Yeah, don’t wash socks with sheets. Ha ha. 
But I don’t know because I really do wash just sheets when I wash them.
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For decades I have pondered this question. Through inertia, I kept on washing stuff willy-nilly, without sorting, beyond colors. But I’ve started just washing sheets and towels by themselves (a new washer with a specific setting was a light bulb moment for me) and the problem has been solved.
Now, if someone could answer the question of why sock pairs never end up coming out of the wash together, and, in fact, why I have a literal shopping bag full of unmatched socks, that’d be great.
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I wash and dry fitted sheets in a big net bag.
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Sock eating dryer.
I’ve seen clips to keep socks in pairs during washing/drying.
My new washer / dryer has a bedding section - so I wash them together without the clothes.
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This is way beyond my housekeeping skills!
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I wash (just) the sheets together, but I dry the fitted sheet separately.
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These days it’s just the two of us, retired with more time to fuss. So I dry most things, including socks, on a dryer rack. I still do dry sheets (and sometimes towels too) in the dryer. Darn - my dryer balls like to hide in the corners of fitted sheets.
I mostly use my dryer balls when drying sheets - isn’t it perfect if the balls end up in the corners of the fitted sheets (instead of the pillowcases)?
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So no magic solution to that fitted sheet thing, huh.
Regarding socks – I find that if I wind up with an odd sock after washing and drying, its mate will almost always show up the next time I do laundry. I think sometimes they’re just shy and hide in the back of the dryer.
I’m total OCD about socks. I will stop everything to find the mate. Usually it’s either stuck to the side of the washer or dryer, or stuck to a garment by static cling.
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I’ve read that most disappearing socks have somehow been sucked down the dryer vent.
Except those of course that got stuck to sheets and pants and the inside of the dryer.
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Another stupi – uh, random question.
My email filter catches most spam. I glance at the spam folder every other day or so and delete the spam messages. Once a message has been filtered to go to spam, does the email software know to put all emails from that address into spam? What happens if I click on “this is not spam” and send the email back to my inbox? Is the email address not flagged any longer? Or, does the email program just decide certain emails are spam but it doesn’t “identify” those addresses in the future?
clips for socks
https://www.amazon.com/Cooplay-Holders-Stockings-Washing-Organizer/dp/B0102SXAN8/ref=sr_1_7
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Most spam comes from fake or spoofed random addresses, or the address of someone that had you in their contacts. So flagging the "from"address is pretty useless because you will never see it again.
Marking an email as not spam does not white-list it, at least for Gmail, which is what I use. You have to add a filter.
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Don’t bother. Bigger pain and more work than they’re worth.
For awhile I used small binder clips which were much easier.
I just collect the bag of mismatches and have a biannual sit-down on the bed with the bag. I usually get a bounty of matches.
I then throw out the ones I can’t match.
They’re just socks. And my kids are of the generation that sees nothing wrong with wearing mismatched socks. Drives me crazy, but here we are.
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Let me know how you like the Greenpans. I was in Costco today, and picked them up, but noticed the outside of a couple was already scratched/marred. Now I realize I only want stainless or others you won’t notice scratches on.
Laughing at myself - I will buy a car or other big item with less angst than some MUCH less expensive products.
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So what does MAILER-DAEMON stand for?? Or mean?? Of course I get it when I reply to something that isn’t a real email, but – what the heck is DAEMON??