That's a bunch of crap about the steel toed boots. We wore them at a freaking sawmill to protect our toes in the event something REALLY heavy dropped on our toes.

Here, Mythbusters even busted that myth:
http://mythbustersresults.com/episode42


Spooksandbolts wrote:

How terribly sad for you that the extensive advice you've been given wasn't what you wanted and wasn't sufficient for you to figure what to do. 
Luckyduckerpart2 wrote:
Sometimes I wonder if there is an asshat of the year award you may be competing for that we don't know about.