Comments on: Big Foot; not just in Tibet

By: m

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:07:04 +0000

I think it is like everything… people want to make money, so they don’t bother to stock. Was same here in Canada too when I was a kid, now it is not a problem but in the 80s trying to find anything size 13 or larger was a problem and/or laughed you out of the store.

I did notice in Ukraine it seemed they never had anything larger than a 45 or 46 and usually would just be 1 boring type, if any at all.

By: Olga

Olga — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:55:14 +0000

I am originally from Kharkov, but grew up in the U.S. and visit Ukraine from time to time.
My feet, though average size in the U.S., are larger than that of my grandfather (who lived in Kharkov). I am also taller than most of my relatives. It could be because of different diets and life styles.
I too had difficulty finding shoes in Kharkov. Most times a seller squeezed my foot into a shoe and tried to convince me that it was a perfect size.