Recently, I was sent a pair of Thorogood Station Boots to try on and to evaluate against two other pairs of station boots I own made by Chippewa and All American.
I have tried and worn a number of pairs of station boots since I began volunteering with my local fire department back in 1982 (took a break from ’85 to ’96, then returned in ’97), and have learned a few things.
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There are some boots in my cowboy boot collection that seem to go especially well with blue denim jeans, and others that go best when worn with dress slacks, and some that go with both. This blog is about my boots that match well with blue denim, and not that well with dress slacks. Read on….
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I have an interesting non-invasive piece of software on all 729 of my website’s pages that gives me interesting summary information about website visits.
An intriguing detail shows the “click-through-rate” which my software defines as:
what percentage of people exposed to my website using Google for a given search actually clicked on the result for my website.
Here are the results of what types, styles, and manufacturers of boots draw the most visitors to pages on my website as a result of a google search.
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One of my longest-held gripes about working full-time is that “they” have it all backwards. We should work two days and have five days for weekends. (LOL).
This past two days was packed, and involved managing a day of exceptional cold with snow flurries, work-booted demolition, dusty boot-n-wranglered supplies calculations, socks-with-sweats pasta making, chasing ten LOLITS, a ride on my Harley, electrical repair, hair chop, and even some “down time” with the spouse.
To give you a glimpse of what I do on weekends, read on…
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In mid-March, my spouse underwent a procedure to have bone marrow tested for encapsulated organisms that were the source of his three-year battle of infection, pain, and suffering. I wrote about that procedure here.
We just got back the results of that test.
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Going with my sorta new “theme” for posts for this blog, I am writing more about boots and links back to my website which google’s algorithm is dutifully ignoring.
Over the years, I have gotten questions about how I learned about cowboy (western) boots, and how I changed my boot-buying and wearing habits. Here goes…
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Following the post titled, My 3 Most Favorite Boots for Motorcycling, I promised at the end of that post that I would follow with a post about boots I have tried and choose not to wear (much.)
They are:
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Today marks the date of three years of marriage, and (almost) 23 years of our relationship. According to Hallmark’s promotions, this is our “leather anniversary,” so noted because after three years, a couple knows that their bond is both durable, yet flexible.
As I think about the anniversary of our marriage, I cannot help but wonder…
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I have been watching stats for both my boots & leather website and this blog, and for about the past two months, the visits to this blog have been increasing, while the visits to the website have remained flat. Last month, the daily visits to this blog have exceeded the average daily visits to the website.
As a result, I have decided to …
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Today as I complete attendance at a very high-level meeting with ranking members and leadership of a highly important working group, once again I am suited to the task. What clothing and footwear?
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