Question Diving with combat boots : how do you lace them ?

[MB NZ]

Bought an extra pair in black yesterday at Target for $9 AU , they are ditching the lot, the young folk are not wearing them.
Suits me, cheep rock boots [for where I dive now] , if I was going back to my old 'stomping grounds and colder water' [not a chance now] I would look at something more solid, and warmer.View attachment 850141

I do the same thing. Warehouse (like Big W) and Kmart are my preferred rock boot vendors. I even wear them when wetsuit diving with a neoprene sock.

 

[Pressurehead]

wetsuit diving with a neoprene sock.

Same same.
Except it is a Sharkskin sock.

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

Not just the Gothic kids but the Elmer Fudds, too.

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Now that's kink!

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

Same same.
Except it is a Sharkskin sock.

I really love plain wool socks.

 

[Litefoot]

Bought an extra pair in black yesterday at Target for $9 AU , they are ditching the lot, the young folk are not wearing them.
Suits me, cheep rock boots [for where I dive now] , if I was going back to my old 'stomping grounds and colder water' [not a chance now] I would look at something more solid, and warmer.View attachment 850141

@Pressurehead Do you have a link for said boots? Thank you.

 

[Pressurehead]

@Pressurehead Do you have a link for said boots?

Only for the Target store in my area here in Australia. Missimo brand.

 

[NothingClever]

Sorry, but I must admit that one is lost on me. There's obviously a jest or a reference I'm missing. Please, no heckling nor hazing, English isn't my native dialect.

You’re safe, brother. My joke wasn’t intended to haze you.

You guessed correctly - it was what we call an “inside joke”. It was aimed at those who served in the US military. Although the zippered insert for boots was designed for more rapidly getting into uniform, those who adopted them were never really the epitome of elite, rapid response forces. The inserts usually found their way onto the lazy and lumpy.

Anyways, your English is far superior to my French. I always admire folks who have an excellent command of a language foreign to them and English isn’t the most logical language to learn. More exceptions than rules!

 

[JMBL]

Anyways, your English is far superior to my French. I always admire folks who have an excellent command of a language foreign to them and English isn’t the most logical language to learn. More exceptions than rules!

Thanks a lot for the compliment, but if you find English not logical enough, avoid ANY latin language : French, Spanish, Italian, because the "More exceptions than rules" curse is even stronger in those.

 

[Litefoot]

Only for the Target store in my area here in Australia. Missimo brand. View attachment 850179

Appreciate that. Although that particular brand seems to be Target Australia only. I did find some alternatives as I searched about.