strapped like a backpack?
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
i think minimal backpacks look actively cool
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 30, 2013 9:43 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
agree
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
went for it
http://indigoandcotton.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/465x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/t/o/topo-designs-klettersack-navy-leather-8.jpg.pagespeed.ce.4emP3Naa6v.jpg
― the late great, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
ive had a herscehl for like 18 months now, taken it on trips, no complaints abt quality
― max, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
xpost: tlg not sure if u saw upthread but i have the same model/color (except w/o the leather patches)
i totally love it, i just look like a doof when wearing a suit with it
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
the top compartment makes for a great secret man purse #protip
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:55 (eleven years ago) link
Lucky for me i work in jeans
― the late great, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 20:03 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/EUqgcsy.jpg
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 May 2013 12:30 (eleven years ago) link
really not in a position to drop a few hundos on a leather messenger/brief-- any tips?
stop carrying a fucking bag around with you everywhere
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 May 2013 12:51 (eleven years ago) link
any further questions, i refer you to the title of this thread
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 May 2013 12:52 (eleven years ago) link
felt like this had to be recorded somewhere. from the mean streets of downtown boston, in the year of our lord 2013:
http://i.imgur.com/YX0MQs9.jpg
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 2 May 2013 12:59 (eleven years ago) link
4 LYFE
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:03 (eleven years ago) link
bloody hipsters
― scintilla (seandalai), Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:03 (eleven years ago) link
gr80, maybe look into army surplus retailers online for a suitable carryall? i don't know if you could find something sleek / professional looking enough to work with a suit but there are countless affordable options.
― ampersand cooper black (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:13 (eleven years ago) link
tracer will you come be my personal valet as i commute from home to two different offices on public transportation
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:13 (eleven years ago) link
"ive had a herscehl for like 18 months now, taken it on trips, no complaints abt quality
― max, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 2:40 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink"
This is good to know.
This is the one I want: http://www.madewell.com/madewell_category/BAGS/backpacks/PRDOVR~56938/56938.jsp
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:16 (eleven years ago) link
oh i am v v taken by this herschel backpack: http://shop.herschelsupply.com/survey-backpack.html
(i use a tin tac record bag - because i have to carry my work laptop around with me most of the time, which apparently some of us are too good to do - but it is well heavy)
― snapchats and tattoos (c sharp major), Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:22 (eleven years ago) link
what do you carry in there gr80?? seriously? homework? sweet unguents? the official rules of major league baseball???
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:23 (eleven years ago) link
if it is your work laptop then it should be at work, surely
water bottles, camera
― 乒乓, Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:24 (eleven years ago) link
feel like this 'men should be MEN and not carry ANYTHING' bullshit can gtfo already
I carry so much shit around I need two bags most days. It's a problem.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:26 (eleven years ago) link
but where will i put my sweet unguents
― ampersand cooper black (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:28 (eleven years ago) link
pls imagine here a link to that piece about how the "minimal lifestyle" is in many ways a demonstration of how wealthy you are, that you don't need to hold on to stuff because you can buy whatever you need at any given time.
― snapchats and tattoos (c sharp major), Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:29 (eleven years ago) link
men don't carry bags, that's why they invented cargo pants and cellphone holsters
― ampersand cooper black (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:32 (eleven years ago) link
sweet unguents?
lol i do actually usually have a small tube of neosporin and a bottle of aspirin in my backpack-- hilarious, i'm sure
my current employment has me alternating between two offices in two separate buildings. even on weeks when i'm scheduled to be at one office two days in row, there's a chance that could change overnight, so i take my laptop and external drive home with me every night, along with some essential paper files and notes/notebook
additionally, being adverse to waste and having an affinity for coffee and water, i usually have a steel water bottle and a travel mug with me, and occasionally a small tupperware container with lunch inside
as dayo speculated, i usually have one or two cameras with me (usually just a compact point-and-shoot, but occasionally an SLR with a bulky lens).
depending on the weather, i may need to stuff a small umbrella or a scarf inside too
also, an ipad for reading material on the train as well as a small pouch with my earbuds inside
once or twice a month i might have a change of clothes with me, depending on plans
i'm way jealous of your ~everything's in the cloud, maaaan~ lyfestyle but i like having things with me i guess; kanye shrug
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:11 (eleven years ago) link
It's crazy to me to think that anybody without a car, or as I sometimes wistfully think of them "rolling storage lockers," could leave their home for 8-10 hours every day and not have some sort of bag, particularly if that person's job requires carrying any sort of material around. Even if women's clothing came standard with practical pockets and I was traveling light that day, I'd still have to take a purse with me to hold something to read on the train.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
Plus to gr80's point re: not wanting to be wasteful, even if you didn't give a shit about generating a lot of trash, not carrying a water bottle/your own coffee/lunch gets insanely expensive if you aren't lucky enough to work somewhere fancy that provides coffee and water.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
or what c sharp major said!
