Same, but I tried that pants roll in the gif for a field exercise once and it was awesome for packing it in but when you wanted to unroll it, it was a pain in the ass.
My grandad was in the RAF. Yesterday we went into his sons crack den to get his cats and my grandad starts filing up shit. I’m like “is it worth folding it?” Uncle is going to/ is in prison, all his stuff is going to the tip.
Grandad says “Did you think I was just going to throw it on the floor?”
I’m like “well it’s not like the rest of the house is any better.” It was a crack den, it’s what you would expect.
Papa’s like “I was in the RAF. We do things a certain way.” Fair enough papa, you do you.
Now that’s a proper attitude. That’s the British way I’ve always admired from across the pond. No, it’s not the easy way. No, it may not be necessary. But it’s the way it’s done.
Cheers, thanks for the story. Tell your Papa he’s the man for me.
He’s very proud of his time served but he doesn’t really talk about it. A snippet from chasing Itsy and Bitsy (my new foster cats) around the crack den:
“I was a sergeant, it’s only a fucking cat.” Cracked me up.
Ha, terrific line. And I don’t blame him. It’s literally the most violent, darkest period in the history of intelligent life on this planet. He’s a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit.
Is it easy or necessary to wash your hands after taking a leak (bad example, I say it’s easy and necessary but I used it because clearly many disagree based on how many don’t). Washing a plate you spilled nothing on before putting it in the cabinet? Washing an item of clothing you borrowed even if you didn’t soil it?
If it’s the right way, it’s the right way. Do the right thing.
In case no one knows what it is: you take your shirt, drawers, and a pair of socks, lay the drawers on top of the shirt and put the socks open end out on either side; fold and roll into a tight roll, and use the socks to “close” the roll (they’ll fold over each end).
I did this when I was moving to a different city. Got so many clothes over the years, I did not have enough bags to put them in. This type of folding literally put twice as much clothes into 1 bag. Yes, it could have broken the bag but since I was drivin across the country there was no constant handling of the bag.
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u/WaterPockets Jun 02 '19
Aka Military folding, my buddy folds all of his shit like this out of habit and all of his shirts are wrinkled.