What's a Good Sock-Change Interval?

I recently read in an outdoors forum where guys are marking their socks for their left and right foot. No kidding but I guess it makes some sense.
 
silver-eagle said:
Some ANRs have the left and right ear marked. Since the mic can go on either side, I have not figured out way. Music headphones are often also marked l&r.
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Stereophonic honesty to the recording, lots of people listen to music when flying. If you have your head set on backwards and play Ozzie's Crazy Train, your head will explode.
 
Henning said:
Stereophonic honesty to the recording, lots of people listen to music when flying. If you have your head set on backwards and play Ozzie's Crazy Train, your head will explode.
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Listening to that song on my Walkman (1985??) used to give me vertigo.
 
bartmc said:
It doesn't.
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I know, I Know, but I had to share. Personally I think the socks are elastic enough that they don't have big toe, little toe memory.
Apparently avid hikers have different opinions.
 
Tex_Mike said:
I know, I Know, but I had to share. Personally I think the socks are elastic enough that they don't have big toe, little toe memory.
Apparently avid hikers have different opinions.
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You mean them pinko, vegan, granola chewing, pot smoking, tree huggin hippies?
 
The socks and sandals guys tear me up.

Louis C.K. would say something like they are just so old and so married and fed up with everything, that they just don't give a **** so much that they conscientiously don't give a **** how it looks as long as it's comfortable. :lol:

I've thought about socks with sandals. But my GQ won't let me do it ... I'll bet it feels good. I might do it some day when I don't give a ****. :D:rofl:
 
txflyer said:
The socks and sandals guys tear me up.

Louis C.K. would say something like they are just so old and so married and fed up with everything, that they just don't give a **** so much that they conscientiously don't give a **** how it looks as long as it's comfortable. :lol:

I've thought about socks with sandals. But my GQ won't let me do it ... I'll bet it feels good. I might do it some day when I don't give a ****. :D:rofl:
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You can wear socks in your Birckenstocks.
 
Now that you mention it. It's time to get me sum new sox.
 
What's a good sock change interval? How long was it between Pete and Hocky's appearance?
 
I'm thinking about moving from white socks to grey socks.
 
RJM62 said:
Not at the moment. But I've been buying my own clothes since I started working when I was 9. I still dress pretty much the same way, too (except for leisure suits, which are hard to get nowadays). I'm not what you'd call a slave to fashion...

-Rich
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Maybe there is some correlation between being single and dressing like people did when you were nine? Just saying. I remember a girlfriend a long time ago forcing me to update my wardrobe, shortly after, I started getting hit on by other women. I always let a female direct me when it comes to clothing, hair(assuming I still had any), etc.

Jim
 
I normally change my socks daily. Today I actually put on a second pair, as the first pair endured an 84 mile bike ride.

No I take that back. Twice daily. Gym socks, followed by work socks.
 
Sac Arrow said:
I normally change my socks daily. Today I actually put on a second pair, as the first pair endured an 84 mile bike ride.

No I take that back. Twice daily. Gym socks, followed by work socks.
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Do you go argyle on the bicycle also?
 
I get new socks when I need them. I'm not too concerned about both feet wearing the same color. after all I have another pair just like them.
My biggest concern about socks is the elastic holding up. I don't like them creeping down to my toes, it's uncomfortable, and I'm usually not in a position to do anything about it for several hours. So when the elastic goes, so do the socks.
 
bluerooster said:
My biggest concern about socks is the elastic holding up. I don't like them creeping down to my toes, it's uncomfortable, and I'm usually not in a position to do anything about it for several hours. So when the elastic goes, so do the socks.
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Cpt_Kirk said:
Your threads never fail to entertain.
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Thanks.

I've since upgraded to Gold Toe socks. My mother bought my siblings and me six pairs each of Gold Toe socks for Christmas, which kind of set off my OCD messed up my sock-rotation system. But because they're great socks, I solved the problem by buying more Gold Toes and retiring the old socks (except for a few pairs that I put into my emergency bag in the car).

So now all my socks are the same again, the rotation system remains intact, and all is well in the sock-wearing world.

Rich
 
RJM62 said:
Thanks.

I've since upgraded to Gold Toe socks. My mother bought my siblings and me six pairs each of Gold Toe socks for Christmas, which kind of set off my OCD messed up my sock-rotation system. But because they're great socks, I solved the problem by buying more Gold Toes and retiring the old socks (except for a few pairs that I put into my emergency bag in the car).

So now all my socks are the same again, the rotation system remains intact, and all is well in the sock-wearing world.

Rich
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So, where do old socks retire to if they survive the dryer monster? Mine eventually get holes and then wind up in the trash.
 
RJM62 said:
Thanks.

I've since upgraded to Gold Toe socks. My mother bought my siblings and me six pairs each of Gold Toe socks for Christmas, which kind of set off my OCD messed up my sock-rotation system. But because they're great socks, I solved the problem by buying more Gold Toes and retiring the old socks (except for a few pairs that I put into my emergency bag in the car).

So now all my socks are the same again, the rotation system remains intact, and all is well in the sock-wearing world.

Rich
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I've been a proud Gold Toe Elitist for several years now, none better.
 
I have 10 pairs of summer smart wool socks and 10 pairs of winter smart wool socks. Going on year three with no end in sight.
 
flhrci said:
So, where do old socks retire to if they survive the dryer monster? Mine eventually get holes and then wind up in the trash.
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They get washed, bagged, and dropped off at the transfer station. They have a special bin for clothes of any condition. What they do with them, I have no idea. Maybe use them as rags.

Rich
 
I've been thinking of doing this myself. Ran it by my wife who said hell no because it involved throwing away perfectly good socks... I tried to get her to see the big picture.

I failed.
 
This has nothing to do with the subject, but my wife and I met a couple that was in a crisis because the husband was unhappy with the way his wife laundered his underwear.

He insisted that the wife properly "rotated" his underwear. His complaint was that the clean underwear was not placed on the bottom of the stack
 
3393RP said:
This has nothing to do with the subject, but my wife and I met a couple that was in a crisis because the husband was unhappy with the way his wife laundered his underwear.

He insisted that the wife properly "rotated" his underwear. His complaint was that the clean underwear was not placed on the bottom of the stack
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I solve this problem by just not doing laundry until I'm out of clothes. Speaking of which.. I need to do laundry.
 
3393RP said:
This has nothing to do with the subject, but my wife and I met a couple that was in a crisis because the husband was unhappy with the way his wife laundered his underwear.

He insisted that the wife properly "rotated" his underwear. His complaint was that the clean underwear was not placed on the bottom of the stack
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Well, he's right. It's like restocking a shelf. The newer stock goes in the back.

Rich
 
I got to go with Mike Busch on this one. On condition not on time. When the sock "wears out" get a new pair. If you have all the same socks you may be able to just throw out the one and have a spare. The "wears out" is in "" because that is not something we all agree upon.
 
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