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Old July 25th 03, 05:47 AM
Mary Shafer
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Default NBC Apollo 11 coverage -- prescient?

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 14:17:59 -0400, (Mike
Flugennock) wrote:

And, do you think Al would've had a better shot in his suit if his lunar
outer overshoes had had those funky little fringes on the tops, like golf
shoes?


Those are called "kilties", I understand. They're there to keep the
grass clippings out of the laces, I think. It's hard to get grass
stains out of socks.

Mary

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