send them into town to have rubber "Commando" soles fitted.
Damn good they were too, except almost impossible to slow-march in unless on wet grass!
We also had cardboard socks; never did find a way around them ....
You may have heard the expression "It must have been hell with those cardboard socks!"
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Post by beagle on Oct 17, 2012 20:47:06 GMT 12
""cardboard"", now you're pulling my wooden leg
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 18, 2012 0:22:08 GMT 12
Cracked me up beagle!!
Cardboard socks and shoe souls are new to me though I must admit. Budget cuts?
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Post by oj on Oct 18, 2012 20:31:21 GMT 12
Only the khaki summer socks were cardboard. Let's not get too square on this cardboard definition chaps.
They turned to cardboard after a hot day's marching and could be stood up on their own without a foot inside them.
The shoes had no souls of their own Dave, they just followed our feet religiously.
That was their sole purpose in life .....
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Post by beagle on Oct 18, 2012 20:35:59 GMT 12
marching !!!, I thought we were a flying corp..
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Post by junior on Nov 5, 2012 19:19:09 GMT 12
Well done Beagle, yes they are my old RNZAF shoes, Deltas. Not too bad for 22 years old - you can't get 22 weeks out of most shoes these days. Does the RNZAF still issue NZ-made Deltas? They were damned good shoes. Dave, I think I still have a pair of Monarchs in my closet circa 1984, still spit polished in case I find a drill square that needs pounding..... |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 5, 2012 20:10:40 GMT 12
Haha
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