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my first quick question about shoes

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when shopping for kids shoes and other product online I come across shoes being sold at large discounts but I’m not sure if I should buy the shoes since I have also read that large discounts most probably mean imitation. Up to how much discount should I expect to get for genuine shoes?
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How do you find the Mini Cooper S r56 goes to windward?
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cpedw wrote:How do you find the Mini Cooper S r56 goes to windward?
Interesting response - I think the cooper, for all its superior power and acceleration, is perfectly matched to windward by the Austin 7
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claymore wrote:
cpedw wrote:How do you find the Mini Cooper S r56 goes to windward?
Interesting response - I think the cooper, for all its superior power and acceleration, is perfectly matched to windward by the Austin 7

Especially a soft top. Plenty of wind in the hair with the lid down.
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claymore wrote:
cpedw wrote:How do you find the Mini Cooper S r56 goes to windward?
Interesting response - I think the cooper, for all its superior power and acceleration, is perfectly matched to windward by the Austin 7
Nothing goes to windward better, or has superior power and acceleration to a Cooper:)
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Shoo!
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Pete Cooper wrote:
claymore wrote:
cpedw wrote:How do you find the Mini Cooper S r56 goes to windward?
Interesting response - I think the cooper, for all its superior power and acceleration, is perfectly matched to windward by the Austin 7
Nothing goes to windward better, or has superior power and acceleration to a Cooper:)
Don't they finish quicker too?
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This is Scotland, kids don't wear shoes to go sailing.
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My father said that, in the summer, they went shoeless to primary school in early 1920s Saltcoats. I remember my Grandma's response; "Tut, tut, you never did. Barefoot, indeed!"

She was the infant teacher at the same school.......
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So you never got to sing"In barefoot days....?"
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claymore wrote:So you never got to sing"In barefoot days....?"

Before my time, old chap.

But I did enjoy listening to your record collection at Claymore Towers.
It must be difficult for sourcing the needles these days.
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