50+ thread

Taking a Break with the local Wildlife.

 

for us it was cheaper at the track last time

 

Red Wing is less than an hours drive from here, and where the factory is. Many of the Red Wing boot stores around here will oil your boots for free if you take them in. And many that work outside for a living here wear Red Wing boots and either oil or grease them with RW oil or grease.

4 or 5 years ago I was in the grocery store on Christmas Eve in a hurry like every one else came around a corner and banged into another cart driven by a lady and her young teen age daughter. I apologized but the mother never looked up and stared at my boots I was wearing a pair of Red Wing Beckmans in Black Cherry. She turned to her daughter and said I made those boots. The look her daughter gave me was priceless and made my Christmas.

 

i was reading real fast and something about being stiff and wanting to loosen it up some.
and i thought to myself.
OMG IF THAT WAS AN OPTION ID BE ALL OVER THAT>>>
then i saw it was about leather..
Dam..

 

your not being very nice to me today

 

Cool story Mike!! Are local Redwing store does the same. It's one of my favorite stores to shop at. I purchase 1 - sometimes two pairs of 6" #604's a year. We get Boot allowance once a year, and goes towards the Redwings. I've been wearing Redwings for 18+ years! Thanks!

 

All right. New task for the day. Work on a supply chain for Marines in central Norway.

 

in time ....in time

 

I use this on Furniture. For boots I use Red Wing boot oil.

 

So got a call yesterday from my youngest son. He is up in the cities in lockdown, to protect him from himself. After a year long battle with advanced stage IVB cancer (lymphoma) the chemo had done a lot of damage and so did the side effects. Watched Mayo Clinic save his life half a dozen times. But once the cancer was in remission he was a hurting unit both physically and mentally. They had to smack him with the chemo pretty hard, and it and the side effects did a lot of damage. For some reason over the last year after that he started to loose the will to live and on top of that decided to self medicate for his pain. Didn't take much for the Doctors and I to talk the judge into putting him in facility care.

Cancer had been in remission for exactly a year, statistically they didn't give him much chance to make it. Well it is back which is why he called me the PET scan was positive. He said he wanted to fight it again so he is pulling out of the doesn't want to live funk, it is hitting him in the face again now. Said because they caught it early maybe the chemo will be less strong this time. I didn't have the heart to tell him that once it comes back they usually have to hit it harder to get rid of it.

I emailed his mother to let her know, she has had very little to do with any of the treatments so far. I am the one that took him to all of his appointments, sat through chemo, and by his bed while he was in the hospital all of those times from kidney failure, heart damage, stroke, broken bones, shingles, blood infection, and can't even remember all what else. She replied back last night with a long email she banged out on her phone about holistic approach and the evil of big pharma and modern medicine, etc. And I should take him overseas for treatment. Of course she is now little pharma selling bull shit products with her massage thereby business. She couldn't even make it through lab tech school years ago even though I tried to help her with basic algebra. And now she knows better than the oncologists. Can't believe I was married to this person for almost 25 years. Time for me to focus on helping the kid get through this next stage. His chances of success have now dropped again and he didn't have much to start with. He is stubborn and that can be a good thing at times like this. Rant over I guess just feels better getting it off my chest. Wish it was warmer and spring I'd take vacation time and go fishing with him for a few days. And plan on it when we can again.

 

Well more beer is always a good thing they already have the women :}

Cypher

 

oh yea here we go... use the 50+ crew

first we need you for the contacts
Chuck.... he speaks the language
Andy...ringleader of this circus
Tacoma Mike....has the boat
Cold Iron Mike...gear and gadgets dept. and when it comes to boots on the ground... yes I said boots
Rob....it's cold up there and he is already acclimatized to the weather
Chris...all round fit it and repair anything
If we fly
Mike is the pilot if he can find that jacket
Cypher.... aviation repairs
Sue.....aviation repairs
Jimi......gear and gadgets I'm sure the is some type of navigation location is going to be needed
Mountain Mike....first aid works in a hospital
Kevin....you always need a plumber
Bucktails.....commination
Tim....controls going to need that
Martin64....heavy equipment operator
Marty65....has all the tools and gear. have you seen that shop
Greg....going to need water and some one has to be the first to fall asleep
vssman.....this is going no where with our the rocket engineering. I think we are going to need some proof on the 50 years. the picture on him at Madison Square Gardens looks 40 tops

 

Wow,
I feel for you man that is not something I hope to ever deal with again. I am thinking the mom is treating herself holistically ..

Cypher

 

To funny :}

Cypher

 

LOL that is perfect!

 

i am so sorry. vent away man......

 

No beer so far but maybe later. Apparently the local economy is pretty harsh. Around $8 US for something like chap stick and a hair cut runs you $35 - $50.

 

Suck it up buttercup

So sorry, good luck

 

This is good stuff. I use it on my fishing reels,firearms, black powder guns,rifle slings and just about anything else. Maybe it'll work as a dessert topping too.