suitcase packing question

[Thrift Store Scott]

Michael wrote:
I don't stand the bag up as I pack but I do put shoes and other heavier things down at the bottom near the wheels.

Same here: Shoes at bottom (near the wheels), then jeans/pants, then folded shirts at the top. The "roll" thing sounds like crazy talk to me, either that or propaganda from the iron & ironing board manufacturer's association. When I'm folding a shirt to go in a suitcase, I let my OCD have free reign and fold it to exactly fit the space available using a cardboard template I made of the inside of my suitcase. When a shirt I've packed comes out of the suitcase, it's not wrinkled, it's creased.

An ex-military friend of mine was chatting with me while I was packing once and after seeing me carefully fold and pack shirts said "You know the Army is looking for people like you". He didn't mean that as a compliment. :dunno: