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They reduce friction, help maintain temperature within them and transfer fluid by the wick effect and one Chinese city claims to make over half of those sold worldwide. What are these everyday things and what is the name of the city?
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#80209. Asked by gmackematix. (May 10 07 5:59 PM)
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gmackematix
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Sorry. Not even close.
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gmackematix
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In case anyone is wondering, my reply is to somebody's guess of disc brakes which has since been deleted.
I'll add another clue that digital ones can be found but are less common.
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gmackematix
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Darn, has nobody got this yet?
I'll add that Einstein famously eschewed them and if nobody has pulled an answer out of the drawer by tonight I'll hit you with it myself.
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gmackematix
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Yay, Frankie.
You get the Order of the Silver Garter for that one.
They reduce friction, that is, stop feet rubbing against shoes.
They help mantain temperature, that is, keep your feet warm.
The fluid they transfer by the wick effect is sweat. Feet produce quite a lot in a day and socks help carry it out of the shoe to evaporate into the air.
The Chinese city that led me to ask this was actually Yiwu, which I read produces two-thirds of the world's socks:
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4287398.stm
But it looks like Datang also has a "Sock City" claim.
Digital socks, also called toe socks in the US, are socks with individual toes.
Einstein famously didn't wear socks and my other clues (Darn, pulling an answer out of the drawer and hit, as in sock, me with an answer) speak for themselves.
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