The One Time, And Only Time, It's Good To Wear A Black Belt ...

[BryanV21]

Sounds like a good reminder to always have a spare pair of pants, a spare shirt, etc, in your bag.

[UNIgiantslayers]

Chuck Norris disagrees.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by UNIgiantslayers

Chuck Norris disagrees.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

Sounds like a good reminder to always have a spare pair of pants, a spare shirt, etc, in your bag.

Great advice, as is the advice to always keep packed bag in the trunk of your car, just in case ...

But I just don't have the room in my bag, or the time to keep up with laundry, to have multiple sets of uniforms available, at all times.

I do my own laundry, and like Sheldon Cooper, Saturday night is laundry night, and I just don't have the time to do it other nights, especially since I'm out most nights working games.

Someday this will come back to bite me in the ass, but I'm willing to take a chance.

[BryanV21]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Great advice, as is the advice to always keep packed bag in the trunk of your car, just in case ...

But I just don't have the room in my bag, or the time to keep up with laundry, to have multiple sets of uniforms available, at all times.

I do my own laundry, and like Sheldon Cooper, Saturday night is laundry night, and I just don't have the time to do it other nights, especially since I'm out most nights working games.

Someday this will come back to bite me in the ass, but I'm willing to take a chance.

You do your laundry on Saturday nights? Ha... loser

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

You do your laundry on Saturday nights? Ha... loser

I always do it after attending the Saturday afternoon vigil mass, followed by an evening watching Doc Martin with my cat, Callie.

Ha! Now who's the loser. Wait? I'm being told ... Not exciting? Better things to do on a Saturday night? Never mind.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

Sounds like a good reminder to always have a spare pair of pants, a spare shirt, etc, in your bag.

Agreed. I have a spare everything in my bag. Only used em a couple of times.

Once last yr, our electronic clock operator (ECO) forgot his court shoes, and used mine.

[Mark Padgett]

I used to keep a staple gun in my bag for situations like this.

[bob jenkins]

This has nothing to do with "laundry" or "room in your bag."

Put a spare uniform in your car at the beginning of the season and leave it there until the end of the season.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Put a spare uniform in your car at the beginning of the season and leave it there until the end of the season.

Great advice, same advice we get from our assignment commissioner every season, but I can't afford to take a full set of "stuff" (including expensive items like a shoes, pants, and a bag) out of commission for an entire season. It's benefit versus risk, and I'm prepared to take a calculated risk at not having extra "stuff" available on the very slight chance that I'll need something, my partner may need something, a colleague may need something, or a site might need need an official. But, like I stated earlier, someday this logic may come back to bite me in the ass, and I'm prepared to get a lot of deserved "I told you so".

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Great advice, same advice we get from our assignment commissioner every season, but I can't afford to take a full set of "stuff" (including expensive items like a shoes, pants, and a bag) out of commission for an entire season.

Expensive stuff? You likely don't need extra shoes. I have only ever had one pair of shoes fail and I could manage with them until the game was over.

Unless you're planning on covering for the day you forget to pack a bag entirely, you really need just pants, shirt, and a whistle....the things that show and can have trouble (mostly pants). Everything else is nice to have assuming you don't arrive naked. A simple $10 duffel from target is a good enough bag.

[mrroberts]

38 and 42 waist??? Sounds like the partners need to watch their figure a bit better😳

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Expensive stuff? You likely don't need extra shoes. I have only ever had one pair of shoes fail and I could manage with them until the game was over.

When I swap out my new shoes, I just put the old ones in the trunk. They're serviceable if needed.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Great advice, same advice we get from our assignment commissioner every season, but I can't afford to take a full set of "stuff" (including expensive items like a shoes, pants, and a bag)

Surely you replace stuff from time to time? Put the "old" stuff in the car.

[Rich]

Chalk me up as someone who just takes his chances.

I'll frequently meet and then ride with a partner. No chance I'm bringing a spare bag into someone else's car.

If I was going to bring an extra anything, it would be pants.