This has never happened to me before....
- Thread starter The Tradition
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Yeah, that's ff'd up but I'd try doing myself at least once before doing that.
I know there are glues you can buy for that, but I'd try a good outdoor construction adhesive first, lol. Got it on hand and will not come off clothes etc., for years.
Even the gheys would mock your choices in footwear. The fact that you retire your front line shoes to the garden makes it all the more laughable. Do you take your old jeans and cut them off at crotch height and prance around in the garden in those with the deck shoes?
How many times do they make it on a boat?I get two years out of a pair. One year looking good, and one year for yard work.
Or at least I USED to get two years out of a pair....
The secret to making "everyday" shoes last is to wear more than one pair of them. Believe I own roughly 20 pairs of shoes/boots/winter footwear. I never overuse any of them, so they all last a LONG time.
If you love these specific shoes THAT much, next time they're available buy FOUR pairs of them - then rotate those 4 pairs to where none of them get worn out quickly. And yeah, getting one good year out of a pair of shoes in my book is ridiculous.
Yes, buying 4 at once sucks...but then again you're also not needing to scrounge another pair up when you have an unscheduled blowout, either.
I have 4 pairs of "everyday" shoes in my rotation - along with the last rotation used for as you say, the dirty work. I also have a pair of shoes that I would call my boat shoes - they actually get submerged in river/lake water about 20 times per year - and I believe those are something like 7-8 years old now and are in great condition still.
4 everyday tennies, a couple "dress" tennies, I believe 4 dirty work tennies, a couple traditional dress shoe pairs, 3 different slipper/slip-ons, an electrician's pair of steel toed boots (was required for my prior job on occasion), winter boots (nice Keen's), nice pair of heavy duty sandals (also Keen's), and my boat shoes.
Think that covers it - I think the last pair I bought in the lot was 2 years ago. None of these are expensive/fancy...but I sure's hell get my money's worth out of them all.
If you love these specific shoes THAT much, next time they're available buy FOUR pairs of them - then rotate those 4 pairs to where none of them get worn out quickly. And yeah, getting one good year out of a pair of shoes in my book is ridiculous.
Yes, buying 4 at once sucks...but then again you're also not needing to scrounge another pair up when you have an unscheduled blowout, either.
I have 4 pairs of "everyday" shoes in my rotation - along with the last rotation used for as you say, the dirty work. I also have a pair of shoes that I would call my boat shoes - they actually get submerged in river/lake water about 20 times per year - and I believe those are something like 7-8 years old now and are in great condition still.
4 everyday tennies, a couple "dress" tennies, I believe 4 dirty work tennies, a couple traditional dress shoe pairs, 3 different slipper/slip-ons, an electrician's pair of steel toed boots (was required for my prior job on occasion), winter boots (nice Keen's), nice pair of heavy duty sandals (also Keen's), and my boat shoes.
Think that covers it - I think the last pair I bought in the lot was 2 years ago. None of these are expensive/fancy...but I sure's hell get my money's worth out of them all.
Trad didn't you have to wait 6 months to get them last time because of the supply chain?
You drive a POS car while smoking a cig. You’re a perfect landing spot for cut offs.
They probably just assume all their customers are gay.So, Sperry just sent me an email wishing me a Happy Pride Month....
