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3. Back in the day in Maine we called the "caulked boots"

Sat Sep 9, 2017, 06:15 PM

Sep 2017

If a river driver drowned, the would nail his boots to a large tree as a memorial.

Some lasted many decades before they decayed.

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The closest saw shop was about 35 miles away [View all] panader0 Sep 2017 OP

sounds like a great night ( you ARE a guy, right?)..otherwise samnsara Sep 2017 #1

Yeah, I'm a guy. panader0 Sep 2017 #2

Back in the day in Maine we called the "caulked boots" jpak Sep 2017 #3

Did you use this on your boots? central scrutinizer Sep 2017 #10

No - we used mink oil jpak Sep 2017 #11

It's always been my experience SonofDonald Sep 2017 #4

My experiences bluecollar2 Sep 2017 #6

One thing I notice is that people who travel SonofDonald Sep 2017 #8

What a great story. Fla Dem Sep 2017 #5