NMFBM LE versus Nike Air Force, circa 1988

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So a new community center opened up in our neighborhood, and I decided to take my four-year-old down to shoot some hoops. Mind you, it's been a while since I've played much basketball.

I retrieved my old b-ball shoes from the attic, pumped up a ball, and we headed out. Had a lot of fun playing with my son, but after about 15 minutes of shooting and running, I started noticing little white specs of plastic/rubber on the court. Next thing I knew, my shoe exploded. Entire sole came off. Flat tire in the worst way. Upon inspection, the other sole was about to peel as well.

Not to waste an opportunity, and since no one ever actually coughed up the $20K for my NMFBM LE, I decided to put the Air Forces down. May they rest in peace.

Godspeed Air Forces!

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That had to be something to see. Sounds like a Mythbusters episode. Destruction guaranteed.
 
I saw a show on TV once and it showed a bit about a hotel in Japan where people check in for the night and thrash the place like a rock star. It's all included in the price and they clean the place up for you and stock it full of vases and furniture and what not that is meant for you to destroy it. Supposed to be therapeutic:D It's not cheap but for some it's worth it. We need something like that here in the States. Some room you rent or set up with lots of pumpkins, cantaloupes, water mellons, hanging ropes, scrap wooden table etc, where you can just go Hog Wild (Pun Intended:D) with a Busse in each hand slicing and hacking everything in the room to your hearts content. Or maybe contact a demolition company to see if you can pay them to let you tear up the walls of a building or home set to be demolished. You would have to get that on video to post on you tube. Or you could just rent a room at the Disney Resort and go crazy in there:D
 
MAN! That melted right through! What size shoe?

Try a steel toe next!!! :eek::cool: Mythbusters did steel toe amputation test. Lets see if they can prevent amputation! :D
 
Outdoors Fanatic said:
How many swings?
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Should have been one, but it took two. You can see a little jag right in the middle of the cut. Got the second shoe in one, but I'd already put up the camera.

Ken44 said:
I think I can smell that
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LMAO. :D Takes you back to the locker room, eh?

Blood_Grooves said:
MAN! That melted right through! What size shoe?
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It actually did leave a coat of rubber along the edge. Kind of a pain to clean off.

12 or 13. Depends on the maker. I don't remember about those. They're in a better place now, and I'm not digging them out of there (garbage bin) to check.

I actually wear a 12.5. Of course, no one actually makes a 12.5 shoe, aside from Europeans. I had a heckuva time locating good hiking boots that really fit and finally found some Lowas made in Germany. I bought two pair of the same boots.
 
haha thats really funny..those shoes are older than me. i can really feel your pain about finding the right size shoe..i am really a size 13.5 but i have to jump up to 14 cause no half sizes :grumpy:
 
Do you know what I would have done as a kid to get those shoes you destroyed in less that 5 min. They were the Busses of their day!!:D
 
Grandsuave said:
Do you know what I would have done as a kid to get those shoes you destroyed in less that 5 min. They were the Busses of their day!!:D
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Are you saying I should have had them re-soled? :eek: :p
 
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