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i think that most of those words were too big for my 8th grade intellligence

Team Heelys - SoCal Joined: 26 Dec 2006 Posts: -123845

I will translate!!

i had understood everything up to cro magnon but trying to figure that out threw me off.

Joined: 27 Dec 2006 Posts: 103

Team Heelys - Midwest Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 8388607

lol, i understand, good point actually

i comprehend (big word +5 on intelligence level) now 8)

Team Heelys - Midwest Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 8388607

Big words make your brain hurt! When your brain hurts it's harder to heely Confused

Mid-late 21st century: "Hey, where's the wheels on that guy's shoes?"

"I don't think he has any."

"Shoes without wheels?! I didn't know they made those!"

Team Heelys - Midwest Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 8388607

Lol, don't we hope that is what society comes to?

Right now, HSL is primarily marketing to kids....and that's who's primarily wearing them.
In my area, as soon as the kids go to Jr. High, they wouldn't be caught dead in them.

In Japan & Korea, though, I'm told they're used for transporation...
Also for dancing and sport moreso than in the US.

If they're going to be worn by the general population, I think HSL needs to start marketing to High School, College students and young adults...as a means of getting around more quickly (primarily).

At one time I heard that HSL was going to make some for warehouse workers...I know that some of their warehouse workers wear them now.

Finding applications like this and focusing their marketing toward them would go a long ways towards taking Heelys from "novelty" to "necessity"!

Can you imagine if postmen started wearing them?

There needs to be genuine positive benefits to counteract the negative press.

Team Heelys - Midwest Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 8388607

I'm in middle school and wouldn't be caught dead without them! Actually yeah i would at school but thats only since i can't wear them there

Team Heelys - Northeast Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 1803

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Merlyn - My dad is a doctor and he was telling me how, in some of the bigger hospitals, the nurses and some of the staff who are running back in forth all day wear roller skates. But of course there are times they have to take them off. I was thinking that Heely's would be PERFECT for that kind of environment.

Great floors
They dont have to change shoes.
some of those hospitals are more than a quarter mile from one end to the other.

Just a thought...

Team Heelys - Northeast Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 1803

I don't see why not? If you're very proficient in Heelys, a smooth floor with good grip is certainly safer than rollerblading.

In Canada, the mall partol wear rollerblades. Heelys would be more practical there also.

The trick is some adults that didn't grow up with Heelys may have a hard time mastering it. Its really up to kids nowadays that grow up to adults. So just keep using them.

MDHZ