If I could have a life time supply of something unnecessary, I think it would be new socks. Good socks. A brand new pair for every single day of good quality socks. On the way up hunting this year I splurged and bought a pair of $7 Dickie Crew Kevlar reenforced work socks. I put them on this morning and it just made me think, new socks are nice. :)
I like my socks wore in pretty good, my best ones have a big hole in them.
Jeff you should meet my stepson, you two would get along great :). He wears 2 pair all day long no matter the season, and they have to be the expensive comfortable ones, I live on the socks he throws away :D. He saw me take my boots off one night and said "why do you even bother wearing socks?".
I have holes in most of my socks, but I've not reached the point where I nave convinced myself to like it. Once a hole gets so big that it can't be fixed and a toe breaks loose, they gotta go. I was just dreaming of a simple pleasure.
I don't like old socks and I do like new socks, but I like to get the wear out of a pair. I do howeveer consider them totally disposable and do not try to get infinate wear out of a pair. A new pair of socks is much cheaper than treating ailments perpetuated by wearing an old pair.
Jeff you are the other side of the coin. I read that one of the big names in tech companies has a new shirt for every day. I think they were all Hawaiian. You could be the sock guy.
Try Vermont "darn tough" socks sometime. too expensive to wear every day.
I knew someone that wore a new pair of socks every day, well thats what i heard never had the chance to ask him myself. i finally went out last yr and bought 7 pairs for 40 bucks, best 40 bucks i have spent. "well on socks" I just need to find some that are above the calf and I will be happy.
Kev
I like good socks. They make good Christmas and birthday presents. I wear one kinda thin and than a heavier pair if I'm outside.
Jeff,I'm with you !! new ,heavy socks are best,this post just reminded me to order another dozen logger socks, im on my last dozen at the moment ! ;D Don
i buy nike black ankle socks(footies) i can get 2 yrs from evey pair. i have 15 pair in circulation.keep in mind work boots only go 10 months to a yr.for me. :)
nothin feels better than sliding into new socks.
All my shoes, even sneakers are red wing, and I only wear red wing long fibered merino wool socks. They are pricey but I will never wear anyothers.
My family always laughs at me when I say all I want for christmas/birthday is a pack of new socks.
Filson socks are my favorite.
I probably got yawll all beat. I write left and right on my socks when I buy them. Can't stand to wear them on the wrong foot. Don't know if my feet are different or if it's in my head but they got to be on the proper foot. Also can't be more than 3 months old.
I buy fox river from mr socko in Minnesota Got him to set up his stand at the wi trappers convention the last 3 years. Bought 15 pairs the same pattern. Grab 2 socks from the drawer and I have a matched pair.
When I seriously hunted and camped I could do without a lot of comforts. Three things I wanted: Clean socks, clean undershorts and the ability to brush my teeth. Could sleep cold, have dirty clothes but wanted the three listed above.
I'm a bit famatic about clean socks. Just can't make myself put a pair back on,even if I only wore them ten minutes. The older I get the more I have come to appreciate good quality socks. Now that I've become pretty much a desk jockey, I also have to wear compression socks to keep my feet from swelling like and elephant foot. Deluth makes a good and comfortable one but they are pricey. A little over $20/pair, but worth it if you have to wear them all day.
Quote from: firecord on November 07, 2014, 09:31:41 PM
I probably got yawll all beat. I write left and right on my socks when I buy them. Can't stand to wear them on the wrong foot. Don't know if my feet are different or if it's in my head but they got to be on the proper foot. Also can't be more than 3 months old.
thought I was the only one that did that :D and I am the same as leeb if I put them on and walk 10 feet and take them off new or clean pair has to go on and the longest I ever had a pair of work shoes is 5months my left foot is crooked :D
I need socks! been staring every morning at all the holes, finally finding a pair without holes. Christmas is usually a good time for socks in the stocking ;D
some of you guys are just plain freaky!
Maybe, but I haven't seen any faces in my socks yet. ;D
Yup, Clean teeth, underwear, and socks. Also, no socks with holes.
I also bought a pack of those Dickie socks and they are the best that I have had in many years. :)
Quote from: Jeff on November 08, 2014, 07:06:35 AM
some of you guys are just plain freaky!
.....and you thought I was strange...... :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Trapper, I grab two socks from the drawer but I don't care what colour they are. They are all the same style but life is too short to be sorting socks by colour. Every now and then I end up with matched socks but I don't let it bother me.
I like gloves, can't have enough. I will admit I have at least 2 dozen left hand gloves without a matching right hand. ??? Socks can not have holes and do not have to match.
