flying from vancouver to LA: extremely cursory and listless security.flying back: going through an x-ray machine, having hands swabbed for residues, super intrusive pat down.
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 25 July 2019 18:24 (four years ago) link
EDC?? Uh, I have several pockets in my pants and my shirt because men are allowed to have such conveniences. Into these I place a variety of objects for my personal use. But I don't fetishize them. Maybe I should join one of those EDC chat groups and upload a lovingly lit photo of my snot rag.
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 25 July 2019 18:37 (four years ago) link
What do you empty your pockets into at the end of the day if not a shrine where every object is anointed with oil and ritually sanctified before Brohama, the god of confused masculine posturing?
― my but is not working it kept telling me device not found. (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 July 2019 18:48 (four years ago) link
they're always extremely thorough with me so i always find this stuff surprising
After 13 years of internal accountability reviews, the TSA is still missing an overwhelming majority of potential threats.This concern is confirmed by the fact that DHS undercover agents have successfully flouted TSA security before:“A similar episode played out in 2013, when an undercover investigator with a fake bomb hidden on his body passed through a metal detector, went through a pat-down at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty Airport, and was never caught.”
― another no-holds-barred Tokey Wedge adventure for men (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 25 July 2019 18:52 (four years ago) link
Don't worry, folks, they took extra time during my last trip to conduct some tests to ensure that my foot powder was not in fact anthrax. Although now that I think about it, they didn't seem all that concerned about the fact that I recently had my left arm replaced with a functioning shotgun.
― my but is not working it kept telling me device not found. (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 July 2019 18:55 (four years ago) link
I always get startled a bit when they poke around in my hair when I have it up in a bun.
― Yerac, Thursday, 25 July 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link
don’t worry, they’re not gonna find anything
― another no-holds-barred Tokey Wedge adventure for men (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 25 July 2019 18:58 (four years ago) link
My hair is full of secrets...and joints. #GDF18 pic.twitter.com/01ocog9TnV— ittybittykitties (@femaleorganism) July 22, 2018
― ☮ (peace, man), Thursday, 25 July 2019 18:59 (four years ago) link
Never confuse one local TSA tree for the nationwide TSA forest. Some shops are still miles better than others. Also, get Pre✔️ already.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 25 July 2019 19:01 (four years ago) link
The everyday carry mob seem to be responsible for the lack of good men’s shoulder bags. Everything has to be a rucksack now.
I once took a can of Dr browns celery soda through jfk security. It was delicious.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 25 July 2019 22:17 (four years ago) link
I’m a bag junkie from way before the EDC goons and their stupid knives and dumb three letter acronym.What are you looking for in a shoulder bag? Brief? Satchel? Messenger? Something that actually works on a bike?
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 26 July 2019 01:00 (four years ago) link
Something on one shoulder could work on a bike too but mainly for walking. The ideal one would have bottle pockets at either end, one for an umbrella one for a water bottle. Useful internal pockets. I need to carry a lap top, papers, book/kindle, headphones (massive and in a case) lunchbox, chopsticks, coffee cup, my pouch of chargers and useful cables, spare battery, bag of nuts, passport, foreign travel cards and foreign money wallet. Ideally would have one of those sleeves that alloys you to strap it to some rolling luggage.
My wife has a much abused, ancient and much loved baby nappy bag which fits this description very well. It’s been her work bag for years and is highly function. Repaired many times and I’m very jealous and it also seems to be irreplaceable.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 26 July 2019 01:11 (four years ago) link
ed
that is madness
― j., Friday, 26 July 2019 01:13 (four years ago) link
It's basically my office, but, on the plus side, it can be anywhere in the world,
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 26 July 2019 01:16 (four years ago) link
I carry a bag to work every day but, like Cosmo Kramer, it’s mostly full of crackers.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Friday, 26 July 2019 01:28 (four years ago) link
: D
― j., Friday, 26 July 2019 01:36 (four years ago) link
xpost, you might want to find a shoulder bag that you you like the exterior of and then get a drop in insert that usually provides better padded compartments.
