Over time, numerous search engine questions have directed visitors to my Guide to Motorcycle Patrol Boots, but with questions that until now have not been addressed. Questions have been about the parts of a patrol boot — shaft circumference and closure, foot design, and sole — and if and how those parts can be customized to fit specific interests.
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Difference Between Ostrich and Lizard Boots
A search on the web directed a visitor to my Choosing Boots page on my website, seeking information — “Difference between ostrich and lizard boots”.
At first, I was amused, but then I got to thinking about it, and thought that I would write a serious response. There are several differences that people who are considering exotic-skin boots should know.
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When Your Partner Knows Your Inner Leatherman/Biker
My beloved partner, bless him, really knows me well. You’d figure, after more than 19 years, he would have an idea about what I dreamed about, biker – leatherwise. (If that’s a word…).
I went out the other day but came home earlier than my partner expected. I heard doors slamming and “oh shucks, don’t look!” I figured he was doing something to prepare for my upcoming birthday. So I stayed away, but was damn curious. Then he surprised me….
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Accomplishment!
This photo shows that I have finally completed cutting and placing the Italian tile on all 360 square feet of my kitchen floor! YIPPIE! — that’s the floor of the pantry behind me, which along with that hallway that leads to the dining room were the last parts to be done. This took some time as I had to cut tile carefully to fit around the door frames.
With diversion-after-diversion for the past several months, this project took longer than I thought it would take, but I’m happy it’s done. Whew.
I am very happy that I got the steel toe version of the Timberland Work Boots that I’m wearing. You can tell that the toes took a lot of abuse.
Okay, now on to more finish work…grouting the remaining tile, installing quarter-round around the perimeter of the walls, some painting, and then installation of a new set of cabinets that I built in my shop.
Life is short: get work done!
Cowboy Boot Questions Answered
Lately several people have asked questions via internet search engines which direct them to either the “How To Wear Cowboy Boots” page on my website (which remains the most popular page on that site), or this blog.
I don’t think these questions are addressed directly in either location, so here goes — recent “frequently asked questions about cowboy boots”:
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Gone For Corn
I led another successful ride yesterday, about 50 miles (80km) north of my home, to join an old-fashioned corn roast held at working mill and homestead that dates back to 1797, which is located in the northern/ central part of the state where I live.
Eleven others from my motorcycle club joined me, and they all said that they thought the ride was great.
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Sturgis Time Again
Yep, that time of year has rolled around once again for the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, the largest gathering of bikers anywhere… in the world. This event is centered around the town of Sturgis, South Dakota, USA, but spreads for miles — from Wall, South Dakota to the East to Devil’s Tower, Wyoming to the West. Many thousands of bikers show up at this event every year.
My opinion?
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Disease Divorce?
My partner and I recently attended a support group meeting for people who have (or have had) his illness. The purpose of the meeting is to share ideas and information about how the disease can be treated, and how its symptoms affect not only the person infected, but her or his spouse and family.
What I heard a lot about was divorce. Yeah, marriage dissolution.
The disease symptoms causes the person with them to behave with extreme emotion at random times with loud outbursts. He (or she) is on an emotional roller coaster, and the extremes are unpredictable. My partner and I have experienced that situation — a lot. We had no evidence, until now, to know that happened with almost everyone with this disease and how severely relationships are strained by emotional outbursts caused the disease’s neurological symptoms. I sure can attest, though, this disease “has a voice” and that voice gets very ugly sometimes.
It really bothered us to hear that more than half of the some 40 attendees at this meeting had divorced or were separated, pending divorce — all due to how the illness causes symptoms that mess with the head, and incite strong arguments, anger, and other problems. Will the relationship I share with my partner be a similar casualty?
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Sixth and Cruise
Yesterday I rode my Harley “down” to my brother’s home between the South River and the West River near Annapolis, Maryland, our home state. Great ride with bright sunshine and little traffic. I kicked the Harley up to sixth gear, engaged the cruise control, put my Chippewa Firefighter boots up on the highway pegs, sat back comfortably against my backrest, and cruised for an hour. Soon enough, I had arrived.
My twin great nephews were having their first birthday party, and I enjoyed sharing their joy (and cake!) with them, their parents, and their grandparents (my brother being the granddad.)
Great “time out” for a Sunday. Back to work today… but joy and smiles from this visit will last a long time.
Life is short: show your family how you love them.
Protection From an E-Thief
I want to publicly thank a reader of this blog and viewer of my YouTube videos for contacting me recently to let me know about a nefarious ne’er-do-well who found a way to download one of my videos from my YouTube channel and upload it on her YouTube channel. That was bad enough, but that idiot also allows advertising on her videos, which generates income for her for each video view. Further, she superimposed a web link to some website that sells boots — probably because she receives a kickback on that, too.
E-thieves like that are among the lowest of the low on the Internet. They’re too lazy to create their own videos, so they steal others.
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