― carl agatha, Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
make yr lunch at home every morning and upload it to the cloud; download it on yr smartphone when u get hungry
― ampersand cooper black (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
whoa people. i was not talking about men only!! i'm talking about everybody!
gr8080 i want to be your personal feng shui decluttering guru. let me take your points in turn.
- having your "own" computer for work is already sooooooo last decade. sit down at any desk, login, there is everything you've been working on. your profile is synced. if your office IT system can't do this now i'd be surprised but it'll happen soon if not
- water. use the faucet/water cooler at work, or wherever
- coffee. my answer to this is that i have an aeropress of my own at work, and a mug at work, and a bag of ground beans at work.
- cameras, i can't help you there. it's true, specialized equipment needs protection. if you're a shutterbug i guess you can't just have it freeballin. hmm. maybe a camera case?
- scarf. wear it.
- umbrella. hold this. if small enough stick in back pocket.
- ipad. gtfo
- change of clothes. you scamp.
.. honestly the only real dealbreakers here that require some sort of bag are the ipad and the cameras, and possibly the umbrella. part of my argument is that you do not need the cameras on your commute, and you do not need your ipad on your commute either. (i use my phone for reading material). YOU CAN DO THIS.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
i bring my lunch to work in a paper bag that i carry in my hand.
o_o
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
lol sure
― 乒乓, Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
...? idgi
i don't get what's so great about not carrying things around
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:37 (eleven years ago) link
buy more stuff and get a separate coffee brew set-up for each office location
declutter your life
― ampersand cooper black (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
Your umbrella solution assumes the existence of back pockets, for one. Women's clothes do not come with usable pockets, as a rule. xp
lol elmo
― carl agatha, Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:39 (eleven years ago) link
Also this assumes that anywhere you would be working will have a computer there ready and waiting for you.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
tracer i'm not going to get in to the details of how my job works but trust me that i need to have my own laptop, do not have space for/access to a drinking fountain or coffee maker
also full disclosure today my umbrella is technically strapped to the exterior of my backpack and not tucked inside
also are you that clueless as to how a scarf works in relation to changes in temperature throughout the day?
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
i fully admit that if i commuted with a car to a single office then yes, i could buck up and live a glorious backpack-free lyfestyle
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
This conversation is infuriating because it exemplifies one of my biggest irritations: when one person (that's you, Tracer) assumes that what works for him MUST work for everybody else.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
I don't carry a bag because when I do I wind up filling it with shit I don't actually need to be carrying around. 95% of days the most I actually need is food, one book, and maybe one or two documents from work, all of which can fit in a plastic or paper shopping bag, which may not be the greatest style move but at least it prevents me from taking more than I need.
but yeah I have an office, no need for a laptop, etc.
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:46 (eleven years ago) link
if i need a scarf in the morning for work i generally need it when i'm going home..?
buy more stuff and get a separate coffee brew set-up for each office locationdeclutter your life
haha ok, you got me here. still though. i looove never buying cups of coffee or carrying a thermos or w/e
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:46 (eleven years ago) link
xpost need i remind you what board this thread is on, get one tote bag
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
when one person (that's you, Tracer) assumes that what works for him MUST work for everybody else
i think we're going to have to agree to, well, not necessarily disagree, but that i am completely right and that everyone else is completely wrong
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
all of which can fit in a plastic or paper shopping bag
hurting, are you my step dad, wth
― ampersand cooper black (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:49 (eleven years ago) link
someone do a NYer cartoon of tracer lecturing to a homeless person
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
here you go:
http://i.imgur.com/MOCkLp3.png
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:57 (eleven years ago) link
why would i be lecturing to a homeless person??
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 May 2013 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
are you that dense
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 May 2013 15:06 (eleven years ago) link