Post by Paden on Dec 20, 2013 3:15:46 GMT -5
I have "Croc-Spots" You can see from the pattern of my tan, spots across the top of my feet from wearing Crocs. Now, into fall, am cutting wood. The dern things fill up with wood chips and its most difficult to squish along. Aw cripee ! Your Croc story ? stevemb
I'm not afforded the equatorial latitude to wear Crocs. Well, except during summer, I suppose (June, July, August, September). In winter however (October, November, December, January.... February, March, April (May is neither winter nor summer; it's called "mud season". (Mud season sucks!)), they're not especially practical. You see, from my cabin door it's a distance of some 150 feet of frozen frosty footpath to the outhouse... and in winter (some seven months (see above)) temps of -40F.(-40C. if you're Canadian) Crocs can get kinda hard (something like 26 brinell), stiff, and slippery on that snowy trail to the shitter. Sadly, after serving only a short stint in such cool conditions, Crocs tend to crack; and I've concluded quite conclusively that cracked Crocs aren't worth a crap when you're clomping around on crusty crackling cutting ice crystals. Thus, I tend to end up chuck'n em, off somewhere in the snow. I'll admit I'm not bold enough to brave the trip totally in the buff; I prefer to slip on some sort of soles... As such, I choose Berks. Berks don't break like Crocs crack. Sure, the soles still get somewhat stiff and significantly slippery (some might say treacherously slippery), but so long as I'm prudent in how I plant my little pink phalanges I can paddle down the packed path to the pooper without executing a ginormous somersault and busting my butt. Bonus: I can wear my Berks to work (so long as I wear socks (My supervisor opines that socks should match (Preposterous!; I submit that being of similar thickness should serve satisfactorily as the selection standard for socks.)), not to mention social soirees requiring something more civilized than bunny boots and Carhartts (rare).... So, all seasons, applications, and social occasions considered, Berks are the better buy, in my book. Perforated plastic peds appear more appropriate to less polar provinces; places where people purposefully parade pink and green plaid pants. (Peculiar).