I usually get canker sores from eating sharp foods like chips or crackers. I get fewer of them now that I take axid for GERD (less acid in my system, I guess...), but now that I'm stressed out alot of the time (senioritis) I'm getting them more often.

I have to say that birkenstocks are my second most favorite shoes--Chuck Taylors are first. I have three pairs of birks--my first pair is still kickin' after over 10 years! I also still have my first pair of Chucks--got them from a friend second hand in 1986--and they're still goin' too! Now that's my kinda footwear!!