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Bought my first "Man Bag" today.
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Let's look at this scientifically.
The last time you pissed in a public restroom, did you take your wallet out of your pocket and lay on the floor next to the urinal?
Somehow I don't think you did that.
While wallets, on the other hand, repel bacteria.
I don't grab my wallet as many times in a day as a woman grabs her purse. but nice try though.
Considering that everything else one touches during an average day is completely sterile, the extreme concern about purse contamination is perfectly reasonable.
Just a comment on a couple of really bad ideas I note on here.
Locking the glove compartment in a car: Bad idea, I once had the window smashed on my car and the Glove compartment was locked. There was nothing in it worth stealing but the damage done in trying to force it required a complete dashboard replacement. Very expensive.
Never carry a wallet or phone in your backpocket. It is the easiest place to steal it from. Always carry it in a front pocket, more difficult to access and you are more likely to be aware of it if someone tries to take it.
Also not a good idea to carry a Wallet in a Backpack or Man-Bag. They can be sliced open with a knife and the wallet removed without you being aware of it.
Locking the glove compartment in a car: Bad idea, I once had the window smashed on my car and the Glove compartment was locked. There was nothing in it worth stealing but the damage done in trying to force it required a complete dashboard replacement. Very expensive.
Never carry a wallet or phone in your backpocket. It is the easiest place to steal it from. Always carry it in a front pocket, more difficult to access and you are more likely to be aware of it if someone tries to take it.
Also not a good idea to carry a Wallet in a Backpack or Man-Bag. They can be sliced open with a knife and the wallet removed without you being aware of it.
Nor would I place my purse on the floor ... so I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here.
I'm not aware of how many times my wife [or "a woman"] grabs her purse.
I handle my wallet approximately ~8 times a weekday ...
- in my pocket before going to work
- out of my pocket at work [don't want to sit on it for extended periods]
- in my pocket at lunch
- out to pay for lunch
- in pocket after paying
- out after returning to office
- in pocket at the end of the day
- [occasionally] out of pocket if stopping at store on way home
- [occasionally] in pocket after purchase
- out of pocket at end of the day
... plenty of opportunity to get bacteria on and in the wallet.
Stop and think about this for a minute.
I'd bet a very high percentage of women who, for physiological reasons, sit in order to urinate, do put their purses on the ground - right next to the toilet.
If you are a male, carrying a bag, and you have to use the toilet (for either purpose) you inevitably have to put it down somewhere - and chances are that somewhere isn't too clean.
A wallet, on the other hand, need never leave the relative cleanliness of one's pants or jacket pocket - staying free from all those nasty toilet germs.
I'd wager that purses that had been placed on the floor of a toilet facility outnumber wallets with the same experience by a factor of a thousand to one or more.
According to my wife, she assures me that she would never, EVER place her purse on the floor next to the toilet.
She says that most stalls come with hooks on the door.
But even if if the stall came without a hook, there is no way the purse is being placed on the floor next to the toilet.
I would if I wouldn't have to get up at 4:15AM, go to work, leave work at 2:00, go to school, leave school and go to the girlfriend's, then go back to school, and get home at 9:00 at night. Some nights I won't even make it home and will just stay with the girlfriend so I'll need clothes for work the next day.
Plus once the weather warms up a bit, I'll be on two wheels.
Being exposed to these germs are what keeps our immune systems healthy. Common sense- do not put your bags on the public restroom floors!!!!
The other danger area- Menus in restaurants. After ordering be sure to go wash your hands! They are just as grungy and filthy as purses that are slung everywhere.
They are handled by people who don't wash their hands after using the toilet! So order, then use sanitizer or wash up.
You can swab literally anything and grow a culture. You are covered inside and out with billions of bacteria.
They found E. coli? Even the snopes page notes that most E. coli live with us in a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship. Did they find O157:H7?
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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
There's British electronics that have lasted this long? lol. I guess its not Lucas lol.
I didn't say it works
Well actually it does, somehow.
And it is indeed Lucas
The whole car was restored, but even still, runs great, sounds great, most of the orignal stuff works, its a real sweetie to drive.
Why the two pair of glasses ? If you need a pair for seeing far and a pair for seeing near, why not get a pair with bifocals or progressive lens. I wear progressive lens and I highly recommend a pair (note - It can take up to a week to get used to them).
I have one pair of eyeglasses (that I wear), no detachable car stereo face, and no tampons to carry but otherwise I fit everything else you listed (along with my iPod Touch) in my pockets.
Man bags have the same problem that ladies handbags have. If you have the room, you tend to fill it up and carry around things you really don't need to. You then run out of room and need to get a bigger bag. A bag is also much easier for someone to steal.
Consider storing / hiding the faceplate in your car and you will not need a man bag.
Now one set of progressives is not enough. Progressives come in different configurations. I'm getting one pair for working at the computer—it has a wider area specifically for that distance. I was advised by my optometrist that I would find that pair unsuitable for driving or going to the grocery store.
One pair for the computer, and one pair for everything else.
And for 53 years, I did likewise.
Things change.
I value adaptability.
And cargo pants are so gauche.
I'm still surprised people go to an optometrist. I go to an ophthalmologist, use computers all day, and he recommended the progressive lens for both computer use and distant use. It sounds like your optometrist is trying to sell you two pairs of glasses.
Note - Optometrist vs Ophthalmologist. Always choose a ophthalmologist when you can. It's like seeing a real doctor as opposed to a nurse practitioner.
Note 2 - The reason they are called progressive lens is because they have a variable focal length depending on what portion of the lens you look through. You do not need multiple pairs of progressive lens glasses. You just need to train your eyes to look through the correct area of the lens for the distance you are looking at. It takes about one week of use before most people get used to them.
For 53 years, I have had no problems with pockets (well maybe not when I was a baby
). I wear business slacks and everything you listed (exception- radio cover and 2nd pair of glasses) fit easily in my pockets. I mentioned how you could leave the radio cover hidden / stored in your car and how you should take a look at progressive lens. If you want a man bag, use one. I'm just giving you alternate suggestions for if you don't want to carry another thing around.The eye care business that I go to provides both ophthalmological and optometrical services.
Couldn't this problem be easily solved by that guy just asking his wife, son, or daughter to hold his purse as he chassé in to powder his nose?