"One bag" travel, which bag is best?
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From: Dave Frightens Me on 5 Aug 2006 13:06 On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 11:15:14 -0500, barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk wrote: >In article <8aSdnciKA6VNIknZnZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d(a)comcast.com>, >sbanick(a)mindspring.com (Sarah Banick) wrote: > >> *From:* "Sarah Banick" <sbanick(a)mindspring.com> >> *Date:* Sat, 5 Aug 2006 11:56:43 -0400 >> >> >> <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.... > >Money >Phone >Passport > >Can't go wrong. ;) What do you need a phone for? I'd prefer a Swiss army knife. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
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.
From: JohnT on 6 Aug 2006 03:51 "Carole Allen" <carolea7(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:44d51741.3396523(a)news.individual.net... > 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. > Cahoot Debit Card - expires 01/08. JohnT
From: barney2 on 6 Aug 2006 09:48
In article <ctj9d25jsvto4p9mkhfjca7ttc6637p6fi(a)4ax.com>, deepfreudmoors(a)eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu (Dave Frightens Me) wrote: > *From:* Dave Frightens Me <deepfreudmoors(a)eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> > *Date:* Sat, 05 Aug 2006 19:06:19 +0200 > > On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 11:15:14 -0500, barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk wrote: > > >In article <8aSdnciKA6VNIknZnZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d(a)comcast.com>, > >sbanick(a)mindspring.com (Sarah Banick) wrote: > > > >> *From:* "Sarah Banick" <sbanick(a)mindspring.com> > >> *Date:* Sat, 5 Aug 2006 11:56:43 -0400 > >> > >> > >> <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.... > > > >Money > >Phone > >Passport > > > >Can't go wrong. ;) > > What do you need a phone for? To look up phone numbers. |