Do people still darn socks ??

[SimonV8ster]

Having putting a pair of socks on this morning and finding that they both had a small hole in them I quickly threw them to the floor and got another pair out.

I always remember my dad happily darning his socks until there was really no originally sock left. (he is a tight git though)

So do people still darn socks or do we just live in such a cheap disposible society that we go out and buy some more at the slightest hint of a hole ?

[okgo]

What is darning a sock?

[pad58]

Missus does her own ,but me just chuck em in the bin.

[Hairspray]

I can honestly say I have no idea what darning is, or what it involves.

[Rach*]

You can get 10 pairs for about a quid in Primark! No way I'd sit darning them

[pad58]

Hairspray said:

I can honestly say I have no idea what darning is, or what it involves.

Sewing the holes up.

[DrTre]

pad58 said:

Hairspray said:

I can honestly say I have no idea what darning is, or what it involves.

Sewing the holes up.

How do you get your feet in?

[skylinecrazy]

okgo said:

What is darning a sock?

No idea why I'm laughing at that really.

Edited by skylinecrazy on Monday 25th May 21:57

[okgo]

I have now googled it, and can't see why the word was invented..

Yarning a sock, at leas it would kind of make sense. The word they want is repair.

But as said, buy new ones.

[agent006]

It's something Eleanor Rigby does. Personally, seeing as i have a job, i buy new ones instead.

[Simpo Two]

Once upon a time people used not only to darn socks, but make their own clothes too. Women learned how to knit, sew and darn. Then we all got rich, bought whatever we needed, the women all went and got jobs because they're equal and the mortgage is expensive - and we forgot how to survive.

[V8mate]

Simpo Two said:

Once upon a time people used not only to darn socks, but make their own clothes too. Women learned how to knit, sew and darn. Then we all got rich, bought whatever we needed, the women all went and got jobs because they're equal and the mortgage is expensive - and we forgot how to survive.

So women are to blame for the downfall of society?

[littlegreenfairy]

Darning socks is only worthwhile if they are handknitted socks - you can actually see the stitches and as they are relatively expensive (and time consuming) you want them to last!

Primark socks go in the bin when they are worn out.

However, nothing beats a good handmade sock

[GKP]

Umm, call me a tight old git but....

[Simpo Two]

V8mate said:

So women are to blame for the downfall of society?

Well, history may reveal that the striving for 'equality' proved unsustainable. Put it this way - mankind has been evolving naturally for 4,000,000 years and got from caves to centrally-heated houses with plasma TVs. Now both sexes go out to work (because it's their 'right') and the crucial family unit is destroyed as a result.

If there was some catalysmic disaster, then the African tribes would be far better placed to survive than us - for if the local supermarket closed, we'd all starve. We're too soft to kill animals for food, can't light a fire, can't cook. All civilisations come to an end. Sometimes I think ours is heading for trouble; we just can't see the big picture.

[Parrot of Doom]

erm I think you'll find that women have always worked. The nuclear family 'stay-at-home-mom' is in general very much a myth.

[V8mate]

Simpo Two said:

V8mate said:

So women are to blame for the downfall of society?

Well, history may reveal that the striving for 'equality' proved unsustainable. Put it this way - mankind has been evolving naturally for 4,000,000 years and got from caves to centrally-heated houses with plasma TVs. Now both sexes go out to work (because it's their 'right') and the crucial family unit is destroyed as a result.

If there was some catalysmic disaster, then the African tribes would be far better placed to survive than us - for if the local supermarket closed, we'd all starve. We're too soft to kill animals for food, can't light a fire, can't cook. All civilisations come to an end. Sometimes I think ours is heading for trouble; we just can't see the big picture.

I agree.

[Ayahuasca]

I did it once to see what it was all about.

I now have a sock with a wonky toe end.

[anonymous-user]

agent006 said:

It's something Eleanor Rigby does.

Father McKenzie Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried, along with her name.

[SimonV8ster]

Ayahuasca said:

I did it once to see what it was all about.

I now have a sock with a wonky toe end.

Are you sure your toe isn't just a bit wonky ? Maybe your darning skills are exceptional but you have gangrene ?