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RE: Kiwi Legends: the humble Jandal
Very many years ago crafty Singaporean sidewalk shops had a deal where they took truck [and maybe car] tyres, and with a very sharp knife would cut new treads in worn out tyres.
These were sold at a cheaper price than usual, when the tyres had worn flat again and there wasn't enough rubber left to cut another treed in the cut them into Flip Flops.
These were worn by the Coolies as they unloaded all the cargo from the ships in the Harbour to the Warehouse.
It was worth standing and watching the little bloke cut away, they could do a 45-degree tres pattern all the way around the tyre and match exactly when the reached the start.
Wow, that must have been quite something to watch alright.
I'd forgotten about old tyres being turned into footwear. I wonder just how comfortable they would be, especially the straps.
I don't know how comfortable they were, but they were cheap, the coolies couldn't afford much, just the leaves they chewed on to quench the hunger, a form of cocaine maybe.
It produced a lot of salivae, and you could clearly see which wharf and which shed was being worked by the bright red trail of spit on the ground.
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, lol