This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.” But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Published in 1993, the novel features a City Watch commander named Captain Samuel Vimes.

His appearances throughout the Discworld sequence show him slowly and grudgingly rising through the ranks of both police force and society. The Watch was rapidly revived and became increasingly important in the city. At the end of the events of The pattern of Sam and Sybil's marriage was set the moment he turned away from his wedding to chase an assassin who had just made an attempt on the Patrician's life. Being a significant figure on the world stage just means he finds bigger crimes. During heightened states of mind, such as when confronting his darker side and/or when near death, he is able to see On rare occasions, Sam Vimes has been described as completely happy, even if it's only for a brief period; such occasions include alone time with his wife, the birth of his son, and whenever a case has reached a satisfactory conclusion. A running gag in the series is his thwarting of several attempts on his life by the Whenever he thwarts an Assassin in an attempt, he usually lets them go after taking their share of the payment for his inhumation (which he then donates to the 'Watch Widows and Orphans Fund', or to the 'Sunshine Sanctuary for Sick, Abused or Abandoned Dragons'), and subjecting them to a little humiliation. His years of practical experience give him a foundation of hard-headed realism on which he bases much of his more idealistic beliefs. Sam Vimes was born in Cockbill Street as the son of Thomas Vimes,The Vimes family has historically been closely linked with the City Watch, with many members serving in it through its history.Vimes' age is never explicitly given, and information is not always consistent. This was the Captain Samuel Vimes ‘Boots’ theory of socioeconomic unfairness.

Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. He fears he may be a bad person because he knows what he thinks rather than just what he says and does. His Grace, The Duke of Ankh, Commander Sir Samuel "Sam" Vimes is a fictional character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. He remains in his soul a copper. The Captain is set to marry one of the richest women in the world, and he often opines about the differences between low-status and high-status spending habits. Vimes, who was about to retire following his marriage to Lady Sybil, was given the resurrected rank of Commander, putting him in charge of the Night Watch and the Day Watch. Take boots, for example. Lady Sybil is a remarkably patient woman; she spent nearly the entirety of Sybil maintains a number of close (female) social contacts from her schooldays, which, thanks to the kind of school she went to (The Quirm College for Young Ladies), are now all strategically placed in the highest levels of power across the Sybil tries her utmost to get Sam to take some time off in almost every book, but for the most part, Sam finds an excuse to stay on the job.

As of his latest promotion, his full name and title is: "His Grace, His Excellency, He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. — Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms He chokes off those little reactions and impulses, but he knows what they are. Terry Pratchett commented that the Vimes character made setting a story in Ankh-Morpork very difficult as it is almost impossible to create a story involving any sort of crime or politics without it rapidly becoming a Watch book.While there have been a number of amateur stage productions of the books, a professional adaptation of Watson, J., Lydon, S. J. and Harrison, N. A. This was the Captain Samuel Vimes ‘Boots’ theory of socioeconomic unfairness. The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. At the time of Men at Arms, Samuel Vimes earned thirty-eight dollars a month as a Captain of the Watch, plus allowances.A really good pair of leather boots, the sort that would last years and years, cost fifty dollars.

In every book in the series, the fee for his assassination has risen until he has been removed from the Guild register, meaning that contracts on his life are no longer accepted (this was initially literal, as no assassin wanted to take the contract).Vimes' firm grasp of basic human nature, and of the Ankh-Morpork psyche in particular, led to him spending some years as a drunk, and Terry Pratchett noted the following about Vimes on Usenet: "Vimes is fundamentally a person.