Socks Socks Socks
By BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (49564)
St. Catharines, Ontario
December 10, 2023 9:11am CST
I have a whole drawer of socks, some never before worn. People just keep giving me socks. Why? I don't know. I may still have a mismatched pair of woolen gym socks from high school in there. I know I have knee socks from the 70s.
I made a door draftstopper with the tops of a bunch of worn-out socks and used the toes for stuffing.
And I can safely bet on getting more socks at the Centre's Christmas party. They always include socks in their gift bags.
Anybody need socks?
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@rebelann (113907)
• El Paso, Texas
10 Dec 23
I'm lucky, no one gives me socks. I did buy some a while back but they're so tight in the ankle area that I have a hard time putting them on. I think I'll give the ones I haven't worn yet to the crisis center and maybe try to find socks that aren't so hard to put on.
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@BarBaraPrz (49564)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Dec 23
I can't win on that score: either they're too tight at the ankle or they won't stay up! 
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@BarBaraPrz (49564)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Dec 23
@rebelann Oh yeah, the dreaded toe seams. Hate those.
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@porwest (99589)
• United States
10 Dec 23
Socks, I guess, just tend to be a good go-to gift since they are easy to get the size right and everyone can use them. I never get socks though. Hmm. lol. But I do often get socks for my wife. I usually have quite a few pair on hand, though. A habit from my bachelor days, I guess, when if you had enough underwear and socks you could make less frequent trips to the laundry. In any event, I do usually keep a pack of new ones because sometimes I have to replace a pair and it's good to keep the numbers right for me.
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@BarBaraPrz (49564)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Dec 23
Too often I get socks that are too big.
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@porwest (99589)
• United States
14 Dec 23
@BarBaraPrz I guess for the most part I can pretty accurately guess what size someone's feet are and since socks are usually in steps of three sizes, it makes it easier. But I guess some people can get it wrong.
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@Juliaacv (53357)
• Canada
10 Dec 23
I have too many socks also.
I have alot of black socks, but some other colours as well, grey, brown, navy, some white socks.
My favorite are made with bamboo, they keep my feet warm, and I could throw the rest of them out as I never wear anything but the bamboo ones. Or I could make a draft stopper.
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@BarBaraPrz (49564)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Dec 23
Draft stoppers are good to have, especially with the rising cost of heating...
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@BarBaraPrz (49564)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Dec 23
How do you keep ypur feet warm?2 people like this
@LadyDuck (473844)
• Switzerland
11 Dec 23
@BarBaraPrz I wear warm boots when I go out, we have floor serpentine heating in the house, I never have cold feet inside.
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@BarBaraPrz (49564)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Dec 23
@LadyDuck Oh, wow, I'd like that.
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I love the picture!@BarBaraPrz (49564)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
14 Dec 23
But I only have two feet.
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@snowy22315 (189037)
• United States
11 Dec 23
Always, since many of mine are Nicoed. Socks from HS? Wow, have you always lived in the same house or something? I can't even imagine that.
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@BarBaraPrz (49564)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Dec 23
Nope, but wool gym socks last a loooong time, especially if you only wear them in your boots when you leave HS.
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@celticeagle (174035)
• Boise, Idaho
11 Dec 23
Love the photo. We got rid of a lot of stuff in our Purge of 2014. Even some things by mistake.
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@BarBaraPrz (49564)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Dec 23
That's the way it goes sometimes.
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@celticeagle (174035)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Dec 23
@BarBaraPrz .........We were a bit overzealous I think.
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@xstitcher (34076)
• Petaluma, California
10 Dec 23
LOL--I may not have as many socks as you do, but my problem is that I can never seem to get an actual pair of socks in or out of the wash! 9 times out of 10 I'm wearing mismatched socks.
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@jstory07 (143834)
• Roseburg, Oregon
10 Dec 23
I have about 50 pairs of socks. Where I worked they were on clearance and I sold at the Flea Market every weekend.
I got the socks for six cents each. I got 2 gross of socks for six cents a pair and sold them for a $1 a pair. I sold all of the socks that weekend. From there every store was calling me to buy the clearance socks so I did.
When done I kept two dozen for me.
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@BarBaraPrz (49564)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Dec 23
Nice work if you can get it...
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@jstory07 (143834)
• Roseburg, Oregon
10 Dec 23
@BarBaraPrz There is no permanent Flea Market here. The one that was open every other weekend shut down. Now there is only pop up ones. But I do sell at the pop up ones.
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@Marilynda1225 (84614)
• United States
14 Dec 23
That is such a cute picture you posted. I also have a drawer full of socks which I rarely wear. I'm a barefoot person unless I have to put on socks and shoes to go somewhere.
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@BarBaraPrz (49564)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
14 Dec 23
I prefer going barefoot too but not in the winter. If I had infloor heating, that'd be so nice, but I don't.
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@BarBaraPrz (49564)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Dec 23
They look like some I have, too, only I match up the colors...
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