Gear - bibs, steel toes, hard hats, gloves and gas masks.... haute couture in the bottom of a ditch

A pair of the "Petal Pink Safety Toes" may have to go on the list of "must haves" for Andy. The gift that would keep on giving. Hell, he might wear them - go along great with the smiley face on the helmet.... Certainly as a form of punishment - being forced to wear the petal pink safety toes for any slip-ups or something.... it might be worth it.

Seriously - construction workers talk about their gear something like one might imagine knights talking about armor. The insulation levels of shoes and socks, the ANSI impact and compression standards of steel toe boots, the eyewear, the ear-plugs, the hard hats etc....

At the end of the day a lot of it is personal preference - along with many workers, I prefer the least expensive stuff I can find, except for the carhartts - they're worth every penny and last for years - even treated like hell.

Faulconer construction and OSHA require long sleeves and a bunch of other crap. Not certain when the whole thing got sullied with silliness..