Work boots

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  • Bob_Luken
    Bob_Luken Posts: 11,726 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2018
    I wear the cheater style boots. 

    I did actually google it and other than guessing,  I still actually don't know,... what are cheater style boots?  
  • Amos_Umwhat
    Amos_Umwhat Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bob_Luken said:
    I wear the cheater style boots. 

    I did actually google it and other than guessing,  I still actually don't know,... what are cheater style boots?  

    Are they the ones with a side zipper so you can tie the laces once, then "cheat" by using the zipper?  Just guessing.
    "If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed.  If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." --  Mark Twain
  • genareddog
    genareddog Posts: 4,465 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bob_Luken said:
    I wear the cheater style boots. 

    I did actually google it and other than guessing,  I still actually don't know,... what are cheater style boots?  
    Pull on boots. Kids used to say we cheated and didn’t know how to tie shoe laces. I said we were to smart to waste time on it 
  • jd50ae
    jd50ae Posts: 7,900 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The very best boots I ever owned, and they lasted for years, were issued to me when I enlisted.
  • Bob_Luken
    Bob_Luken Posts: 11,726 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2018
    Bob_Luken said:
    I wear the cheater style boots. 

    I did actually google it and other than guessing,  I still actually don't know,... what are cheater style boots?  

    Are they the ones with a side zipper so you can tie the laces once, then "cheat" by using the zipper?  Just guessing.
    That was my first guess but google results did not confirm this. I also guessed that they could be short top workboots 4'' or 6'' not as tall as they could be, thus cheating. 
  • danielzreyes
    danielzreyes Posts: 8,774 ✭✭✭✭✭
    jd50ae said:
    The very best boots I ever owned, and they lasted for years, were issued to me when I enlisted.
    and these boots are....    
    "It's plume, bro. Nothing to worry about. Got any Opus?" The suppose to be DZR
  • ForMud
    ForMud Posts: 2,472 ✭✭✭✭✭
    jd50ae said:
    The very best boots I ever owned, and they lasted for years, were issued to me when I enlisted.
    and these boots are....    
    Made for walking......


  • Stubble
    Stubble Posts: 10,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ForMud said:
    jd50ae said:
    The very best boots I ever owned, and they lasted for years, were issued to me when I enlisted.
    and these boots are....    
    Made for walking......


    And that's just what they'll do...
    Hey, you gonna eat the rest of that corndog?
  • IndustMech
    IndustMech Posts: 5,261 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Stubble said:
    ForMud said:
    jd50ae said:
    The very best boots I ever owned, and they lasted for years, were issued to me when I enlisted.
    and these boots are....    
    Made for walking......


    And that's just what they'll do...
    Walkin all over you.

    I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
    Let's eat, GrandMa.  /  Let's eat GrandMa.  --  Punctuation saves lives

    It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.

  • CharlieHeis
    CharlieHeis Posts: 8,984 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Stubble said:
    ForMud said:
    jd50ae said:
    The very best boots I ever owned, and they lasted for years, were issued to me when I enlisted.
    and these boots are....    
    Made for walking......


    And that's just what they'll do...
    One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you
    FIFY
  • IndustMech
    IndustMech Posts: 5,261 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ty

    I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
    Let's eat, GrandMa.  /  Let's eat GrandMa.  --  Punctuation saves lives

    It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.

  • Wylaff
    Wylaff Posts: 5,487 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Stubble said:
    ForMud said:
    jd50ae said:
    The very best boots I ever owned, and they lasted for years, were issued to me when I enlisted.
    and these boots are....    
    Made for walking......


