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[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😳

[BillyMac]

I very recently retired from working Catholic middle school games. After more than a half a century of "wear and tear" athletic activities, I have developed patellofemoral pain syndrome in both knees, and osteoarthritis, and a bone spur, in my right ankle. I finally realized that I need rest between assignments and, at my age, can no longer work games every night. Rest between games, elastic flexibility exercises, inserts in my day job work shoes, expensive stability running shoes, lots of aspirin, and knee braces, will, hopefully, extend my high school officiating career a few more years.

With no more Catholic middle school games, I now find myself with a lot of extra "stuff", as well as a decreased laundry load. Maybe I'll pack a complete spare bag and leave it in the trunk of my car for the season. Maybe I can "save the day" for myself, a colleague, or fill in a last minute "emergency" assignment without stopping off at home.



After officiating for thirty-five years, I'm starting to see something at the end of the tunnel. Unfortunately, it isn't light.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by mrroberts

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

Hey. I'm a thirty-eight. I'm just little short for my weight.

[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.

[DRJ1960]

Several years ago my partner arrived at game site, checked his trunk, and realized he had driven the "wrong" vehicle to the game. He had outsmarted himself by packing the night before and putting everything in the trunk of his car (including spares!)... except his wife drove that car to work that day....

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Rich

Chalk me up as someone who just takes his chances.

....

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

Yes, I used to carry the spare bag in the trunk. But I haven't in a few years. I just have a packing routine that largely eliminates the chance of forgetting something. And as for something messing up, I don't think there is much that can go wrong that can't be fixed with a few safety pins or a dip in the sink.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

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

Exactly what I do. Not that difficult of a concept. Bag never leaves my trunk. If I use something out of it, I wash it immediately and put it back or replace it with a clean substitute.

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[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

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

Originally Posted by BillyMac

With no more Catholic middle school games, I now find myself with a lot of extra "stuff", as well as a decreased laundry load. Maybe I'll pack a complete spare bag and leave it in the trunk of my car for the season. Maybe I can "save the day" for myself, a colleague, or fill in a last minute "emergency" assignment without stopping off at home.

[BryanV21]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

https://youtu.be/MvgN5gCuLac

AWESOME bit by an AWESOME comedian.