― Yerac, Friday, 26 July 2019 02:06 (four years ago) link
also useful if you have multiple bags so you can just move the insides easily between them.
― Yerac, Friday, 26 July 2019 02:07 (four years ago) link
I used to use a timbuk2 bag that had the “bottle pockets” on the outside and had all the other bits, mostly
a full lunchbox seems like a separate concern, unless you’re wearing a hiking backpack
― untuned mass damper (mh), Friday, 26 July 2019 02:25 (four years ago) link
i live in nyc. i carry my keys, my wallet and my phone, and i don't understand why all these dudes are wearing enormous fucking backpacks on the subway. you're going to work, probably in an office building; you don't need shoelaces and duct tape or whatever everywhere you go in manhattan
the women carry small bags and it's fine; it's the chunky guy with the full backpack and the noise-canceling headphones who stands in the middle and can't hang on to anything because he's playing a game on his phone whom i will ultimately be convicted of killing
― mookieproof, Friday, 26 July 2019 02:58 (four years ago) link
the only huge backpacks here are on tourists and it crosses gender lines
― L'assie (Euler), Friday, 26 July 2019 07:50 (four years ago) link
xp: my backpack typically contains my lunch, glasses case, sunscreen, an umbrella, tissues, hand sanitizer, backup phone charger, a book, and gym clothes if I'm planning to work out on my lunch break.
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, 26 July 2019 08:25 (four years ago) link
I've been a bag carrier for a good 25 years and it's mainly been about books and water with a bunch of other crap along for the ride. I've always been a one-strap shoulder bag advocate but my back's fucked so I'm more likely to use a rucksack these days. As an aside, I've had a beard for that long too and it bores me that everyone else has one now. I was in a pub briefly yesterday (yes, of course it was a craft place) and everyone was bald and bearded, and everyone had a bag. My life is a Will Oldham convention.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Friday, 26 July 2019 09:21 (four years ago) link
everyone was bald and bearded, and everyone had a bag
it me
― another no-holds-barred Tokey Wedge adventure for men (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 26 July 2019 09:31 (four years ago) link
it's the chunky guy with the full backpack and the noise-canceling headphones who stands in the middle and can't hang on to anything because he's playing a game on his phone whom i will ultimately be convicted of killing― mookieproof, Friday, 26 July 2019 12:58 PM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― mookieproof, Friday, 26 July 2019 12:58 PM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Part of the reason why I prefer a shoulder bag is I don’t want to be that guy. People with backpacks tend to have a terrible sense of space. (Myself included who, as a child on my way to school, spun round to get my rucksack out of the way and ended up getting my head stuck in the door of a jubilee line train at west hampstead)
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 26 July 2019 10:43 (four years ago) link
Me too, btw - didn't mean I was any different.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Friday, 26 July 2019 10:55 (four years ago) link
i didn't think you did! baggy balding beardos of the world unite
― another no-holds-barred Tokey Wedge adventure for men (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 26 July 2019 10:57 (four years ago) link
The glabrous shall inherit the earth!
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Friday, 26 July 2019 11:05 (four years ago) link
It also me.
My bag is enormous mostly because I always have like two enormous books (500 and 900 pgs. at the mo) with me at all times.
― my but is not working it kept telling me device not found. (Old Lunch), Friday, 26 July 2019 11:49 (four years ago) link
If I weren't to use a backpack, I'd probably just have to look for some kind of trousers that had more and bigger pockets.
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, 26 July 2019 11:51 (four years ago) link
I've had a condition since childhood wherein I will literally die if I leave the house without some sort of bound printed matter on my person, so pockets-only just isn't an option for me, unfortunately.
― my but is not working it kept telling me device not found. (Old Lunch), Friday, 26 July 2019 11:59 (four years ago) link
(The technical term for my condition is 'being a nerd' btw.)
