{"id":4464,"date":"2009-03-27T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T11:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=4464"},"modified":"2009-03-26T18:57:49","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T23:57:49","slug":"hot-hosiery-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=4464","title":{"rendered":"Hot Hosiery Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3557\/3388839966_d822583a3d.jpg?v=0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have been wearing Gold Toe<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> hosiery for as long as I can remember. I prefer the Metropolitan over-the-calf in Black and Brown. The stretch nylon holds up to months and months of wear and they never lose their elastic so, they never come back down your calf.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldtoebrands.com\/aboutus\/aboutgt.htm\">During the early part of last  century<\/a>, two German immigrants founded a small mill in Bally, Pennsylvania to  manufacture men&#8217;s hosiery and as a tribute to the country that adopted them,  they named their company Great American Knitting Mills. From the start, Great  American set out to look for &#8220;golden opportunities&#8221; in the marketplace.  Ironically, the most fruitful and long lasting reward was to come from Great  American&#8217;s humble efforts to answer the needs of Americans hard hit by the Great  Depression of 1929. Consumers wanted hosiery that would wear better and last  longer than ever before, so Great American introduced a sock with a gold  reinforcing yarn sewn in the toe. Before long, Americans everywhere were asking  for the durable &#8220;sock with the gold toe.&#8221; Gold Toe<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> hosiery had emerged as one of the leading brands in America, and The  Standard of Quality in the Industry. During 2002 the Company changed its name to  Gold Toe Brands, Inc.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hosiery. Damn good hosiery.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3627\/3388032687_e9137e45bf.jpg?v=0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not so good with shorts though. Word to the wise.<\/p>\n<p>Next time: Boxers or Briefs, Pros and Cons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been wearing Gold Toe\u00ae hosiery for as long as I can remember. I prefer the Metropolitan over-the-calf in Black and Brown. The stretch nylon holds up to months and months of wear and they never lose their elastic so, they never come back down your calf. During the early part of last century, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hot-gear-friday","category-humor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}