Out With the Old...

@norcal (4889)
Franklinton, North Carolina
December 31, 2015 12:05pm CST
How are you spending the last day of 2015? I am getting into the spirit of the holiday by going through my single sock drawer. Come on, you know you have one too. That's the place where I throw all of my socks that I can't find the match to. Most of them eventually find their mates, but some become perpetual occupants of the dreaded drawer. Today, I am doing a purge. Any sock who is still single at the end of this exercise is going into the rag bin. In addition, I am getting rid of old, holy or stretched out socks. in the coming year, I am duly resolving to throw out any sock that is not up to snuff.
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Tiff Gray
@T_gray (7772)
• Salina, Kansas
31 Dec 15
Haha that's an interesting task. I don't have that drawer because I have only one type of sock. I don't even match my socks. I just throw them all in a drawer and pull two out when I need them. Works great! :-)
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Sherry
@norcal (4889)
• Franklinton, North Carolina
31 Dec 15
That is a good approach. I guess I haven't found that one kind of sock that is the only one I need. I do try to buy lots of the same though. I hate when the socks I want only come in a variety pack of different colors.
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Tiff Gray
@T_gray (7772)
• Salina, Kansas
31 Dec 15
@norcal yeah different color socks are in style though these days hehe. :-)
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Sherry
@norcal (4889)
• Franklinton, North Carolina
31 Dec 15
@T_gray Well maybe if you're 14. That's so 1985!
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
31 Dec 15
How do you lose so many socks in the first place?
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Sherry
@norcal (4889)
• Franklinton, North Carolina
31 Dec 15
It is a mystery. Do your socks not wander off?
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Sherry
@norcal (4889)
• Franklinton, North Carolina
31 Dec 15
@paigea I guess I married the wrong man.
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paigea
@paigea (36143)
• Canada
31 Dec 15
@norcal My socks seem to wander off. But my husband will go on a mission to find the missing sock if a single comes back from the laundry. So, I rarely have a single sock any more as I now hang them on the line in their pairs and try to make sure the pairs go into the washing machine at the same time.
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
1 Jan 16
There is a funny comedy skit about this very subject. Hope you get those socks mated or outed. Hehe
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
31 Dec 15
I've been doing something similar with my earrings - I have lots of single ones of those. I can't quite bring myself to throw them out, just in case the other one turns up, but at least I've put them all together out of the way.
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Sherry
@norcal (4889)
• Franklinton, North Carolina
31 Dec 15
Yes, at least we have a system in place.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238284)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Dec 15
Heh. I do the same. Holy socks or singles that can't find a mate wind up helping me stain or oil my vintage loudspeakers. No big plans for tonight.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238284)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Dec 15
@norcal Waste not, want not. They've served me well, so they deserve a new career.
Sherry
@norcal (4889)
• Franklinton, North Carolina
31 Dec 15
At least you put those wayward socks to good use.
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Chandre Jackson
@chandrejackson (95)
• Clarksville, Tennessee
31 Dec 15
LOL! I have a bag that I keep single socks in. Where in the world does those extra socks go? I need to do a purge to. Even though for now I am at work. Hoping and praying that they'll let us off early. Happy New Year! Thanks for sharing!
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Sherry
@norcal (4889)
• Franklinton, North Carolina
31 Dec 15
Happy New Year! I hope you get out of work early too.
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Kimberley
@mom210 (9170)
• United States
21 Jan 16
I cannot join the style either, I need to match my socks.
paigea
@paigea (36143)
• Canada
31 Dec 15
That is a good idea. However, I am weeding my socks out as they wear out. After I mend them that is. lol sometimes I mend my husband's socks if he is throwing out a pair with only a small hole. I mend them and keep them for myself. At this rate I will never buy new socks as long as I live! My husband threatened to dump my drawer and buy me all new socks. I stopped him by showing him my socks that are still in the package. Now I have to wear out my socks surreptitiously I am weird. I know.
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paigea
@paigea (36143)
• Canada
31 Dec 15
Happy New Year to you!
Shiva
@Shiva49 (28371)
• Singapore
1 Jan 16
I recall President Bush confirming with his wife when needed to remove his shoes at a temple in Japan - "Are you sure there is no hole in the socks"? I visited a friend and was required to leave my shoes outside his home: my friend said - you can have your socks on, but I said no thanks, I like to remove that too! siva