{"id":3963,"date":"2013-02-10T04:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-02-10T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=3963"},"modified":"2019-03-08T06:39:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T11:39:50","slug":"putting-the-boot-collection-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=3963","title":{"rendered":"Putting the Boot Collection To Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lucbluethumb.jpg?resize=113%2C160\" alt=\"Lucbluethumb\" width=\"113\" height=\"160\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lucbluethumb.jpg?w=113&amp;ssl=1 113w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lucbluethumb.jpg?resize=106%2C150&amp;ssl=1 106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/>As most visitors to this blog and my website know, I own a lot of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cowboy\/\" target=\"_blank\">cowboy boots<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cycle\/\" target=\"_blank\">motorcycle boots<\/a>.  As of today, I own 200 pairs of boots.  Yep, that is quite a few. I made a pledge to myself to wear a different pair of boots each day so that I wear <u>every pair of boots I own<\/u> (and that still fit me). If it works out right, I will wear a different pair of boots each day for over six months.<\/p>\n<p>For the last two weeks, here are photos of each pair of boots that I wore to work. Note, I change boots when I get home from work, and wear different boots on weekends, so what you see below are only the boots that I wore Monday through Friday in my office. (These are photos from my photo collection. I did not have time to take actual photos of each pair of boots every day):<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<u>Monday 28 January<\/u><br \/>\nWeather: cold, snowy, wet.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cycle\/chipshinelug.html\" target=\"_blank\">Boots:  Lug-soled Chippewa Hi-Shine motorcycle boots<\/a> with black jeans over them.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cycle\/chipshinelug.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Chipshinelug23.jpg?resize=543%2C600\" alt=\"Chipshinelug23\" width=\"543\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Chipshinelug23.jpg?w=543&amp;ssl=1 543w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Chipshinelug23.jpg?resize=300%2C331&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Chipshinelug23.jpg?resize=135%2C150&amp;ssl=1 135w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Chipshinelug23.jpg?resize=271%2C300&amp;ssl=1 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<u>Tuesday 29 January<\/u><br \/>\nWeather:  mild, dry.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cowboy\/lucblue.html\" target=\"_blank\">Boots:  Lucchese Classic blue\/white\/black wingtip cowboy boots<\/a> with regular slacks over them.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cowboy\/lucblue.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lucblue15.jpg?resize=584%2C413\" alt=\"Lucblue15\" width=\"584\" height=\"413\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lucblue15.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lucblue15.jpg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lucblue15.jpg?resize=150%2C106&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lucblue15.jpg?resize=424%2C300&amp;ssl=1 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<u>Wednesday 30 January<\/u><br \/>\nWeather: unusually pleasant, but lots of rain.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cycle\/bouletblack.html\" target=\"_blank\">Boots:  black Boulet harness boots<\/a> with regular slacks over them.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cycle\/bouletblack.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Bouletblack07.jpg?resize=530%2C600\" alt=\"Bouletblack07\" width=\"530\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Bouletblack07.jpg?w=530&amp;ssl=1 530w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Bouletblack07.jpg?resize=265%2C300&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Bouletblack07.jpg?resize=133%2C150&amp;ssl=1 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<u>Thursday 31 January<\/u><br \/>\nWeather:  mild, still damp.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cowboy\/justinmeloveal.html\" target=\"_blank\">Boots:  Justin melo veal ropers<\/a> with pants over them.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cowboy\/justinmeloveal.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Justinmeloveal12.jpg?resize=584%2C418\" alt=\"Justinmeloveal12\" width=\"584\" height=\"418\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Justinmeloveal12.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Justinmeloveal12.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Justinmeloveal12.jpg?resize=150%2C107&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Justinmeloveal12.jpg?resize=418%2C300&amp;ssl=1 418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<u>Friday 1 February<\/u><br \/>\nWeather:  cold, dry.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cowboy\/lucmidbrowngoat.html\" target=\"_blank\">Boots:  medium brown Lucchese Classic goatskin dress cowboy boots<\/a> with khakis over them.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cowboy\/lucmidbrowngoat.