{"id":1608,"date":"2012-05-06T07:21:47","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T11:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1608"},"modified":"2012-05-08T06:09:57","modified_gmt":"2012-05-08T10:09:57","slug":"plain-ol-comfortable-cowboy-boots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1608","title":{"rendered":"Plain Ol&#8217; Comfortable Cowboy Boots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?attachment_id=1609\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1609\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Justintandistressed08-180x300.jpg?resize=180%2C300\" alt=\"\" title=\"Justintandistressed08\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Justintandistressed08.jpg?resize=180%2C300&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Justintandistressed08.jpg?resize=90%2C150&amp;ssl=1 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Justintandistressed08.jpg?w=360&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>Some days (or hours of some days), I choose to wear a pair of plain old cowboy boots, non-descript, not fancy, not made of exotic skins, regular heel&#8230; just a pair of plain ol&#8217; boots.  I have a number of &#8220;just plain ol&#8217; boots&#8221; in my cowboy boot collection.  Some are decades old, some are much newer, but all share one thing in common &#8212; that is, nothing fancy.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nMost guys who wear cowboy boots choose to wear boots that do not attract attention.  Perhaps the boots look a little beat-up; to me, that look adds character.  While I don&#8217;t mind the occasional, &#8220;nice boots, what are they?&#8221; comment when I&#8217;m wearing fancier boots, most of the time I&#8217;m going about town running errands, helping senior pals, etc., and choose boots that serve two main purposes:  1) comfort on my feet, and 2) sturdy footwear.  That&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?attachment_id=1611\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1611\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Justinbrowndistressed031-245x300.jpg?resize=245%2C300\" alt=\"\" title=\"Justinbrowndistressed03\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Justinbrowndistressed031.jpg?resize=245%2C300&amp;ssl=1 245w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Justinbrowndistressed031.jpg?resize=300%2C367&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Justinbrowndistressed031.jpg?resize=122%2C150&amp;ssl=1 122w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Justinbrowndistressed031.jpg?w=490&amp;ssl=1 490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a>I have found that Justin boots are about as &#8220;plain old&#8221; as &#8220;plain old&#8221; can be, and serve me well.  Of course, there are other makers of just plain ol&#8217; regular cowboy boots, and Justin is just one of them.  I like Justin boots because (most of them) are still made in the USA, and proof over time is that they hold up well.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  wear boots!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some days (or hours of some days), I choose to wear a pair of plain old cowboy boots, non-descript, not fancy, not made of exotic skins, regular heel&#8230; just a pair of plain ol&#8217; boots. 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