Me too. 20k steps over grimy kitchen floors laced with bleach, degreaser, oil, blood, and God knows what else doesn't help.
whereas i habitually wear the same pair of work boots about 99% of the time, and destroy a pair every 6 to 9 months... its the salt water that does them in
Yeah, work boots are different animals. Don't have to worry about salt from your sweat damaging the leather if they're getting soaked in seawater daily.
Okay, I just went and checked the entryway. Keeping in mind that some of these are seasonal, I have: 1 pair brown cap-toe dress shoes 1 pair black cap-toe dress shoes 1 pair brown wingtip dress shoes 1 pair blue suede wingtip dress shoes 1 pair brown wingtip dress boots 1 pair blue wingtip semi-dress boots 1 pair chocolate brown Clarke's desert boots 1 pair tan Clarke's desert boots 1 pair black Dr. Marten's (8 hole) 1 pair blue suede Dr. Marten's (8 hole) 1 pair hiking boots (mixed material) 1 pair Van's espadrilles 2 pair Vibram FiveFingers (for walking) 1 pair generic summer sandals 1 pair extremely ratty Merrell loafers that are due to get replaced soon 1 pair Converse that I literally never wear (not for at least 15 years) And I've got my eye (but not my wallet) on some Cobbler Union and Thursday Boots. 1 pair Dr. Marten's canvas low-quarters, same as the Converse above
A hula hoop and a skipping rope, so I can exercise in the garden when I'm not able to go running in the morning. There are too many people to crash into later in the day haha. Haven't tried the skipping rope yet because it's too icy at the moment, but I tried the hula hoop this morning and I really like it.
I have no idea what you look like, and I ain't askin', but yer gonna need some pigtails, I can tell you that.
I only two pairs of shoes that I can wear and walk in, one custom made (of which the left is a semi-prosthetic) and the other is an off-the-shelf walking boot + a right shoe with a built up sole so I'm not ridiculously lop-sided.
I worked with a guy, lo these many years gone, whose nickname (which was how he introduced himself to me) was "Bill the Shoe, or just call me 'Shoe'." He was born with one leg about 4-6" shorter than the other and wore a pair of boat shoes, one of which had been built up to compensate. No judgment. Unless you leave them all unwaxed and nasty... Some things can't be forgiven
A digital caliper. I've been using an analog one from the 100 yen (~$1) store but it's pretty crude and I'm working in millimeter level accuracy, so when I couldn't tell for sure if my diameter was 6mm or 7mm (I can hear @EFMingo screaming in the background) I decided to spend the 12 bucks to get it right. Had one before but the battery died and it wouldn't power up when I replaced it. Spoiler It was 7mm, so it's a good thing I bought it as I'd initially modeled my part in CAD as 6mm.
A millimeter is a huge distance in my world. Our samples are only 3mm in diameter. Gotta do what you gotta do to get those perfect measurements.
It's funny. I'm smack dab between you and my buddy who is a boilermaker. As in, a guy who bends and welds sometimes pretty giant pieces of steel to make pressure vessels to boil water in for things like building heating systems, hospital autoclaves, etc. In his world, there's no measurement smaller than 3/8th of a inch. That's a gap that can be welded over, a hole that can be stretched a bit to fit, and the walls of the "little" pressure vessels. He's got a sheet metal shears in his shop that came out of the factory in 1947 with something like a 5 foot cast iron flywheel to store up the power. My CAD doesn't like to work in sub-millimeter, so I design everything at 100x and then re-scale the objects down. I think Shapeways has a minimum detail thickness of about 0.2mm for printing. I learned the hard way to make my "3mm" holes 3.1mm in diameter, but other than that I design to the millimeter. Good enough for RC.
A reasonably muscular gaming PC. It's a bit more money than I like to spend on these things, but I can't be having with this impuissant laptop any longer; it facilitates neither work nor play. A very dull boy indeed.
A mini Holy War analog distortion pedal, 6-pack of Dunlop 1.0mm Ultex grip picks, and a 16.4ft. RGB rope light with remote and plenty of options.
The red Rowan? Mine sounded pretty good for those Swedish chainsaw tones but it had a squealing problem with the gain above noon.
