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Title: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: Marty Champions on July 04, 2022, 03:22:39 PM
Mutha fucka u know the strong don’t speak because the worlds in hands of the wasted terrestrial
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: IroNat on July 04, 2022, 03:58:25 PM
WalMart is the place to buy shoes.
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: Marty Champions on July 04, 2022, 04:32:44 PM
WalMart is the place to buy shoes.
there is a fatal flaw with shoes seperating at the bottom
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: Hypertrophy on July 04, 2022, 04:59:16 PM
there is a fatal flaw with shoes seperating at the bottom


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Skechers last forever

Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: Marty Champions on July 04, 2022, 05:48:04 PM

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Skechers last forever
lol no they dont their insoles and soles disintegrate and delaminat
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: Hypertrophy on July 04, 2022, 07:05:05 PM
lol no they dont their insoles and soles disintegrate and delaminat


No way willie would endorse them if they did!


Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: Tapeworm on July 04, 2022, 08:29:33 PM
He had to pay for that freakshow surgery somehow. Dude looks ready to move in with Bruce Jenner.
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: nzmusclemonster on July 04, 2022, 09:00:31 PM
Sounds like you're buying skinny mini shoes.
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: Stutheobald on July 05, 2022, 12:20:01 AM
"The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.

But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.

This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.”

― Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms: The Play
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: GymnJuice on July 05, 2022, 11:49:38 AM
Get yourself a nice John Lobb pair of Oxfords Marty, they won't wear out.
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: Tapeworm on July 05, 2022, 01:50:09 PM
I still favor Rocky Boots S2V. Durability isn't great but its decent, they're super comfy with good ankle flex which permits squatting for low work. No laces hooks to snag on step ladders. Excellent for all body positions work like drywall. Drawbacks: Too light duty for heavy outdoor work, sole unsuitable for digging, not waterproof, desert tan tactical boots are probably out of fashion. I can't recommend any other boot from Rocky. I've tried a few and they were disasters.



Best outdoor work boots I own are US redwings. Can't remember the model.

If I was in the US I'd spring for a full welt like Nick's or Whites' with a low heel for outdoor work. No one here would be able to do a rebuild tho so having a rebuildable boot is pointless.

If I wasn't grabbing step ladders between my legs all the time, and if building sites weren't on soft sand, I'd just go with sneakers. Carpenters need steel caps but drywallers don't. All they do for me is freeze my toes.
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: nzmusclemonster on July 05, 2022, 02:04:36 PM
If you want to be legit, then you need to get some Otomix

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Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: Primemuscle on July 05, 2022, 02:08:20 PM
In my experience switching out the shoes you wear at least daily increases their time of usefulness. It is also better for your feet. Currently, I have a couple of dozen pairs of shoes. Some of which are several years old and still in good condition. 
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: BB on July 05, 2022, 02:10:26 PM
Shoe weirdo stuff - https://www.youtube.com/c/RoseAnvil/videos .

On the cheap end, surplus boots work great, but look :-\.

Red Wings still work out the best for me in terms of comfort/value. For sneakers it's Asics or Adidas.
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: Tapeworm on July 05, 2022, 02:37:27 PM
In my experience switching out the shoes you wear at least daily increases their time of usefulness. It is also better for your feet. Currently, I have a couple of dozen pairs of shoes. Some of which are several years old and still in good condition.

I've got 2 but a second pair to let yesterday's dry out fully is basically an antibacterial strategy, as is the famous 'change your socks 18 times a day' infantryman's creedo.

At the appearance of odor, soak shoes as well as feet in 100% alcohol. I use methylated spirits from the paint store but moonshine would probably do the trick too. My shit used to be absolutely minging. Like I'd have to leave my boots outside, go directly to the shower, sit there and scrub my feet, and you'd still smell them. Alcohol cured me completely.

I'm a disgusting individual and a total cheapskate so after I soak my feet I pour it back into the bottle. It's sitting in the shed labeled Foot Booze.
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: Grape Ape on July 05, 2022, 02:42:51 PM
I always have my shoes for years - Solomons, Hokas, Altras, Innov8.......never throw them out until they're totally spent.
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: deadz on July 05, 2022, 02:43:37 PM
Mutha fucka u know the strong don’t speak because the worlds in hands of the wasted terrestrial
Don't buy cheap shoes and maybe they'll last.
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: Tapeworm on July 05, 2022, 02:46:40 PM
I always have my shoes for years - Solomons, Hokas, Altras, Innov8.......never throw them out until they're totally spent.

