"One bag" travel, which bag is best?
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From: TOliver on 5 Aug 2006 09:50 "Donald Newcomb" <DRNewcomb(a)NOT.attglobal.net> wrote ... > >> > Some shade of brown? Almost all my luggage is black. The only advantage of > black is that you can match luggage from different manufacturers without > any > problem. With other colors it would be impossible to get a match. I'd > imagine that any light color would be not so good since it would show dirt > and wear. > Black is the color of my true love's heart.... For years I had a roll of "Day-Glow" orange duct tape which yielded small pieces for each side of a series of family travel bag(s) for a couple of decades. Finally, the roll ran out, but I adjourned to a nearby auto supply store for a package with 4 small narrow rolls of brightly colored plastic "electrician's" tape. Pick a color combo and apply a few pieces in visible locations (especially around the "pull-out" handle of a wheeled bag). A black bag will literally jump off the carrousel into your hands (and the visible ID may cause a purloin artiste to stay his hand, not knowing whether I'm looking on, ready to impale him on my swordless cane. I'll echo the comment on Travel Pro wheels. I carry a shoulder strap rigged for mine, the "sling swivels" firmly sewed by a cobbler to the bag's long upper edge, but recollect only a couple of occasions, one in tiny Cittadella d'Agliano, where the cobbles defeated the wheels. At some conference I attended, the "giveaway" party favor was a black nylon soft sided briefcase, the sort of which convention goers receive a steady flow. This one was different and came with a compartment on the flat side with semi-padded back straps, actually positioned to provide comfort with modest weight loading. Even unloaded and stuffed in a front compartment of one of my two sizes of Travel Pros (gifts of my road warrior daughter), it goes most everywhere with me, makes a serviceable day pack or shoulder bag or informal brief case as circumstances require. A big flap with two audible-click buckles provides at least an inference of security, but obviously no "back pack" is safe on the bus in Marseilles, etc.. Knock on wood and bless the fickle finger of Fate, but in a half century of "traveling" since I left high school, I don't recall ever having been pick-pocketed, to have lost "stuff" from a hotel room, or to have been the victim of theft, from baggage or otherwise, a better record than experienced at the hand of local burglars, car & residential. On one occasion, Denver by Braniff's second incarnation, a checked bag was delayed for two days (but I don't count late bags returning home from a trip, just as long as they arrive before the dirty clothes in them become too strong). Some folks are simply "Marks", giving off a pheromone which attracts scavengers and snake oil salesmen. TMO
From: Sarah Banick on 5 Aug 2006 11:56 <oconnell(a)slr.orl.lmco.com> wrote in message news:1154717466.931744.99650(a)m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com... > Dan Stephenson wrote: >> I've found that if you pack light you can make do with a daypack. > > I could probably "make do" with nothing. I took survival > training and actually had to do that for a weekend. Well, > I got to carry a knife and a compass. Not exactly my idea > of a vacation though. Besides, they wouldn't let me take > the knife on a plane these days. > A knife and a compass? Jeez, just give me a credit card and I don't need anything else....
From: erilar on 5 Aug 2006 12:09 In article <8fa7d2darpvv2u0dm4a4p62ipu9ocmaomn(a)4ax.com>, B Vaughan<me(a)privacy.net> wrote: > On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 14:13:00 -0500, erilar > <erilarloFRY(a)SPAMchibardun.net.invalid> wrote: > > >YES!!! My old backpack was disintegrating, so when I came back from a > >trip a few years ago, I went backpack shopping in a the largest sporting > >goods place my daughter knew. I tried on several bags of various kinds. > >I wanted to continue traveling without checking anything. I tried on one > >with wheels(WAY too heavy). I tried on some lightweight ones. Then I > >tried on one that said "BUY ME!" because it was so comfortable. Lots of > >pockets. Has its own day pack which can be attached or not. Has a rain > >hood. Straps can be hidden to let it pretend to be a suitcase. My > >daughter asked if I'd get my money's worth out of it, as it was not the > >cheapest one I looked at. Several times already! Eagle Creek. > > In my experience those zip-off daypacks are a bad idea. If there are > any lumps or protruding parts of your backpack, they will put strain > on the zippers, eventually breaking them. Plus they're designed to lie > flat on the larger pack, which makes them poor day packs. If I'm > travelling with a backpack, and I want a daypack, I either pack it in > the backpack or carry it over one shoulder until I get where I'm > going. I never carry one pack fore, the other aft. It just looks so > dorky. This daypack is also more comfortable than my old backpack. And carrying one fore and one back balances the weight if you put heavier stuff in the small pack. Also keeps the camera where I can reach it easily. -- Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar), philologist, biblioholic medievalist http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo
From: Donald Newcomb on 5 Aug 2006 13:46 "TOliver" <toliverjrFIX(a)Hot.rr.com> wrote in message news:nm1Bg.52449$Cn6.39221(a)tornado.texas.rr.com... > A > black bag will literally jump off the carrousel into your hands (and the > visible ID may cause a purloin artiste to stay his hand, not knowing whether > I'm looking on, ready to impale him on my swordless cane. That's an interesting thought. I've never had any trouble picking out my particular black back on the carrousel. I've never even seen another of the same model TravelPro bag on the carrousel. But how could one accuse a thief who "accidentally" picks up your black bag from among the hundreds going 'round and 'round. After all, they all look the same, right? > Knock on wood and bless the fickle finger of Fate, but in a half century of > "traveling" since I left high school, I don't recall ever having been > pick-pocketed, to have lost "stuff" from a hotel room, or to have been the > victim of theft, from baggage or otherwise, a better record than experienced > at the hand of local burglars, car & residential. My problem is forgetting and misplacing stuff. If you call me "absent minded" I must own to it. This is why I generally travel with exactly the same set of stuff or one of a couple of variations. With a strict routine I tend to have a feeling for when something is missing, even when I've been 24 hours without much sleep. One time I spent about 5 minutes at the check-in counter furiously looking for my lost tickets, only to eventually find them in the spot I had looked at least twice before. They were in my black leather ticket organizer in the black pocket of my black computer case. Since then I found and purchased a shocking day-glow orange ticket organizer which always goes in the same pocket of the same boarding bag. My luggage not only has to carry my stuff to the other end of the trip; it also has to help me actually get to the other end. -- Donald R. Newcomb DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net
From: Carole Allen on 5 Aug 2006 18:11
On 3 Aug 2006 22:25:26 -0700, "Tchiowa" <tchiowa2(a)hotmail.com> wrote: What bank is issuing ATM cards that expire? My ATM never does. And no >need to carry more than one. I also carry a few Credit Cards that you >can always use to withdraw cash. > King County Credit Union (Seattle area) - mine expires 7/08. |