Wash yo pants
02-05-2024, 04:09 AM
#11
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Originally Posted by Valar Morghulis
Place I use hands out bags with bar codes on them. It’s tied to your account and they use your standing order. Toss the stuff in the bag after each trip, swing by and place in the chute.
Dry clean pants after each trip. Shirts get folded and boxed. Swing by once a month and get the next month’s gear.
Look sharp, be sharp.
Dry clean pants after each trip. Shirts get folded and boxed. Swing by once a month and get the next month’s gear.
Look sharp, be sharp.
02-05-2024, 04:36 AM
#12
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Pull your shirts and pants out of the dryer before it goes into cooldown and there's never any wrinkles. And its free. And you don't have to drive anywhere.
Get in shape and wear a tight shmedium and you'll never see a wrinkle.
Get in shape and wear a tight shmedium and you'll never see a wrinkle.
02-05-2024, 04:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Meme In Command
Pull your shirts and pants out of the dryer before it goes into cooldown and there's never any wrinkles. And its free. And you don't have to drive anywhere.
Get in shape and wear a tight shmedium and you'll never see a wrinkle.
Get in shape and wear a tight shmedium and you'll never see a wrinkle.
No need to get in shape to avoid wrinkles. I have found getting a shirt that fits and then gaining 15 lbs virtually eliminates all wrinkles.
02-05-2024, 05:09 AM
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Originally Posted by 180ToAJ
No need to get in shape to avoid wrinkles. I have found getting a shirt that fits and then gaining 15 lbs virtually eliminates all wrinkles.
02-05-2024, 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Valar Morghulis
Nope. NB slug. Squared away is a frame of mind.
02-05-2024, 05:28 AM
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Originally Posted by DWC CAP10 USAF
I feel like "squared away" is more Army-ish, but I don't think a helo driver (yes I know the Army has fixed wing, just much lower total numbers) would be that uptight....I'm going with USMC!
, but couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag.
02-05-2024, 05:35 AM
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Originally Posted by DWC CAP10 USAF
I feel like "squared away" is more Army-ish, but I don't think a helo driver (yes I know the Army has fixed wing, just much lower total numbers) would be that uptight....I'm going with USMC!
02-05-2024, 05:39 AM
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I do it all the time, both the new ones and the old ones. The trick is to put them in a garment bag so the surface doesn't get agitated in the washer and starts to pull the wool fibers out. Take them out, hang to dry, and hit it with a low iron setting. I personally have a steamer which works like magic and is much more gentle on the fabric.
02-05-2024, 05:47 AM
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To the OP, I've been machine washing in cold (like everything else I own with the exception of white uniform shirts & undershirts) and throwing them in the dryer on low heat (again, like everything else I own). New uniform, old uniform, previous airline uniform... It hasn't made a noticeable difference. If after two years it breaks down and I have to get another, I'll still come out ahead vs dry cleaning regularly. The blazer gets dry cleaned when dirty or end of season, whichever happens first.
I get what you're saying, but if there's an appetite to dry clean and press our stuff then no amount of extra cash will change that logic, it will always be pocketed instead of used for that purpose.
Originally Posted by crewdawg
Wasted item, much like our current crew meals. Just give me extra cash or invest that negotiating time in something worthwhile. Only thing being dry cleaned is my jacket, once a year.
Last edited by myrkridia; 02-05-2024 at 05:58 AM.
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