sort of...........I just like the nice linemans or loggers boots, but 20" or so high.Thorormr wrote:You mean like these?ygmir wrote:I'd sure love to find a comfortable, affordable pair of 20" inch boots in mens 14........seems they all stop at 12.......except the 300 dollar ones............
http://sonofsandlar.com/wordpress/wp-co ... -Teach.jpg
(yeah, I know those run $500+)
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Re: Playa Boots
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Re: Playa Boots
Gotcha. I'm not seeing anything taller than 16's at first glance and nothing below $300. Wesco and Carolina are two that I found that tall at 16", the Wellco has a long ship time as apparently they make the linesman's to order, maybe adding extra height to it is a possibility. Still rather salty though. I did like the extra thought on them adding a steel plate and extra flap of leather right where you'd be wearing the boot climbing.ygmir wrote:sort of...........I just like the nice linemans or loggers boots, but 20" or so high.Thorormr wrote:You mean like these?ygmir wrote:I'd sure love to find a comfortable, affordable pair of 20" inch boots in mens 14........seems they all stop at 12.......except the 300 dollar ones............
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Re: Playa Boots
Kinky Boots for everyone! "Two-and-a-half feet of tubular sex!"


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Re: Playa Boots
I am not sure I could get my wide feet into boots like that much less walk in a heel that high. I don't know how the ladies do it.Trishntek wrote:Kinky Boots for everyone! "Two-and-a-half feet of tubular sex!"
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Re: Playa Boots
Well, I can't tell you.SquirrelHead wrote:I am not sure I could get my wide feet into boots like that much less walk in a heel that high. I don't know how the ladies do it.Trishntek wrote:Kinky Boots for everyone! "Two-and-a-half feet of tubular sex!"
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Re: Playa Boots
Silly boys....those are NOT for walking.
Those aren't buttermilk biscuits I'm lying on Savannah
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Re: Playa Boots
Well at least not very farRatty wrote:Silly boys....those are NOT for walking.

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Kinky Boots are actually built for cross dressing MALES. Robust enough to carry the weight and sexy enough to entice the opposite,,, errr same,,, errrr humanity.
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Re: Playa Boots
Fufa I may be too late here but I wear pull-on biker boots everywhere, very comfy all day and no problem to get them on or off when I am (ahem) impaired. I bought them a half-size big so they accommodate any kind of sock. They have a nice playa-dust patina now
and I love 'em. 10-mile boots for sure, and they barely cost me a hundred dollars.

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Re: Playa Boots
I ended up buyin' these babies. Time to break them in!


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Re: Playa Boots
I guess queens don't know any better. Seems to work out well for them though.Ratty wrote:Silly boys....those are NOT for walking.

I kind of wish there were some lady shoes built with the attention to quality that was in that movie. Cheap girl shoes SUCK and make me sad.Trishntek wrote:Kinky Boots are actually built for cross dressing MALES.
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Whatever you wear, I recommend liberal dollops of SnoSeal or dubbin.
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Re: Playa Boots
I am lusting after these so bad! http://www.ariat.com/Western/Women/Foot ... PUNCHY_TAN ARIAT Rodeobaby Envy. They look gorgeous and are functional to boot. They also have a zipper up the back which after last year and all the trouble I had with my boots and lacing, I need.
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Re: Playa Boots
My boots are officially broken in, after wearing them for nearly the whole weekend at a motorcycle course. Now I'm on the hunt for a good set of lace in zippers.

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Re: Playa Boots
Are those.... electric boots?Elorrum wrote:
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Re: Playa Boots
My zippers were a pain. Always stuck when I wanted to get my shoes off.
Those aren't buttermilk biscuits I'm lying on Savannah
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Re: Playa Boots
One year we had a pair of women's New Rocks in our camp's communal costume exchange that were very popular. Hard to find in the US: http://www.newrock.es/. Very burnerific. Stiff soles.
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Re: Playa Boots
I would try my bike chain lube (White Lightning, "Clean Ride" variety) on a zipper. Other folks have reported good results with even lip balm.Ratty wrote:My zippers were a pain. Always stuck when I wanted to get my shoes off.

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Re: Playa Boots
Take a regular ole pencil with you. Run it up and down your zipper whenever you need, the graphite lubes it right up again without being sticky and attracting more dust.Savannah wrote:I would try my bike chain lube (White Lightning, "Clean Ride" variety) on a zipper. Other folks have reported good results with even lip balm.Ratty wrote:My zippers were a pain. Always stuck when I wanted to get my shoes off.
I feel like that sentence is way dirtier than it is.
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Re: Playa Boots
In addition to the phrase "run it up and down your zipper," this post manages to include the words lube, ride, lip balm, sticky, attracting, pain, get...off, and chain, as well as a reference to something called "White Lightning: Clean Ride." Dirty, indeed!Jax Dee wrote:Take a regular ole pencil with you. Run it up and down your zipper whenever you need, the graphite lubes it right up again without being sticky and attracting more dust.Savannah wrote:I would try my bike chain lube (White Lightning, "Clean Ride" variety) on a zipper. Other folks have reported good results with even lip balm.Ratty wrote:My zippers were a pain. Always stuck when I wanted to get my shoes off.
I feel like that sentence is way dirtier than it is.
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Re: Playa Boots
There are times when I second-guess & edit my wording because I know it sounds filthy, and certain people are going to have a field day with it.
Other times, I just let Ygmir win.
Other times, I just let Ygmir win.

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Re: Playa Boots
yeah.......ahha, ......uh wait..................what?Savannah wrote:There are times when I second-guess & edit my wording because I know it sounds filthy, and certain people are going to have a field day with it.
Other times, I just let Ygmir win.
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Re: Playa Boots
Nothing. 

Re: Playa Boots
I can't decide whether that's a Shakespearean joke, or a version of Motskyroonmatick'sygmir wrote:*looks down*Savannah wrote:Nothing.
*kicks dust*
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Re: Playa Boots
Let me review.
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Re: Playa Boots
Ha HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA ha ha ha ah ah ah aha ha ha ah!!!!!!
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Re: Playa Boots
I absolutely second using White Lightning on zippers. I had a tent that you (literally) couldn't open any more, White Lightning made that zipper fly out of my hand (figuratively). It rocks for zippers on the playa.Savannah wrote:I would try my bike chain lube (White Lightning, "Clean Ride" variety) on a zipper. Other folks have reported good results with even lip balm.Ratty wrote:My zippers were a pain. Always stuck when I wanted to get my shoes off.
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Re: Playa Boots
I wore my Army GP boots for most of the burn last year and they were awesome, WIN.
I also made the dumb ass move of taking a pair of new sneakers I hadn't broken in yet, FAIL. I though, nah my feet will be fine. what a stupid move. Note to all "Do not take new shoes to the playa".
P.S, I also recommend spending a day on the playa barefoot, Embrace the earth.
I also made the dumb ass move of taking a pair of new sneakers I hadn't broken in yet, FAIL. I though, nah my feet will be fine. what a stupid move. Note to all "Do not take new shoes to the playa".

P.S, I also recommend spending a day on the playa barefoot, Embrace the earth.
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