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Smitty Wed Jan 06, 2010 04:06pm
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Originally Posted by grunewar (Post 648878)
And for all you military types this is FUBAR! Ouch!!
That wasn't really the name of the street - I couldn't recall the name and it really didn't matter so I went with something appropriate for the story. :)

grunewar Wed Jan 06, 2010 04:07pm
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Originally Posted by Smitty (Post 648882)
That wasn't really the name of the street - I couldn't recall the name and it really didn't matter so I went with something appropriate for the story. :)
Well, it made me smile! Thanks!! ;)

Back In The Saddle Wed Jan 06, 2010 04:54pm
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Originally Posted by RichMSN (Post 648776)
For this reason (thinking I forgot something), I carry extra socks and whistles and an extra needle and such in a special compartment of my bag I never open. I know I will always have socks, even if I forget them.

Now, if I forget my shoes, I'm out of luck.
My partner last night mentioned that he's got a spare pair of black pants that he cut the belt loops off of that he keeps in his car in case he forgets his pants. I may just stash a second bag with a full uniform and whistle in my car and just leave it there all season. I don't have a second jacket, but I can live for a game without one if I have to.

Adam Wed Jan 06, 2010 04:56pm
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Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle (Post 648916)
My partner last night mentioned that he's got a spare pair of black pants that he cut the belt loops off of that he keeps in his car in case he forgets his pants. I may just stash a second bag with a full uniform and whistle in my car and just leave it there all season. I don't have a second jacket, but I can live for a game without one if I have to.
I'm using my spare jacket this year (my old one from Des Moines). Going to buy a non-patched jacket soon, I think.

Back In The Saddle Wed Jan 06, 2010 05:01pm
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Originally Posted by mj (Post 648818)
Two of everything here. My backup stuff for one game is my main stuff for the next.
Do you carry both sets in the same bag? Or do you have two bags as well?

grunewar Wed Jan 06, 2010 05:02pm
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Originally Posted by Snaqwells (Post 648917)
Going to buy a non-patched jacket soon, I think.
I need one of these for Rec Ball too.

I may look into the spare bag in the car trunk too, as opposed to carrying an entire spare set to each game.....just my luck, I'd take my truck one day to give it some exercise and THAT would be the ONE day I forget my bag and have a uniform issue! :eek:

Zoochy Wed Jan 06, 2010 05:06pm
The other day, my partner packed his football shirt. It still had the Black/White stripes. But it also has a collar and a pocket. He was a big guy so my extra shirt would not fit.

Back In The Saddle Wed Jan 06, 2010 05:15pm
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Originally Posted by Snaqwells (Post 648874)
Went with the school's address on their website and almost got burned, as the address on the web was not for the high school. My lesson was to trust the addresses in arbiter.
The state association site has the addresses for all of the schools listed. But sometimes the new schools don't show up on Google maps for a year or so. Sometimes Mapquest will have it. Sometimes Yahoo maps. Sometimes none of them.

Gotta love this game :)

Freddy Wed Jan 06, 2010 05:37pm
Thank You Sir, May I Have Another?
 
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Originally Posted by BLS (Post 648825)
. . . zipping up my pants about 20 minutes prior to tipoff, and the zipper breaks! Oh crap - spent the next 10 minutes trying to get a safety pin to pull the fly together.
I recall vividly a MS game I did in '84, having rushed to fix a broken zipper with two safety pins before tipoff. During the first quarter, one came loose somehow and taught me a POINTED LESSON. Ouch!!! :eek:
Really.
Don't ever use safety pins to fix a zipper. I don't anymore.

BillyMac Wed Jan 06, 2010 07:58pm
Don't Ask What The First Rule Is, Please ...
 
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Originally Posted by Freddy (Post 648942)
Don't ever use safety pins to fix a zipper.
Isn't that Mark Padgett's second rule of officiating?

TimTaylor Thu Jan 07, 2010 01:19am
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Originally Posted by grunewar (Post 648878)
And for all you military types this is FUBAR! Ouch!!

:p
Yep! It usually falls somewhere between a SNAFU and a Charlie Foxtrot..


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