The Savior

I just got new LL Bean moccasins.  Believe it or not the pair in the picture above have been worn around the former house in Wauwatosa for the last fourteen years.  A comfortable pair of loafers they're nicely broken-in. If I had to hazard a guess they have a great many miles remaining.  Nevertheless, the much older pair at The Platz dating all the way back to the trailer home era needed to be replaced.  As a consequence I'm replacing the pair (above)  with a new pair and rotating the used pair to replace the really used (and ratty) pair that will be retired. 

2016 Moccasins... 

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The bottom line is that as for long as I can remember I've been getting about a decade and a half of use out of this footwear yielding an exceedingly low amortized cost per use.  (Translation - excellent value).  LL Bean - of Freeport Maine - still manufactures their long-wearing, high-quality camp mocs in El Salvador.  If you don't already know this the literal translation of El Salvador is:  The Savior.

I find it mildly amusing that The Savior running for POTUS wants to embargo imported LL Bean camp mocs made by highly-skilled and hard-working Central American craftsmen and women.

The irony is not lost on me.

Not one bit.

Raising a toast to free trade.