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Jan 25, 2019 16:25:54 GMT
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Post by Crunchy Col on Jan 25, 2019 16:25:54 GMT
Strictly for cunts.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2019 17:23:39 GMT
Yes indeed. I'd much rather pack my jeans, t-shirts, trainers, evening shoes, walking shoes, skirts, tops, toiletries, laptop, cables and cup-a-soups in my handbag.
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Jan 25, 2019 17:25:04 GMT
I take it you don't do a lot of camping, eh John?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2019 17:29:14 GMT
If you mean backpacks, everyone here has them. I have a work laptop I have to take home each night if work pops up and a backpack with a laptop sleeve in the last zipper pocket is the way to go. In fact, most backpacks nowadays have them so lots of people use them for commuting to work.
A few years ago, there was even a brand of conscious hip-hop termed "backpack." Rappers like Earl Sweatshirt, Bada$$, and Mistah FAB were the most popular. There was even an anti-backpack hip-hop movement.
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Post by Inspector Norse on Jan 26, 2019 6:44:48 GMT
Yeah, I travel around the city a lot for work so have to take my laptop with me and a rucksack is the only comfortable way to do so (especially when I also have things like book, headphones, sometimes lunch etc.
There are plenty of rucksacks that are both practical and moderately stylish without making you look like an high-schooler from an American TV series in 2007.
Though in sloop's case that is likely the look he is aiming for.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2019 1:21:28 GMT
Yeah, I travel around the city a lot for work so have to take my laptop with me and a rucksack is the only comfortable way to do so (especially when I also have things like book, headphones, sometimes lunch etc. There are plenty of rucksacks that are both practical and moderately stylish without making you look like an high-schooler from an American TV series in 2007. Though in sloop's case that is likely the look he is aiming for. Good one.
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Post by Crunchy Col on Jan 27, 2019 9:25:23 GMT
Just carry a bag instead of making other travellers' lives a misery, for fuck's sake
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Post by rayge on Jan 27, 2019 10:48:57 GMT
Just carry a bag instead of making other travellers' lives a misery, for fuck's sake In my mind, but perhaps not in the dictionary, there is a distinction between a rucksack and a backpack. The latter is basically a bag you strap to your back, while the former has a metal frame, a general shape, is free-standing and often has things tied to it and hanging from it. The former are no more trouble to non-wearers on public transport than the average shoulder-bag, unless stuffed with heavy stuff with corners - books, laptops, cameras, that kind of thing - and swung about in seated people's faces by those standing in a train, say. The latter, while great for hiking and camping, and as a hands-free alternative to many suitcases when going in for the sort of long-distance travel I eschew, are always a nuisance to others in any kind of confined space, whether dumped in a narrow aisle or worn by someone seemingly oblivious of how much bigger it makes them when manoeuvring in confined spaces. When it comes to luggage-rated annoyances, though, I find those who wander through station concourses and streets dragging a wheeled suitcase behind them, instead of pushing it ahead where they can see and control them better, even more dangerous to my person and peace of mind.
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Post by Inspector Norse on Jan 27, 2019 11:46:40 GMT
When it comes to luggage-rated annoyances, though, I find those who wander through station concourses and streets dragging a wheeled suitcase behind them, instead of pushing it ahead where they can see and control them better, even more dangerous to my person and peace of mind. I don't think I have ever seen anyone pushing a suitcase in front of them.
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Post by rayge on Jan 27, 2019 12:26:26 GMT
I don't think I have ever seen anyone pushing a suitcase in front of them. It's a rare sight, granted, although I have seen it, and indeed done it. But have you ever seen anyone pulling a pram, baby buggy, shopping trolley, wheely bin, wheelbarrow, sack barrow, etc., behind them? Exactly the same ergonomic, mechanical and physical parameters apply in terms of steering, conservation of effort, etc. In pushing, the effort is down to the legs and thighs, and the wheels take the weight, with momentum and body-weight your friend. Your hands are basically there to maintain balance. Pulling requires effort from the arms, in an unnatural, hyper-sinuated position. Because the damn thing is out of sight, it's difficult to make slight corrections in steering and holding the case at exactly the right angle for minimum effort. And if you only have one hand on it, it's going to veer. Plus, people tend, if moving forward and pulling or dragging something on wheels behind, to bend forward from the waist, which makes moving anything attached to you above the waist - basically by levers from your shoulder, more arduous.
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Post by neige on Jan 27, 2019 16:15:48 GMT
When it comes to luggage-rated annoyances, though, I find those who wander through station concourses and streets dragging a wheeled suitcase behind them, instead of pushing it ahead where they can see and control them better, even more dangerous to my person and peace of mind. I don't think I have ever seen anyone pushing a suitcase in front of them. You often see it when it's the four-wheel kind.
FWIW, I do share rayge's beef with suitcases.
...and I love my backpack, I have it hanging from one shoulder in crowds and only wear both straps when I have enough room.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2019 17:51:35 GMT
I don't particularly mind suitcases unless they're being driven by dipsticks who move painfully slowly and seem to leave their bags half a mile behind their person, if you're going down the aisle of a plane you end up hurting the tops of your feet until you adjust to 'accidentally' kick the fuckers with the points of your feet.
Rayge, not being a great traveller, I don't think realises how very much easier it is to drag a suitcase behind you than try to control it in front of you - though these days with a good sturdy 4-wheel beast they're often easy to roll upright beside you.
Rucksacks are good for travelling, especially in poorer areas, they're easier to deal with and people with rucksacks get hassled much less than people with suitcases if both are around.
The smaller backpacks ... I like hands-free (again, useful for travelling) so I use them and if you carry heavy stuff and it's properly adjusted it's better for your back.
As for backpacks being a nuisance well in tight spots like public transport or shops you take them off and use the handle on top so it's just like any other bag.
Pft.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2019 17:55:09 GMT
I have a small cool black leather backpack for smart evenings out.
I also have smaller, glam and sparkling backpacks for pretty, like.
Double pft.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Jan 27, 2019 21:44:14 GMT
I use a backpack damn near everyday.
I also have one of those big 'ol Berghaus backpacks for travelling and I've used it since I was in my early 20s.
Deal with it.
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Post by Crunchy Col on Jan 27, 2019 22:06:55 GMT
WANKER
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