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Anxiety said: CarrieMpls said: 
I will look for something different when these are worn out. i've been using new balance for gym shoes for quite some time. i think they're perfectly comfy.  I'm not sure if New Balance makes running-specific shoes (which are extremely important, you wear a certain type of shoe based on your feet, your gait, etc.) but there are other brands I can look at... |
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CarrieMpls said: Anxiety said: i've been using new balance for gym shoes for quite some time. i think they're perfectly comfy. I'm not sure if New Balance makes running-specific shoes (which are extremely important, you wear a certain type of shoe based on your feet, your gait, etc.) but there are other brands I can look at... New Balance IS the running shoe. I would suggest going to a New Balance store (not just a Foot Locker or somewhere they sell all brands). When I lived in Chicago I went there and they ask you what are you wearing it for, etc. If you can, bring your other gym shoes with you, then they can see where/how they're worn down which will help them. | |
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DevotedPuppy said: CarrieMpls said: I'm not sure if New Balance makes running-specific shoes (which are extremely important, you wear a certain type of shoe based on your feet, your gait, etc.) but there are other brands I can look at... New Balance IS the running shoe. I would suggest going to a New Balance store (not just a Foot Locker or somewhere they sell all brands). When I lived in Chicago I went there and they ask you what are you wearing it for, etc. If you can, bring your other gym shoes with you, then they can see where/how they're worn down which will help them. It's the only gym shoe - runner trainer walking shoe I have bought since the 80s | |
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Imago said: OK, actually maybe Ford doesn't suck. But from personal experience, the shop was so bad, it tainted my view of the entire company.
No, Ford sucks.  | |
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drifit said: walmart = i am strongly against this company and have actually encourage people not to shop there in my immediate circle. thankfully i have no need to go there, since i live in an area where theres pretty much none around. i don't like their business practices and i especially don't like how they barge into communities and kill the color of a local neighborhood along with the local businesses.
also, i try to support the companies in my neighborhood first before i shop in someone elses neighborhood. i like supporting local businesses. also, krispy kremes because i think theyre plain weird, gaudy and disgusting. This is huge for me Local everything IF possible | |
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Mach said: DevotedPuppy said: New Balance IS the running shoe. I would suggest going to a New Balance store (not just a Foot Locker or somewhere they sell all brands). When I lived in Chicago I went there and they ask you what are you wearing it for, etc. If you can, bring your other gym shoes with you, then they can see where/how they're worn down which will help them. It's the only gym shoe - runner trainer walking shoe I have bought since the 80sI go to a store specific to running needs. I will just tell them I won't buy nike next time I go and try on everything BUT them. |
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CarrieMpls said: Anxiety said: i've been using new balance for gym shoes for quite some time. i think they're perfectly comfy. I'm not sure if New Balance makes running-specific shoes (which are extremely important, you wear a certain type of shoe based on your feet, your gait, etc.) but there are other brands I can look at... New Balance is probably considered the premier running shoe for most people. The cool thing about New Balance stores is that that they sell shoes you can't find in the malls and shoe stores. Many of their brands are American-made and manufactured shoes (you have to ask the clerk). Reebok has a few shoes that are American made too. They're pricey compared to the others. I bought a pair for $120 which doesn't sound astronomical, but the comparable Mexican-made model was $80 to $90 bucks. New Balance will run between $60 and 300+ bucks depending on what you're looking for. My friend, Chris (not to be confused with the lesser Chris here on the org), is a marathon runner, and he uses only New Balance shoes. For those of you who can't afford a 100+ dollar pair of shoes, buy a pair of $20 insoles and you'll get far greater support for your shoe than even the pricier models on the market. . [Edited 6/16/09 11:00am] | |
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Imago said: CarrieMpls said: I'm not sure if New Balance makes running-specific shoes (which are extremely important, you wear a certain type of shoe based on your feet, your gait, etc.) but there are other brands I can look at... New Balance is probably considered the premier running shoe for most people. The cool thing about New Balance stores is that that they sell shoes you can't find in the malls and shoe stores. Many of their brands are American-made and manufactured shoes (you have to ask the clerk). Reebok has a few shoes that are American made too. They're pricey compared to the others. I bought a pair for $120 which doesn't sound astronomical, but the comparable Mexican-made model was $80 to $90 bucks. New Balance will run between $60 and 300+ bucks depending on what you're looking for. My friend, Chris (not to be confused with the lesser Chris here on the org), is a marathon runner, and he uses only New Balance shoes. For those of you who can't afford a 100+ dollar pair of shoes, buy a pair of $20 insoles and you'll get far greater support for your shoe than even the pricier models on the market. . [Edited 6/16/09 11:00am] I looked it up and they sell them at the store I bought my last pair at. I just know last time I tried on about 15 pairs of shoes and the nikes I picked out were like heaven. The second I put them on I knew they were the ones for me. (I never would have considered them otherwise, I think they're hideous looking. But then, I think all athletic shoes are freaking ugly as heck.) And I'm willing to spend up to $150-ish if it's the right shoe. That's not as important to me. I will absolutely try everything else first next time I need shoes. |
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New Balance is the bomb Carrie. I have only bought them for at least the last ten years. Plus, the NB store here will give you ten bucks towards a new pair if you bring in an old pair to recycle. | |
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meow85 said: Converse are so amazing! Comfy, stylish (in a hipster sort of way) and they last forever. Not to mention, they come in so many colours and styles. My current -and sadly, final -pair is printed all over with the Batman logo.