― my but is not working it kept telling me device not found. (Old Lunch), Friday, 26 July 2019 12:00 (four years ago) link
Bags come in other shapes than rucksacks, even if the EDC mob seem determined to deny this.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 26 July 2019 12:02 (four years ago) link
I bought a used Goruck a few years ago and it’s almost my perfect bag. Laptop, gym stuff (inc. shoes and flops), giant salad container for lunch, headphone (noise canceling) case, and then my assortment of things I can’t be without like spare phone battery, cables, and a paperback.
― beard papa, Friday, 26 July 2019 15:10 (four years ago) link
which one is it? i need a new bag for that kind of thing
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 26 July 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
Ed, you might be interested in the discontinued comedy-size Chrome Kremlin.For the volume of stuff you’re wanting to cram in, plus occasional bike duty (which really benefits from a stabilizer strap), a shoulder bag will be a tough squeeze.Whereas the Kremlin is a proper messenger that can also double as a cape or poncho :D
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 26 July 2019 15:37 (four years ago) link
on the fancier side, Bedouin Foundry offers their messenger in volumes up to 45L...https://bedouinfoundry.com/pages/size-guide
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 26 July 2019 15:46 (four years ago) link
or for something more everyday practical, maybe check out the Lexdray Symmetry Mumbai or Booq Boa Nerve
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 26 July 2019 15:50 (four years ago) link
@Tracer Hand it's the GR1. I never mentioned things I do not like about it: It's heavy compared to packs made of synthetic material and it's not water proof.
― beard papa, Friday, 26 July 2019 22:38 (four years ago) link
I think you’re overestimating the size I need. It’s more about organisation. The aforementioned lunchbox is a small tin approx 8cmx 10cm x 15cm.
The peak design everyday 15 is the best I’ve seen so far but I’d really like pockets on the outside for an umbrella and water bottle
I keep hoping i’ll stumble into the perfect thing in japan
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 26 July 2019 22:54 (four years ago) link
im a john rocha khaki backpack man meself
hope thats ok
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Friday, 26 July 2019 23:53 (four years ago) link
I used an LA Police Gear bug-out-bag (conference freebie) from 2010-2017, until the nylon on the bottom started getting multiple holes in it. Now I have a Topo Designs mini mountain bag with a leather bottom and a shoulder strap made of seatbelt material, and I love the bag in general, but the cordura has already worn thin where it’s been rubbing against laptop edges.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 27 July 2019 00:20 (four years ago) link
LA Police Gear sells cool Spiewak jackets
― brimstead, Saturday, 27 July 2019 02:01 (four years ago) link
I have a light grey canvas victorinox backpack, the lining is a pattern of pink sunglasses
― brimstead, Saturday, 27 July 2019 02:06 (four years ago) link
i live in nyc. i carry my keys, my wallet and my phone, and i don't understand why all these dudes are wearing enormous fucking backpacks on the subway.
I've always been a shoulder bag dude and that's why I now have a spine pain and the doctor said I must carry my stuff symmetrically on two shoulders. So I have become the dude with the enormous fucking backpack on the subway and all that's in it is a paperback and a chef's knife. Is this the thread where I can get help? Should I be the dude with the 90s mini backpack?
― mick signals, Saturday, 27 July 2019 02:40 (four years ago) link
my backpack is sized appropriately for my frame and is covered with cool patches that represent my various interests
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 27 July 2019 02:42 (four years ago) link
there are... backpacks of many sizes
― untuned mass damper (mh), Saturday, 27 July 2019 02:46 (four years ago) link
lmao is it time for a “your fucking EDC” thread?
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 27 July 2019 02:46 (four years ago) link
we have one of those already
― j., Saturday, 27 July 2019 02:50 (four years ago) link
lol who knew
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 27 July 2019 02:53 (four years ago) link