DUDES: How do you manage your underwear and under shirt inventory?

[Muse]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
If you can't tell the difference, why does it matter?

There's a point there. I get mine at costco, and I decided some time ago to replace all my white socks, white jockey style shorts and white T shirts at the same time, getting 12 of each. That would work. In reality, I'm not holding to it. I'm not really having a problem distinguishing the newer ones from the older ones, though. Presently, I'm mostly keeping them in clean 5 gallon plastic pails. I know, not very chi chi, but it works.

One tip: I used to have my white underwear fade to gray pretty quickly. What I've done that prevents this:

1. Always wash whites separately.

2. I buy a bucket of Oxyclean at Costco, and add a full scoop to each load of whites. What I do is mix that scoop well with 1 gallon of warm water and pour it over the undies a minimum of 6 hours before I wash them (I have my own washer).

The undies stay nice and white for a real, real long time now. I used to buy new ones just because the old ones looked really dingy. No longer.
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Oh, and when no longer good to wear it becomes a rag (the T shirts and socks).

 

[kranky]

I think the OP was in jest. I laughed.

 

[Ballatician]

I hope so

 

[pyonir]

:roll:

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: Mahaguru

Originally posted by: binister
I embed RFID tags in each item which is scanned by a sensor on my bedroom door frame. The information on all of my clothes is wireless sent to my iPhone which immediately tells me the age of each item, how many times I have worn each item and the "net worth" of the clothes on my back. It also warns me of mismatched colors or if I forgot something like my shirt.

It did take 4 years to develop and cost me around $5k but I think it is totally worth it. I would hate to show up at work only to be told I am fired for not wearing pants again.

Are you going to release it as open source?

Open Source? Are you crazy? This is a moneymaker! There must be hundreds of thousands of people just waiting for technology like this to hit...think of the possible applications! Why all the food in the fridge and pantry could be so encoded so you'd know when your milk was going bad, when you were out of peanut butter, when the cereal was empty...Dude, this could make shopping easier for your mom!

I think the people who patented the laser must have made a lot of money.

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: Aflac
I remember how old my stuff is by how ratty it looks. Does it really matter how old an item of clothing is? When they start to have holes, trash it. If they don't have holes, wear it.

Yeah, on my shirts, the neck line gets ragged. Also the white shirts are not as bright white as brand new shirts.

 

[Delita]

Originally posted by: Mahaguru
Over the years, I have gathered a whole bunch of underwear and under shirts, but the thing is I can't tell which ones are new and which ones are old, and if they are old, how old. We are all techies here, has anyone tried coming up with an innovative solution to this issue? I was thinking something like attaching a barcode to each, and scan them into an Access database with a barcode scanner. End of every month, generate a report, and then see which one got used to most, and keep track of their age this way.

Obviously this will only work if I start fresh with all new underwear and under shirts.

That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard of

 

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: BigJ
No man. Just no.

If it has stains, holes, rips, tears, or feels like crap, throw it out.

:thumbsup:

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Mahaguru
Over the years, I have gathered a whole bunch of underwear and under shirts, but the thing is I can't tell which ones are new and which ones are old, and if they are old, how old. We are all techies here, has anyone tried coming up with an innovative solution to this issue? I was thinking something like attaching a barcode to each, and scan them into an Access database with a barcode scanner. End of every month, generate a report, and then see which one got used to most, and keep track of their age this way.

Obviously this will only work if I start fresh with all new underwear and under shirts.

When I start to wear holes in it they go in the trash. This is all the time that needs to be devoted to underwear really.

 

[fatpat268]

When it comes to socks, I usually throwaway my whole collection about every 8 months or so. I don't like old socks and I hate mismatched socks. So I dump my collection and get all the same socks.

