Frye Boot Sizing

I received an interesting email the other day that asked,

I was wondering how the vintage Frye campus boot was sized compared to the modern ones. I see you have quite a collection, so was wondering if you had the same size in both your older boots and newer boots. And how the sizing compared to your harness boot.

My reply may not have been what was expected. Why? read on after the jump….
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Trike Not In Our Future

Yesterday, The Spouse and I went to the annual DC motorcycle show. This event travels around the country and is sponsored by an insurance company. Various models of motorcycles are displayed and there are vendors selling items like helmets, gloves, jackets, vests, and other stuff.

Last time we went to this show was seven years ago. Comparison? read on…
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Long-Standing Habits Confirm On Track to Building Wealth

As the header of this blog says, I am just your average booted biker in the ‘burbs. I work for a living, have a spouse, own a home, and have regular bills and financial commitments like anyone else to keep food on the table and a roof over our heads.

By no means are we among the top 1% who benefit from the recently enacted income tax reform bill that brings huge tax breaks to the ultrarich while socking it to the middle class, the 1% and the idiot-in-chief call losers.

However, upon reading a recent article in Kiplinger’s titled, “4 Simple Habits to Build Wealth Faster” and taking a quiz on how my financial outlook impacts ability to build wealth, I have confirmed that…
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Home Is Where the Love Is

I had a long week while on business travel in Southern California this week. In fact, the work was packed more intensely for me due to my travel being shortened by the idiot’s shutdown.

I was working 12-hour-plus days. I enjoy what I do and the people I work with, but it’s exhausting. I would get to my room after dinner with colleagues, and…
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Boots, Gear, and Blogging

I realize that most readers of this blog come here for anything other than political rants, yet here I have been in the last several weeks (and actually for months) allowing this blog to be overcome by my feelings of contempt for the political climate in the United States. What is hardest for me is that I have served…
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Emerging

It was hard to endure the anguish and anxiety that I suffered during the most recent evidence of another really harmful temper tantrum by the Asshat in the White House, but with my Spouse with me always providing support, I survived.

During that time, I…
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His Tender Care

I have been feeling crappy since late December. Symptoms brought on by stress over the lying, baby-caging idiot-in-chief’s temper tantrum and failure to do his job are taking their toll. I am fatigued, yet I can’t sleep; I have other symptoms that I will not describe, but make it difficult for me to eat anything. Anything.

I finally gave in to my usual male resistance to seeing…
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