Good deal on Smartwool socks...

I now have 3 single (but different) Smartwool socks. I seriously need to stop losing things.

Skied today in some 'old' ski socks, still fitted, and they were horrible. The difference is unreal. Glad I have new ones coming this week 8)

Darn it, you can only buy so many pairs of socks

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Pablo Escobar wrote:I now have 3 single (but different) Smartwool socks. I seriously need to stop losing things.

Pablo,
I fixed that problem years ago. I buy loads of pairs of identical socks at the same time, so that if I lose some it doesn't matter. I think the washing machine eats them - or maybe it's the tumble drier. Of course, there may be a single sock planet, like Douglas' Adams' biro one, where lonely socks return to :lol:

Ally

AllyG wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote:I now have 3 single (but different) Smartwool socks. I seriously need to stop losing things.

Pablo,
I fixed that problem years ago. I buy loads of pairs of identical socks at the same time, so that if I lose some it doesn't matter.
Ally

That doesn't work if you always lose the left ones, as you end up with loads of right footed socks.

AllyG wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote:I now have 3 single (but different) Smartwool socks. I seriously need to stop losing things.

Pablo,
I fixed that problem years ago. I buy loads of pairs of identical socks at the same time, so that if I lose some it doesn't matter. I think the washing machine eats them - or maybe it's the tumble drier. Of course, there may be a single sock planet, like Douglas' Adams' biro one, where lonely socks return to :lol:

Ally

:lol: I'd like to justify 'loads' of pairs of identical socks at £20 a pair but I worry that I have spent more on socks than most people spend on jackets and sally's.

Pablo,
I was really thinking of my ordinary cheap socks. My poor ski socks never get a chance to 'escape' because I wash them very carefully in a wool wash and then hang them in pairs in the airing cupboard and then put them (again in pairs) away in my ski drawer. They are too expensive to just sling in the washing machine all mixed up with everything else :D

Tony,
Why do you always lose the left socks? I would have thought there would be an equal probability of losing the left or right sock - unless the probability distribution is skewed for some reason (like you prefer to hop about on your right socked foot for some reason, allowing the left sock to 'escape') :lol:

As long as you buy enough pairs of socks the numbers should eventually even up.

Ally

Ally, you said you buy loads of pairs of identical socks at the same time. I didnt say I lose left socks or right socks, but I said IF YOU WERE TO lose all left socks, you'd be left with a load of right socks, and vice versa. Therefore, buying identical pairs of socks does not solve the issue, unless you are buying useless tube socks which are not foot specific of course.

Socks arrived... sweeeet.