[TheForge] [OT] Cats, boots (Was: chickens)

[peter fels]

Ever since i spent an uncomfortable and rather bloody 1/2 hour cutting my toes free of a collapsed steel toe boot..i'haven't worn them.
I have  the opposite size problem, 11 1/2 B..skinny feet...so i also have trouble finding ones that fit.
Sometimes i try to convince myself that the steel toe saved my toes from worse damage...but...


On Mar 24, 2011, at 7:39 AM, Bruce Freeman wrote:

> FWIW, Dr. Marten's has a boot that somewhat resembles what you're looking for.
> http://tinyurl.com/DrMsBoots
> 
> I may have a look at these later today, though I DON'T want steel
> toes, particularly, and only will wear them if they're
> super-comfortable.
> 
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Mike Spencer <mspencer at tallships.ca> wrote:
>> 
>>> I used to have a cat who ranched mice...in the living room. She'd
>>> catch them outside and bring them in to play with, then get bored.
>> 
>> Our tomcat (RIP) was much more of a country Good Ol' Boy.
>> 
>>    http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/alien/ice-mousing.html
>> 
>> ObSmithing: Trying to build an attachment to an attachment to my
>> portapower that I can insert into a new pair of work boots that will
>> expand the steel toe caps just a bit so they don't chafe my toes.  May
>> not be possible but I'm giving it a go.  Which brings to mind, BTW,
>> the reason I'm doing this....
>> 
>> Have I asked this here already?  Anybody know of a shoe store, safety
>> supply, farmer's coop or overstocked "woorkboots provided" type
>> industrial employer who has on hand JB Goodhue #07719 "Oil Rigger"
>> works boots in size 12?  Pic here:
>> 
>>    http://www.treensafety.com/catalog.php?proddetail=0250.100.060
>> 
>> I've been wearing these boots for decades.  Goodhue has been borged by
>> Indeka and has ceased production of #07719.  At my age, a couple of
>> pairs would keep me in boots I like for as long as I'll want to wear
>> heavy boots.  I've been all over the net with little luck.  But
>> somewhere out there is a pile of old new stock with my boots in it.
>> 
>> (The red laces in the pic are, of course, largely cosmetic but my
>> provide a visual cue to remind you where you may have seen these.)
>> 
>> 
>> - Mike
>> 
>> --
>> Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada       .~.
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>> mspencer at tallships.ca                                     /( )\
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