Re: Slits in shoes

2017-02-24 Thread Harriet Browder
> Aunt Bea was talking to Clara in reference to the man Clara was going with, > she > said: "Does he still cut slits in his shoes?" It's I before E, except after C and E before E in Aunt Bee. I know, we always forget that rule. Cutting slits in shoes allowed room for kids' toes as they

Re : Slits in shoes

2006-02-04 Thread blueridgebiker
Back in the day all men wore dress shoes with leather bottoms, or soles. If anyone has ever had a pair of these shoes you know that they are very slick on most floor surfaces and carpet. The only good traction is on concrete. A man would sometimes take a knife and cut slits across the bottom