I'm still unconvinced of the efficacy of a cloth mask versus a virus. This is especially true in areas that are essentially out doors... Well I don't work out doors in the classic sense where I'm entirely exposed to the weather, but I do work in a 'building' that is probably about 1/2 the size (or maybe less) than a super-Walmart... Say 50,000 square feet give or take 5,000 as a guess (hey I'm just guestimating and it may well be a WAG [wild Assed Guess]) But in the 'walls' there are three doors that are at least 18 feet tall and wide enough to pass a 20 foot load of lumber through with ease two of which remain open at all times while we are in operation, and one which is only open if the gang rip is running (most of the time we are operating this door is open...) in addition there are 4 sliding doors that would easily admit my small truck that are mostly open. Thus I say the building barely meets the definition of having walls. Anyway the temperature is usually within a couple of degrees of whatever the out door temperature is, which at this time of the year means within a couple of degrees of freezing water...
Needless to say that means that a mask is like being waterboarded with a freezing cloth at this time of the year... Dogs is supposed to have a wet nose, I is not! But wet is less of a worry than frostbite at this time of year, and chapping is a given if wearing a mask for any length of time in the described environment.
Well with that rant in the bag, I'll move on to the boot report. As reported when I started this job I bought a pair of 'logger' style boots by Georgia Boot. Then this spring, having liked most everything about the boots I bought except that I wanted some with a lower heel and a shorter upper, I bought a pair of rumbler style boots this spring, maybe April? (again by Georgia Boot) I've been mostly pleased with those boots, except that now I've discovered that the nylon upper is giving up due to the extreme nature of the wear they get on my job... I don't kick as much lumber as I used to, but I do push heavy loads of lumber around...
So, comfort 7 of 10 wear worthiness? 5 of 10 with the proviso that my job is very rough on boots
Well that wraps up my report from behind the frozen mask in the land of Maosom...