"One bag" travel, which bag is best?
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From: mrtravel on 9 Aug 2006 11:04 Dave Frightens Me wrote: > On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:54:25 -0500, me(a)privacy.net wrote: > > >>Dan Stephenson <stephedanospam(a)mac.com> wrote: >> >> >>>I've found that if you pack light you can make do with a daypack >> >>wow! >> >>that IS traveling small and light > > > I met a French guy in Bulgaria that had been travelling for months > with just a daypack. Very impressed I was! He had everything he > needed, and wasn't missing anything too essential. Of course, wearing the same clothing for a week is a problem for most people.
From: AZ Nomad on 9 Aug 2006 11:37 On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 12:50:32 +0200, Dave Frightens Me <deepfreudmoors(a)eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote: >On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:39:38 -0700, poldy <poldy(a)kfu.com> wrote: >>In article >><1hjovn0.11ptgmi1d4upogN%this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk>, >> this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of >> the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote: >> >>> If I'm only travelling for a few days, I use a smallish backpack, but if >>> I'm travelling for longer, or for a short spell where I need to have >>> 'neat' clothes, I use the backpack _and_ a wheeled 'suit' holder. The >>> wheels are very durable, and I've had the bag for almost a decade now, >>> and trundled it everywhere- including on very bumpy sidewalks. (It's not >>> a name brand.) It's very convenient, and light enough to carry too for >>> shorter spells. I've had no problem with it on public transport, etc. I >>> wouldn't use it for trekking across hills and travelling to some places, >>> naturally, but for all my transport in recent years, it has been perfect >>> for my needs. >> >>I see a lot of people, not travelers, using those wheeled luggage to >>cart stuff around. See them lugging those things up subway stairs and >>so forth. >> >>Even see some people using them out here in the burbs. >> >>In Florence, they sell them incredibly cheap (at least going by the >>posted prices). Tourists there obviously already have luggage. So they >>must have some utility for the locals as well. >They are often rubbish though. It's important to have one with decent >quality wheels, because cheap ones will break, and then you will be >forced to drag it around! I'd worry more about the quality of the material, the seams and the zipper. A bag with broken wheels can be dragged around, unlike a bag with a great big rip slipping the contents out.
From: rascal on 9 Aug 2006 11:41 This was a French guy. "mrtravel" <mrtravel(a)bcglobal.net> wrote in message news:DPmCg.4915$1f6.3693(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net... > Dave Frightens Me wrote: >> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:54:25 -0500, me(a)privacy.net wrote: >> >> >>>Dan Stephenson <stephedanospam(a)mac.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>I've found that if you pack light you can make do with a daypack >>> >>>wow! >>> >>>that IS traveling small and light >> >> >> I met a French guy in Bulgaria that had been travelling for months >> with just a daypack. Very impressed I was! He had everything he >> needed, and wasn't missing anything too essential. > > Of course, wearing the same clothing for a week is a problem for most > people.
From: Nomen Nescio on 9 Aug 2006 11:50 Perpetually unemployed troll/netkook/pedophile/psychopath Michael Voight "mrtravel" wrote: >Dave Frightens Me wrote: >> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:54:25 -0500, me(a)privacy.net wrote: >> >> >>>Dan Stephenson <stephedanospam(a)mac.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>I've found that if you pack light you can make do with a daypack >>> >>>wow! >>> >>>that IS traveling small and light >> >> >> I met a French guy in Bulgaria that had been travelling for months >> with just a daypack. Very impressed I was! He had everything he >> needed, and wasn't missing anything too essential. > >Of course, wearing the same clothing for a week is a problem for most >people. Is that what you did at the "St. Thomas Ritz"? Or was that just a coverup for another trip to Arkansas or Iowa, like your earlier imaginary trips to Australia and China? Idiot troll. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Usenet Public Service Announcement The "mrtravel" psycho: - suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder - is a 48 year old unemployed loser, alcoholic, drug addict/dealer - has been trolling usenet and flooding newsgroups for TWO DECADES - has been harassing and stalking usenet posters for TWO DECADES - is a known criminal, in trouble with the law since he was a teenager - has no life outside usenet, is online trolling/harassing/stalking 24/7 - is such a loser he often responds to posts within one or two minutes - is a known liar and bullshitter, lies about everything - was fired by Cisco in early 2005 for doing all of the above from work - likes to make death threats - is a known pedophile and child sexual predator - is a known importer of Russian whores looking for fast cheap green cards If you are one of his victims, report him to Scotts Valley police: Michael D. Voight, aka "mrtravel" 111 Bean Creek Rd, Unit 117 or 118* Scotts Valley, CA 95066-4148 (831) 438-2485 *the psycho says he lives in Unit 118, but other sources say it's 117 Scotts Valley PD One Civic Center Drive Scotts Valley, CA 95066 (831) 440-5670 Police Chief Steve Lind s l i n d @ s c o t t s v a l l e y . o r g http://www.scottsvalleypd.com Also contact the Scotts Valley mayor: Paul Marigonda m a r i g o n d @ p a c b e l l . n e t About the "mrtravel" psycho - FAQ http://groups.google.com/group/rec.travel.cruises/msg/f207022ace08c90c More info on the psycho http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.travel.cruises/msg/25a7ed8ad9d9d920 mrtravel's drug abuse http://groups-beta.google.com/group/ba.general/msg/f0c64751c93c3e2c mrtravel's wife left him http://groups.google.com/group/rec.travel.air/msg/6828ed1eb3843662
From: mrtravel on 9 Aug 2006 11:56
rascal wrote: > This was a French guy. Which explains why the French are the perfume experts. :) |