{"id":613,"date":"2009-11-20T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-20T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=613"},"modified":"2009-11-20T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-20T09:00:00","slug":"another-pair-of-boots-bites-the-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=613","title":{"rendered":"Another Pair of Boots Bites the Dust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/SubuYd7YcPI\/AAAAAAAABw8\/c8J8VOXYkv0\/s1600-h\/Cole01.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 231px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/SubuYd7YcPI\/AAAAAAAABw8\/c8J8VOXYkv0\/s320\/Cole01.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397263307568083186\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">These are Kenneth Cole &#8220;n-different&#8221; boots.  My brother wanted me to wear &#8220;dressier&#8221; boots if I couldn&#8217;t wear shoes (which I just can&#8217;t) so I got these as his gift.  <a href=\"http:\/\/bootedharleydude.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/my-brothers-influence.html\">Read about the gift process here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I have tried to wear them several times.  Unfortunately, the boots are very uncomfortable.  Every time I have worn them, I have developed blisters on my heels.<\/p>\n<p>I have tried a number of things to fix the problem, such as installing gel insoles, wearing moleskin on my heels, and thick socks.  Nothing worked.  After trying to wear them once more and getting blisters again, I finally admitted that these boots are crap and have to go.<\/p>\n<p>My brother convinced me to donate them to charity.  So they&#8217;re gone!  <i>Good riddance<\/i>.  High-end style name-brand does not guarantee quality or comfort.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  wear real boots!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are Kenneth Cole &#8220;n-different&#8221; boots. My brother wanted me to wear &#8220;dressier&#8221; boots if I couldn&#8217;t wear shoes (which I just can&#8217;t) so I got these as his gift. Read about the gift process here. I have tried to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=613\">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":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boot-comfort"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613","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=613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}