Cheap, practical hose for TIGHT budgets

[haukehaien]

Great one, Bob! That made me laugh out loud.

[Chef]

No, I'm sorry. The only acceptable kilt hose are made from the wool of sheep who can trace their ancestry at least 300 years in the Scottish highlands, sheared by shepherds whose ancestry is at least twice that long.

The wool must be spun in a wee but-and-ben on a wooden spinning wheel and knit into hose, using ancient Scottish secret techniques by an old Scottish woman who knits by candlelight after a full day of gutting fish.

You must pay at least $500 for these hose. Nothing else will do,

Excuse me, it must be an old Gaelic speaking woman warmed by a peat fire. I'm not in favour of any of these newfangled cheap-**** hose created by english speaking women in homes with central heating...crap they are!

[thescot]

When budgets are tight, budgets are tight. And those nice, wool hose are pricey while the 20 dollar ones are cheesy. What's a Scot to do?

And besides, those of us in the South would die if we had to wear a lot of tight fitting on the legs wool in the summer.

So . . . , why not go for a good quality boot sock or a thinner knee sock? I got some thin knee socks (for uniform wear in Britain or some such place) ade of wool that work well, and I found some great boot socks at a sporting goods store made from acryllic. The boot socks look thick like wool, but the acryllic wicks moisture away and is much cooler.

And here's another shot I haven't tried: check out the ladies' knee socks in Lane Bryant. Those big girls wear knee socks, too, and the larger sizes may accomodate even big guys like me. I wear a 14 shoe, and I'm 6' - 3" tall, so you can imagine that size really does matter for me. (A little joke there.)

If you find some at Lane Bryant, they probably won't be wool.

And, BTW, you can find grosgrain ribbon, elastic,and velcro at any sewing center to make cheap flashes. All that shows is the ribbon, so even ugly stitching doesn't matter.

[gilmore]

I remembered the name while trying to go to sleep last night.

From Yellow Pages (on-line):
Action Sports
864-227-7000 Fax: 864-229-3201
1225 Hwy 72 W, Greenwood, SC 29649

Is this the Greenwood, SC, in Greenwood, Laurens, or Sumter County, SC?

[MacWage]

Is this the Greenwood, SC, in Greenwood, Laurens, or Sumter County, SC?

South Carolina, USA (Deep South)
25 miles from my house
(And I THOUGHT this thread was gone)

[gilmore]

South Carolina, USA (Deep South)
25 miles from my house
(And I THOUGHT this thread was gone)

Mapquest shows 3 places in SC named Greenwood. They are in Greenwood, Laurens and Sumter Counties: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp...te=sc&zipcode=

Since the address is on Highway 72, I am guessing it is number 1 on the map at the link above, on the road to Abbeville?

[MacWage]

Mapquest shows 3 places in SC named Greenwood. They are in Greenwood, Laurens and Sumter Counties: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp...te=sc&zipcode=

Since the address is on Highway 72, I am guessing it is number 1 on the map at the link above, on the road to Abbeville?

Yes, it's on the "Greenwood By-Pass" where 72 comes out of Clinton and turns to go around the north side of Greenwood and to Abbeville (where I get all my non-worsted wool).

I've NEVER heard of Greenwood in Laurens county. Everyone I know of here thinks of Greenwood as the county seat and namesake of the next county over. The "Greenwood" in Laurens doesn't even have a major road near it, but seems to be in the middle of the lakehomes on the edge of Lake Greenwood, just outside the much "bigger" Greenwood a few miles west. The Sumter one looks like a neighborhood:confused:
The only Greenwood I've EVER heard of is the big one. I like in Laurens County and have a good friend in Sumter town proper, who also never heard of a Greenwood there (I just called him). He also only new of the one populated by many thousands of people and a major force in state high school football.
Amazing what shows up on mapquest (my own street adress is said not to exist). I trust Mapquest almost as much as Wikipedia:rolleyes: Both give a basic idea, but much be looked at carefully to see how helpful it actually is.