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  • E El Corazon

    kubben wrote:

    A) A ten year old work shirt, clean, still in one piece, but not exactly in style.

    Style? to a geek? I wear a company logo polo shirt or dress shirt when VIPs tour. Outside of 24hour notice to wear anything specific, all bets are off. My wife does not like my Hawaiian shirts, but then, she doesn't have to wear them. ;) I always have something ancient, somewhere, or out of season (a long sleeve shirt ugh...). And I can actually wear a T-shirt, so a bit of advantage. IF, and I do mean "if", it were ever to come down to the end of my shirts. You can take Leckey's idea one step farther. Fabreeze lightly and a quick dry in the dryer. They also make quick-fresh towlettes for the dryer, if this is a reoccurring problem, buy a box, toss one in the dryer with the shirt for 5 minutes.

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    I did decide on A), because like you said as a geek I am not too worried about what I look like. It is Friday and I am not going to be on the client site, so I don't think anyone will notice. Of course, if some new prospective clients come in today, it might be a little embarrassing, but it is Friday so we will see what happens. Ben

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    • S sw thi

      Wear a jacket over the shirt, doesn’t matter where it’s out of style or dirty. Have you ever heard of an Indian dress called chudidhar? It has a shawl sort of thing called dupatta, which we can wrap anyway we want to. You can hide anything under it. Very useful I tell you. :-D

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      Paul Watson
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      swathi m wrote:

      You can hide anything under it

      *Paul regrets living in an age where a joke placed here about "hide anything under it" and "terrorism" would get flamed instead of laughed at*

      regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

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      And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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        A) A well dressed engineer has no credibility[^]


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        Paul Watson
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        That explains Jobs then... ;)

        regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

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        And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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        • K kubben

          Here's a question you will probably never see on the weekly poll that Chris does: I wake up this morning and realize I forgot once again to wash my work shirts in the laundry. So I need a work shirt to wear today which option would you choose? A) A ten year old work shirt, clean, still in one piece, but not exactly in style. B) A dirty, already worn once, work shirt that is newer more in style. C) Go to a store and buy one. D) Nothing you work from home, so there is no need for a work shirt. So what would you choose and why? Ben

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          Paul Watson
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          The sticky wall test is all that matters; throw at a wall, if it sticks don't wear it. Otherwise, wear it. (I'd go with A. Rather be comfortable, clean and unstylish than uncomfortable, dirty and stylish. Got a job to do and it isn't Male Model or Clothes Horse.)

          regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

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          And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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            We do have Febreeze and an iron. Of course, it is too late now I am already at work. Ben

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            leckey 0
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            The febreeze/iron combo seems to work pretty well. There is also a product (I think Downy makes it) that you spray to take out wrinkles. It works but I hate the smell of it.

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            • P Paul Watson

              The sticky wall test is all that matters; throw at a wall, if it sticks don't wear it. Otherwise, wear it. (I'd go with A. Rather be comfortable, clean and unstylish than uncomfortable, dirty and stylish. Got a job to do and it isn't Male Model or Clothes Horse.)

              regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

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              And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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              kubben
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              I went with A. I am not a Clothes Horse either. Ben

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                The febreeze/iron combo seems to work pretty well. There is also a product (I think Downy makes it) that you spray to take out wrinkles. It works but I hate the smell of it.

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                kubben
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                I think in the end I just need to buy some more shirts. Ben

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                • K kubben

                  I like the idea, but I would have to wear a suit to wear a jacket. I had a nice jacket once, but I never wore it so I finally gave it away. Ben

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                  Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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                  But what about the smell of sweat from old shirts particularly when you are in hot countries like India and have to wash your clothes on a daily basis? Bottles of deodarants might be required. :-D

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                  • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                    But what about the smell of sweat from old shirts particularly when you are in hot countries like India and have to wash your clothes on a daily basis? Bottles of deodarants might be required. :-D

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                    kubben
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                    It gets pretty hot here in MN during the summer as well. Of coures, not as hot as it does in India. I try not to wash my shirts more then once a week. I like to get a big pile of them before I do it. Usually, I just wait until I don't have any more shirts then I have to do the wash. Ben

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                    • K kubben

                      Wow cross dressing, now that is an option I would not have thought of. Ben

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                      kubben wrote:

                      Wow cross dressing, now that is an option I would not have thought of.

                      I try to think outside of the box. :) Marc

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                        kubben wrote:

                        Wow cross dressing, now that is an option I would not have thought of.

                        I try to think outside of the box. :) Marc

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                        kubben
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                        I think that is a little more then out of the box. More like out of your wife's closet. Ben

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                        • P Paul Watson

                          swathi m wrote:

                          You can hide anything under it

                          *Paul regrets living in an age where a joke placed here about "hide anything under it" and "terrorism" would get flamed instead of laughed at*

                          regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

                          Shog9 wrote:

                          And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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                          sw thi
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                          Hiding a dirty shirt is terrorism?? I didn’t know that!! :rolleyes:

                          "What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement?"

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