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I think he is trying to be srsly phonetic. :o)

yeah phonetic - they are pronouncing Tacchini as Tackini when I always thought it was pronounced like Tasheeni

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As my rudimentary Italian reacalls...

'ch' is prounounced 'k'

'c' is prounounced 'ch'

:o)

In Italian when there is a ch you ignore the h. Pronounced as in car.

You're confusing Spanish with Italian pronunciations I think.

Questo.

OK thanks I think

Everything I once believed is wrong - you'll be telling me it's pronounced Nikeee next

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyaStU2sS1o

Yup, soulboy centre parting or a 'fanny head', in local parlance...

Tacchini used to get abbreviated to Tak when I was a kid... Haven't thought about that in almost forty years...

*shudders*

My 2001 are looking a bit better. My black toes look absolutely fucked by comparison. The leather on the 2001 was so thick.

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Shameless plug as I have some for sale. Obviously reduced price for forum members so send me a pm.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=152110457791&globalID=EBAY-GB

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Just copped off on these...

Please tell me you're lying

you sex jizzed on your own bare feet?

It's all me.

Forest Hills 82
First ever decent pair
Wierd enough they are trying to shift Teva sandals in Consortium. ..@Pifko

I thought I was pushing the envelope wearing Birkies...

I was wrong...

They look great... On closer inspection I'm not sure I'll be able to save mine, there's no edge on the swoosh... Fuck knows how I'm gonna paint that... 😐

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Is this going to end up a bit......

I'll black 'em out if it isn't gonna work...

Stage one, just given one midsole a bit of a scrub and the leather a bit of a clean... No Solebright yet but the top one looks loads better already... Waiting for the deglazer to arrive so I can start painting the scuffs up... They'll look fab once they're done!

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#properfucked

restoring old shoes is a thankless task. loads of pissing about to create marginal improvements that are about as long-lasting as a manicure.

not helped by all the fake promises of products to turn back the clock, which are all just bollocks. you may get lucky with that sole bright stuff on the midsole. you've got no ozone overhead, so you should get a fuckload more high energy UV into the situation. mine went a shade lighter, then afterwards, even after a mighty wash off, went darker still in 6 months!

with the swoosh - two choices. stick a new one on there off something shit/cheap you don't care about. If you REALLY wanted to fanny about and kill some time you could swap the inside left for the outside right and vice versa.

or use the jacquard neopaque paint (another purchase) which is way more flexible than angelus and might fill in the cracks with multiple coats. Look like you have turned the swoosh into elephant print all by yourself. what kind of sneaker alchemy is this?

So adidas stock price has overtaken nike.

I will never make a stock broker.

Especially if you don't consider market cap.

Sun light is about 3% UV, LED efficiency at 365 nm is about 5–8%, whereas efficiency at 395 nm is closer to 20% (wiki). So you could give one of these a try, if you want to go down that route.

Retrobright can also be easily made with some Oxi clean stuff, hydrogen peroxide and cornflour.