wrote:
On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:22:54 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

Richard Casady wrote:
On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:05:19 +0700, Bruce In Bangkok
wrote:

A couple of
hours in those fabric stirrups and you're a cripple.
Climbing boots will not crush even slightly. Cowboy boots are designed
to go in stirrups.

Casady
You are NOT wearing those on MY deck, sonny!

I have a pair of steel-toed work/hiking boots with light (almond)
colored soles that do not seem to mark. My climbing rig has nice wide
footboards, so I could theoretically go up barefoot comfortably, but
the opportunity to smash or sever toes would be great.



Yeahbut - he was talking Cowboy boots - probably with spurs.

(people DO wear spurs around here)

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:23:12 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

If it looks like Wilbur, sounds like Wilbur, and smells like Wilbur...

"smells"?
In this psychiatric...err, present case, I'd rather say "stinks"...

:-o
Mort
"I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering, spent 20
years in the Air Force keeping them big silver birds flying; then
worked another twenty years for one of the larger oil field
construction and support companies in Indonesia. I'd have to say that
yes, I do know a bit about mechanical and electrical systems"-
megalomaniac ranting from Bruce in Bangkok (one of the aliases of GSS)
on rec.boats.cruising, 01 Nov 2007

On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:15:00 -0600, Richard Casady
wrote:

On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:05:19 +0700, Bruce In Bangkok
wrote:

A couple of
hours in those fabric stirrups and you're a cripple.

Climbing boots will not crush even slightly. Cowboy boots are designed
to go in stirrups.

Casady

Cowboy boots.... on a boat?
We don't even wear "deck shoes" except to go to town :-)
\
Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:22:54 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

Richard Casady wrote:
On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:05:19 +0700, Bruce In Bangkok
wrote:

A couple of
hours in those fabric stirrups and you're a cripple.

Climbing boots will not crush even slightly. Cowboy boots are designed
to go in stirrups.

Casady

You are NOT wearing those on MY deck, sonny!
Two things. Leather doesn't mark decks. and:
I am not going up any mast unless it is a matter of life and death. At
that point you will be glad it is me and not you and I will be glad I
had them in my luggage.

Casady

On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:46:56 +0700, Bruce In Bangkok
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:15:00 -0600, Richard Casady
wrote:

On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:05:19 +0700, Bruce In Bangkok
wrote:

A couple of
hours in those fabric stirrups and you're a cripple.

Climbing boots will not crush even slightly. Cowboy boots are designed
to go in stirrups.

Casady

Cowboy boots.... on a boat?
We don't even wear "deck shoes" except to go to town :-)

You wear them to the honky tonks, or to actually ride a horse. Most
cowboys don't ride a horse. They own their own trucks and get an
allowance to cover that. On the other hand, I wear a Western hat
whenever I leave the house. Keeps the sun off my face and the rain off
my glasses, as well as keeping my long hair in place. Most actual
cowboys wear a baseball cap. Those are free and the hats start at $125
for a lower quality one.

Casady

Richard Casady wrote:
On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:46:56 +0700, Bruce In Bangkok
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:15:00 -0600, Richard Casady
wrote:

On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:05:19 +0700, Bruce In Bangkok
wrote:

A couple of
hours in those fabric stirrups and you're a cripple.
Climbing boots will not crush even slightly. Cowboy boots are designed
to go in stirrups.

Casady
Cowboy boots.... on a boat?
We don't even wear "deck shoes" except to go to town :-)

You wear them to the honky tonks, or to actually ride a horse. Most
cowboys don't ride a horse. They own their own trucks and get an
allowance to cover that. On the other hand, I wear a Western hat
whenever I leave the house. Keeps the sun off my face and the rain off
my glasses, as well as keeping my long hair in place. Most actual
cowboys wear a baseball cap. Those are free and the hats start at $125
for a lower quality one.

Casady

Hmmm..round here, the truck hauls a trailer which pulls the horse, fully
tacked, between spreads if there is much distance involved.
Stetsons and Resistol hats cost plenty in the 8X versions so gimme
hats are popular. I get my 8X beavers from thrift stores, usually...


Brian W

On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:32:17 -0600, Richard Casady
wrote:

On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:46:56 +0700, Bruce In Bangkok
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:15:00 -0600, Richard Casady
wrote:

On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:05:19 +0700, Bruce In Bangkok
wrote:

A couple of
hours in those fabric stirrups and you're a cripple.

Climbing boots will not crush even slightly. Cowboy boots are designed
to go in stirrups.

Casady

Cowboy boots.... on a boat?
We don't even wear "deck shoes" except to go to town :-)

You wear them to the honky tonks, or to actually ride a horse. Most
cowboys don't ride a horse. They own their own trucks and get an
allowance to cover that. On the other hand, I wear a Western hat
whenever I leave the house. Keeps the sun off my face and the rain off
my glasses, as well as keeping my long hair in place. Most actual
cowboys wear a baseball cap. Those are free and the hats start at $125
for a lower quality one.

Casady

Obviously you are not a "proper" sailor or you would wear your long
hair in a neat pigtail, or perhaps you would prefer the word "queue"
(defined as "A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail." :-)

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

On Dec 13, 3:19*pm, cavelamb wrote:
I had to go up and reinstall an errant jib halyard today.

Now I know why a kitten stuck in a tree waits for the fire department
to come get him down...

It's not so much the height - as the sway...

You ever see a cat skeleton up in a tree?

Chris

On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:21:12 -0800 (PST), Chris
wrote:

On Dec 13, 3:19*pm, cavelamb wrote:
I had to go up and reinstall an errant jib halyard today.

Now I know why a kitten stuck in a tree waits for the fire department
to come get him down...

It's not so much the height - as the sway...

You ever see a cat skeleton up in a tree?

Chris

But then again, once seldom sees a kitten up an aluminum mast :-)

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Bruce In Bangkok wrote:
On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:21:12 -0800 (PST), Chris
wrote:

On Dec 13, 3:19 pm, cavelamb wrote:
I had to go up and reinstall an errant jib halyard today.

Now I know why a kitten stuck in a tree waits for the fire department
to come get him down...

It's not so much the height - as the sway...
You ever see a cat skeleton up in a tree?

Chris

But then again, once seldom sees a kitten up an aluminum mast :-)

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

I saw one try once.
VERY frustrated cat!