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[leweee]

Sprucegum.... I prefer the dryem on your feet next to the woodstove method. :D :D :D





PS keep an eye peeled for the "Boss" while useing this method. smiley_heh_heh

[Coon]

Is that a picture of the outhouse in The UP  ??? ??? ??? ???

I hope that ain't Da Boss sittin' there........ :D :D :D

That's da BOSS' deer stand. ;D ;D

[BigTrev]

When I used to go wandering up mountains or through the freezing bush I put some roll on deo on my feet, followed by talc, cotton socks and polyprop socks over top. Traps a lot of air in a little space, and stops your feet melting at the same time.

[farmerdoug]

Pacboots are hard on the ankles.  There is just not enough support there for working in the brush and rough terrain.  I have twisted my ankles often before switching to workboots. :(

Electric socks are great but if your feet are sweating you will not use them long.  The sweat tends to short them out so they either quit working or you get a really hot foot fast.  Been there an done that. :

The best is an insulated workboot and motion.  If you are working then you are usually warm enough.  If you start sweating then you will get cold with any amount of insulation.

Farmerdoug

[wiam]

I can usually keep my feet warm in mickey boots.  I have not found them with safety toes though.  I have had bad luck with fake ones ( not to military specs ).

Will

[TexasTimbers]

what's mickey boots  ???

[jon12345]

Giant goofy looking white* boots that people will think you are nuts for wearing if you don't live in the arctic, but very warm from what I've been told :D

*color may vary (the white ones look silly though) 

[wiam]

Mine are black

Will

[farmerdoug]

Kevjay,

Just wondering how you are coming at keeping your feet warm so far this winter?  I have been wearing my rubber uninsulated kneehighs most of the winter so far but this looks like it may finally change, I hope.  Just thought you may still be freezing in Texas.   ;)

PS. Us northern have antifreeze in our blood.  I think it is from the water because if you stay in the south to long it wears off. : :D :D

Farmerdoug

[TexasTimbers]

I'm doing better (nose getting long), sort of (longer). Okay not really. Problem is I can't even wear my own size socks now. They have to be a size bigger to be loose enough on the leg so as not to dig in (I am battling with some diabetic issues right now like edema), so that the foot part I have to scrunch up inside the boots/shoes. Very uncomfortable.
They get real cold when I stand in one place on the shop slab for too long and so I stand on a board whenever i know I'll be at a work station like my table saw router etc doing repetitive work.

Today, I had 2 loads of rock delivered just before the cold front hit. They were supposed to get it here yesterday but they didn't, so of course, right as the front hit with the freezing rain (it dropped 30 degress like instantly), I had to spread that stuff and make a road. I was wet and froze to the core by the time I was done with that chore. Took an hour to thaw enough that I could even type return emails PMs etc. Gave up on it in fact.
Ended up taking pictures for ebay stuff and that entailed - you guessed, standing in one place for a long time on the concrete slab. I didn't bother getting a board to stand on because I didn't think of it, but I remebered to after I noticed, you guessed, my feet were getting even more frozen.

I'm now back at the house with my feets propped up each on a chair with lots of loose socks on because I don't have to cram them into any work boots, and they are not as cold. The supplemental  electric heater is doing it's job and shortly my socks should burst into flames giving me the longlast relief that I need.   ;D

Thanks for asking. 

But be careful next time you ask someone "Hey there how ya doing?" They might bore you with an honest answer.  :  ;)

[farmerdoug]

Kevjay,

If you cannot ask someone how they are doing then what is the sense of asking anything else.  Hope you better with the swelling.  Tight shoes and clothes are uncomfortable as well as cold.

PS.  I had a wisdom tooth out today so I am not going much better. :

Farmerdoug

[TexasTimbers]

That was just my way of warning you I type way too much most of the time. I also joke too much too. I meant no disrespect.  smiley_ignore

I appreciate you asking, actually. 


Sorry to hear about your tooth. Ain't no fun. I had three of those things taken out in boot camp. You didn't get to lay out very long back then either.

Hope you have got some nice pharmacueticals. They don't kill all the pain but will knock you out sometimes. Here's wishing you plenty of this . . . 

[farmerdoug]

Actually I am doing pretty good with it.  They gave me a painkiller that helps but I have a real high tolerance to pain anyways.  I guess that is the mule part of me but if to pain is more than I can bear then watch out I am mean as a mule.

I took your jest as a joke but just wanted to let you know I was thinking of your cold feet. ;D  I cruise the old threads and answer them ocassionly.

Farmerdoug

[Onthesauk]

kevjay, take a look at the stall pads the co-op sells for horse stalls.  Cheap enough that you can put a few of them down around the work bench and a whole lot easier to stand on then the concrete.