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Originally posted by urbanwarrior238:
I did when I was working LEO and still do now that I am retired. Carry it not necessarily for the sneezing/nose work but it makes a quick/always on your person compress when you roll up to a car crash/shooting, etc.

There are better options than using your belt for a tourniquet and your handkerchief for a pressure dressing these days.

They have compressed, vacuum sealed compression bandages and gauze that fit in your pockets nowadays.

Or even something like an ABD pad isn't really any bigger than a handkerchief, but is significantly more absorbant.

Or you can just do like I do, and have your trauma kit staged for easy grabbing and slinging over your shoulder as you exit your vehicle.

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Originally posted by drill sgt:
bandana back in the day carried one but no way today... could be mistaken for "GANG COLORS" ...(especially the red or blue)......... drill sgt.

I don't know about your area/situation specifically, but in general, that's massively overblown. If you were in the midst of a high crime, high gang activity ghetto area, that could be a concern, especially if you're a youth or young adult. But elsewhere, a bandana is just a bandana, especially on an older person.

The media and local community groups love to work upper middle class suburban moms in particular into hysteria with crap like this, when they run news stories and give presentations to civic groups about how certain high profile gangs (usually hundreds/thousands of miles away) fly certain colors. The moms (and sometimes even the school districts) then freak out, and ban their children from wearing red, blue, and various other colored clothing, because they're terrified that their babies will get gunned down in a drive by shooting after being mistaken for a rival gang member.

Relax, Karen... There aren't cars full of big city gangbangers prowling your Whole Foods parking lot in the middle of Bumfuck Rural Midwest USA looking for people wearing certain colors to shoot. And nobody is going to mistake your chubby white 9 year old son for a Crip, even if he's wearing a blue t-shirt.

If you use it to blow your nose, that's kind of like using the same tissue over and over. Gosh NO!

Every damn day.

I have since I started wearing pants.

Bandanna type......always.

I keep a handkerchief in my pocket.

I use it for cleaning my glasses, more than anything else.

Yes, I carry one everyday. Lots of uses for one, hate it when it is rarely forgotten, I prefer white cotton.

Bandanna everyday.

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Originally posted by recoatlift:
Bandanna everyday.

Same here. Started when I was a teen, just a habit, but a useful one in my viewpoint.

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Originally posted by Sunset_Va:

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Originally posted by recoatlift:
Bandanna everyday.

Same here. Started when I was a teen, just a habit, but a useful one in my viewpoint.

Yep, had them for years. I like the red, blue and other color versions.

Nope never have. I wear a suit every day, but have never needed a hankerchief.

I do keep a microfiber cloth close for the glasses and phone screen.

I carry a white one in my back pocket everyday. Rarely used. But if I use it it goes into the laundry hamper and I get a fresh one.

I can't remember how old I was when I started carrying a handkerchief. Probably was when I was 4 or 5. Still carry one everyday. I reckon I will stop when I die.

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Originally posted by 6guns:
I always used to, but stopped a few years ago....not sure why. I still have a stack of them in the closet.

And as above, I can think of two times where I let a lady friend use it.

I think I'll back into the habit of carrying one!

Damn, this reminds me of my Dad! He carried a white handkerchief for years. I always thought it was just nasty. Toss a bugger in it and put it back into your pocket.

Thank you tissues!!!!!!!

Yes I do but for whatever reason not on a daily bases.

I'm never without one of my big red or blue snot rags. My wife has even started carrying them when we go for our daily walks.

When I was growing up my father impressed on me the need for a man to always carry a clean handkerchief, an ink pen and nail clippers Have come in handy over the past 60+ years and I do have tissues handy for the nose wipe duties.

I can’t remember when I didn’t have one with me.

I remember as a kid getting some monogramed hankerchiefs as a birthday gift from one of my older aunts. This was of course back in the fifties. Even as a kid I thought well these are going in a drawer somewhere.