tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461105532452403357.post576463263303741481..comments2023-10-10T02:01:17.471-07:00Comments on The Alternate Side Parking Reader: GamblingMJN/NYChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090191804140640599noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461105532452403357.post-68455420161920529292007-02-16T17:35:00.000-08:002007-02-16T17:35:00.000-08:00I remember those galoshes--from grade school. It s...I remember those galoshes--from grade school. It seems to me that only boys wore them, could that be true? I can remember how the metal fasteners jangled when they walked around with them unfastened. <BR/>Loved your oatmeal post!mary grimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04294368835776483342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461105532452403357.post-69578491589881297412007-02-16T14:23:00.000-08:002007-02-16T14:23:00.000-08:00But do you have a pair of galoshes? I had some whe...But do you have a pair of galoshes? I had some when I was driving the milk truck: those black rubber things that fit over your work boots and have those funny metal snaps on them, and they were impervious to water, true, but so ugly and so dated, even when you could still get them. <BR/><BR/>I just looked in the dictionary, and galosh comes from galoche (Middle French). They've been around since the 14th century.MJN/NYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090191804140640599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461105532452403357.post-56698817517389046022007-02-16T13:36:00.000-08:002007-02-16T13:36:00.000-08:00But I like the word "galoshes." Such good sounds--...But I like the word "galoshes." Such good sounds--as if you were sloshing through the elements.susan grimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823157606004918590noreply@blogger.com