God damn Nike, buying them out....  
...and i just bought a new pair of chucks yesterday, too! gotfuckingdammit...  oh well. | |
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By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory! | |
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The Warehouse (NZ's answer to Walmart) as they source their products from sweat shop labourers and child slaves in China, its unethical, also as the stuff is mostly badly made and falls apart after a while.
I also avoid KFC now as they use Soya bean oil grown on Brazilian plantations that use slave and child labour and also have been carved out of Amazonian rainforest. Won't buy Starbucks coffee as its crap and overpriced Try to avoid any products tested on animals Avoid Japanese food products because of their stance on whaling Avoid Bed and Beyond as they use cotton picked by Uzbekistani child labourers. As you can see I am a strong advocate of the rights of children and animals. So what are u going 2 do? R u just gonna sit there and watch? I'm not gonna stop until the war is over. Its gonna take a long time | |
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Huggiebear said: The Warehouse (NZ's answer to Walmart) as they source their products from sweat shop labourers and child slaves in China, its unethical, also as the stuff is mostly badly made and falls apart after a while.
I also avoid KFC now as they use Soya bean oil grown on Brazilian plantations that use slave and child labour and also have been carved out of Amazonian rainforest. Won't buy Starbucks coffee as its crap and overpriced Try to avoid any products tested on animals Avoid Japanese food products because of their stance on whaling Avoid Bed and Beyond as they use cotton picked by Uzbekistani child labourers. As you can see I am a strong advocate of the rights of children and animals. yeah cool i agree with yuo butt what if those folks donteeven WANT you to boycott those products.? Waht if that s the only sorce of income for them ? cuz many of those children and families in Pakistan and all those -stans are happy to be able to put some food on the table and we boycott some cokmpanies that provide jobs. i m against child labor and all butt I do feel badd sometimes becuze i know i am responsible for theyre unemployment and poverty and hunger just becuz i boycott the products they make .where ? do you draw the line ? what ? is better ? protest agaonst child labor or contribute to starvation? | |
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RudyIsBackForGood said: Huggiebear said: The Warehouse (NZ's answer to Walmart) as they source their products from sweat shop labourers and child slaves in China, its unethical, also as the stuff is mostly badly made and falls apart after a while.
I also avoid KFC now as they use Soya bean oil grown on Brazilian plantations that use slave and child labour and also have been carved out of Amazonian rainforest. Won't buy Starbucks coffee as its crap and overpriced Try to avoid any products tested on animals Avoid Japanese food products because of their stance on whaling Avoid Bed and Beyond as they use cotton picked by Uzbekistani child labourers. As you can see I am a strong advocate of the rights of children and animals. yeah cool i agree with yuo butt what if those folks donteeven WANT you to boycott those products.? Waht if that s the only sorce of income for them ? cuz many of those children and families in Pakistan and all those -stans are happy to be able to put some food on the table and we boycott some cokmpanies that provide jobs. i m against child labor and all butt I do feel badd sometimes becuze i know i am responsible for theyre unemployment and poverty and hunger just becuz i boycott the products they make .where ? do you draw the line ? what ? is better ? protest agaonst child labor or contribute to starvation? You're not contributing to starvation and unemployment. Boycotting a company's products because you disagree with their use of sweatshop labour is a 2 step process. You boycott, and you let the company know that's why you're doing it. Where did people work before Nike shoved it's way into local economies? It's not as if jobs were non-existent until that point. [Edited 6/17/09 11:08am] "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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RudyIsBackForGood said: Huggiebear said: The Warehouse (NZ's answer to Walmart) as they source their products from sweat shop labourers and child slaves in China, its unethical, also as the stuff is mostly badly made and falls apart after a while.
