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We used to wear those hideous knee-high gym socks

Posted on 08/11/2018 8:54:42 PM PDT by SamAdams76

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To: montag813

[America was SO much better then. More literate, more historically educated, more patriotic. Ted Kennedy deserved to be strung up like Mussolini for what he did to destroy that nation with his 1965 abomination.]

I remember as a 14 year old kid in 1976, the Bicentennial was a lot of fun. There was revolutionary war stuff all over the place that you could go to. Military musters, etc. Surrounded by history everywhere. A real feeling of patriotism surrounded it all and the theme was everywhere. Even though we had Jimmy Idiot as president and the economy sucked.


41 posted on 08/11/2018 11:54:38 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
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To: mass55th

mine too.....’65 and ‘67


42 posted on 08/12/2018 12:33:50 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Rio
“I would wear them still if I could get them. Great socks.” Lol, my adult daughters, when viewing old pics of me refer to this as my Chevy Chase look 🙄...
43 posted on 08/12/2018 4:05:28 AM PDT by snoringbear (W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: SamAdams76

I liked them then. I like them now. What’s not to like?


44 posted on 08/12/2018 4:12:39 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: Slyfox

Oh man- John Havlichek and Julius Erving - two of the best all-time small forwards. Thanks for the pic (when the NBA was great)!


45 posted on 08/12/2018 4:16:22 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
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To: SamAdams76

What do you mean used to?


46 posted on 08/12/2018 4:20:22 AM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: PlateOfShrimp

Yeah, the black kids always wore two pair of socks with loose laced high tops that they never tied. Even some of the girls.


47 posted on 08/12/2018 4:28:31 AM PDT by FrdmLvr (They never thought she would lose.)
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To: Rio

I hate short socks. I spend a decent amount of time in the outdoors. Mosquito’s, ticks and black flies go for the ankles. Socks prevent that.

I most often wear wool socks. They wick moisture better.

Darn Tough is my favorite brand. $25 for a pair of socks seems excessive but one pair is at least four years old with almost weekly wear.


48 posted on 08/12/2018 5:03:34 AM PDT by cyclotic ( WeÂ’re the first ones taxed, the last ones considered and the first ones punished)
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To: FrdmLvr

A fad I remember for us girls in the 80’s, besides frivolous leg warmers, were those stirrup leggings or skinny jeans with socks pulled up over the pant leg, normally in a color matching our tops, which were sometimes “neon.”


49 posted on 08/12/2018 5:04:24 AM PDT by kelly4c
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To: SamAdams76
Yes some things do belong on the ash heap of history....


50 posted on 08/12/2018 5:18:54 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Jeff Chandler

You would have probably gotten no blisters if you had worn the wool socks under the long socks next to your skin. i never wore cotton socks in athletic endeavors....my mother, a world class athlete in her time, would not let me. I just returned from a trip to Australia and wore wool socks under my hiking boots in the Outback. Had no blisters even though my skin is thinner than it used to be. I’m over 80.
Unfortunately, wool socks of any length are difficult to find but Bass Pro Shops have them.


51 posted on 08/12/2018 5:47:28 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Jeff Chandler

You would have probably gotten no blisters if you had worn the wool socks under the long socks next to your skin. I never wore cotton socks in athletic endeavors....my mother, a world class athlete in her time, would not let me. I recently returned from a trip to Australia and wore wool socks under my hiking boots in the Outback. Had no blisters even though my skin is thinner than it used to be. I’m over 80.
Unfortunately, wool socks of any length are difficult to find on this side of the Atlantic,but Bass Pro Shops have them.


52 posted on 08/12/2018 5:49:43 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Dr. Sivana

That’s one of the reasons I quit too....along with the ridiculous “showmanship” which has replaced Sportsmanship.


53 posted on 08/12/2018 5:52:19 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Fiji Hill

I avoid buying shorts that go below the knee, making the wearer look like a gang-banger.
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Agreed! Red Head products are all good.


54 posted on 08/12/2018 6:08:35 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Mozzafiato

, pick on the super short “hot pants” worn in basketball in that era.
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A great look for an athlete, sharp and clean instead of the kitchen-mop baggy scummy look of the stuff they wear today.

I played Varsity highschool BBall and College BBall and we girls wore short shorts too.


55 posted on 08/12/2018 6:16:02 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Arrgh...eye bleach deployed!


56 posted on 08/12/2018 6:38:52 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: mac_truck

Thank you!


57 posted on 08/12/2018 6:49:51 AM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: SamAdams76

I’m partial to black ones with sandals. Preferably with all the elastic shot to heck!)


58 posted on 08/12/2018 7:18:59 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

I was on vacation on Cape Cod a few weeks back and the missus introduced those tiny little ankle socks for me to wear, the ONLY socks she packed.
I told her i look and feel like a Twink in the them.
I was pretty pissed off.

Socks are now gone from my draw, maybe i’ll use them to buff wax or something in the future..


59 posted on 08/12/2018 8:01:10 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: Billthedrill

Basically I pulled pictures that resembled what I looked like during the 1970s era.


60 posted on 08/12/2018 8:25:14 AM PDT by SamAdams76 ( If you are offended by what I have to say here then you can blame your parents for raising a wuss)
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