Cold feet!
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Topic: Cold feet!
Posted By: ACinSC
Subject: Cold feet!
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2024 at 8:58am
| You fellas found any kind of slippers or socks that work? I'm wearing L L Bean slippers now, but my feet are still cold. Just wondering, Thanks! |
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Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2024 at 9:15am
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Thick wool or wool blend socks and shoes or boots with thick soles. I won't buy anything from LL Bean since they started catering to the liberal tree hugger crowd. For just a quick trip outside to walk the dogs I will slip on a pair of Crocs with no socks. I figured that my feet would freeze but they are surprisingly warm. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: NEVER green
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2024 at 9:23am
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Yep, thick wool socks, wife was always cold, wears them to bed, loves em. ------------- 2-8050 1-7080 6080 D-19 modelE & A 7040 R50 |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2024 at 9:52am
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Must be something in the air - now socks with slippers , and last week socks to sleep in . Thinking back to Navy times I got a supply of Navy Cold Weather Socks and wore them year round - must have got 20 pair and lasted a few years after I got out . Now just thick cotton most of the time but wish I could find some medium weight wool for daily use . ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2024 at 11:56am
| My feet always get cold when I'm just sitting around being lazy. Guess I need to stir around more? Still not over knee surgery so that's part of my problem. Tried wool socks but they don't work. Thanks |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2024 at 12:11pm
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Was born Cold Natured, body temp stays around 97.8-98.2 unless sick. BP is normal for a fifty year old as I close on 70 128/82 last check but as such hands and feet always cold in winter, summer always cool to warm, Doc checked ankle and wrist pulse points all good and strong, Blood O2 at every finger same at 96-97. Have slept under sheet and blanket since a child with NO AC in St Louis Summers, sleep tucked in currently Sheet Blanket, Comforter and house at 70 degrees to suit the wife's heat flashes. Worked the power station, Jeans, long sleeve over a t-shirt summer or winter Inside or out and most times winter a light jacket over the above, summer would Farmer Roll the long sleeves but always wore even in 100+ degrees turbine hall temps. Wool Socks never aided, neither did Pajamas the wife bought for me as she would catch a cold hit off my feet or my knees and wake her up at night!! I wear gloves at work, previous and current, hands get too cold have to access a warm spot and bring them back up, gloves slow the cool off but have not ever stopped it.
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2024 at 12:41pm
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wife has a heating blanket draped over her when we watch TV at night.. If my feet get cold i just stick them under the blanket.. Most of the time i dont wear socks in the house.. Do have a tendency to put a pair on sometimes in the winter. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2024 at 8:19pm
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Well,, my feet and my fingers are my weak points,,,once they get cold,,I just as well give up wjhatever I'm doing and go find a warm place,,,. The thing is,,I cannot layer up when I go outside. A long sleeve flannel shirt and my Hoodie or the Carhart with the hood,,,and more than that means I'm headed inside,,,,
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Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2024 at 5:54am
| Merino Wool for me. My feet sweat a lot so I have to change socks twice a day. I carry a duffel bag in the pick up when traveling so I can change. |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2024 at 6:30am
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I know this'll sound crazy but.... take 2000-3000(2 or 3 pills) of Vitamin D. I noticed years ago, that from Nov to Mar, my toes feel 'tingly cold', maybe 'cool' to touch. When I take Vitamin D, they don't. Also don't get 'athalete's feet' either. Hay, can't hurt, might help.... ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2024 at 7:12am
| Mark and Jay, I've wondered about merino wool. I do take vitamin d. Not sure about the dosage. Thanks |
Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2024 at 8:27am
| Merino wool is good stuff! My favorite sock material in cooler times. |
Posted By: Kiwi
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2024 at 1:49pm
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Hi all Possum Merino socks is what you need form Norsewear New Zealand just google them you can buy online . ------------- Tractors Allis EB,two C,diesel G |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2024 at 4:24pm
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well... i learned something new today !! -------- Brushtail Possum Socks are an ultralight must have. Made from a combination of New Zealand's brushtail possum fur, and New Zealand Merino lamb's wool, these socks are sure to keep your toes nice and toasty. These socks are very thick and warm! They are rugged enough to hike in on cold days, and they also make excellent sleep socks. They are great for winter sports as well. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2024 at 5:58pm
| You and me both Steve. Possum fur!?!? |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2024 at 6:15pm
well.... not exactly what I WAS thinking !!  ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Kiwi
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2024 at 6:36pm
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As children we use to kill the possum for the fur we were get $80/kg 23 dead possums per kg of fur the fur is hollow so holds air which warms up and holds the heat .you see dead possum on the rural roads all the time . ------------- Tractors Allis EB,two C,diesel G |
Posted By: Dakota Dave
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2024 at 11:59am
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I like the alpaca wool socks they keep warm and stay dry. kinda expensive but work well. Ive got the alpaca wool crew socks . they look like regular crew socks same thickness and ieght as cotton crew socks but feet stay dry.
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Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2024 at 6:03pm
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AC, you may need some warm socks and more in about a week or two. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: jvin248
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2024 at 7:21pm
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. Wear thermal underwear and the blood getting to your feet will be warmer. A scarf, even just around the house, works for general body heat. .
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Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 01 Jan 2025 at 7:00am
| Yeah Hubert, cold weather is on the way. Thanks |