Keeping up appearances in the MH

Cobweb

Cobweb

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Hi funsters

A friend is in the process of getting a MH and one of the things that came up was doing ironing in the MH . I had to admit to having an iron as well as an ironing board in the garage which has been used maybe once or twice in 6 years.
My friend was horrified since he must have his shirts ironed and will not wear man made materials . Our wardrobe mainy consists of outdoor gear from Rohan ,Graghoppers and Columbia etc which can be washed and dried in minutes and no ironing necessary . Shorts , shirts and teeshirts in the summer and fleeces and gilets and baselayers for the winter . Years of roughing it on boats and Motorhomes has pretty much dictated the style . We do have one decent smart casual outfit but often it stays in the wardrobe unused . I would like to know how everyone else copes with trying to keep up appearances in the MH since it seems that we gave up trying long ago .
 
Ironing??? Don't even do that at home! Stuff that WILL crease, will get creased as soon as you put it on anyway. Life's too short!
 
Cobweb said:
My friend was horrified since he must have his shirts ironed and will not wear man made materials .
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Have you been drinking ? I thought the dinosaurs died out years and years ago.

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Had a travel iron in previous MH but never used it . If you fold t shirts carefully or even roll them they should stay fairly crease free. Like others I do keep on "going out" outfit in should the need arise. Don't iron at home either only if going somewhere special and really does need ironing. I have more things to do with my time , you never know if its gonna be your last
 
As I am always suited and booted for work I am quite happy to be a scruff bag when I am away. Can't think I would need to take an iron with me. Still put my make up on every day though!(y)
 
Got an iron and use it sometimes..
As we often use club sites or larger sites they tend to have laundry facilities anyway
 
Used to iron hubby's shirts when he worked and used to leave piles of neatly ironed and folded clothes for daughters but then saw how they stuffed them in drawers so stopped. I don't iron now unless something really needs it and only on day of use. In the motorhome shirts get hung up so if they come out of home in reasonable state they stay that way in MH.(y)
 
Travel without an iron......tut...tut..standards are indeed falling;)
 
SOS said:
As I am always suited and booted for work I am quite happy to be a scruff bag when I am away. Can't think I would need to take an iron with me. Still put my make up on every day though!(y)
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Same here ( apart from the make up)

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Wouldn't go anywhere without my trouser press never mind without an iron. How do you people go out for dinner if you are unable to dress for it :rolleyes:. I know of one funster that even carries a pale blue tuxedo with him, wont name names of course :).
 
Snowbird said:
Wouldn't go anywhere without my trouser press never mind without an iron. How do you people go out for dinner if you are unable to dress for it :rolleyes:. I know of one funster that even carries a pale blue tuxedo with him, wont name names of course :).
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I think times change to be honest

I remember saying to my old senior partner - " I am not wearing a tie for the dinner tonight"

He replied " But we are sitting down for dinner" as if I was committing a cardinal sin.

I still didn't wear a tie.

You can take the boy out of Wales etc...

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Chris said:
" But we are sitting down for dinner"
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... as opposed to standing up? or jogging? maybe going for a little parachuting?
 
Where's JJ on this thread, he will put you right :D.
 
No way Pedro.

Shirley Conran once said c. 1965 that "Life's too short to stuff a mushroom" which has been my motto ever since and ironing is a job that falls into the same category. If it's a garment that can't be washed without needing the iron, of which by now there are comparatively few in either of our wardrobes - it doesn't even go in the MoHo in the first place.

One 'decent' outfit in a zipped garment bag and shoes - rest are just comfy. Varying degrees of that LOL

Two handbags - have to be reasonably sized to carry all my diabetic paraphernalia - currently a very nice rucksack style black leather one for usual use and a pretty cloth summer one/beach bag, which is more roomy.

I should add that most of my working life was spent 'suited and booted' and my working prowess was marked with whether the clothes were C&A, M&S or Liberty etc and the shoes normal Clarks, Dolcis etc, then Van Dal or Bruno Magli.

My feet now complain LOUDLY when they have to suffer anything 'smarter' or higher heeled than Decathlon ROFL.
 
I wear chinos to work now unless I am seeing important people or going to court.

I am fed up with suits and ties and dry cleaning.
 
PS We've been invited to an old mate's milestone birthday 'do'. Unfortunately it's evening dress or 40's uniform, no-one not in formal gear will be admitted and they are into wartime character enactment as a hobby, so we've declined.

It's disappointing cos I'd love to see her as she's the first one of us lot to reach this birthday - but we'd both have to hire and goodness knows where there's such a place round here or what it would cost these days. It's been over 15 years since I've needed such garments and Pete hasn't even got a lounge suit that fits him now le alone evening dress!

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sedge said:
Unfortunately it's evening dress or 40's uniform, no-one not in formal gear will be admitted and they are into wartime character enactment as a hobby, so we've declined.
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Those sort of dress requirements are crying out for bubble bursting.

1. Jeans, sweater, beret and pack of Gauloises = French Resistance
2. Go as Hitler.
3. Go in a loin cloth and say your Imperial Japanese captors don't allow you to wear uniform.
4. Turn up in Y-fronts and a vest soaking wet and tell them a U-boat sunk your ship on the way there.
 
magicsurfbus said:
Those sort of dress requirements are crying out for bubble bursting.

1. Jeans, sweater, beret and pack of Gauloises = French Resistance
2. Go as Hitler.
3. Go in a loin cloth and say your Imperial Japanese captors don't allow you to wear uniform.
4. Turn up in Y-fronts and a vest soaking wet and tell them a U-boat sunk your ship on the way there.
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I will only say this once ......go for the French resistance !
 
We to have an iron and ironing board in the garage - at home and covered in cobwebs. Good lady wife states if anything needs the creases taken out it's me (n)
 
I iron 7 shirts every Sunday for my working week with 2 spare hanging in the car, wouldn't dream of putting an iron in the motorhome as this is my relaxing time.
 

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