Guest Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I hate pegging out socks! So I put it off until people are having to wear wet ones and then the job takes ages. Today I have pegged out 46 pairs of socks. And the worst bit . . . I don't wear any myself. I know there are worse things in life, but this job is such a bind, possibly the worst one I have to do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 46 pairs of socks?! Can't you convince them about the benefits of bare feet? 46 Pairs? I can't get over that?! How many people is that for if you don't mind me asking? 46 pairs, b****y hell!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudgley Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 46 pairs of socks.... you wouldn't catch me hanging out 46 pairs of socks! My tumble dryer takes care of that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I ahve to admit to doing that too Smudgley - when my whites wash is on and full of little things like knickers and socks, then I just tip it all in the tumble drier - no time to hang out all those little things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 46 pairs of socks.... you wouldn't catch me hanging out 46 pairs of socks! My tumble dryer takes care of that! Ditto Ours is a mini tumble dryer and is perfect for drying undies in a hurry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I have 5 people who wear socks in our house. That's 35 pairs a week at least! I used to tumble socks occasionally and love the way they come out ironed. But I don't have a tumble dryer any more so can't do that. In any case, I still had to pair them all up and that's what takes the time. OH's and DS's aren't too bad but the girls have to wear white for school and those are the ones that get left in a heap in the bottom of the basket. It's so difficult to match them all up. (I used to sew a little coloured stitch into each sock so I knew which daughter they belonged to. Now they all wear each other's, which I can't understand, so I have stopped bothering.) All the time I know I've got to get the whole lot off the line later on, which also takes ages! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina C Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 And don't you just hate it when they put them in the laundry basket inside out. Grrrrr. My OH doesn't understand the I hate socks thing - maybe I should let him be responsible for socks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I'm glad someone else hates socks! What I can't understand is the way my family complains at me 'There aren't any socks' but then does nothing to rectify the situation. So if I don't deal with it, they say the same the the next day and the next and the next . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Start refusing to launder them foe them and they might start to see the point I did that with my ex husbands shirts as I would stand and iron them and then find them hung up on the floor To this day I have never ironed a mans shirt again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Hmm, I haven't ironed a man's shirt since I got divorced either! Going to be really geeky - what you need, Ginette are Sockies from Lakeland http://www.lakeland.co.uk/product.aspx/!6250 - (I tried to post a linke but I can't work out how to do it). You do need to put them in pairs, but then they stay together. And how about the Smalls Dryer to put them on the line - http://www.lakeland.co.uk/product.aspx/!20789 Lakeland are probably my second favourite site after Omlet! they have an answer for everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I have five people wearing socks too and often they often get through more than one outfit a day each. So I do at least two loads a day to try and stay on top. I guess thats why I wouldnt get 46 to hang out at one time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I like hanging out socks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I like hanging out socks.... Me too! In fact hanging washing out is one of the few "wifely" jobs I actually do like! Can't be bothered with pairing socks up to any great extent though. Him Indoors will only wear grey socks and the boys will only wear black sports socks so if one gets lost, there is always a partner for it. Why is it that if you put an even number of socks in the washing machine, you invariably get an odd number out? Is there a portal in my machine leading to another dimension, that socks want to escape to? Him Indoors has a theory that the rings around Saturn are made up of lost socks and lost luggage. He could be right!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Is there a portal in my machine leading to another dimension, that socks want to escape to? Him Indoors has a theory that the rings around Saturn are made up of lost socks and lost luggage. So that's where they go ... I live on my own. How can I POSSIBLY end up with odd socks? I keep a little bag of odd 'uns in the laundry basket - every so often I shake them out, pair a few up, and put the odd ones away for a rest again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I like hanging out socks.... Expect a regular parcel then Sheila!! I like hanging out washing and I enjoy ironing shirts (14 in an hour was my record) but socks are just too time consuming, especially all those white ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 And Olly, I do have a circular sock thing which holds 20 pairs. I like that because I can peg them on while watching TV or something and it's really easy to bring them indoors again when they're dry. I've seen the sock pairing things, which would save a lot of time but my children just wouldn't use them. and it would be another source of contention. Like the empty hangers they won't bring downstairs and the wardrobes they won't use . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I don't have anything to do with socks - if they're taken off inside out or in a ball, then that is how they are washed - and dried If they're not then clean - tough!! I dry them in the drier and tip them on the bed. I'll fold up pants and put them into two piles - and if I've worn any socks then I'll pair them up, the rest are left in a heap for Carl to do what he will with them Any other laundry which might need ironing is folded neatly and placed on the ironing board - 99% of the time, by the time we need to wear any items from the pile, they've pressed themselves! .... but I do do all of the DIY - and gardening - and make cakes....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Rosie has learned that if it's not in the laundry basket, it doesn't get washed! She's pretty good at turning things out the right way,but hasn't yet cottoned on to the money and tissues in pockets rule I hang the washing out on the line when I can and work permits, but otherwise it goes in the tumble dryer when it's raining. Phil's kitchen isn't finished yet, so he doesn't have a washing machine and brings his laundry down to do in my machine - he buys me extra laundry liquid/softener and is responsible for his own laundry. All I ask is that if he doesn't have a full load, that he makes it up with stuff from my laundry basket to avoid wasting water. I do all the washing, drying, ironing, cleaning, washing up and cooking Don't get me wrong; i love hosuework, just don't have enough time to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 The sock monster eats the missing socks There is one living inside all washing machines - its the law you know Mine has slim pickings as there aren't many socks ever washed but yours must be living the life of luxury Ginette Yes I am completely barking BTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 We have a variation on your monster Louise - it loses socks and eats underwear.. his name.... is.... BISCUIT! You'd never believe it to look at him He also suck anything that's made of wool, and likes to kiss his Mummy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 What a sweetie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 What a lovely photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Thnaks, that was when he was quite young - he's now a big bruiser, has bright orange eyes and loves his mummy to bits. I have to put all my clothes away as soon as I take them off otherwise he's snuggling and sucking on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Oh Yuk!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 and the wardrobes they won't use . . . Oh you mean the "floordrobes"! Every house should have them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
