{"id":6347,"date":"2014-01-03T05:02:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T10:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=6347"},"modified":"2014-12-29T17:43:40","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T22:43:40","slug":"no-riding-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=6347","title":{"rendered":"No Riding Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The bottom dropped out of the thermometer, literally. This morning, it was 9F (-13C). The winds were howling.  I broke out my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/work\/chiplogger.html\" target=\"_blank\">rugged Chippewa Logger Boots<\/a>, bought specifically for this purpose.  We got buried under&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nTwo inches (5cm) of snow!  Oh my goodness!  Oh, the humanity!  How will we ever survive?<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Braveprints.jpg?resize=584%2C690\" alt=\"Braveprints\" width=\"584\" height=\"690\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Braveprints.jpg?w=677&amp;ssl=1 677w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Braveprints.jpg?resize=300%2C355&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Braveprints.jpg?resize=127%2C150&amp;ssl=1 127w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Braveprints.jpg?resize=254%2C300&amp;ssl=1 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>Local public and private schools are closed.  <\/p>\n<p>But my rugged boots, plus longjohns under my jeans and a thick wool sweater, plus a winter parka, will keep me warm as I commute to work today.  Yep, I&#8217;m not going to let the severe cold and all that snow deter me!<\/p>\n<p>Check back in a day or two to see how I survived.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  it&#8217;s hard to type when you are biting your tongue, trying not to laugh.  (The Washington DC area is composed of a bunch of weather wimps!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bottom dropped out of the thermometer, literally. This morning, it was 9F (-13C). The winds were howling. I broke out my rugged Chippewa Logger Boots, bought specifically for this purpose. We got buried under&#8230;<\/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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-life"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6347","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=6347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}