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By: my bag & what’s missing « Scream Without Raising Your Voice

my bag & what’s missing « Scream Without Raising Your Voice — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:22:51 +0000

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By: JohnO

JohnO — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:17:13 +0000

Maybe it’s a bloke thing. I went through a phase of buying luggage on wheels – just because.
That said, I’ve got 3 rucksacks – 1 for uni, a 20l daysack for walking and a 30l rucksack for weekends. My holiday luggage is generally a big tote bag with everything crammed in – no space to bring pressies back either.
I guess my biggest ‘confession’ would be to using a bum-bag when I don’t have a jacket with me (unless I’m wearing trousers/shorts with lots of pockets). At Crossover it turns into a ‘techno-toolbelt’ laden down with radio, camera, phone and (when I still used it) digital recorder.
I guess if we were women, it’d be shoes (ducks and runs for cover).

By: Stewart

Stewart — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:01:54 +0000

well stop digging then!

I have a bit of a bag fetish. I like them. I’d buy loads of them if I was allowed. I have 4 rucksacks, one for work, one for climbing hills, one for more than a day and one that has random stuff in it. When I’m ever in a gear shop I’m drawn to the bags. What’s that all about???

By: JohnO

JohnO — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:51:14 +0000

Do I get the impression I’m digging a deeper hole for myself?

By: bclc

bclc — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:33:28 +0000

No offence taken.

Just as well it was only something as trivial as my bag you were insulting…….

By: JohnO

JohnO — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:31:29 +0000

bclc,
I forgot to add appropriate smilies. It was a bit of an ‘in joke’, as it were. I guess they don’t come across so well in public blogs.
I do actually like some of the crumpler range. Just a bit beyond my wallet generally. But then I’d only buy one if it actually did what I needed. I’m a ‘function over form’ person generally (unless I can combine both).
So, no offence intended to crumpler users.

And Stewart, yes it does seem odd how something so ‘trivial’ can produce more debate than a serious topic. Perhaps it’s simply because we can hold a more informed opinion on it – we all need/use bags. But we’re all too aware (well, mostly) of our true ignorance when it come to expressing opinions/thoughts on the big issues.

By: bclc

bclc — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:07:05 +0000

Well I wouldn’t desribe myself as any of the types you mention but I do quite like my new ‘crumpler’. I do have a rucksack for cycling to work with my laptop and stuff, very practical kimmsack, can use it when running as well. I guess it’s horses for courses you’ve just got to avoid judging a carrier by their bag!

By: JohnO

JohnO — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:47:46 +0000

Aye, well. Crumplers are for wannabe arty types, fashion victims or trendy students.
I may be a student but I’d never claim to be trendy so I have a nice sensible Eastpak rucksack with a laptop compartment. The downside of it is that it can carry so much that when I’ve raided the library, I’m sure it contravenes manual handling legislation guidelines.

By: Stewart

Stewart — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:56:30 +0000

I know that the person you are talking about has a very dubious laptop bag!!! On a more serious note, isn’t it interesting how a bag insipres such interest or debate! I wonder what that says about us as a society that we associate particular bags with femininity or worse some homophobic response! (not that I’m for a minute suggesting that of anyone here)

By: JohnO

JohnO — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:50:58 +0000

If you get a man bag, you do know who will never, ever let you live it down? You need to ask yourself, “Is it worth it?”