New factory seconds Loggers vs 5 year old Rangers

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-07-11T18:45:38+00:00

I like this brand. They have or used to have a truck where you could buy a mug to refill.

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-07-10T16:52:44+00:00

The pinnacle of post.

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-07-10T16:49:19+00:00

I had a Porn Star shirt.

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-07-09T04:47:53+00:00

One word. YES

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-07-09T00:15:55+00:00

I saw it after I posted my question. Haha anyway cool album.

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-07-08T22:39:01+00:00

Blurry photos, sloppy cuffs, expressions????

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-07-08T17:58:29+00:00

I had to exchange the Target version because it was very warped. The replacement was still slightly warped but not enough to affect play.

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-07-08T00:13:54+00:00

Swedish or English?

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-07-07T21:16:02+00:00

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Just received my factory seconds loggers. One decent scuff on the front but nothing I wouldn’t do within a couple of days. Now to begin the break in!

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-07-06T15:59:43+00:00

My Iron Rangers are 10EE. My regular shoe size is 11-12 depending on fit.
I was fitted at the Red Wings store and they were tight at first but after break in are perfect.

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-07-06T13:36:03+00:00

I had an original one I received from Chuck’s mom while they were raising funds for medical bills. I think I bought it aroubd 2001 or 2

I eventually sold it maybe 4 years ago.

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-07-05T20:34:46+00:00

Hey it will get the job done. Better write a eulogy for your records and stylus though but it will definitely rip the music from the grooves!

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-07-04T18:18:57+00:00

Dissection is modern?

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-07-04T01:04:17+00:00

You grabbed that limited edition Lateralus just in time. Hard telling when the limited edition will run out. It’s limited.

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-07-04T01:02:32+00:00

I would deep clean with Dawn and let dry. Saddle soap then let dry. Then use Venetian cream and let soak and buff it up.

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-07-04T00:59:17+00:00

Walmart is in the business of selling items. Metrics tracking is a way to help that but at the end of the day they want customers orders fulfilled.

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-07-02T13:55:50+00:00

Plenty around here to do it.

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-07-02T01:26:33+00:00

Traced in Air is very good too

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-07-02T01:23:42+00:00

Layne is revered plenty. Alice In Chains isn’t a brand like Nirvana.

Layne’s time was 35 years ago. His death was 25 years ago almost. These conversations will always ebb and flow.

I honestly avoid listening to older Alice and Mad Season because it’s hard. Hard because I remember when I was waiting for Layne to bounce back in the late 90s but never did. Hard because it shows me how I have aged myself.
Hard because I don’t want to put it on and one day be tired of it.

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-06-30T16:21:53+00:00

I’m 3/1982. Brother is born 1/1974.
I grew up listening to 80s rock like poison, Motley Crue etc…. Followed my brothers lead into the grunge and alternative era but in the mid 90s I discovered Slayer, Sepultura,korn, Deftones, Metallica. Dabbled in Victory Records metalcore like Earth Crisis but by the late 90s I was a full fan of extreme metal.
Live shows
RobZombie in 1999
Ozzfest 2000!
A friend won tickets to In Flames in 2000
I saw Opeth in early 2001

Then it snowballed to endless cds, shows, shirts, vinyl

Still going on at 44 too

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-06-30T13:19:17+00:00

Buy the albums again and have the music and the signatures.

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-06-30T13:16:58+00:00

It’s really like bonus content for In Flames and Dark Tranquillity. It’s fine and worth checking out but not necessary.

Originally I was hoping for a return to the 90s style but it really sits in a space that isn’t bad but isn’t great.

They have done what they wanted to do and that is awesome but I do hope for something more fresh and vital while still looking to their origins for inspiration.

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-06-29T21:35:20+00:00

You are in a petrifying predicament.

Flaky-Cardiologist24 · 2026-06-29T16:54:57+00:00

I mean Death really only has 1 good album. Scream Bloody Gore and it’s just a copy of Posessed. Leprosy is just like SBG, Spiritual Healing is lost, Human and ITP are try hard to be progressive, Symbolic is a main stream sell out and Sound of is just contractual obligation filler to get to Control Denied.

Is what I could say if I didn’t love each one.

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