Posted on 09/05/2018 3:14:03 PM PDT by Kaslin
HMMMmmm click Week
There used to be a question in the entertainment business, "But will it play in Peoria?" In other words, "will the people who don't live in NYC or LA like it."
They have forgotten that Peoria is where most people live. The big bucks ad execs think this is "cool" because that is what their multi-nationals drinking buddies who watch soccer say it is.
It isn't.
I have to wonder just who is doing their publicity/advertising for them?
Are there no adults on the Board of Directors?
How will they explain this to their stockholders in the next year???
Hmmmmm. I bought some several years ago and they made a big deal about being made in the USA. Maybe that’s changed.
Per Wikipedia, New Balance is not made exclusively in the US. They also have manufacturing facilities in the UK. But I don’t see any reference to a plant in Vietnam. I wonder if you bought fakes.
I can’t stand the very idea that Crapernic is talked about like he is starting QB material. He had 1 good year.
Stats (win-loss) by year for this “star” (record as starter)
2012 5-2
2013 12-4
2014 8-8
2015 2-6
2016 1-10
that right there is why he is no longer in the NFL.
“I wonder if you bought fakes.”
I guess it’s possible. I got them at DSW, so who knows. They seem nice enough. I am going to be on the lookout for some made in USA.
When I was looking through some of the anti-Nike photos on Google image search, I found one from some person expressing his negative feelings toward Nike in a unique (and graphic) way. (WARNING: Don't click on this link if you're squeamish!) Nike - Just Do It!
Ive been using New Balance for years. They make good shoes, right here in the US.
The last time that I obtained pair of Levis was in the early 1990s. I started buying Wranglers by the mid-1990s.
“Nike! The Protector of the Under-privileged and Targeted Minorities.”
They already have that demographic locked up.However, they don’t necessarily buy them.
http://ballislife.com/must-see-young-man-is-killed-over-nike-foams/
2012 5-2 72%
2013 12-4 75%
2014 8-8 50%
2015 2-6 25%
2016 1-10 9%
The last time that I obtained pair of Levis was in the early 1990s.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3685229/posts
Portland, OR Nike headquarters. Live 3 hours south of Portland. Portland has a river running through it with lots of bridges. A friend of mine once said, “all the bridges should have a Nike swish and the words “Just Do It” in the middle of every bridge!”
(Maybe that will spawn a new slang expression -- "I have to go take a Nike".)
“I have to wait in lines at Chik Filet now.”
Sure, there’s always a line, but then they have people come out with ipads and take your order personally so you don’t have to yell into the box and it moves very efficiently and fast.
I think Wranglers are ok. Carhartt. Dickies.
EXCELLENT post. Eff Nike!
New Balance endorsed President Trump. Before the election. They’re #ourguys
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