I also avoid KFC now as they use Soya bean oil grown on Brazilian plantations that use slave and child labour and also have been carved out of Amazonian rainforest. Won't buy Starbucks coffee as its crap and overpriced Try to avoid any products tested on animals Avoid Japanese food products because of their stance on whaling Avoid Bed and Beyond as they use cotton picked by Uzbekistani child labourers. As you can see I am a strong advocate of the rights of children and animals. yeah cool i agree with yuo butt what if those folks donteeven WANT you to boycott those products.? Waht if that s the only sorce of income for them ? cuz many of those children and families in Pakistan and all those -stans are happy to be able to put some food on the table and we boycott some cokmpanies that provide jobs. i m against child labor and all butt I do feel badd sometimes becuze i know i am responsible for theyre unemployment and poverty and hunger just becuz i boycott the products they make .where ? do you draw the line ? what ? is better ? protest agaonst child labor or contribute to starvation? don't worry, Rudy. soon the roles will be reversed and all of us americans will be working in sweat shop within the next decade or two. i wonder if those now third world countries soon to be superpowers will sympathize for us then. i doubt it. | |
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sinisterpentatonic said: RudyIsBackForGood said: yeah cool i agree with yuo butt what if those folks donteeven WANT you to boycott those products.? Waht if that s the only sorce of income for them ? cuz many of those children and families in Pakistan and all those -stans are happy to be able to put some food on the table and we boycott some cokmpanies that provide jobs. i m against child labor and all butt I do feel badd sometimes becuze i know i am responsible for theyre unemployment and poverty and hunger just becuz i boycott the products they make .where ? do you draw the line ? what ? is better ? protest agaonst child labor or contribute to starvation? don't worry, Rudy. soon the roles will be reversed and all of us americans will be working in sweat shop within the next decade or two. i wonder if those now third world countries soon to be superpowers will sympathize for us then. i doubt it.  "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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meow85 said: sinisterpentatonic said: don't worry, Rudy. soon the roles will be reversed and all of us americans will be working in sweat shop within the next decade or two. i wonder if those now third world countries soon to be superpowers will sympathize for us then. i doubt it.  | |
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anyway Now that it was brought to my attention: Shell Dominoes-I don't like them anyway Borders-I used to like. They are really open and liberal to same sex issues and rights but they are extremely racist. Ive experienced it first hand. I can't understand how they can be both. DeBeers-Nuf said | |
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sinisterpentatonic said: RudyIsBackForGood said: yeah cool i agree with yuo butt what if those folks donteeven WANT you to boycott those products.? Waht if that s the only sorce of income for them ? cuz many of those children and families in Pakistan and all those -stans are happy to be able to put some food on the table and we boycott some cokmpanies that provide jobs. i m against child labor and all butt I do feel badd sometimes becuze i know i am responsible for theyre unemployment and poverty and hunger just becuz i boycott the products they make .where ? do you draw the line ? what ? is better ? protest agaonst child labor or contribute to starvation? don't worry, Rudy. soon the roles will be reversed and all of us americans will be working in sweat shop within the next decade or two. i wonder if those now third world countries soon to be superpowers will sympathize for us then. i doubt it.  you are right; but we don't know if it will have more decades; the world is really constipated and the laboratories don't want to sell vaccines for africa portugal (almost africa in the global idea of the financial world) it just has 5% of means to combat that badly (in a population of 1millões of habitants... finally ORG will tell good-bye the ingamilo... | |
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heybaby said: Borders-I used to like. They are really open and liberal to same sex issues and rights but they are extremely racist. Ive experienced it first hand. I can't understand how they can be both. really? is it one particular store you have an issue with, or the whole chain? the only issue i've ever had with borders is that their customer service people never know what i'm talking about when i need help finding something, but that's just par for the course.  | |
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Anxiety said: heybaby said: Borders-I used to like. They are really open and liberal to same sex issues and rights but they are extremely racist. Ive experienced it first hand. I can't understand how they can be both. really? is it one particular store you have an issue with, or the whole chain? the only issue i've ever had with borders is that their customer service people never know what i'm talking about when i need help finding something, but that's just par for the course. Well I should just say the Borders on state street. The management-not the employees beneath them were highly racist. I'll just say a person I know was passed over many times for people who had just come in and were automatically promoted. So when I step into a Borders I don't feel entirely excited to be there  | |
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heybaby said: Anxiety said: really? is it one particular store you have an issue with, or the whole chain? the only issue i've ever had with borders is that their customer service people never know what i'm talking about when i need help finding something, but that's just par for the course. Well I should just say the Borders on state street. The management-not the employees beneath them were highly racist. I'll just say a person I know was passed over many times for people who had just come in and were automatically promoted. So when I step into a Borders I don't feel entirely excited to be there that's a sucky borders in general. i much prefered the one in boystown, at the corner of broadway and clark. | |
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The only makeup products I wear are by Chanel, YSL or Dior. All others can go suck it, especially MAC and Napoleon Perdis.
