house shoes

[Paul]

I live in North Central Arkansas, recently bought a pair of slippers and
the 40 something clerk referred to them as house shoes.

Wilson Gray wrote:
> Amin.
>
> BTW, are you familiar with "house shoes" for any kind of footwear
> *designed* for use indoors? As opposed to footwear *used* only
> indoors, because it's no longer in good-enough shape to protect your
> feet from the East Texas elements.
>
> My PA-born wife says that she's not familiar with the term.
>
> -Wilson
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> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Murrah Lee <mclee at murrah.com> wrote:
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>> Subject: ?  ?  ? Re: Shade Tree Mechanic
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>> The term "shade tree mechanic" was very common in East Texas (Angelina
>> County) when I grew up there in the 1950s. ? Most people in those days
>> did not have a garage for their vehicles. ? My grandfather had one of
>> the few in the area, and it was a one-stall corrugated metal building
>> with a dirt floor, which was not suitable for working on a vehicle.
>> The only alternative was to do the work in the open air, and in hot
>> East Texas that meant getting under the shade of a large tree in the
>> yard. ? Many trees had the further virtue of a large limb that with a
>> rope and compound pulley or comealong could be used to pull the
>> engine. ? For obvious reasons like "jake leg carpenter," it implied an
>> amateurish level of skill.
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