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Old 08-23-2013, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by ForeverFO View Post
Clothing disasters...

On my first trip off IOE as a new hire, I squatted to check tire pressure and <riiiip> goes the seat of my pants. My tighty whiteys are blazing forth in glory.

With thirty minutes to go, I mooched one of those hotel sewing kits off the #1 and locked myself in the lav. I sewed frantically while people were boarding 12 inches away on the other side of the lav door.

Total success... except for the scrunched seam with black thread over blue in a hideous frankenstein pattern on my rear. Fortunately, my jacket tails were long enough to hide it.

I never fly without all those hotel freebies, like the sewing kit. Plus, I have a mini first aid kit and OTC drug store in my suitcase. Nothing like a nasty splinter, a cut, muscle spasms, congestion, etc to wreck a layover.
I recently broke my zipper mid trip. The zipper first got jammed, so I pulled it and it broke. While walking around with my fly down all day was somewhat unsettling, the extra ventilating breeze was surprisingly refreshing. I mean its no Gold Bond, but refreshing none the less.
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