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Tennis Shoes on Power Lines
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mun
Aug 20, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/20/98
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What is the story behind tennis shoes hanging from power lines? I have
heard that it is a either a sign of gang territory or that drugs are sold
nearby. I am not sure that this qualifies as UL but darnit I want to know.
heard that it is a either a sign of gang territory or that drugs are sold
nearby. I am not sure that this qualifies as UL but darnit I want to know.
David Couvillon
Aug 20, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/20/98
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mun <do...@spam.me> wrote:
I don't know. BUT, in 1977 I went to Philmont Scout Reservation in NM and
compelted a 75 mile trek. There was an apparent tradition of Scouts
throwing their worn out boots over the Reservation gate (an power lines
nearby as testimony to the rigors of their adventures. In recent years
(last 3-4) I've noticed that runners, upon completetion of some
run/competition, throw their shoes over lines near the finish line. I can
only hope that it is/was a last statement of overcoming the dementia that
had them running in the first place.
Albert Zebuski
Aug 21, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/21/98
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I have wanted to know about this my whole life and I've never gotten an
answer from anyone. What I can tell you is that there is nowhere on earth
with more sneakers on powerlines than in northeast Philadelphia. As a kid
growing up in the area I saw them on every street in every section of the
city (at least 10 to 20 pairs on each block.) ALL canvas Converse hi-tops.
I don't see any at all in the suburbs where I live now. I don't go back
there anymore (it's a VERY bad neighborhood now), and I was not even aware
that people still did this. I thought it was a '70s thing. You're saying
people still throw sneakers on powerlines today?
answer from anyone. What I can tell you is that there is nowhere on earth
with more sneakers on powerlines than in northeast Philadelphia. As a kid
growing up in the area I saw them on every street in every section of the
city (at least 10 to 20 pairs on each block.) ALL canvas Converse hi-tops.
I don't see any at all in the suburbs where I live now. I don't go back
there anymore (it's a VERY bad neighborhood now), and I was not even aware
that people still did this. I thought it was a '70s thing. You're saying
people still throw sneakers on powerlines today?
geshwilm
Aug 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/22/98
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I don't know aboot gangs but shoes (or not) you can bet drugs are sold
nearby.
nearby.
Kerry Richter
Aug 24, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/24/98
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(Albert Zebuski) wrote:
also, has anyone else noticed cars with metal baskets on top with sneakers
in them? I first saw this in the late 1970s and never understood it....
bmacd...@gmail.com
Jun 26, 2020, 1:27:49 PM6/26/20
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I am now 73 but born and raised near Tacony Park. I left when I was 20.
It was the custom in the early 60's to throw your worn out (dead) chucks over power lines as a way to give them a decent send off/ burial.
If you played playground basketball they wore out often. Especially, if like me, you would drag a toe when making a move. The soles would come away and we didn't have 'goop' to hold them together.
;-)
It was the custom in the early 60's to throw your worn out (dead) chucks over power lines as a way to give them a decent send off/ burial.
If you played playground basketball they wore out often. Especially, if like me, you would drag a toe when making a move. The soles would come away and we didn't have 'goop' to hold them together.
;-)
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