{"id":5479,"date":"2013-09-05T04:00:28","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=5479"},"modified":"2014-07-29T07:55:05","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T11:55:05","slug":"excuse-me-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=5479","title":{"rendered":"Excuse Me, Officer?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was out riding my Harley the other day with a young friend who is becoming a more confident motorcycle rider<\/a>. I was wearing leather breeches and Chippewa Hi-Shine boots, as shown here:
\n\"Blackbreeches25\"<\/a>When a woman pulled up next to me at a stoplight and said, “Excuse me, officer! Can you…
\n
\n…tell me where [such-and-such] road is?”<\/p>\n

My riding pal was laughing. Funny thing to me is that I knew exactly where she wanted to go (which is unusual for me since I get lost so easily), and gave her directions.<\/p>\n

I would have let go and not said anything else, but she replied beyond a thank-you with, “I always support my local police. You guys are the best.”<\/p>\n

I couldn’t let her error go… I said, “thanks, I do too. I am a civilian, but know a lot of cops so I’ll give them your regards.”<\/p>\n

This woman’s mouth opened as if to try to say something, but the light changed and we had to move on else hold back traffic. <\/p>\n

\"Chipshinelug208\"<\/a>Glancing over, I could tell that my new riding partner was continuing to laugh hysterically. <\/p>\n

When we stopped again, my friend asked, “where can I get a pair of those boots!???”<\/p>\n

Now it was my turn to laugh. I referred him to the store where I bought these boots.<\/p>\n

More photos of this pair of boots (and leathers) are on my website, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Life is short: wear boots (but don’t pretend to be a cop when you’re not.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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