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[Porthos]

 

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[ThatPlace928]

 

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[NETWizz]

 

[Markverhyden]

I don't know whether it's only "an American thing" or not, but it's incredibly common (especially for kids) to use plastic bags over socks when they're going out for snow activity to keep their feet dry after snow works its way inside the boot and melts. Even when you're wearing wool socks in thermal boots, it's much warmer if you can keep water off your socks, and, by extension, your feet.

Bread bags were (and still are) the perfect size for this purpose for many feet. There's often a rubber band used around the leg to hold the top of the bag firmly against the leg (or pants). These days, plastic grocery bags would probably be more commonly used.

West Virginia (and Western Pennsylvania) sock waterproofing.

Haven't heard that since I was a kid in Illinois in the '60's. And I do remember using bread bags with rubber bands. Surprisingly I never heard that when I was living in New England.

 

[britechguy]

since I was a kid in Illinois in the '60's

Change Illinois to Western PA, and you see why I knew what this referred to. I don't presume this is a worldwide thing, but nor did I think it was a "couple of counties" niche thing, either.

 

[HCHTech]

Really - there was a meeting somewhere and someone actually approved this? Sure - let's go with that one!

 

[Porthos]

 

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[frase]

I did the exact same thing!

 

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[Markverhyden]

Saw this on Nextdoor.....

 

[ThatPlace928]

 

[Diggs]

Really? (Am I the only geek here that measured this?) Perfectionist? The angle shows 88° on my screen.

(Sorry. I'm behind with the humor thread.)

 

[Diggs]

since I was a kid in Illinois in the '60's.

Heh - I was a kid in Illinois in the '60s. Grew up in Glen Ellyn. A tiny suburb of Chicago or so I thought at the time. I didn't know that a town with 25,000 people is not so tiny until later in life. (I live rural Wisconsin now. Nearest town is 1,200 people.)

 

[Metanis]

Heh - I was a kid in Illinois in the '60s. Grew up in Glen Ellyn. A tiny suburb of Chicago or so I thought at the time. I didn't know that a town with 25,000 people is not so tiny until later in life. (I live rural Wisconsin now. Nearest town is 1,200 people.)

They should have a song about men from Wisconsin. Oh wait... they do...

 

[Porthos]