KarmaCycle: Keeping your jacket smart in a backpack

Tuesday, 4 May 2010

Keeping your jacket smart in a backpack

I know the entire www was in a fever of anticipation after yesterday's entry about smart clothes. So, the trick with a jacket is to put it in plastic - the kind you get at dry cleaners - then fold neatly and flat much like a shirt. Try to keep it flat as it goes into the backpack. I think I looked almost smart today and not crumpled. And if you knew me you'd be surprised by that.

2 comments:

Paul said...: I used to work with a guy who'd been in the army - and he said they roll their uniforms tightly, rather than folding, to keep them smart in backpacks. I've followed his instructions for jeans and shirts, but never a jacket.; Thursday, 06 May, 2010
KarmaCycle said...: Yes - I seem to vaguely remember that from my days when I was in the school cadets ... perhaps it's worth a go. The dry-cleaning plastic seemed to be pretty good for keeping it in shape.; Friday, 07 May, 2010

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The Cycle of Karma

When you're cycling around 100 miles a week through London, you develop some strange notions. The one I can't get out of my head is that you build up karma - good and bad - depending on how you cycle. So - if you stop at red lights, wait politely for pedestrians, smile at cars, you get rewarded - the next light turns green for you straight away, someone smiles back at you - you get the picture. Of course this doesn't always work, but it works often enough for me to try to cycle by those rules. Most of the time.