we are going on a month long bus tour of Europe. How does one separate
clean from dirty clothes in their suitcases?

Cathy

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    > we are going on a month long bus tour of Europe. How does one separate
    > clean from dirty clothes in their suitcases?

I have clean clothes in white bin bags and dirty clothes in black bin bags.

Well you did ask! :o)

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    > we are going on a month long bus tour of Europe. How does one separate
    > clean from dirty clothes in their suitcases?
    > Cathy

I just throw the dirty ones in a plastic bag. However, others might
just wear them.

George

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    >we are going on a month long bus tour of Europe. How does one separate
    >clean from dirty clothes in their suitcases?

I just carry plastic bags for the dirty small stuff. I have a
suitcarrier/case for current clothes and a normal suitcase for
reserves. Dirty can go back into main case at one end. You may
get a chance to use a hotel laundry service at some point?
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Following up to "Mark Hewitt" <[email protected]>
    :

    ><[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:[email protected].. .
    >> we are going on a month long bus tour of Europe. How does one separate
    >> clean from dirty clothes in their suitcases?
    >I have clean clothes in white bin bags and dirty clothes in black bin bags.

Yep, that's about the way I do it too.
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Tim C.

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:21:03 +0000, The Reid
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Following up to [email protected]
    >>we are going on a month long bus tour of Europe. How does one separate
    >>clean from dirty clothes in their suitcases?
    >I just carry plastic bags for the dirty small stuff. I have a
    >suitcarrier/case for current clothes and a normal suitcase for
    >reserves. Dirty can go back into main case at one end. You may
    >get a chance to use a hotel laundry service at some point?

The Beckhams throw their clothes away after using them once.
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Martin

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    > we are going on a month long bus tour of Europe. How does one separate
    > clean from dirty clothes in their suitcases?
    > Cathy

Cathy,

If you use black/white thin garbage bags be very very careful that you don't
get them caught in a zipper. It happened to me on one trip, and it took me
an hour to work all the pieces of plastic out between the zipper.

I really like small separate zippered bags for my clothes. Eagle Creek is a
decent brand. I use their Pack-It folders and cubes.
http://www.eaglecreek.com

As you use clothes from a clean bag/folder, switch them over to the dirty
bag/folder. Works pretty good. I usually put socks & underwear into a
small plastic bag and tie it shut. It's air tight. Probably paranoid, but
it's definitely effective.

I just find the organizing aspect to be very useful, anyways. I put shirts
in one, socks/underwear in another. When I'm getting dressed in the
morning, I grab one item from each folder, and voila, I'm G2G.

Hope this helps,

Keith
Pittsburgh

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    > we are going on a month long bus tour of Europe. How does one separate
    > clean from dirty clothes in their suitcases?

If you need to ask an elementary question such as that, perhaps it would be
better if you were to stay at home. You could put the dirty clothes in a
binbag.

JohnT

Following up to JohnT

    >If you need to ask an elementary question such as that, perhaps it would be
    >better if you were to stay at home. You could put the dirty clothes in a
    >binbag.

how do you gain experience other than doing things or asking
others?
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On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:32:36 +0000, The Reid
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Following up to JohnT
    >>If you need to ask an elementary question such as that, perhaps it would be
    >>better if you were to stay at home. You could put the dirty clothes in a
    >>binbag.
    >how do you gain experience other than doing things or asking
    >others?

In the old days at Scout Camps, when you were in your early teens.
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Martin

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 18:42:32 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:32:36 +0000, The Reid
    ><[email protected]> wrote:
    >>Following up to JohnT
    >>>If you need to ask an elementary question such as that, perhaps it would be
    >>>better if you were to stay at home. You could put the dirty clothes in a
    >>>binbag.
    >>how do you gain experience other than doing things or asking
    >>others?
    >In the old days at Scout Camps, when you were in your early teens.

Eee, in them days we just used to bung 't mucky clothes on 't
campfire.



Keith, Bristol, UK

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Keith M wrote:
    > I really like small separate zippered bags for my clothes. Eagle Creek is a
    > decent brand. I use their Pack-It folders and cubes.
    > http://www.eaglecreek.com

Standard grocery store "Zip Lock" bags have essentially the same basic
utility, but are a lot cheaper. The freezer ones usually have a white
space you can write on; quart, 1-gallon and 2-gallon sizes work well.

    > I just find the organizing aspect to be very useful, anyways. I put shirts
    > in one, socks/underwear in another. When I'm getting dressed in the
    > morning, I grab one item from each folder, and voila, I'm G2G.

Another technique is a modular "one bag per day" (one sock/one
shorts/one T).

What's nice about this is that not only is it faster, but it
automatically creates the empty bag to put your dirties into each day.
To tell a dirty bagfull from a clean one, look to your socks: most
people pack clean socks rolled up, but don't re-roll dirty ones.


-hh

"-hh" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >To tell a dirty bagfull from a clean one, look to your socks: most
    >people pack clean socks rolled up, but don't re-roll dirty ones.
If you need that sort of aid to recognition, they're not dirty.

--
PB
The return address has been MUNGED

IIRC it has been suggested more than once here to take your worst
underwear on the road and toss them when dirty, buying new as you go to
save a laundry cycle... Ya can't wear those old 'tighty whities'
forever... <g>

Then again there is the Motherly fable of getting hit by a Bus and being
taken to the Hospital where they discover your shabby underwear,
therefore leaving you to die an obvious indigent unable to pay for
care... every course of action has its consequences...

Tim K

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    > On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 18:42:32 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:32:36 +0000, The Reid
    > ><[email protected]> wrote:
    > >
    > >>Following up to JohnT
    > >>
    > >>>If you need to ask an elementary question such as that, perhaps it
would be
    > >>>better if you were to stay at home. You could put the dirty clothes
in a
    > >>>binbag.
    > >>
    > >>how do you gain experience other than doing things or asking
    > >>others?
    > >
    > >In the old days at Scout Camps, when you were in your early teens.
    > Eee, in them days we just used to bung 't mucky clothes on 't
    > campfire.
    > Keith, Bristol, UK
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Padraig Breathnach wrote:
    > "-hh" <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >To tell a dirty bagfull from a clean one, look to your socks: most
    > >people pack clean socks rolled up, but don't re-roll dirty ones.
    > >
    > If you need that sort of aid to recognition, they're not dirty.


Either that, or you're in a British B&B that only has a 20W lightbulb
    :-)


-hh