Basically I go for quality first and not price, with everything. | |
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PanthaGirl said: The only makeup products I wear are by Chanel, YSL or Dior. All others can go suck it, especially MAC and Napoleon Perdis.
Basically I go for quality first and not price, with everything. Chanel/YSL/Dior 
Dior colors. 
You're lucky to be able to use only those tho. A lot of folk have to take price into consideration. Some people would like to wear eyeshadow and eat. | |
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johnart said: PanthaGirl said: The only makeup products I wear are by Chanel, YSL or Dior. All others can go suck it, especially MAC and Napoleon Perdis.
Basically I go for quality first and not price, with everything. Chanel/YSL/Dior
Dior colors.
You're lucky to be able to use only those tho. A lot of folk have to take price into consideration. Some people would like to wear eyeshadow and eat. Co -
Lol U make me laugh mate. I suppose it depends on each persons standards and budget huh. I think peeps can do anything they set their minds to. | |
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PanthaGirl said: johnart said: Chanel/YSL/Dior
Dior colors.
You're lucky to be able to use only those tho. A lot of folk have to take price into consideration. Some people would like to wear eyeshadow and eat. Co -
Lol U make me laugh mate. I suppose it depends on each persons standards and budget huh. I think peeps can do anything they set their minds to.
I agree about standards/budgets. I used to do makeup and am a big advocate of if you can afford it, certain brands really do make GREAT products (Like the Holy Trinity you mentioned). Hey if I was a girl and was low on cash, I probably would skip a lunch or two for that lipstick. | |
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johnart said: PanthaGirl said: Co -
Lol U make me laugh mate. I suppose it depends on each persons standards and budget huh. I think peeps can do anything they set their minds to.
I agree about standards/budgets. I used to do makeup and am a big advocate of if you can afford it, certain brands really do make GREAT products (Like the Holy Trinity you mentioned). Hey if I was a girl and was low on cash, I probably would skip a lunch or two for that lipstick. Ur so cool!
Makeup artist or from doing drag (or both)? It's amazing the differences of quality when it comes to makeup, I've been using the 'holy trinity' for a few years now and can't go back to other brands. U know what though John I've found there are other expensive brands that I can't use for other reasons like allergies. Clinique & I cannot be friends because it gave me hives and skin rash years ago after one application, lol the bitch! So yah quality works for me...  | |
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PanthaGirl said: johnart said:
I agree about standards/budgets. I used to do makeup and am a big advocate of if you can afford it, certain brands really do make GREAT products (Like the Holy Trinity you mentioned). Hey if I was a girl and was low on cash, I probably would skip a lunch or two for that lipstick. Ur so cool!
Makeup artist or from doing drag (or both)? It's amazing the differences of quality when it comes to makeup, I've been using the 'holy trinity' for a few years now and can't go back to other brands. U know what though John I've found there are other expensive brands that I can't use for other reasons like allergies. Clinique & I cannot be friends because it gave me hives and skin rash years ago after one application, lol the bitch! So yah quality works for me... Makeup artist and drag both. As a makeup artist I used to get "gratis" products. The only cheap makeup on my face was usually eyeliner (L'oreall liquid) and foundation (Max Factor pan stick, cuz it's like the heaviest shit out there to cover up any shadow, I so don't recommend it for real women ).
I always see Clinique as high-end for teens.  | |
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