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A Load of Cobblers

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    A Load of Cobblers

    The reason that the heels of a pair of leather boots I bought less than one year ago had started to disintegrate was, according to the cobbler who has just made a thoroughly professional job of fixing them, because they are made from MDF.

    MDF?? Why would you make shoes out of MDF?

    (I don't know if this is an urban myth - perhaps somebody can confirm - but the received wisdom back in the days I was in the CCF was that the DMS boots in which we pounded the parade ground were, in fact, made from compressed cardboard - something I never believed but after today's experience, nothing would surprise me)

    By the way - all credit to my little back street cobbler - he was a proper wizened old man with half moon specs - a cobbler from central casting, if you like. He even offered me a chair and a cup of tea while I waited! Contrast this with any one of a number of high street chains purporting to do shoe repairs that wouldn't touch mine with a bargepole.

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    Where did you buy them from so we know who to avoid?
    The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist

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      #3
      Originally posted by LondonManc View Post
      Where did you buy them from so we know who to avoid?
      Dune

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        #4
        Originally posted by Martin Scroatman View Post
        Dune
        That explains it. They need to be MDF to resist the desert heat and avoid attracting worms.

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