Of course . And you ' re probably right that since these are work boots , a little bit of break in the leather might be a good thing . A few more and you ' ll have a mosaic . People will soon ask , Did those belong to your Grandpa ? Instead of , Did you just buy those ? Also , kudos to the immaculate care of your other footwear . People ask me the same , but since I only bought my first pair of nice shoes a year ago , my answer is always , yes . Hopefully one day I ' ll be able to say , Nope . I bought these back when Obama was still in office , and it ' ll mean , for better or worse , that much time has passed . <| sep |> They could have lost all 10 of their games this year . Easily . And you could also say that we could have won all 10 of them . Statistically , that ' s the better call since we ' ve won more than we ' ve lost . What a load of shit .