We used to wear those hideous knee-high gym socks

[Eddie01]

Yes. Wigwam was the Brand to have in Bay City Michigan.

[gnarledmaw]

Still wear them and wont wear anything else. I don't wear shorts and do wear boots of some form every day of the year so no one sees them anyway. Protects the legs better for work and outdoor activities and the boots themselves don't chew up the calves. As for the colors, turns out my feet are color blind and cant see what color Im wearing through the day.

I wont wear womens footies and couldn't even if I was gay enough to try. Too much/too rapid transition from ankle to calf for crews. Those just slide into the shaft and chew the ankle or roll down into a tourniquet.

[Jeff Chandler]

The wool socks made me itch, so I wore the cotton socks under them. It worked quite nicely.

[gnarledmaw]

You shouldn't. Those aren't mens pants. If you remember, in the 80s, womens pant lengths were hopping all over the place. I once asked a girlfriend what the deal was with that. My memory of the conversation was, and Im hoping some fashion knowledgeable female will correct if wrong, that the ones about 1/3 of the way up the calf are capris (fashion and slightly cooler), the half calf length are pedal pushers (so they don't get caught in your bike chain), and 3/4 calf height are clam diggers (so your pants don't get wet while wading but its too cold for shorts).

So these "guys" are wearing womens shoes (sandals-cant work, defend, travel, not prepared), womens pants (clam diggers-don't know where theyre wading to or why they have such a hard time regulating their body temp), and womens footie stockings(because they can, they don't do icky things like work or "outdoor" and if there is a problem they can always dial a government office). Add in the buns they wear on their heads and a suitable avocado chocolate coriander chocolate milk and root beer flavored IPA and yould think it was a woman. I suppose that's the purpose of the lumberjack beard, that's so you know that they might be women but theyre tough girls.

[Blue Jays]

"...bucko..."

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That is a classic Happy Day reference. Good one! :-)

[gnarledmaw]

If you have any nice derringers, and I assume moisture remediation, then they might make nice protective bags for storage.

[rlmorel]

I simply don't like the look. I have stumpy legs, and they look even worse with those. They look completely silly and stupid to me.

Beards are fine, on the right guy, they do look good. But on a guy with a man-bun...no. There are very few, VERY few exceptions to my disdain on first impressions with some guy wearing a man-bun. Here is my general rule:

[montag813]

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.

Ford was still prez prior to Jan 1977. And he took part in no less than 18 bicentennial celebrations.

[Mollypitcher1]

Good solution. Better than no wool at all.

[headstamp 2]

Yeah, I know. Should have been more specific. That whole time period was a mess between Nixon resigning, Ford losing the ‘76 election, then Mr. Peanut’s disastrous presidency. The bicentennial was the one bright spot in that time period for me. My first presidential election that I participated in was a vote for Ronald Reagan in 1980 after turning 18 the end of October.