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Oh that unlocked a memory.

I used to work on a construction site and everyone wore steel toed boots, anyway one time it was very cold and some guy decided to lick the toe of his boot to see if it would stick to his tongue. It did.

They were always a pain for being cold I remember. In a hot country they’d probably burn your toes. There’s a reason most people don’t wear metal shoes.

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lime@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
the steel toe is usually underneath the leather/fabric… what kind of cartoon-ass boots you guys wearing?

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- Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Come to think of it, they may have just been so worn out the steel was showing.
  
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- echodot@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  This was back in the '90s so I don’t really remember the details and I wasn’t actually there to witness it, just the aftermath. I assume the boot leather just wore down.
  
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  - lime@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    that would make sense yeah
    
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- Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  You can get ones that have exposed steel caps, but most of them have rubber over the cap.
  
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Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Around here temperature varies from under -30c to over +30c depending on what season it is and construction workers still wear them every work day.

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- bam13302@ttrpg.network ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Holy hell thats a huge temp range where the hell is that?!?
  
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  - sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I’m guessing Canada. We get similar temp range in north central and north eastern US.
    
    I’m in the Rocky Mountains, and our range is - -15C to 40C, and I wear my steel toe boots to shovel snow in the winter and garden in the summer. Oh, and I wear the same wool socks in both seasons, which keeps my feet warm in the winter and dry in the summer.
    
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    HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Many boots now use composite fibres for toe and shank protection simply because of the problems with metal and cold.
    
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  - Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Welcome to Quebec, if you’re unlucky you also live in a region with high humidity so the temperature felt ranges from over 40c to under -45c…
    
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