[philmont] The Crock of it

John, I half wondered if my comment wouldn't bring you out.

Thank you for your respect. Not sure I am due it but I accept it. 'Tis a two way street.

I only bought my Crocs because 1) my old hard(er) soled camp shoes had seen better days, 2) I ran across the "no-hole" version on sale and 3) I had just enough left on a Christmas gift card to get them for no cash out of my pocket. I would not have bought them had all three events not met with opportunity.

I love them! I use them as gravel bar camp shoes when doing multi-day trips on the Buffalo River as well as camp shoes after a log day on the trail. No, I would not have the "holey" version.

I feel a need to add a caveat: Some here know that I am involved with the Philmont Staff Association (PSA) to varying degrees depending on the years in question. That being said, I do not speak with any authority as to Philmont rules and regulations. My opinions are my won.

Rice Brewer

> -------Original Message-------
> From: John LeBlanc <philmontjohn@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [philmont] The Crock of it
> Sent: May 18 '08 2:05pm
>
> Personally, if Crocs are good enough to be the camp
> "shoe" of choice for hundreds of thru-hikers on the AT, they are good
> enough for me - and Philmont. That being said, I own and use a pair that
> do not have the holes in the toe box.
>
> Rice Brewer
>
> ************************************************
>
> Having known and respected Rice Brewer for a long, long time, I find that
> I must
> take the liberty to attack him and comment here.
>
> Crocs are appropriately named, as in "that's a crock of...". However,
> if I did own a pair of them, I'd get the ones sans holes also, but I don't
> own a pair of them because I have found no need to own a pair of them.
>
> Being a strong supporter of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it", I'll stick
> to my pair of Official BSA hard sole moccasns which I've used for "camp
> shoes" around the BSA for some fifty-two years now. Well, maybe they
> aren't the original pair and a few sizes larger, but still made the same
> for all these years.
>
> It's kinda like carrying kitchen matches in a metal match safe. If you
> wanna carry a Bic lighter, so be it, go flick your Bic, but I'll stick with
> the sticks which I learned to flick courtesy the BSA.
>
> And that's the Crock of it.
>
> John LeBlanc
>
>
>

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