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Old Wed Mar 22, 2006, 11:17am
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Tid Bits

Last week I got some good ideas and tips on "cleaning your whistle".
I felt this would be a good topic along with others to conduct at
an association meeting.
So, what I am looking for are ideas and suggestions other officials
use in "cleaning and keeping a striped shirt look clean, whites are
white, blacks are black....Keeping a jacket neat and clean, keeping
out the wrinkles, not allowing a patch to shrivel during washing/
drying . Care of shoes, keeping clean and polished, sanitised.
Thanks for the help
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Old Wed Mar 22, 2006, 12:30pm
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I always roll my pants and shirt up [seperately] and that seems to avoid wrinkles, even when carrying them in a backpack with shoes and other odds/ends crammed in.
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Old Wed Mar 22, 2006, 01:58pm
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I use mouth wash to clean my whistles. I don’t use high heat when I dry my shirts
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Old Wed Mar 22, 2006, 06:10pm
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I have found that shoe trees are a cheap way of getting more life out of your shoes.
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Old Wed Mar 22, 2006, 06:20pm
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A simple way of keeping a jacket (the zippered Sahara-type jacket) clean and neat is to always fold and store it inside out.

When I take it off during introductions at the table, it's removed so that it's inside out. I zipper it and fold it like that. No lint, hair, dirt, etc., gets on the outside of the jacket.

To be honest, I rarely wash the jacket as it makes the outside fade. Of course, I only wear it for about 30 minutes prior to each game and never put it back on until before my next game.
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Old Wed Mar 22, 2006, 06:29pm
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A "tid bit"?

What's a "tid"?
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Old Wed Mar 22, 2006, 06:31pm
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I always roll my pants and shirt up [seperately] and that seems to avoid wrinkles, even when carrying them in a backpack with shoes and other odds/ends crammed in.
You go to games with your officiating gear in a backpack?

Anybody else do that?
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Old Wed Mar 22, 2006, 07:05pm
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You go to games with your officiating gear in a backpack?

Anybody else do that?

Sure, why not? Or how about a fanny pack?
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Old Wed Mar 22, 2006, 07:39pm
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You go to games with your officiating gear in a backpack?

Anybody else do that?
I have all my gear in a small bag with a draw string......Sort of like a folded up poncho you keep in the glove box
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Old Wed Mar 22, 2006, 07:43pm
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You go to games with your officiating gear in a backpack?

Anybody else do that?
Chuck carries everything he needs in a silly putty egg.

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Old Wed Mar 22, 2006, 08:11pm
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You guys are silly.

Now...again....what's a "tid" in a tidbit? Inquiring minds need to know.
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Old Wed Mar 22, 2006, 08:19pm
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You guys are silly.

Now...again....what's a "tid" in a tidbit? Inquiring minds need to know.
If you read my recent email you'll realize when I say Chuck carries EVERYTHING in that silly putty egg I mean he carries everything in that egg.

And you'll get an idea for what a tid in the tidbit is.

OK?
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Old Wed Mar 22, 2006, 08:21pm
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You guys are silly.

Now...again....what's a "tid" in a tidbit? Inquiring minds need to know.
A prevailing theory goes that it derived from 'titmouse' to convey being 'tiny'.
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Old Wed Mar 22, 2006, 08:30pm
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A prevailing theory goes that it derived from 'titmouse' to convey being 'tiny'.
Then, it follows logically that Chuck is a "tidbit"?

Geeze......and I thought Dan was only kidding about that silly putty egg. Learn sumthin' new every day.
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Dang. Thought this was a snack food thread.
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