Why is it every time I do laundry, 2-3 socks are missing. (and never a pair-it is always ONE sock of 2-3 DIFFERENT pairs!) So I am left with a sock and no match! Where are they going?
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Why is it every time I do laundry, 2-3 socks are missing. (and never a pair-it is always ONE sock of 2-3 DIFFERENT pairs!) So I am left with a sock and no match! Where are they going?
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Yes . Any experienced laundryman knows that the dryer requires one sock of a matched pair for every 10 lbs. of laundry that is processed. It sucks but we all carry that burden brother. I feel for ya. Try some psychology on the dryer by putting in an old rag that you don't want. Sometimes the dryrer will mistake it for a sock and take it therby leaving your socks alone
i think they do. im still missing about 3 socks as well. i heard somewhere that all missing pens end up in some city, so yea, its a mystery. i think maybe the heat combined with a different air pressure in the dryer chamber is too much for some socks and they spontaneously combust or something.
but on a more serious note, i've learned to put socks in the washer and dryer 2 at a time, so i know if i am missing the socks before-hand. also, i have found socks and other items in pants pockets (how they managed to get in there is beyond me) but yeah, check the pockets of everything and check between and around your washer and dryer. also, in the trip from point A to point B, socks tend to fall and get kicked out of the way...so check over your walk paths.
I think every mum has this nightmare! A top tip is to put all your socks in a pillow case or a net bag that fastens up. I also make sure I only put pairs of socks in the washer too - because often you'll think your missing a sock and actually it was never put in the basket in the first place and it's under your sons bed!
definite! I consistently locate myself with pairless socks after the dryer! family contributors guy explains this acceptable with the episode the position Peter crawls into the dryer to be certain the position each of the socks flow! it style of feels that the creature it truly is 0.5 guy 0.5 deer or some thing from the action picture Narnia lives there and takes them!
I once lost one sock of my favorite pair of socks. I KNEW I had put them both in the wash, so I put the lone sock in the drawer and waited for the other to turn up. After 7 months (yes, 7 months of moving that stupid lone gray sock around the drawer) I finally gave up and threw the sock out. A few months after that I pulled out the winter bedding, washed the duvet cover, and as I was putting it back on, felt a lump in one corner. Yep, the missing sock had finally returned; of course, it's partner was long gone so it didn't really matter except to prove that the dryer was innocent.
Both washers and dryers are actually doorways into an alternate sock filled universe.There are also buttons, zipper pieces and lingerie there.On occasion the field reverses itself and pukes out socks and stuff back into our universe. Just go to any 24 hour laundromat and you will see someones missing laundry laying all over the floor.
There is only two ways to keep the clothing in our universe. One way is to link the pieces with safety pins. for some reason the doorway doesn't let safety pins through. the other way is with a lingerie bag. I guess it's just too big to make it through the doorway.
My dryer was eating my socks to!!! My mom almost went mental, so my dad surprised her with a new one!! Srry, you might have to get a new dryer): Or you could just call to get it fixed. You'll brobably find a MOUNTAIN of socks when you do though!! LOL!!!
Probably in "Dryer Land" getting it on with the other socks that had the same disappearing act done to them
There is a sock monster lurking in dark corners of every home.
I bought a cheap pack of safety pins and pin the toes before I wash them, take them off before drying. The sock monster doesn't like the taste of metal.
I think they get behind the drum or make their way into the vent. I stopped loosing socks when I started pinning them together. I hated loosing one sock when I've spent 4 or 5 dollars for them