Dave Smith wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 2017-09-02 6:48 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > Bruce wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> > > Thanks. I didn't know how hot 120F was (49 C, no less).
> >
> > Melted my flight deck boots off my feet one day. One of those
> > 'gather on the flight deck' events for all hands.
> >
> > Interesting side bit. Replacement flight deck boots are free if
> > flight deck personnel due to that. The problem is stocking them.
> > They didnt have anything like my size on the ship but I had a spare
> > pair. Being not flight deck folks, mine were not free.
>
> They should have provided better boots. I had a summer job for two
> years in a row at an alloy smelting plants. We were issued with good
> quality boots with soles tough enough that we could stand on almost
> red hot metal without hurting the soles. They would keep the heat out
> for close to five minutes. Then you could stand in a puddle and the
> water would boil. It took at least as long for the boots to cool off
> as it took them to heat up.
> >

Hi Dave, the Navy doesn't provide your boots except in rare replacement
situations like the flight deck personnel. The rest buy them from the
authorized lists at the uniform store. My last set was 150$.

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