    And that's just what they'll do...
    One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you
    FIFY
    Are you ready boots?
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  • danielzreyes
    danielzreyes Posts: 8,774 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Knockin
    "It's plume, bro. Nothing to worry about. Got any Opus?" The suppose to be DZR
  • ForMud
    ForMud Posts: 2,472 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great.....Now I got that song stuck in my head all morning.
  • Patrickbrick
    Patrickbrick Posts: 8,086 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've been wearing red wings for years, but am not happy with how fast I wear out the soles as of late.  My friend Bill swears by Thorogood boots and has replaced his redwings with those.  It is time for a new pair of boots anyway so will look into those as well. 
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  • peter4jc
    peter4jc Posts: 18,182 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Invented by George? 
    "I could've had a Mi Querida!"   Nick Bardis
  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 31,716 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Are they bad?  Bad to the bone?
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  • danielzreyes
    danielzreyes Posts: 8,774 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've been wearing red wings for years, but am not happy with how fast I wear out the soles as of late.  My friend Bill swears by Thorogood boots and has replaced his redwings with those.  It is time for a new pair of boots anyway so will look into those as well. 
    I tried both Red wing and Thorogood this week.  I'm leaning towards Thorogood.  I'm now contemplating if I want steel toe or soft toe as they seem to not make a huge difference in weight.
     Also, I read reviews and watched reviews on YouTube. They say that the soles on Thorogood last a lot longer than red wing.
    "It's plume, bro. Nothing to worry about. Got any Opus?" The suppose to be DZR
  • ForMud
    ForMud Posts: 2,472 ✭✭✭✭✭
    peter4jc said:
    Invented by George? 
    Yakster said:
    Are they bad?  Bad to the bone?
    Don't forget the "Delaware Destroyers" part....I used to work right next to the sound studio were they practiced and listened to them all the time......Even hooked up with a girl after I told her I was Georges younger brother....Yes Delaware is a ever small state.  :)  
  • Patrickbrick
    Patrickbrick Posts: 8,086 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've been wearing red wings for years, but am not happy with how fast I wear out the soles as of late.  My friend Bill swears by Thorogood boots and has replaced his redwings with those.  It is time for a new pair of boots anyway so will look into those as well. 
    I tried both Red wing and Thorogood this week.  I'm leaning towards Thorogood.  I'm now contemplating if I want steel toe or soft toe as they seem to not make a huge difference in weight.
     Also, I read reviews and watched reviews on YouTube. They say that the soles on Thorogood last a lot longer than red wing.

    Good to know, thank you sir.  I like the safety toe/composite/steel, gives me piece of mind that if/when I drop something heavy on my toe box my feet wont be destroyed.   
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  • danielzreyes
    danielzreyes Posts: 8,774 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Went with Thorogood 6" Moctoe



    "It's plume, bro. Nothing to worry about. Got any Opus?" The suppose to be DZR
  • CalvinAndHobo
    CalvinAndHobo Posts: 3,311 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Be honest, did you buy those because they came in "tobacco" color?
  • peter4jc
    peter4jc Posts: 18,182 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Those are no good, Daniel...  can't see your socks.
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  • dirtdude
    dirtdude Posts: 6,264 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's a waste of socktillery
    A little dirt never hurt
  • 0patience
    0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Chippewa logger boots or West Coast Boots 
    https://www.wescoboots.com/builder/default.aspx
    West Coast takes a pattern of your feet and builds the boots specifically for your feet. After a few years, I send the West Coast Boots in and they rebuild then the about half the cost of new.
    I wear only logger steel toe boots.

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  • ForMud
    ForMud Posts: 2,472 ✭✭✭✭✭
    0patience said:
    Chippewa logger boots or West Coast Boots 
    https://www.wescoboots.com/builder/default.aspx
    West Coast takes a pattern of your feet and builds the boots specifically for your feet. After a few years, I send the West Coast Boots in and they rebuild then the about half the cost of new.
    I wear only logger steel toe boots.



    I defiantly going with Chippewa next time round......I'm kinda afraid to ask the cost on the West Coast Boots. I'm not on my feet all day like I used to be, so it's going to be hard to justify the cost of a custom fit boot.
  • 0patience
    0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think I paid $340 for my last boots from Westcoast.
    But man they fit good.
    My Chippewa boots are my go to boots, I save the West Coast for winter, when I spend as much time on the mountains walking in snow.

    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
  • jlmarta
    jlmarta Posts: 7,880 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Someone (don’t remember who) once said a man should have two good things in life - a good bed and good shoes (boots) because he’s in one or the other for most of his life.....


  • danielzreyes
    danielzreyes Posts: 8,774 ✭✭✭✭✭
    peter4jc said:
    Those are no good, Daniel...  can't see your socks.

    "It's plume, bro. Nothing to worry about. Got any Opus?" The suppose to be DZR
  • Patrickbrick
    Patrickbrick Posts: 8,086 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I too went with thorogood, let's see how long they last.
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