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Previously on "Can you wash a 'dry-clean' only suit?"

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  • cojak
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    Yep, I'm with Denny on this one - give it a go but only if you don't mind ruining it.

    And was it by hand the first time, throw it in the washer the second.

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  • SallyAnne
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    Originally posted by realityhack
    oioi SA!

    Posher than the queen? I obviously didn't drink enough at the party. How're you keeping me 'ol mukka?

    I think I'll PM you, else I'll get wrong off this lot for girly chit chatting!

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  • realityhack
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    Originally posted by SallyAnne
    Yay - the xmas squirrel is back!!! I was beginning to think someone had knacked you for asking them if they were a nerd

    And EO - get your lass to take them to the dry cleaners! She's in the house all day with nothing better to do ffs!!
    oioi SA!

    Posher than the queen? I obviously didn't drink enough at the party. How're you keeping me 'ol mukka?

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  • SallyAnne
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    Originally posted by realityhack
    Not in london it doesn't! Mine's twice that.

    Yay - the xmas squirrel is back!!! I was beginning to think someone had knacked you for asking them if they were a nerd

    And EO - get your lass to take them to the dry cleaners! She's in the house all day with nothing better to do ffs!!

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  • Bagpuss
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    Originally posted by ratewhore
    Marillion

    HTH

    Fleetwood

    If only I knew my naff 80s bands better, my life would be complete

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  • ratewhore
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    Originally posted by Bagpuss
    Real contractors wear suits. Imagine the impression one gives by turning up to a gig dressed in a Marillian t-shirt and stonewash denim jeans (bloody chavs).

    Marillion

    HTH

    Fleetwood

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  • Troll
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    Originally posted by SandyDown
    I wear suits all the time, only one of my contracts (the one in Holland) was casual wear . If you want the truth I find it easier to wear a suit, its an easy uniform, and for the girls you can dress up a suit to be really smart or semi casual (depending on tops /blouses / accessories used)
    I always find women in suits strangely erotic, especially with the frilly shirts...

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  • Bagpuss
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    Real contractors wear suits. Imagine the impression one gives by turning up to a gig dressed in a Marillian t-shirt and stonewash denim jeans (bloody chavs).

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  • SandyDown
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    I wear suits all the time, only one of my contracts (the one in Holland) was casual wear . If you want the truth I find it easier to wear a suit, its an easy uniform, and for the girls you can dress up a suit to be really smart or semi casual (depending on tops /blouses / accessories used)

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  • n5gooner
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    Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock
    Suits - how quaint !

    Does anybody still have to wear them to work ?

    You wont get me to swap my orange boilersuit for one of them suits !

    can't remember the last time I wore a suit....hold one yes I can it was for the interview for this gig I'm on....the time before that was for the previous gig's interview....

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  • AlfredJPruffock
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    Suits - how quaint !

    Does anybody still have to wear them to work ?

    You wont get me to swap my orange boilersuit for one of them suits !

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  • realityhack
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    Originally posted by boredsenseless
    FFS - It costs 4.95 to get it dry-cleaned. And then you don't even have to do it yourself - you're a contractor you can afford it!
    Not in london it doesn't! Mine's twice that.

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  • sasguru
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    Sorry I seem to have wandered onto some kind of chav forum.
    IGMC.

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  • boredsenseless
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    Originally posted by lilelvis2000
    Wife does it all the time in cold water. No noticable degradation - if any - at all. Mind you its a crap M&S suit. Wouldn't do it with my BOSS ones.
    FFS - It costs 4.95 to get it dry-cleaned. And then you don't even have to do it yourself - you're a contractor you can afford it!

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  • lilelvis2000
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    Wife does it all the time in cold water. No noticable degradation - if any - at all. Mind you its a crap M&S suit. Wouldn't do it with my BOSS ones.

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