Popular Post other dog Posted May 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 4, 2020 I haven't posted any pics. for a long time. I haven't been doing a whole lot either, sitting home today as a matter of fact, so I haven't taken a lot of pictures. I took a load of lumber to Parsons, WV last week and the next time one of those western drivers says something like "y'all don't know what a mountain is, these ain't mountains, you need to go out west if you want to see a mountain!" just tell them to take a trip across rt. 33. They have hills out there that are 10 miles long but only a 3 1/2 % grade, and they think that's a big deal. I stopped at Seneca Rocks on the way back and noticed this old building. Just makes me wanna go look inside it, but I didn't. That Ford Tractor sign is probably worth a small fortune, no telling what's inside. I saw a funny cartoon on the old interwebs- And, in other news- the Schmidt's work boots that I bought from Tractor Supply last fall started coming apart already. Last fall- just a few months ago! So Matt said ''you need to get a pair of them there Carolina Boots, they're made in the U.S.!'' So I ordered a pair of them Carolina Boots, and guess what- I started to send them right back, but I did need boots, so I kept them. So far so good, they are pretty comfortable. But next time i'm going to order the black steel toe engineer boots from Carolina, they are made in the U.S. Here is a girl in a car, from the interweb- I went to sunny Florida a while back, but I had to maintain social distancing. I stayed at a motel one night and picked one of these bananas off the banana tree there. It tasted horrible. Zina from Florida brought me some food over to the truck stop the next day and stayed for an hour or so, six feets away. When she left I started to dig into the hamburger that she brought me and found this- I sent her a picture, then threw it out for the crows. I ain't eating a raw hamburger. When I got home I fried 2 potatoes and an onion, and cooked a huge ribeye on the grill. I put the steak on top of the fried potatoes to let it rest, then I just dumped this onto a plate and I ate every piece of it. Best steak ever! It's not burned or over-cooked, it's just seared on the outside, but still pink in the middle! I saw a squirrel. The next time I went to sunny Florida Zina from Florida came over to the rest area on I-4 to visit for a few minutes. They had a food truck in there with some pretty strange food- well, to me it was anyway, I like a ribeye and fried potatoes- but anyhow, the curry goat looked pretty good. It's over rice, with some noodles and plantains. The oxtail looked even better, but I didn't get a picture of it. If that truck is in there the next time I go to Fl. i'm going to try that oxtail, and maybe a sample of the curry goat. 10 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex g Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 That is one rare burger. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hicrop10 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Is that old building in Seneca Rocks the one on 33?I’m always amazed at what you find on the backroads in the country.Would rather travel the off the beaten path anytime.Great pictures always enjoy them. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swishy Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Other dog gr8 pix Th@ gal L@@ks like she B ready to do sum DNA swapping LOL cya Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 11 hours ago, hicrop10 said: Is that old building in Seneca Rocks the one on 33?I’m always amazed at what you find on the backroads in the country.Would rather travel the off the beaten path anytime.Great pictures always enjoy them. Yes, that's where it is. I've been across there several times before but I never noticed it. I turned right at this stop sign and pulled over to take pictures of the rocks and the building was to the right, sitting back off the road a ways. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddeere Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 I guess I am spoiled the mill I worked for would buy us a pair of steel toe boots every year any brand you wanted. A couple of years ago bought a pair of Georgia boots from a farm supply store ok but not like the Red Wings I had. Bought a new pair of Red Wings about a year ago $292.00 with tax. Made in the USA with imported materials Worth every penny to me. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Great photos Tom thank you I would like to go back in time and see what that old place looked like when it was operating and what kind of people were coming in and out as far as boots go I have had a hell of a time finding decent shoes past 10 years I finally wound up with bates police shoesThey hold up really well best I’ve had in a long time but they’re also made in China comfortable and they breathe good and hold up 90 bucks a pair....bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehummell Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 I always wore redwings then they discontinued the kind i used tried different brands and finally bought a pair of chippawa work boots been wearing them over 5 years 2and1/2 years in a transfer station were i worked i stood in mud, garbage, water, slop and other stuff best not named. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 I've had a couple of people reccomend the Chippewas. I was going to get a pair of Wolverines at Tractor Supply when I got the Schmidt's but they didn't have my size. I liked the Rockys I used to get but they discontinued the Wellingtons that I always got. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450458 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 21 hours ago, alex g said: That is one rare burger. Yes it was, I don't even like a steak too rare, but i'm not eating a rare hamburger at all. I sent her a picture because she wanted to go back by the place she got it from and show it to them. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehummell Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 It really frost's my ass when you find something that is good value, made very well, made in USA, actually fits and then the company has to faze out the product.How often has it happened to you? Or the USA made product is so dam expensive you can't justify the cost over some Chinese made crap.Does labor on a mass produced product mean that much markup or some ceo has to make 6 million a year plus stock options and then allow the company to run itself into the ground? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mackMB Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 l've tried both Chippewas and Carolinas made in the USA logger style boots. The Redwing sales man said that they were the cowboy boot of the Northeast! Never got much more than a year out of them before l rolled them over. The ones l get now are Redwing 1412 and they last almost three years with the wide flat heel. Made in the USA for about $300.00. .....Hippy https://www.redwingshoes.com/work/mens/soft-toe/supersole-2.0-01412.html?cgid=mens-work-soft-toe Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
storkmack Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 1 hour ago, 70mackMB said: l've tried both Chippewas and Carolinas made in the USA logger style boots. The Redwing sales man said that they were the cowboy boot of the Northeast! Never got much more than a year out of them before l rolled them over. The ones l get now are Redwing 1412 and they last almost three years with the wide flat heel. Made in the USA for about $300.00. .....Hippy https://www.redwingshoes.com/work/mens/soft-toe/supersole-2.0-01412.html?cgid=mens-work-soft-toe Damn, we wear the same RedWing’s. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mackMB Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 8 minutes ago, storkmack said: Damn, we wear the same RedWing’s. And l understand we both like MBs too! lol .....Hippy 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 (edited) I wear them same style of redwings, have for about 30 years, and love them, would not wear a different boot at all. terry oh and on a different note, love that MB too!!👍 Edited May 6, 2020 by terry Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 On 5/5/2020 at 1:34 PM, davehummell said: It really frost's my ass when you find something that is good value, made very well, made in USA, actually fits and then the company has to faze out the product.How often has it happened to you? Or the USA made product is so dam expensive you can't justify the cost over some Chinese made crap.Does labor on a mass produced product mean that much markup or some ceo has to make 6 million a year plus stock options and then allow the company to run itself into the ground? Right there with you but I buy all the American products I can find ...... But I flat refuse to pay $300 for a pair of shoes You got to be shitting me........ bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehummell Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Years ago i did work for a shoe company they ended up just making cheap sneakers out of the country they at one time were a large employer in the area all kinds of excuses but i think some was management and workers were to blame too. I did a lot of machine work for the company they had a nice machine shop and had three workers in the shop but they sent me things that they should of been doing in house i was in the place at least three times a week i never saw them doing anything. At one time my girlfreind worked there and you could make a decent wage toward the end i had to stand in the show room and bitch and carry on to get 30 over late payments. If that is what is going on in American factory's no wonder shoes cost like the dickens. I lost a lot of business when the push was on for free trade I had to let two guys go that worked for me. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Lotsa folks had to feel that pain..... moving everything to teaka land and every one was supposed to be ok with this and I was appalled to hear the plant owners had the odasity gaul to offer plant employees money to help them move over there (REALLY)???????? Bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450875 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditchdiggerjcf Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 I am wearing danner quarries now. They wear like iron but are less comfy than my chippewa boots. I am going to give thorogood a whirl next. To hell with china. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450889 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Is thorough good American????? Bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditchdiggerjcf Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 The singer and the boots are american made. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450919 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 On 5/10/2020 at 7:32 AM, mowerman said: Right there with you but I buy all the American products I can find ...... But I flat refuse to pay $300 for a pair of shoes You got to be shitting me........ bob You’d really shit a brick if you saw how much my Whites 10” smokejumpers cost. I usually get 4-5 years out of a pair before sending them in to get rebuilt. I have to say I have really crummy feet and ankles and Whites will custom build them to your feet no extra charge and they are the most comfortable boots I’ve ever worn. Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 well atleast you can say that they hold up and thier comfortable....bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 14 hours ago, Ditchdiggerjcf said: The singer and the boots are american made. thanks i almost tryed those before i bought the bates,,,dont remember why i didnt....bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450961 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 i would give them a shot,,,but i just ordered a new pair of bates last sunday...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62370-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-450962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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