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lucmidbrown05.jpg?resize=584%2C569\" alt=\"Lucmidbrown05\" width=\"584\" height=\"569\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lucmidbrown05.jpg?w=616&amp;ssl=1 616w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lucmidbrown05.jpg?resize=300%2C292&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lucmidbrown05.jpg?resize=150%2C146&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lucmidbrown05.jpg?resize=308%2C300&amp;ssl=1 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<u>Monday 4 February<\/u><br \/>\nWeather: cool, dry.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cowboy\/lucdkgrey.html\" target=\"_blank\">Boots:  dark gray Lucchese Classic cowboy boots<\/a> with gray slacks.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cowboy\/lucdkgrey.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lucclassicdkgrey06.jpg?resize=584%2C591\" alt=\"Lucclassicdkgrey06\" width=\"584\" height=\"591\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lucclassicdkgrey06.jpg?w=593&amp;ssl=1 593w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lucclassicdkgrey06.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lucclassicdkgrey06.jpg?resize=300%2C304&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lucclassicdkgrey06.jpg?resize=148%2C150&amp;ssl=1 148w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Lucclassicdkgrey06.jpg?resize=296%2C300&amp;ssl=1 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<u>Tuesday 5 February<\/u><br \/>\nWeather:  cold, dry.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cycle\/chipostrichblack.html\" target=\"_blank\">Boots:  black Chippewa ostrich harness boots<\/a> with blue slacks over them.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cycle\/chipostrichblack.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Chipostrichblack10.jpg?resize=550%2C600\" alt=\"Chipostrichblack10\" width=\"550\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Chipostrichblack10.jpg?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Chipostrichblack10.jpg?resize=300%2C327&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Chipostrichblack10.jpg?resize=137%2C150&amp;ssl=1 137w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Chipostrichblack10.jpg?resize=275%2C300&amp;ssl=1 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<u>Wednesday 6 February<\/u><br \/>\nWeather:  Cold, dry.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cycle\/wescopatrol.html\" target=\"_blank\">Boots:  black Wesco motor patrol boots<\/a> with black slacks over them.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cycle\/wescopatrol.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Wescomp09.jpg?resize=540%2C600\" alt=\"Wescomp09\" width=\"540\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Wescomp09.jpg?w=540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Wescomp09.jpg?resize=300%2C333&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Wescomp09.jpg?resize=135%2C150&amp;ssl=1 135w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Wescomp09.jpg?resize=270%2C300&amp;ssl=1 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<u>Thursday 7 February<\/u><br \/>\nWeather:  Cold, dry.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/gone\/noconablue.html\" target=\"_blank\">Boots:  blue Nocona ostrich cowboy boots<\/a> with navy slacks over them.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/gone\/noconablue.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Noconablue07.jpg?resize=555%2C600\" alt=\"Noconablue07\" width=\"555\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Noconablue07.jpg?w=555&amp;ssl=1 555w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Noconablue07.jpg?resize=300%2C324&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Noconablue07.jpg?resize=138%2C150&amp;ssl=1 138w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Noconablue07.jpg?resize=277%2C300&amp;ssl=1 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<u>Friday 8 February<\/u><br \/>\nWeather:  cold, a little wet (no snow).  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cycle\/chipfire3.html\" target=\"_blank\">Boots:  Chippewa Firefighters with smooth soles<\/a> worn with dark blue denim jeans.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cycle\/chipfire3.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/FF2024208.jpg?resize=584%2C511\" alt=\"FF2024208\" width=\"584\" height=\"511\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/FF2024208.jpg?w=686&amp;ssl=1 686w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/FF2024208.jpg?resize=300%2C262&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/FF2024208.jpg?resize=150%2C131&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/FF2024208.jpg?resize=343%2C300&amp;ssl=1 343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  wear boots to work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As most visitors to this blog and my website know, I own a lot of cowboy boots and motorcycle boots. As of today, I own 200 pairs of boots. Yep, that is quite a few. I made a pledge to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=3963\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,5,31,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boots-at-work","category-cowboy-boots","category-job","category-motorcycle-boots"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}