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    mclaincausey
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    Joined: 12 Apr 2013

    Yeah, the internet has democratized music and empowered musicians. Record companies and corporate radio are no longer the sole route to discovery for fans. So I'd say the exact opposite is true. If something is killing music it's something else. Like society imploding in general.

    Opinion: aisle seats are lame. Only thing lamer is a middle seat. I wanna lean against the fuselage while I sleep and to not be awoken by the old chap with the enlarged prostate. Since I'm a piss camel I'm not worried about getting out. But come time to leave the plane that isle asshole better be ready.

    Think it, be it.

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      Giles
      IHUK Crew
      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

      @mclaincausey:

      Opinion: aisle seats are lame. Only thing lamer is a middle seat. I wanna lean against the fuselage while I sleep and to not be awoken by the old chap with the enlarged prostate. Since I'm a piss camel I'm not worried about getting out. But come time to leave the plane that isle asshole better be ready.

      You must be my long lost twin.  I feckin hate aisle seats.  I can easily do a transatlantic flight with no piss.  I sit down, put my earphones in, have too much to drink and ignore everyone (including Paula)….The first time we flew long haul together she thought she had done something to piss me off, now she just takes the piss and tries to make me reluctantly interact with her and other human beings.....

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        Giles
        IHUK Crew
        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

        I feckin hate, really feckin hate Christy soles….

        I understand what they are good for, and if you need them for that, cool.  BUT why fuck up a perfectly good pair of boots by putting a Christy on when it is not needed......?

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          Megatron1505
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          Joined: 10 Jul 2011

          I've been up and down with the Christy, I loved them, then hated them, and now I'm coming around again.

          Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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            mclaincausey
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            Joined: 12 Apr 2013

            Perhaps we are long lost twins, I'm completely with you here. I think I may have griped about them previously. Are they comfortable? Sure, in a way. I prefer a bit more firmness. But they look so trashy. They just ruin the look of anything above them.

            Think it, be it.

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              jdl1279
              Joined: 3 Jan 2014

              Kinda funny, I think Christy soles have a place, as do cap toes, but they are getting blown out by improper placement.

              To this end, the Engineer is becoming one of my least favorite boot styles.

              Bourbon: because living in Kentucky just makes you want to drink

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                Megatron1505
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                Joined: 10 Jul 2011

                I feel the same about service boots, fed up of seeing them.

                I like some of the more vintage style engineer boots, weirdly I think they look better with a thicker sole. I really like Rafas but never saw the fuss about Road Champs at all.

                Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                  mclaincausey
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                  Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                  Flat toe profile engineers are the best. The toe profile on davito's Viberg horse engineers are exactly how it should be done. I don't like the bulbous lasts, though I understand the necessity with steel toe versions.

                  Think it, be it.

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                    davito
                    Joined: 27 Oct 2011

                    😘  😉

                    Cheers,
                    David

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                      seawolf
                      Mod Squad
                      Joined: 28 Oct 2011

                      Well, those might be nice for you tiny-toed, or missing-toed folks, but my toes need room to breath and wiggle!

                      “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

                      @zeebeeleather

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                        Megatron1505
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                        Joined: 10 Jul 2011

                        I've been tempted with a pair of Wesco Boss, but I'm sticking with Bounty Hunters as my favourite boot style.

                        Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                          davito
                          Joined: 27 Oct 2011

                          Flame me looool normal feet here hahaha  😛 😛 2030 last 😉

                          Cheers,
                          David

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                            seawolf
                            Mod Squad
                            Joined: 28 Oct 2011

                            Those are gorgeous!

                            “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

                            @zeebeeleather

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                              jdl1279
                              Joined: 3 Jan 2014

                              See, I think they are nice boots, particularly considering I love a pull on. However I have seen the style done to death, so I wouldn't get a pair. I like classic looks as much as everyone else, but you gotta have variants somewhere. It's like Meg with the service, burned out for me.

                              Bourbon: because living in Kentucky just makes you want to drink

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                                apba1166
                                Joined: 20 Dec 2010

                                I'm ready. I'm even many rows up the plane already. If you have any kind of shoulders on you, and are flying on 2-4 hour hops, even coast to coast in US sometimes, the window seats on those smaller planes don't cut it. Your shoulder is hunched the whole flight, and if you are an old geezer like me, you go lame. Younger days, I didn't mind and agree there is more peace stuffed into the window. Weirdly, the middle seats are often the best. No shoulder cramp from the convex fuselage curve, no aisle walkers and carts knocking your other shoulder, and sometimes the seats, on certain planes, are outfitted to be at least an inch or more wider. Then again, I sometimes just suck it up and stand in the back of the plane til everyone's on and take the most open seat left…forward. The engine noise at the rear is brutal.
                                @mclaincausey:

                                Opinion: aisle seats are lame. Only thing lamer is a middle seat. I wanna lean against the fuselage while I sleep and to not be awoken by the old chap with the enlarged prostate. Since I'm a piss camel I'm not worried about getting out. But come time to leave the plane that isle asshole better be ready.

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                                  davito
                                  Joined: 27 Oct 2011

                                  Thx seawolf 🙂 🙂

                                  Lets move to the other suspect  😉 😛

                                  Pic a while back not breaked in yet

                                  Smile

                                  Oh yes: i love engineer boots 🙂

                                  Cheers,
                                  David

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                                    jdl1279
                                    Joined: 3 Jan 2014

                                    Flying, I just wanna drink and stare out the window. The experience isn't usually a great one for me, so just leave me the hell alone. Cass is scared to death of flying though, so thankfully this isn't a normal thing.

                                    Bourbon: because living in Kentucky just makes you want to drink

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                                      Megatron1505
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                                      Joined: 10 Jul 2011

                                      I fucking love flying, solitude with booze and an entertainment screen is like my idea of heaven.

                                      Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                                        Seul
                                        Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                                        I will never enter a plane in my life. Basically anything that goes up in the air can go fuck itself. Wasps, balloons, Superman, planes,… Only exception is birds. Birds fucking rule. And bumblebees.

                                        Other than that: fuck off.

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                                          Chris
                                          Raw and Unwashed
                                          Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                                          @Giles:

                                          I feckin hate, really feckin hate Christy soles….

                                          Yep.  They may have a purpose, but then again, so do orthopedic shoes.  I'm not gonna wear them by choice.

                                          @Megatron1505:

                                          I really like Rafas but never saw the fuss about Road Champs at all.

                                          Yep.  Something about the proportions; they're distinctive, just not appealing.

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