{"id":9282,"date":"2015-03-03T06:39:40","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T11:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=9282"},"modified":"2015-03-03T06:44:10","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T11:44:10","slug":"boots-at-the-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=9282","title":{"rendered":"Boots at the Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have mentioned before that I am a Life Member of my local fire department<\/a>, inducted to this level two years ago<\/a> in recognition of long-term service.<\/p>\n

My local FD is holding a “Fireman’s Ball” this coming weekend. What will I wear?
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\nFor those of you who have followed me and this blog closely, you know two key things about me:<\/p>\n

1) I do not attend dances. Ever. I hate dancing. Or shall I say, since I am such a klutz, I do not dance, never will, and do not want to be in a place where through social pressure, I could be asked and\/or “forced” to dance. Nope, dancing isn’t for me.<\/p>\n

2) My spouse detests social occasions. A “Fireman’s Ball” is definitely one of those types of events that he would not want to attend.<\/p>\n

So why did I say, then, “what will I wear?” Does that mean that I will be going?<\/p>\n

Yeah, I reluctantly agreed when the Chief personally asked me to attend. As part of the activities that night, they are holding a fundraising auction, and he wants me to run it. <\/p>\n

One of the reasons my “Senior Safety Saturday”<\/a> events that I do in conjunction with the Fire Department have been so successful is that I have been pretty good at fundraising. I looked back at the accounting of those events, and was astounded when the tally indicating that over 25 of these events, I have raised more than US$487,000 in financial and in-kind support. Wow… almost a half million dollars. Even I impressed myself when I ran the numbers.<\/p>\n

So now the Chief wants me to engage people in a fundraising auction which is the centerpiece of this event. Oh great… no pressure.<\/p>\n

So, what will I wear?<\/p>\n

\"LuccheseThis event is semi-formal. Yuck. That means a suit. I can’t get by with wearing my dress or duty uniform. <\/p>\n

But I WILL wear boots. Probably my Lucchese Classic dressy black goatskin boots. Those go well with a suit, if I must wear one.<\/p>\n

The spouse will remain at home. He can’t stand the noise or fuss of such an event. <\/p>\n

And as soon as the auction is over and the band strikes up for dancing … I’m done and outta there.<\/p>\n

Life is short: do what you do well, and don’t do what you don’t do well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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