I JUST HEARD ON THE EVENING NEWS...WANTED TO BE THE FIRST TO POST...CHANNEL 5 KTLA NEWS REPORTED THAT BECKMANS SOCCER CLEATS ARE BANNED IN CALIFORNIA DUE TO KANGROO SKIN USED IN PRODUCTION....... i THINK THAT IS THE FUNNIEST THING I HEARD OF? SUCKS FOR THE DISTRUBITOR
if you read the article, it says he doesn't use kangaroo leather anymore. his predators have been synthetics for past few years or so.
Wow, I think I've found an administration more petty than ours...... Just out of interest if DB went seal clubbing and made his boots out of a baby seals feet would that be acceptable?
David D. Beckman, BSIE'73, Burlington, Iowa, a partner with Beckman and Hirsch law firm, is currently the president-elect of the Iowa Bar Association and the law school representative on the University of Iowa Alumni Association Board. His daughter Mindi will attend ISU in the fall of 1999
Forgive the ignorance, but what are cleats? When I was in the merchant navy they were things you secured cables around.
I thought he looked much younger on tv Saturday than he does in this shot. I'm glad to hear about his board seat, too. But, does Posh know about this Minidi?
Ah, he looks just the type of self-reightous asswipe that would come up with this sh*t. Try doing something worthwile, and not sitting at home trying to think of the ordinance that would piss off the most people. As to Britfootiefan, I think we call them boots.
Fair enough, I am learning the terminology. I have never forgotten my gaffe, when I went to school in the USA for a short while years ago. I offered to go and knock some friends up sometime. I was intending to visit, but my meaning was lost in translation, and caused some consternation.
They are the shoes worn by Soccer players, Baseball players, and Football players. Soccer Baseball Football
Why thank you, TeMoz. The football ones look pretty hefty. There's some big guys play that game though?
Hahahaha!!! You just cracked me up!! You Brits are funny. Do you eat "spotted dick"? Is that a dessert?
FWIW: What the California Supreme Court did today was uphold the right of the state legislature to impose limitations greater than those imposed by the Federal Government. Under various federal standards, there has been a recognition that kangaroos (at least certain types) are no longer endangered. (My Aussie friends tell me that they are pests, about as useful as rats). Apparently our state legislature doesn't see it that way. You can look at what political forces are at work there and draw your own conclusions as to why. What makes this interesting (at least to lawyers) is what is called Federal pre-emption. When the Fed legislates comprehensively on matters of national concern, the states are precluded from setting up their own rules. What the California Supreme Court said was that this state rule was not within the scope of that pre-emption. This may not be the last word on the matter, and the state legislature could change the rule if enough pressure (read "money") were to be applied.
Spotted Dick is delicious, steaming, with plenty of custard. Whole legions of public schoolboys were raised on it, which kind of explains a lot about the class system.
If I am correct public=private (school here in the States). Born with Silver spoons, or something like that, in their mouths.