Reminds me of the homeless, when I was still going out to them, would buy new white socks for them, they put on a pair and wear them till they get another pair. Wear mostly white because of all the foot problems they have. They rarely take off the shoes in the winter time, unless they have new socks. Mostly because they have no place that is dry, to sleep.
I may not go as far as writing left or right on mine but I can tell by their shape which foot they go on and when my big toe rubs through I switch feet :D. My daughters purposefully wear miss matched socks, must be a kid thing ???. My mom went to work one morning in a hurry with 2 different shoes on, funny thing is no one noticed until the end of the day, scary thing, she works at the hospital :D. I'd have to be with Holmes on the glove thing, 2 dozen of one hand and no others to be found.
If I could have a lifetime supply of something....it would be books. :P
I can thank Kathy's mom for leaving me nearly a lifetime worth of books. It has caused me to read stuff i never would have. The thorn birds wow would never have picked that one up. A walk through the maine woods, using kerosene as mosquito repellant.
Quote from: trapper on November 07, 2014, 10:33:30 PM
I buy fox river from mr socko in Minnesota
Fox River Socks (http://www.foxsox.com/Catalog/search.aspx?type=category&code=WORK)
I buy the steel toe work socks at the local farm supply store. Best socks I've ever worn and they last a long time.
My lifetime supply of something unnecessary would be ICE CREAM !!!
Quote from: LeeB on November 08, 2014, 07:37:16 AM
Maybe, but I haven't seen any faces in my socks yet. ;D
:D :D :D :D
That was a Coffee thru the Nose -- thanks LeeB!
Quote from: coxy on November 08, 2014, 06:39:39 AM
Quote from: firecord on November 07, 2014, 09:31:41 PM
I probably got yawll all beat. I write left and right on my socks when I buy them. Can't stand to wear them on the wrong foot. Don't know if my feet are different or if it's in my head but they got to be on the proper foot. Also can't be more than 3 months old.
thought I was the only one that did that :D and I am the same as leeb if I put them on and walk 10 feet and take them off new or clean pair has to go on and the longest I ever had a pair of work shoes is 5months my left foot is crooked :D
OK, so if you buy a package of 3 pairs of socks, do the pairs have to stay together? I mean, you don't want to break up a good marriage, right? ;D
The girls wear odd socks on purpose. Did a job and guy was on TV and had lots of money and a new pair everyday according to the maids. Wish I could be in that club. Seems like I'm always looking for my grease gun and socks!
Quote from: timberlinetree on November 09, 2014, 06:45:48 AM
The girls wear odd socks on purpose. Did a job and guy was on TV and had lots of money and a new pair everyday according to the maids. Wish I could be in that club. Seems like I'm always looking for my grease gun and socks!
... and just one -- any one -- of the half dozen tape measures I own ...
That's a no brainer for me it would be BUD LIGHT.
Wigwam wool socks year around here. :)
Quote from: slider on November 09, 2014, 07:27:21 AM
That's a no brainer for me it would be BUD LIGHT.
better than socks.
I have been buying Wal Mart socks and they didn't seem to last very long. So I took some new socks and every time I wore them I would put a mark in them. They lasted 23 days before they had holes in them. Looking for some better quality socks. Willing to pay to get US made ones.
I switched to wool socks a couple of years ago ,I cant stand cotton socks anymore or worse yet those rayon blend things.
I would like to have a lifetime supply of money . But just enough each day to pay for whatever I want . pull it out of my pocket and it is the proper amount for each purchase.
Good socks are a must for me. I wear socks from Point 6, extra heavy mid calf boot socks. Expensive ( $25 a pair ) but worth it.
If it doesn't have to be specific I guess I'd say fishing gear, although we didn't get to go near enough this summer my wife and I seem to be able to find every snag there is out there (mostly me, but I give her the best spots ;D).
I stopped at the fleamarket in Crossville Tn this summer and bought 4 pairs of socks for $1 each. Wish I had bought every pair they had. It will be a sad day when these wear out as these are now my favorite socks and I have no idea where to go to replace them.
Starbits
Can or would, you tell us what brand they are?
Quote from: redbeard on November 07, 2014, 07:59:38 PM
Filson socks are my favorite.
I bought 8 pair over the summer, they had them on sale for 6 and 8 bucks a pair for the merino wool
lightweight and heavy weight. I like em
Today I bought two $10 bags of Socks to give to the Homeless . . my plan is to buy two bags a week and donate them at Thanksgiving