{"id":909,"date":"2010-08-26T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=909"},"modified":"2010-08-26T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T08:00:00","slug":"the-trials-of-a-having-a-large-boot-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=909","title":{"rendered":"The Trials of a Having a Large Boot Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unlike some guys, I actually wear (or try to wear) all of the boots that I own. I admit, I own a few pairs of boots that I can’t wear any more. I keep some of them for nostalgic purposes. Like the boots I wore atop the Great Wall of China, or the boots I wore while in Romania during the immediate aftermath of the post-Ceau\u015fescu era, or the boots that the Pope blessed (well, he blessed me, but the Fryes I had on got blessed along with me.)<\/p>\n

I also have a few pairs of boots that I talk a lot about selling or finding a home for, such as my old Redwood Wesco boots that don’t fit me any more, and a couple odds-n-ends that don’t fit as well. I just cannot possess myself to discard a pair of boots, even if they are damaged or completely worn out.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Well, anyway, the other day I was rummaging around in the closet of our guest room and I saw something on the floor. Turned out to be a pair of jungle-type tall canvas\/leather motorcycle boots<\/a>. I had forgotten that I had them, and how those boots ended up in that closet, I’ll never know.<\/p>\n

I got them out, put them on, and was pleasantly surprised about how comfortable they were. I wonder why I stopped wearing them. (Well, I know why<\/i>: I forgot!)<\/p>\n

That’s the peril of having a large boot collection. No matter how well one is organized with a website devoted to cataloging the collection<\/a> and storage built expressly for the purposes of displaying the boots<\/a> and keeping them in order (and off the bedroom floor, which begat the whole website thing in the first place<\/a>) — sometimes one may forget that he has a certain pair of boots. Sometimes the boots wander off to get squirreled away in places that one doesn’t ordinarily look.<\/p>\n

I do intend to reduce the boot collection to those that I wear regularly. (Note to self: keep writing that and perhaps you will follow through with this self-promise!) But I do wear a lot of my boots. I may change boots three to five times each day, depending on what I am doing, where I am going, and what I need on my feet for the conditions: rain, snow, or whilst motorcycling, for example.<\/p>\n

At least no one can accuse me of not knowing what I have any more (giggle.) Just check out the website<\/a> and my questions are resolved.<\/p>\n

Life is short: wear boots!
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