THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANY REASON

why I don't like to wear socks. It started when I was in high school. A neighbor friend of mine who was two years older and a whole lot more hip started not wearing them with his penny loafers. Oh, he didn't begin the trend; he just followed it a lot sooner than my other friends. Until then I was a white sock wearer. Even with dress pants.

So maybe I started not wearing socks to combat my bad fashion sense pre-neighbor chic sockless with loafers. Who knows? As I said, there's never been any reason. Well, except my body temp runs a little higher than most and so I don't need socks for the warmth unless it's really cold.

I've worn out about a half dozen golf sandals, but I don't wear them anymore. Unless I find a pair with some other sole than black which really rubs off on my feet. And they are hot in the warm Arizona sun. The black, almost rubber inner soles, I mean.

So I scour the shoe stores for dress sandals to wear to church. That's right, even in church, you won't find socks on my feet very often. Practically the only socks that I own that aren't the short white ones for golf are Christian socks, I'll call them, with crosses or fish on them. They look much better than they sound.

I think our daughter wore them and an old girlfriend or two of our son's while in high school. Not the Christian socks, but they wore fancy socks where they had to stick each individual toe in a separate slot, like gloves. I know my wife had a pair or two. It took her hours to get those on. Just kidding about the time part. But why would they go to that hassle? And it would hurt me to stretch my toes out like that and then have to walk around in them.

I did receive an injury last week relating to socks. While trying to stretch my size 10 into a little tight golf sock, my hand flew off the sock and struck the tile, bringing blood and a gouge to my index finger. So there. I've found a reason not to wear socks. I wonder if they were made in China?