Tundras live: Dumb Dad Jokes, Incorrect Opinions, and Relationship Advice.

I used to, but after I turned about 38 I started to wear slip on shoes so my feet don't get wet in the snow.

 

Yep, those work.

 

No, the shoes you don't want to run in

 

It's not the shoes. It's the act of running. That shit sucks.

 

Very true..

 

If we care, remind me tomorrow... I run Ariat slip on this time of year. I run the shoes i share dmost of the year and then I run muck brand snake boots when I am playing in the sticks. but I live in Florida, just not that part of Florida.

 

Him and @Blue Thunder

 

My go-to brand and style

 

I've got some Ariat square toe boots that are pretty solid for actual work. Are you meaning slip ons like that, or actual shoes?

 

Also have the xTratufs for shitty weather like we're having now. They are the go-to for most of the charter boat folks here, and pretty damn comfortable too, for what they are. I also have Mucks, steel toe Ariats when needed, and Brooks for both work and home.

 

"The Horror"

 

Karma

I was talking shit about otters

And….bam

big one on the dock this morning

first one I’ve seen in our little cove

 

I was that way for a long time
Then I bought a pair of OluKais like those pictured and never looked back.
I can’t wear them for any serious walking or hiking, but casual in warm weather they are comfy.

 

That's not an otter, it's a muskrat

 

Still takes up less space than if she left even a portion of her shoe collection out, I'm sure.

 

I'm long overdue for some new shoes. I've worn Skechers for the last several years as they fit my fat feet well and are comfortable for walking but their prices have tripled since I last bought shoes.

 

I don't wear shoes with laces that are traditionally tied anymore. Instead you put them on and cinch them to the tightness you want and from there on out they are basically slip on shoes. The ones I wear are the following:

Merrill Chameleon 8
Salomon hiking shoes
La Sportiva Trail Running Shoes (GTX) - Although I don't buy them as often as they use really bright colors as accents and I prefer black/grey shoes.

 

How does California rebuild 10,000 homes?

Game theory that for me

 

Ask Hawaii.

 

I don't wear flip flops, even in summer. They're uncomfortable, trap pebbles under my feet and aren't functional for walking, running or fighting grizzlies. Plus the flap flap flap they do pisses me off.

In summer around the house I'm usually barefoot unless I'm doing chores. I have a pair of Keen closed toe sandals for hanging out at the river. Otherwise, it's Salomon shoes or hiking boots.

 

Which keens do you use? I need new kayak/water shoes.

 

They don't. The celebrities and wealthy folks will rebuild their mansions and pay people to grease the wheels throughout the rebuild process. The regular folks will hit a wall of new regulations and permits that were created at the State/County/City level since their home was built which will increase the price of rebuilding the exact same house by who knows how much. Local rent prices will shoot through the roof.

Later, they will find out that their insurance coverage, while adequate, doesn't cover the inflated materials/labor costs that builders will charge because all of a sudden a glut of homes need to be built and they get to cash in citing inflation, labor shortages etc...

In the end, many home owners will collect their insurance payouts, sell the burnt out lots and move somewhere else. Developers will buy up the single family lots and get them rezoned to something else and make a crap ton of money off of that. Homeowner insurance rates will shoot through the roof and even more insurance companies will exit the California market.

The various incompetent virtue signaling politicians at the State/County/City level will decry the lack of affordable housing that their own policies have created and the voters will continue to vote for more of that stupidity and wonder why they can't afford a $20 Big Mac meal at McDonalds anymore. Oh and they still won't take brush clearing/abatement seriously enough to prevent stuff like this happening in the future. Nor will they build the needed reservoir capacity to have enough water for people and will instead cry about global warming and climate change when in reality California last built a reservoir in something like 1978. Meanwhile the population has quadrupled...

Source, I live in Sonoma County and this exact thing happened here when the Tubbs fire rolled through in 2016. I was in Arizona at the time but moved back in 2018 and the place still looked like a warzone. A crap ton of people took their money and left. The population still hasn't recovered. A very close friend of mine was quoted $3.5 million to rebuild his home he bought a few years earlier for $1.5 million. He bought a house somewhere else a city down and his lot is still sitting empty to this day.

There are empty lots dotting the area almost 10 years later because the cost to rebuild is too high due to regulation/permitting.

 

I've had mine for years, but I think the Newport H2 are the closest current model.

 

I'll have to check them out. Thank you.

 

You might have missed the news that very many homeowners had their insurance cancelled several months ago.

 

Yes to all of this. And we'll all be paying higher insurance rates to cover this (actually, we already are). And materials and labor for everyone else will go up as normal supply-demand forces adjust to the giant vacuum of things going to CA. And waves of CA people will flow out into other communities and start soiling the dirt there. And the next level of "elected" stupid will just inspire OR and WA to up their game.

Not hating on you dude...you and I are in the same environment.