I'm so old I Remember when:

[Birdsonghill]

I stopped worrying about looks 30 years ago. I try to be relatively clean but looks are not on my priority list. It would require more than is possible to look good again. I wear a suit often to church or for special events but that is like dressing up an old monkey now.

 

[Evadig]

My tennis shoes are my all day, every day wear except when I go to church; then I have nice black leather Mary Jane shoes. I also have a pair of hiking boots for when it’s rainy or snowy and I want to go for a walk. I don’t wear them for hiking .

 

[ElfenLied89]

I remember where I was during 9/11.

Same. I was in 7th grade. I remember my teacher bawling her eyes out bc her sibling was working in the towers. She never talked about it after, and I was sent to my uncle's house in Florida shortly after to finish the school year. You?


Also. I remember Oregon Trail, and floppy discs.

 

[Birdsonghill]

I remember helping my mom campaign for JFK( my dad did not agree) and JFK authorizing boy scouts to hunt on survival training without a license. I was a boy scout that did that survival training and lost ten pounds in 5 days and had about a 1000 mosquito and chigger bites when I got home.

 

[Evadig]

Also. I remember Oregon Trail,

The 90’s video game? It was my mom’s favorite . We have the board game and apparently it’s not half as fun as the video game was.

 

[ElfenLied89]

The 90’s video game? It was my mom’s favorite . We have the board game and apparently it’s not half as fun as the video game was.

The game was a blast!

 

[Birdsonghill]

The only video game I ever have wasted much time on is flight simulators. That grew old when my chair would never leave the ground! Of course it was nice not dying when I crashed on the program. I did learn something about flight control surfaces and more respect for successful combat pilots.

 

[jxp]

I must have perfect legs which isn't surprising. Ya I just kind of fold the front of my jeans over and the boots easily go over them. And with my cowboys boots it's a tad tight at the top but not really an issue sliding my jeans over them.
I've always had the mid to tall just to keep them tucked to keep mud off the jeans but that look is a little redneck to wear some places. I thought the short ones would be ok when it's not too bad outside and would look better with the jeans on the outside if I need to run somewhere.
Now I can be one of those that wear my chicken shoes in public.

Ya know, I don't know exactly when it became something to be ashamed of or laughed at but as someone who is related to a lot of people who work outside and earn an honest living doing what they love while the sun kisses the back of their necks, I say it's high time we took that word back.

 

[Brooks_]

I say it's high time we took that word back.

Someone took it?

I'm learning a lot in this thread.

 

[jxp]

I got a tall pair for Christmas. They are ok but I don't like them because the are so narrow at the top I can't get my pants legs inside without 5 minutes of effort tucking a wadded up pants leg into the boots so the wet doesn't wick up them. I guess if I wore only spandex stretch pants they would work fine. That is an ugly thought!

What you need is a pair of those metal strap things that go around your pants near the ankles we used to have in years gone by which were meant to keep your pantleg from getting caught in the gear that drove the bicycle chain.