American Rebel Boots’ Marketing Ploy

Sidebyside2There is a relatively new brand name of boots out there: American Rebel Boots. The company motto is: “Ride. Rock. Run Wild.” Further marketing promo information on websites about these boots reads the same,

Show your wild side in the (product title, such as “Axle Skull”) Biker Boot. American Rebel Black Harness Boots stand for getting wild, renegade music and forging your own path. Pull on American Rebel Motorcycle Boots and break free. Ride. Rock. Run Wild.

I call bulldoogie…
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Ongoing Build, Pride, Cops

I spent the past weekend executing a remodeling project for a senior pal who lives alone in her own house, yet wants to remain in the home in which she has lived for the past 50 years. It was also a weekend of competing events — DC Gay Pride and an annual fundraiser for a police charity. The weather was unusually hot and sticky for mid-June (95F/35C actual air temp with 75F/24C dew point). Man, I was a sweaty and sticky busy guy…
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Directing a Build

Whenever I have been involved in a major home remodeling project, the pros and volunteers with whom I work always call it a “build” even though, technically, we are not building a house, but renovating it.

Today I…
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Physical Therapy for Bikers

rp_Roadking18.jpgLast evening, I rode my Harley to a session with a physical therapist who is helping me deal with the issue of my severely strained, but improving, back ligament. The therapist asked me what activity was most difficult or concerning to me about potential future back strain so she could teach me skills to manage it.

I explained that I was most concerned about being able to mount and dismount my Harley. While the therapist is rather disapproving of motorcycle riding or wearing boots (she is definitely a “sneakerphile”), she agreed that if indeed that was the activity that could well possibly be a cause of more back stresses and strains, that I should show her exactly what the difficulty was.

So I rumbled aboard my Harley to the therapy center, decked out…
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Booted Leg Pain?

Blackjackpython09Yesterday afternoon when I got home from work, my spouse asked me to take him to the grocery store. He had developed quite a long list of things that we needed and forgot to get during our regular grocery trip on Saturday.

I quickly changed clothes to jeans, t-shirt, and my blue/cream Black Jack python cowboy boots. Off we went. Then while at the store, my left leg began to hurt really badly. What was going on?
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Calling Fire! (fighter)

There are expressions I hear cops say when they arrive at a scene where they need support from the fire department, particularly for EMS (medical) response. “Call fire!” Today, my call to “fire” to help me turned out amusingly well…
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