Socks have many eras. There were men’s dress socks, tube socks with stripes, leg warmers, socks that were worn scrunched down (two colors and two pairs at a time), knee socks, anklets and a whole slew of others. Ever had a pair of basketball socks that were supposed to stay up around your calf and the elastic either was getting old or they just plain wouldn’t stay up?

Many of us have grown up in the era where socks actually have elastic! Back when my grandfather was growing up, his father didn’t have that luxury so he had to wear men’s garters. I like to call these sock suspenders. The garter just went around the upper calf muscle and clipped to the tops of your socks to hold them up all day.

Makes you thankful for the advent of elastic, doesn’t it?

Until we walk again …