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• BurntWits@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  What do you recommend? I’m not in the market right now but I probably will be in the near ish future.

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  • mushroomman_toad@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Get some William Lennon boots. Super durable and made in UK and cheaper than most big brand boots.

    Probably have to send them back to the UK to be resoled because they use old school wire welts, but it’ll be years until you need to do that.

    6 month lead time though.

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    • BurntWits@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They look very nice but around $500 CAD is definitely more than I’m looking to spend right now. Maybe in the future though, they do look like something I’d like.

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  • ebolapie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Red Wing is expensive but I’ve put thousands of miles on mine. The tarsal guard saved my foot when someone (fuck you Brent) set a 6000lb pallet down on it while I was trying to undo his stupid fucking knot that he tied in the ratchet strap for God knows what reason. I have another pair that’s just safety toe and they are my favorite pair of shoes.

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    • BurntWits@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’ve heard nothing but great things about Red Wing and apparently there’s a store nearby, but they are out of my price range. I’ve considered saving up for a pair but wasn’t sure it would be worth it. Maybe I’ll finally check them out, try a few on, see what the hype is all about. I know they’re supposed to last a very long time. Everything you’ve said I’ve heard, I just don’t know if I can stomach spending that much on footwear.

      Also, I used to work with a Brent who nearly crushed my foot under a pallet not much lighter than what you said so I feel that for sure. Thankfully he missed though.

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    • AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Didn’t Red Wing move most of their boot manufacturing to China? They’ve got one or two lines still made in Red Wing MN but iirc it’s mostly China now.

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      • ebolapie@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Well that’s disappointing to hear. I have had mine for like a decade so it’d make sense that I’m out of the loop

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      • Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        They have several product lines and many are still made in the states, but from what I’ve seen in-store, their Chinese footwear might be made there but they’re a tight on designs with them as the US-made boots, although many of the cheaper boots have molded soles instead of welts, so it isn’t exactly 1-1 comparisons.

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  • Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The best mid-high range brand boot is RedWing.

    They’re not “the best”, but they’re close and they have stores everywhere and they’re serious about boots.

    Do not go to Boot Barn…

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• Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  VC

  Vagina cunnilingus?

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  • AugustWest@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Viet Cong

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  • Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Venture capital

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  • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Are you the OG poem-sprog from Reddit? If so you gave me a poem back in the days, can’t remember what it was about anymore I’d have to dig it out, but I certainly remember it happening. Hi!

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