Socks - the must mundane topic this month...
Socks - the must mundane topic this month...
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Andeh1

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7,591 posts

235 months

Friday 21st February 2025
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Per title, mundane but irritating!

I go for thick socks which don't hole easily, and every time I take them off at the end of the day I spread black fluff with every footstep. I go for thin socks & my talons put holes in them.

Any recommendations for where the middle ground sits?!

anonymous-user

83 months

Friday 21st February 2025
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Cut your toenails

Lo-Fi

1,290 posts

99 months

Friday 21st February 2025
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Andeh1 said:
Per title, mundane but irritating!

I go for thick socks which don't hole easily, and every time I take them off at the end of the day I spread black fluff with every footstep. I go for thin socks & my talons put holes in them.

Any recommendations for where the middle ground sits?!
Aye; nail clippers.

I prefer thick white socks. Steel-toe boots for work dictate maximum comfort is needed.


Riley Blue

23,205 posts

255 months

Friday 21st February 2025
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Buy socks the same colour as your carpet then the fluff won't show.

Sporky

12,026 posts

93 months

Friday 21st February 2025
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Marry someone who knits.

Knitted socks are brilliant.

Radec

5,928 posts

76 months

Friday 21st February 2025
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When you buy any new socks turn them inside out and stick them in the wash, should get rid of any fluff when you wear them next.

Skyedriver

23,321 posts

311 months

Friday 21st February 2025
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Sporky said:
Marry someone who knits.

Knitted socks are brilliant.
Darn it! What a good idea.

vikingaero

13,168 posts

198 months

Friday 21st February 2025
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Radec said:
When you buy any new socks turn them inside out and stick them in the wash, should get rid of any fluff when you wear them next.
This. I keep my nails short, and the best way to get rid of fluff is in the wash.

Super Sonic

14,168 posts

83 months

Friday 21st February 2025
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Skyedriver said:
Sporky said:
Marry someone who knits.

Knitted socks are brilliant.
Darn it! What a good idea.
A real purple of wisdom.

bimsb6

8,746 posts

250 months

Friday 21st February 2025
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Luckily i thought ahead and bought a drawer full of dickies kevlar socks before they stopped making them . They last so long i started giving them out to mates as birthday / spur of the moment gifts .

Master Bean

5,192 posts

149 months

Friday 21st February 2025
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I buy the brightest most colourful ones from Next.

essayer

10,410 posts

223 months

Friday 21st February 2025
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Buy these
https://www.marksandspencer.com/7pk-cool-and-fresh...

Replace every six months or as appropriate

spikeyhead

20,352 posts

226 months

Friday 21st February 2025
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Alorotom

12,778 posts

216 months

Friday 21st February 2025
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You wear socks more than once???

Ok, to each their own.

spikeyhead

20,352 posts

226 months

Friday 21st February 2025
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Alorotom said:
You wear socks more than once???

Ok, to each their own.
There was a lad at uni that would only wear socks once. He'd put them on at the 1st day of the month, then take them off and put the new pair on the next 1st of the month.

Alpacaman

1,089 posts

270 months

Sheets Tabuer

21,387 posts

244 months

Friday 21st February 2025
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HTP99

25,130 posts

169 months

Friday 21st February 2025
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Master Bean said:
I buy the brightest most colourful ones from Next.
Pretty much what I do, or M&S, the brighter and more colourful the better, current ones are green with Tiger heads on.

And to annoy you lot even more, I wear my trousers/jeans so that my socks are visible.

Radec

5,928 posts

76 months

Alorotom

12,778 posts

216 months

Friday 21st February 2025
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spikeyhead said:
Alorotom said:
You wear socks more than once???

Ok, to each their own.
There was a lad at uni that would only wear socks once. He'd put them on at the 1st day of the month, then take them off and put the new pair on the next 1st of the month.
That's a disgusting extreme - I cannot abide already worn/washed socks - new socks have a feel that is never replicated once worn (IMO)