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Bought my first "Man Bag" today.

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citizenzen

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Call it a purse if you like.

I finally gave in. Mine is black, made of hemp, and looks like this ...

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Who are the men here who carry one?

What will it take to bring you into the fold?
 
LostSoul80 said:
You could store tampons, flowers and chocolate in it. :)
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mobilehaathi said:
Nice bag, can I get the name? Mine is falling apart, and I'm in the market for a new one.
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But aren't you separately worried about clever and witty mockery as in the the post above yours here?

I mean, these pejorative judgements about your masculinity must be just horrifying and ego destroying!

My goodness, man...think of the children!:eek:

:p :rolleyes:
 
mobilehaathi said:
Nice bag, can I get the name? Mine is falling apart, and I'm in the market for a new one.
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Here you go ... The Omni Shoulder Bag [hemp] by Artisan Gear.

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Apple fanboy said:
Being a man I have no need for a purse.
Wallet, iPhone and keys go in jeans pockets. What else does one need to carry?
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The tipping point was getting my first two pairs of progressive eyeglasses — one for working at the computer and one for everything else.

Carrying a ...
  • wallet
  • keys
  • cell phone
  • 2 pairs of eyeglasses
  • detachable car stereo face
  • tampons
... finally became more than my pockets and hands could manage,
 
citizenzen said:
Call it a purse if you like.

I finally gave in. Mine is black, made of hemp, and looks like this ...

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Who are the men here who carry one?

What will it take to bring you into the fold?
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Clearly you are not a " manly man " and need a PURSE!!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

/s

I really don't understand the taboo behind these purses, it's no different than carrying a laptop bag or a briefcase.

I don't carry around enough stuff to really need a big, iPhone, wallet, earbuds, keys. And when I do need to carry stuff for work, I just use a laptop bag or a briefcase.
 
G51989 said:
I get the tampons ( kidding ), But why do you carry around the faceplate for your car stereo?
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I carry it to and from my car. I don't leave it in the car over night.

The car stereo has a great feature ... a little "drawer" that swings open and lets you plug in and stow away an iPhone (or in my case an iPod Touch) for listening to music.

And that leads to another thing I carry on occasion ... my iPod Touch.

The bag also accommodates an iPad, though I don't think I'll carry mine around that much. Though if I need to, I now have the means to do it.
 
citizenzen said:
I carry it to and from my car. I don't leave it in the car over night.

The car stereo has a great feature ... a little "drawer" that swings open and lets you plug in and stow away an iPhone (or in my case an iPod Touch) for listening to music.

And that leads to another thing I carry on occasion ... my iPod Touch.

The bag also accommodates an iPad, though I don't think I'll carry mine around that much. Though if I need to, I now have the means to do it.
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Ah I see, do you live in not a great area? I've always just left mine in.

If I was carrying a iPad rather than two laptops when I work, I would probably consider a bag like this, would be less bulky
 
Shrink said:
But aren't you separately worried about clever and witty mockery as in the the post above yours here?

I mean, these pejorative judgements about your masculinity must be just horrifying and ego destroying!

My goodness, man...think of the children!:eek:

:p :rolleyes:
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Alas, the last vestiges of my masculinity probably disappeared the day the maître d' at a nice restaurant mistook me for a woman. I suppose it was because my hair was down, and I had my back to her. Or maybe it was the scent of my peony shampoo wafting her way.

This reminds me of the time, as a young child, I was teased for 'looking like a girl'. I was utterly flabbergasted by their insistence on something that was, to me, patently false. A, ahh, *ahem*, quick drop of the drawers shut them up quite fast. :cool:

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citizenzen said:
Here you go ... The Omni Shoulder Bag [hemp] by Artisan Gear.
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Cheers, thanks!
 
About ten years ago we had a junior executive from Italy spend about six weeks working at our company. He did indeed carry a small bag. When he asked me why American men didn't avail themselves of the convenience of carrying a purse, I explained it thusly:

We're Americans. We just throw any extra junk we need in the back of our cars...
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Though made in jest, I still think there is a lot of truth in this statement. Us guys here in the midwest usually use our vehicles to store most of the miscellaneous items we might need during the day. (I keep a clean shirt, eyedrops, allergy pills, and a toothbrush and paste in my car. )

That said, I have started carrying my iPad in a Swissgear shoulder bag. Its black nylon and does its very best to not be a purse. But it still sorta looks like one.
 
G51989 said:
Ah I see, do you live in not a great area? I've always just left mine in.
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It's just a precaution.

In another location, I've had a window smashed and car stereo stolen.

Once bitten, twice shy.
 
citizenzen said:
It's just a precaution.

In another location, I've had a window smashed and car stereo stolen.

Once bitten, twice shy.
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Ah I see.

Ive never had a window smashed out, tho on the stereos that I do have with detachable face plates, I just put them in the glovebox and lock it.

I don't bother even locking my TR6 ;) Unless someone wants a 1972 British Leyland AM radio ;)
 
I had to start using one a lot last year after my iPad 2 got into a face fight with the parking lot at work, the iPad 2 sadly lost the fight and it it screen cracked good...

My murse ain't that bad, it's a hiking pack (with a belt strap for support if needed :D)

I have:
2 of the bigger water bottles on the side
13" MBA (and case)
iPad Air (and case)
2 iPhone 30 pins mobile chargers
USB cable, headphones, business cards, pen, pencils, coins, stylus ( and Stylus charger). MBA power adapter, MagSafe2 converter, 12w charger, 30 pins -> VGA, miniDisplay -> DVI, Lightning -> VGA adapters. Emergency kit with bandaid and neosporin, floss :cool:
 
Murses are all over europe. I personally don't use one but if you got a need for one use it. Nothing wrong with that!
 
In the USA I don't see them that much but I saw a tour bus with a lot of families get off at a stop and most of the men had man purses. Their wives had purses too but much more ornate but man purses were still very feminine. It was no big deal, different culture and all, but what was funny is that in the line to the large handicapped toilet stall, four men went in at once, did their business, and then let four more go in.

I guess where they are from, the etiquette is cram in as many people as possible, and then let next group go in. I totally forgot anybody was carrying man purses!:eek:

The only consolation was that there wasn't a long line to toilet stall since this large group flew through there in a way it could never get done had the stall been used one person at a time as is done by us spoiled Americans.
 
Illusion986 said:
He would think you have a gun in it! USA might not be ready for murses yet...
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Mine's big enough to carry most standard size pistol or revolvers, and 2 spare magazines :D Which I would if I didn't live in the state I live in...
 
Back in the days when men were men (and the women were glad of it), all real American men carried a man bag and the obligatory power horn.

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Davy Crockett, reputed "king of the wild frontier"
 
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