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stillcool

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5. I make ear buddies with a scrap of fabric

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Oct 8, 2021, 01:18 PM

Oct 2021

sewing a button on each end. I slip the elastic over the ear, and onto a button, do the same thing on the other side. It allows me to pull my mask down, around my neck skipping the ears entirely.

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Where do you store your mask when you're not wearing it? [View all] brooklynite Oct 2021 OP

Sits in the front seat of my car. jimfields33 Oct 2021 #1

Yep. Me too. CTyankee Oct 2021 #4

Same here lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #13

I put mine on the dashboard of my car, since sunlight is good for masks. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2021 #2

Same here. A couple days in the sun in a hot car should kill any virus. Klaralven Oct 2021 #24

I have a bag by the garage door full AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2021 #3

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2021 #10

The bag by the door is reusable cloth ones AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2021 #12

Post removed Post removed Oct 2021 #17

I make ear buddies with a scrap of fabric stillcool Oct 2021 #5

Under my straw hat or baseball cap while out and about Backseat Driver Oct 2021 #6

In a ziploc bag Danmel Oct 2021 #7

I'm surprised mask quilts aren't a thing. nolabear Oct 2021 #22

on my person? Back pocket. Otherwise? Car cup holder Amishman Oct 2021 #8

We have them stashed all over the place. MuseRider Oct 2021 #9

When I'm heading into a building that doesn't appear very busy, I put it on my Vinca Oct 2021 #11

Yikes. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #14

I guess it depends on where you live. I do business in the country's most vaccinated state Vinca Oct 2021 #16

Same obamanut2012 Oct 2021 #18

Folded in my purse. n/t Greybnk48 Oct 2021 #15

I mostly wear jeans, and there's a mask in the back pocket of each. There's some in my purse... Hekate Oct 2021 #19

When I wore them more, kept one in back pocket... VarryOn Oct 2021 #20

Looped over door handle or turn signal post of car. Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #21

Mine also hang on the turn signal handle LeftInTX Oct 2021 #27

Always a set folded in my purse. My most reliable because always Hortensis Oct 2021 #23

No single place. Jirel Oct 2021 #25

Looped over my car's gear shifter chia Oct 2021 #26

Gearshift nt XanaDUer2 Oct 2021 #28

Car console Freddie Oct 2021 #29

I voted Other... Lars39 Oct 2021 #30