Cowboy Boots

[fishinwrench]

8 minutes ago, laker67 said:

I consider myself a connoisseur of cowboys. 

Oh boy, she's finally opening up 😅 

Tell us all about it, Beth !   

[oneshot 1]

Worked as a Cowboy never wore a pair of Cowboy Boots for about 10 years later and bought a pair. 

oneshot 

[laker67]

@fishinwrench I'm not quite as rough around the edges as Beth.  But I have a lot of her grit.

[fishinwrench]

4 hours ago, oneshot 1 said:

Worked as a Cowboy never wore a pair of Cowboy Boots for about 10 years later and bought a pair. 

oneshot 

I grew up around a bunch of them.  Their trucks were always dirty and beat to hell, with bald tires and a spit can in the cupholder.   You didn't wanna scrap with one back when they were in their 20's-30's, but by the time they hit their mid-40's they had lost all their teeth and were all divorced, broke down, and frail.   And their BOOTS was about all they had to be proud of.

Looking back, I'll take my lifestyle over theirs ANY DAY.   😉

[laker67]

@fishinwrench Thank goodness some of us see through the crust to the beauty inside

[fishinwrench]

55 minutes ago, laker67 said:

@fishinwrench Thank goodness some of us see through the crust to the beauty inside

Sadly not enough of "us" to see that they get paid better, and taught better common sense & hygiene. 😔

400.00 in 8 seconds sounds great..... until you consider what you have to accomplish before you get paid. 🐂

[snagged in outlet 3]

2 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Looking back, I'll take my lifestyle over theirs ANY DAY.

This made me realize I’m perfectly cut out for my remote sales job in the burbs with the HOA here to keep things under control😂.  

[tjm]

I  spent some time  around cowboys in Id., Or. and Nv. in the '50s and '60s and I don't think any real cowboy would own a truck. If a truck is needed the ranch will furnish it. If a hand owned wheels at all it was most often a Lincoln or Cadillac. Something big enough to sleep in between jobs, powerful enough to pull a one horse trailer when rodeoing and fancy enough to match those 16" high boots. Not many ever got divorced either, because almost all were single men. When I left the ranch in '70, pay was $250-#300/month, not enough to interest many future exwives. But real cowboys back then wore custom fitted  handmade boots spent two months wages on a single pair

[Dutch]

These guys are getting cowboys and goat ropers mixed up.  Goat ropers do have women friends.  They are called “Yee Haws” and do drive the trucks.

[fishinwrench]

48 minutes ago, tjm said:

I don't think any real cowboy would own a truck. If a truck is needed the ranch will furnish it. If a hand owned wheels at all it was most often a Lincoln or Cadillac.

Well around these parts a Lincoln wouldn't last long on the heavily rutted gravel roads, Partner.   🤠