How long is a piece of string?
I have a pair of boots (issued in 1993) which are still going strong. They might not see the same amount of wear time as they used to, but when I do wear them (about a day a fortnight) they see the same sort of terrain and intensity of use. Besides a few scuff marks and wear on the tread they'd polish up ok enough to almost pass on the parade ground.
But I'm in a relatively cool area and have the time to look after them. If it was hot and humid, and I barely had a few minutes every day to attend to general maintenance, they'd probably have fallen apart a long time ago. It all comes back to what, where and how it's used.
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If it moves, shoot it, if not push it, if it still doesn't move, use explosives.
Nothing happens in isolation - it's called "the butterfly effect"
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