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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 Pedorthists #129415 06/17/04 03:12 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve OP Carpal Tunnel OP Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA I heard an advert on the radio, while driving to court this morning, for some kind of shoe insert/foot pad device that is supposed to take twenty years off the purchaser's life. At the end of the ad, the announcer invited listeners to come into the store and consult with the "pedorthist" about getting the right inserts/pads. "Sheesh," I thought to myself, "this company has made up a word from bits of language which refer to feet and bones and joints and made their sales staff sound like brain surgeons. Not so, Little Beaver! I looked it up. There are such things as pedorthists in the other-than-commercial-make-believe world. A pedorthist is a person who fits, manufactures and/or modifies shoes and other appliances for the feet to address deformations and disabilities. Some of them make shoes; others make "orthotics" which are thingies which fit inside of shoes. Who knew!? There are even certified pedorthists. Here in the Colonies, it is the Board for Certification in Pedorthics which does it. Up north, it is the College of Pedorthics of Canada. I am humbled ... and you can't get shoe pads to fix that. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pedorthists #129416 06/17/04 03:44 AM Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 133 J Jomama member Jomama member J Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 133 Father Steve, those pedorthists need a new adman. Most folks just won't buy things that guarantee to take 20 yrs off their lives! Unless they contain lots of nicotine or cholesterol, that is-- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pedorthists #129417 06/17/04 03:51 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve OP Carpal Tunnel OP Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Dear Mom ~ How right you are. Not their fault; mine. The "testimonial" on the ad was of a fellow who said he was fifty and felt thirty, now that he had the new thingies in his shoes. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pedorthists #129418 06/17/04 06:12 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC My great grandfather on my mother's side was one of the first orthotists in the country. This is a LONG time ago. He had a small but lucrative practice making corrective devices for a tribe of Indians whose feet tended to be genetically deformed. We have one of the molds he used. Yup, we call it the last of the Mohicans. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pedorthists #129419 06/17/04 06:15 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont . formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pedorthists #129420 06/18/04 02:08 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Lordy, TEd, and there was I wondering where you'd got to lately I assume you were the sole beneficiary of the will? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Sole beneficiary #129421 06/19/04 12:06 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Yup, but it was a long time coming. That guy had one foot in the grave for years. Really a deeply religious sort -- very strait-laced, spoke in tongues, and always worrying about saving his sole. And when he got pumped up! Wow. Definitely not a loafer, though stubborn as a mule. Nice guy who would never moc you for your brogan all. He even wrote a book about going around trying to find the best material for his products. Called it Leather Stalking Tales if I recall correctly. Now, if someone would just tell me where I put my lithium tablets. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sole beneficiary #129422 06/19/04 12:21 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Tennis a pretty good number of puns, TEd, and you certainly weren't a sneaker about it, but that's my only naglet... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sole beneficiary #129423 06/19/04 05:13 AM Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 15 South Carolina Z ZDub stranger ZDub stranger Z Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 15 South Carolina I'm wading thigh-high in those welly bad puns. Maybe I should complain, but at this pointe(having barely scuffed the surface of the board), I shod tread lightly. A slipper the tongue could sling-back and make me look a heel. Z-Dub Z-Dub Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sole beneficiary #129424 06/19/04 10:37 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont well, we won't give you the boot, that's for sure! formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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