Badrabbit,

You would hate massive head trauma or bodily injuries more! Please don't break the rule. Better to have a few wrinkles at the office than a perfectly pressed shirt in your casket. Buckle up!

Karl

 

quote:Originally posted by Badrabbit

...because they always wrinkle my shirt. I would really rather die in a fiery crash than have to walk around every day with wrinkles down the right side of my torso. I have tried to smooth the shirt out after I put my seat belt on to make sure it doesn't wrinkle but the second I move around a bit it starts ruining the press on my shirt. Is there any way to avoid this other than breaking the seat belt laws?

You could get a pad for the shoulder belt which might minimize the damage. I've seen sheepskin ones that seem to lighten the pressure placed on one's chest. Personally, I like being tightly strapped into a car and I always cinch my belt down, wrinkles be damned.

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Badrabbit,

At the risk of getting a lecture from my buddy Bwep,
I cheat a little bit but only when wearing my s
"Sunday best". A clothes peg on the belt to just give it the ever so slightest amount of slack. The clothes peg pops off in a real pull (not crash tested, just brake jam tested).


edit, typo

 

Taking a clue from early motorists, I keep a "duster" in the car, a lightweight jacket which takes the wrinkling rather than the shirt. A zip-up windbreaker seems to work the best with the least inconvenience. It's a far, far better alternative to the fiery-crash senario.

Esse Quam Videre

 

Badrabbitt:

I was waiting for my car to have the oil changed and hanging around the parts department. The Parts guy was telling me that a nurse had come in the day before and purchased a bunch of those "furry" things that velcro around the seat belt and position on your chest.

These not only help protect ties/shirts from the dreaded seat belt wrinkle, but according to the nurse save a deep cut from the seat belt if you're in a bad accident.

Worth thinking about.

Andy

 

Before I get any more lectures, I always wear my belt. I was just kidding about the fiery crash but the wrinkles really tick me off. I have thought about the furry things mentioned but they look kind of goofy. I guess better for my seat belt to look stupid than my shirt.

I have a car coat I wear in the winter which does prevent wrinkles but I live in Alabama and winter lasts an entire week. Even a light windbreaker would be unbearable in the summertime.

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Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets.
Anthony Burgess

 

Doesn't your coat cover most of your shirt and the wrinkles?

 

quote:Originally posted by Trenditional

Doesn't your coat cover most of your shirt and the wrinkles?

It's more of an issue when in casual attire. With a jacket, it is not really a problem.

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Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets.
Anthony Burgess

 

quote:Originally posted by Andy

Badrabbitt:

I was waiting for my car to have the oil changed and hanging around the parts department. The Parts guy was telling me that a nurse had come in the day before and purchased a bunch of those "furry" things that velcro around the seat belt and position on your chest.

These not only help protect ties/shirts from the dreaded seat belt wrinkle, but according to the nurse save a deep cut from the seat belt if you're in a bad accident.

Worth thinking about.

Andy

I use these furry things. I also don't remove my jacket whilst driving. But that's another thread.

 

Does it occur to anyone else that should a normal person ever wander into AAAC we might all be locked up?

Love you guys, love questions like this... love that we take a break from real problems to ponder them.

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Handmade in Italy

 

quote:Originally posted by CarloFranco

Does it occur to anyone else that should a normal person ever wander into AAAC we might all be locked up?

Love you guys, love questions like this... love that we take a break from real problems to ponder them.

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Handmade in Italy

They'd have to catch me first, and I'm they're not gonna take me alive![}]

 

Alex... when do we get custom straight jackets?

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Sartorialists lobby for the repeal of seat belt laws and casual Fridays as men in white coats chase them with gigantic butterfly nets.


Film at eleven.

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Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets.
Anthony Burgess

 

quote:Originally posted by CarloFranco

Alex... when do we get custom straight jackets?

www.carlofranco.com
Seven Fold Ties
Handmade in Italy

Can you do something like this in a black chalkstripe?

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Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets.
Anthony Burgess

 

In prep school I always noted when classmates wore their fathers old ties. Years of seatbelt wear wore these hand-me-down ties threadbare.

"Since it's a traditional, preppy look it's best if balanced by a relatively small four-in-hand knot." He sips his martini, recrossing his legs. "Next question?"

 

Imagine politely objecting to the straightjacket because it's impossible to show any shirt cuff.

"Gentlemen, I am quite willing to discuss my contention that I am in fact Napoleon, but not while wearing that...garment."

And now, from the L'Homme Douteux 2006 Collection, the "Treatment Bound" look:

 

Has anyone tried a 'Klunk-Klip'? This device fits onto the seat belt hanger and clips onto the belt thus releasing the tension - making the belt behave like the old static type. It does the same thing as the strategically placed peg. I got mine in Halfords in the UK some years ago. Don't know if they are street legal now but I don't care. I am with Badrabbit on this.

 

quote:Originally posted by Patrick06790

Imagine politely objecting to the straightjacket because it's impossible to show any shirt cuff.

"Gentlemen, I am quite willing to discuss my contention that I am in fact Napoleon, but not while wearing that...garment."

And now, from the L'Homme Douteux 2006 Collection, the "Treatment Bound" look:

And the first prize in the category of "Professional Chrysanthemum
Impersonator" goes to..."

 

quote:Originally posted by Patrick06790

Imagine politely objecting to the straightjacket because it's impossible to show any shirt cuff.

"Gentlemen, I am quite willing to discuss my contention that I am in fact Napoleon, but not while wearing that...garment."

And now, from the L'Homme Douteux 2006 Collection, the "Treatment Bound" look:

What the hell happened to Phil Spector?

 

Too many tickets for not wearing his seatbelt.

 

quote:Originally posted by Patrick06790

Too many tickets for not wearing his seatbelt.

So why is his hair all poofy?

 

Worse than horrible car crashes, this insatiable desire for the wrinkle-free shirt has lead us down the road to poly...well, you know what substance I am going to mention.

When I was in sea cadets, we wore the cotton "gunshirts" (fore runner of the tshirt) that RN sailors wear. In the summer, there was always a suggestion from someone flying about that we ought not to wear seatbelts on our way to parades. Never was a problem for me.

At afternoon funerals, wear a frock coat and top hat. Should the funeral be your own, the hat may be dispensed with.
--The Cynic's Rules of Conduct. 1905

 

Don't wear seatbelts.

 

It's a love/hate relationship with me.

I hate them for the same reason that you do.

I love (maybe should modify that to tolerate/appreciate) them since an accident I had 23 years ago where my automobile left the road and hit a tree head-on.

Even at a speed of approximately 30 mph, bouncing around/off the inside of a car is no fun at all. None.

 

I hate wearing seatbelts myself but it's the LAW.