That's my underwear strategy.
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: Primemuscle on July 05, 2022, 05:07:31 PM
I've got 2 but a second pair to let yesterday's dry out fully is basically an antibacterial strategy, as is the famous 'change your socks 18 times a day' infantryman's creedo.

At the appearance of odor, soak shoes as well as feet in 100% alcohol. I use methylated spirits from the paint store but moonshine would probably do the trick too. My shit used to be absolutely minging. Like I'd have to leave my boots outside, go directly to the shower, sit there and scrub my feet, and you'd still smell them. Alcohol cured me completely.

I'm a disgusting individual and a total cheapskate so after I soak my feet I pour it back into the bottle. It's sitting in the shed labeled Foot Booze.

You are not only a cheapskate, but you are also very funny. Be careful to not get so drunk that you think "foot booze" is drinkable.

I assume you do not mean leather shoes as the alcohol would ruin them.

If you live somewhere where it is warm, try going sockless and wearing shoes made of breathable material. Many of my shoes are sandals or sandal like as with most of the Birkenstocks.
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: ThisisOverload on July 05, 2022, 07:11:22 PM
Red Wings are great! I believe mine are 6 years old, but i only wear them a few times a month when i go to job sites. When i worked in construction that seemed to be what everyone had in the oil patch.

For dress shoes, Johnston and Murphy, expensive but they last forever.

I'm a shoe fanatic, i have at least 20 pairs of shoes.
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: OneMoreRep on July 05, 2022, 07:17:45 PM
You should consider getting traditional Iranian footwear, this shit is made to last.

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Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: Dave D on July 05, 2022, 07:25:28 PM

I'm a disgusting individual and a total cheapskate so after I soak my feet I pour it back into the bottle. It's sitting in the shed labeled Foot Booze.

Disgusting?

Cheapskate?

Did you forget where you're at?

We are the home of baked grass clippings in sea salt and using Vince Goodrum's financial wizardry based on principles of second hand steals.  I mean you're posting in a thread about how to get $25 Walmart shoes to last longer than a summer of use.
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: The Keto Kid on July 05, 2022, 10:09:08 PM
I've been rocking Timberland construction boots since college, timeless footwear.
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: Flexacon on July 05, 2022, 10:20:03 PM
I've got 2 but a second pair to let yesterday's dry out fully is basically an antibacterial strategy, as is the famous 'change your socks 18 times a day' infantryman's creedo.

At the appearance of odor, soak shoes as well as feet in 100% alcohol. I use methylated spirits from the paint store but moonshine would probably do the trick too. My shit used to be absolutely minging. Like I'd have to leave my boots outside, go directly to the shower, sit there and scrub my feet, and you'd still smell them. Alcohol cured me completely.

I'm a disgusting individual and a total cheapskate so after I soak my feet I pour it back into the bottle. It's sitting in the shed labeled Foot Booze.

Put your shoes in a ziplock bag or something and then in a freezer for 24 hours (if it gets cold enough outside to freeze overnightt then great). It kills all the odor causing bacteria.
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: Coach is Back! on July 05, 2022, 10:41:55 PM
Mutha fucka u know the strong don’t speak because the worlds in hands of the wasted terrestrial

My high top Chucks never die
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: Phantom Spunker on July 05, 2022, 11:27:07 PM
Red Wings are great! I believe mine are 6 years old, but i only wear them a few times a month when i go to job sites. When i worked in construction that seemed to be what everyone had in the oil patch.

For dress shoes, Johnston and Murphy, expensive but they last forever.

I'm a shoe fanatic, i have at least 20 pairs of shoes.

Me too. The only time I'll wear trainers (or 'sneakers') is in a gym or when I'm running. I've got suede Oxfords, patent Oxfords, shell cordovan Derbys handmade in Italy, Chelsea boots, military boots, handmade loafers, etc. I sound like a bender but I view them as works of art and find a lot of aesthetic value in them.
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: GymnJuice on July 06, 2022, 04:43:28 AM
Me too. The only time I'll wear trainers (or 'sneakers') is in a gym or when I'm running. I've got suede Oxfords, patent Oxfords, shell cordovan Derbys handmade in Italy, Chelsea boots, military boots, handmade loafers, etc. I sound like a bender but I view them as works of art and find a lot of aesthetic value in them.
 

No Monk shoes?
Title: Re: How come everyone is cool with shoes that die in 4 months?
Post by: Phantom Spunker on July 06, 2022, 05:09:00 AM
 

No Monk shoes?

Nah, I've never really been a fan. They're a bit 'much' for my tastes. I had a pair of Florsheim double monkstraps once but I didn't feel comfortable and ended up ditching them.