Comments on: No-one should get that old

By: jldavis

jldavis — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:15:55 +0000

Sometimes it just feels good to put everything down.

Janet

By: Gerald

Gerald — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:23:35 +0000

I use a converted fishing vest to carry my odds ‘n’ ends when photographing. Might just work for you, too. And cheaper than a photographer’s vest by far!

By: Mage Bailey

Mage Bailey — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:27:24 +0000

So sorry you are missing Graham dear you.

I regularly lighten my load while reducing my bag size. Now I wear a small backpack with room for a camera, a small sketch book…….oh you know……LOL I must need to empty it again.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:09:54 +0000

I used to get very confused in winter — trousers (4 pockets), suit jacket or sports jacket (at least 2 pockets), top coat (at least two pockets), dress shirt (one pocket) — net result, I had a lot of pockets to check to find my car keys (or anything else).

I’m okay if all I’m carrying are my keys and my wallet. Oh, wait, what about my cell phone. And I frequently like to bring my point-and-shoot digital camera. Oh, and sometimes my Flip video camera. And….

Hmmm, I’m fine when I travel (by car, train, or airplane) because I usually have a backpack along to hold all that stuff plus water bottles and books and notebooks and pens and granola bars, etc.

I guess I just need to wait until we can interface with the Internet via mental telepathy or something…

By: Kate & Jim

Kate & Jim — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:32:09 +0000

That’s a great idea that Rian has!

But when I first was reading – I thought – “Oh”! my goodness – I would feel almost naked and not know what to do without my bag of tricks that I carry around! lol. On work days – I just leave it in the car instead of schlepping it in the house, every evening.

By: Rian

Rian — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:00:18 +0000

John, I would think a lightweight vest… like the kind photographers or travelers use … with all the pockets would work.

By: gary

gary — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:11:53 +0000

I know just what its like John, with the bags and junk, like a snack wherever I go. What kind of filofax do you have? Mine is the Lincoln size–just a little bigger than for a pocket at about 3 x 4 inches and now about 16 years old itself!

I have two, Gary. One slimline thing, takes standard size inserts and fits into a standard (tweed) jacket inside pocket. I use it with plain paper as a notebook/sketchbook. The other is a great clunky thing, at least 30 years old, leather, gone green with age and it stinks. I’m thinking of a new one but at my age I don’t think I need leather! I had one older than that, for writing ‘poems’ in my twenties. Can’t find that one anymore, though I do have several binders of the pages on which I scribbled my deathless pomes.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:27:06 +0000

heh, now you understand women and purses! Thanks to my friend Sasha I use a ‘passport’ purse most of the time around here.

By: wayne

wayne — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:01:03 +0000

I switched all my memory needs to web pages and access them through my iphone. Now I carry one thing instead of 8.

By: canyon cottage

canyon cottage — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:16:17 +0000

Perhaps an electronic filofax for addresses and Diary? Blackberry?