C.W. Williams 🇺🇦 🌊🇨🇦🦑🇬2d ago
Ah, Spring.
#chesapeake #Eastport #Festival #Spring #NoSocks #barefoot #oysters #beer #chunderroad
https://www.wypr.org/wypr-arts/2026-03-26/decades-ago-a-maryland-sailor-burned-his-winter-socks-now-its-a-spring-tradition
Decades ago, a Maryland sailor burned his winter socks. Now it's a spring tradition

In Annapolis, Md., people gather each year to usher in the warmer weather by burning their socks. The springtime tradition is the unofficial start of the Chesapeake Bay sailing season.

WYPR
Show threadEd Wilk antifascist2d ago
@TidalFlats We're under open fire restrictions, maybe use the grill.
Show threadC.W. Williams 🇺🇦 🌊🇨🇦🦑🇬2d ago
@edwilk
Sad! Cotton socks only.
Show threadNewt2d ago

@TidalFlats @edwilk

Dissolving them in acid probably wouldn't have the same cathartic effect.

Show threadC.W. Williams 🇺🇦 🌊🇨🇦🦑🇬2d ago
@AlterNewt @edwilk
Takes too long
Show threadEd Wilk antifascist2d ago

@TidalFlats @AlterNewt @glasspusher

Need to consult with gp

Show threadglasspshr2d ago
@edwilk @TidalFlats @AlterNewt nitric acid will do a number on nylon. Not so much polyesters
Show threadEd Wilk antifascist
@glasspusher @TidalFlats @AlterNewt
I guess something like MEK will only melt them?
Mar 26 at 3:42pmWeb
Show threadglasspshr2d ago

@edwilk @TidalFlats @AlterNewt

Mek can dissolve a lot of stuff. Haven't used it on fabric polymers myself

Show threadEd Wilk antifascist2d ago
@glasspusher @TidalFlats @AlterNewt
Maybe on your next date.