As for boxers, I throw them out when they look old. It's usually pretty obvious, and I buy them as I see fit. I don't wear undershirts as often, but if I notice they're starting to turn beige instead of white, I'll throw it out (rags) and buy new ones.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Aflac
I remember how old my stuff is by how ratty it looks. Does it really matter how old an item of clothing is? When they start to have holes, trash it. If they don't have holes, wear it.

that's ventilated draws, thos shouldn't be thrown away just worn in the summertime

 

[sdifox]

you need to barcode the lot. RFID will not survive the wash cycle. So create a dd, enter these items in the db when you buy them and tag them. Scan them every time you wash so you know the number of time a particular item has been washed (and when).

Seriously, you don't think you are worrying a bit too much? If you find an item that is worn out, throw it away.

 

[biggestmuff]

A personal assistant takes care of my inventory.

 

[wiredspider]

wow....just wow...

 

[MrToilet]

The ultimate, all-powerful guy test is ALWAYS the smell test. Works for everything..... food, clothes, girls, genitalia, cars, it really does work!

Wait, another thing: You know you can always flip your underwear inside out, shake 'em out, and put 'em back on? You can get another week out of them if you're careful!

 

[FoBoT]

real men wear them until they have too many holes
too many holes is defined as "my wife threw out my favorite underwear because it had too many holes"


OP is some strange combo of metrosexual and geek/nerd on steriods

 

[ppdes]

Pfft, bar codes are so last century. Just buy a web cam and an OCR program, that's Optical Clothes Recognition, by the way. There's some niche market for some other sort of OCR, but that's rare so you shouldn't have to worry about it. From then on the computer will watch you dress and issue warnings if you try to wear the same pair of underwear two days straight or some other dangerous faux pas. Just be careful because if you try to ignore its advice it might try to kill you and you'll have to pull its memory boards in the computer room.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: binister
I embed RFID tags in each item which is scanned by a sensor on my bedroom door frame. The information on all of my clothes is wireless sent to my iPhone which immediately tells me the age of each item, how many times I have worn each item and the "net worth" of the clothes on my back. It also warns me of mismatched colors or if I forgot something like my shirt.

It did take 4 years to develop and cost me around $5k but I think it is totally worth it. I would hate to show up at work only to be told I am fired for not wearing pants again.

That's either very funny or very real.

Just as forgetting ones pants is both very funny and very real.

 

[zanejohnson]

i have a hot wife that takes care of all that for me... i just put on what she has layed out for me.

 

[boomerang]

Originally posted by: MrToilet
The ultimate, all-powerful guy test is ALWAYS the smell test. Works for everything..... food, clothes, girls, genitalia, cars, it really does work!

For the longest time, my motto has been "Smell it first". I heartily agree!

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: fatpat268
When it comes to socks, I usually throwaway my whole collection about every 8 months or so. I don't like old socks and I hate mismatched socks. So I dump my collection and get all the same socks.

See, this is a sensible way to go. No more worrying if this one's not quite up to snuff, etc. Just replace your whole everyday sock collection at once every so often.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: BigJ
No man. Just no.

If it has stains, holes, rips, tears, or feels like crap, throw it out.

:thumbsup:

 

[everman]

I clicked this thread today because I was just wondering how a discussion of underwear organization/management could possibly still be going on for three pages.... It's not that complicated folks, just throw out the stuff that obviously is worn out and replace it! (and nothing feels nicer than a pair of new socks on a cold day)

 

[altonb1]

Originally posted by: Mahaguru
Over the years, I have gathered a whole bunch of underwear and under shirts, but the thing is I can't tell which ones are new and which ones are old, and if they are old, how old. We are all techies here, has anyone tried coming up with an innovative solution to this issue? I was thinking something like attaching a barcode to each, and scan them into an Access database with a barcode scanner. End of every month, generate a report, and then see which one got used to most, and keep track of their age this way.

Obviously this will only work if I start fresh with all new underwear and under shirts.

:roll:

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: zanejohnson
i have a hot wife that takes care of all that for me... i just put on what she has layed out for me.

where were you going on this sunday drive?