Man Bag

[Sheldon Martin]

Got a notice in the mail today that says I get 20% off and free
shipping on anything over $75. I've been wanting this for about a
year now, my 30 year old one has gotten kind of shabby:
https://www.duluthtrading.com/leather-travel-bag-2.0-97310.html?dwvar_97310_color=BRN#q=leather%2Bbag&lang=default&start=13

[Bruce]

On Thu, 06 Aug 2020 17:37:45 -0400, Sheldon Martin <penm...@aol.com>
wrote:

A new man purse to go with your man bun!

[Jeßus]

On Thu, 06 Aug 2020 17:37:45 -0400, Sheldon Martin <penm...@aol.com>
wrote:

Nice handbag, John.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

What do you carry in your bag?

[Bruce]

RO-filters?

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Go sit in the corner and work on sanding your wooden shoes smooth.

:o)

[Taxed and Spent]

Better to go with ballistic nylon, camo. Then you can be a manly sissy.

[Jeßus]

On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 15:03:17 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
<itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:

That's an extremely disturbing question, given the context...
Possibly carrying the Bill Cosby Starter Kit?

[Hank Rogers]

Buy it! Would work great for an old queer like yoose.

[Hank Rogers]

What do most old queens carry in their bags?
Popeye is a typical faggot.

[Sqwertz]

Why? You never go anyplace. Not to visit your wife in the nearby
hospital, nor to see your kids or grandkids who also live pretty
close by.

And it's 1" too short and 1" too narrow to fit 2 1.75L bottles of
Crystal Palace. So it would be useless at liquor store, too.

-sw

[Hank Rogers]

Hahahaha and a mulching blade, and a few giant size bras.

[Sqwertz]

On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 15:03:17 -0700 (PDT), itsjoan...@webtv.net

wrote:

Meat grinding accessories. Viagra, lotion, tissues, etc....

-sw

[Hank Rogers]

Not Popeye ... the man is as queer as a $3 bill.

[Hank Rogers]

And it's too small to carry a dwarf in, right?

[Gary]

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> On Thu, 06 Aug 2020 17:37:45 -0400, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>
> > Got a notice in the mail today that says I get 20% off and free
> > shipping on anything over $75. I've been wanting this for about a
> > year now, my 30 year old one has gotten kind of shabby:
> > https://www.duluthtrading.com/leather-travel-bag-2.0-97310.html?dwvar_97310_color=BRN#q=leather%2Bbag&lang=default&start=13
>
> Why? You never go anyplace. Not to visit your wife in the nearby
> hospital, nor to see your kids or grandkids who also live pretty
> close by.

Does Sheldon have any kids of his own (biological)?
Or is this his wife's kids from an old marriage?
Only she goes to visit them, never him.
He stays home and cooks onions while she's gone.

I used to use a child's lunchbox to keep things I might
need while at work all day. It was full of many little things
but it stayed in my van. Never a need to carry it with me.

[Janet]

In article <5F2D34ED...@att.net>, g.ma...@att.net says...

>
> Sqwertz wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 06 Aug 2020 17:37:45 -0400, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> >
> > > Got a notice in the mail today that says I get 20% off and free
> > > shipping on anything over $75. I've been wanting this for about a
> > > year now, my 30 year old one has gotten kind of shabby:
> > > https://www.duluthtrading.com/leather-travel-bag-2.0-97310.html?dwvar_97310_color=BRN#q=leather%2Bbag&lang=default&start=13
> >
> > Why? You never go anyplace. Not to visit your wife in the nearby
> > hospital, nor to see your kids or grandkids who also live pretty
> > close by.
>
> Does Sheldon have any kids of his own (biological)?

Yes he does, pay attention. Daughter and grandkids.

I used to make recycled stuff for a charity to sell; I had a
brilliant idea for a manbag made out of a beautiful old tweed jacket.
It was lined with the original silk and had various pockets (inside and
out). Plus a shoulder strap made from a sleeve. The sale label said
"Mangag , for the man who has everything buy nowhere to put it. It never
sold so eventually I took it home and gave it to John, who very rarely
uses it, don't know why as his pockets are always laden with essential
manstuff. I've used the manbag more often than he has. I still think
it's a great idea and a great bag but it must be ahead of its time.

Janet UK

[Sheldon Martin]

I've already posted many times that I have one biological daughter who
has two daughters so I suppose they qualify as my grands... I've
already posted their pictures
My present wife has two sons from her first husband who have three
children, two boys and one girl.
I visit when I feel like it and it's convenient for all, and they
visit here when they feel like it and it's conenient. They are all a
lot older now and have their own lives.

I've carried a man bag all my adult life only back then it was called
a seabag/douchekit. I carry lots of necessities in it that would
otherwise bulge my pockets like cancerous growths.... I've seen many
guys shopping with lumpy pockets, my wife thinks they look diseased. A
lot of guys have their wives carry their stuff in a cheapo plastic
tote. I prefer carrying my own stuff, all neatly organized in a well
made leather bag... many years ago real men carried their stuff in
saddlebags on their horse. I used to ride a Hawg and it had
saddlebags... yoose shit for brains wanna tell a gang of Hells Angels
with saddlebags that they're all faggots.

Tonight's dinner will be a 3 1/2 lb roast beef, with a large yellow
crookneck, roasted, and fresh garden green beans sauted with slivered
onions in butter. I'm sure there will be plenty of left over roast
beef but it won't be heated... haven't any of yoose been to a deli and
bought cold sliced roast beef for sammiches.

[Sheldon Martin]

On Fri, 07 Aug 2020 12:43:03 -0400, Sheldon Martin <penm...@aol.com>
wrote:

Meant to type sauted in slivered garlic.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Friday, August 7, 2020 at 11:43:09 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>
> I've carried a man bag all my adult life only back then it was called
> a seabag/douchekit. I carry lots of necessities in it that would
> otherwise bulge my pockets like cancerous growths.... I've seen many
> guys shopping with lumpy pockets, my wife thinks they look diseased. A
> lot of guys have their wives carry their stuff in a cheapo plastic
> tote.
>

Or she totes his stuff around in HER purse.

This really doesn't have anything to do with Sheldon's man bag or that
lovely sounding bag that Janet UK made but I'll share just the same.

Over 10 years ago I started carrying/wearing a ladies' backpack purse.
I love them!! Hands are free to shop and pick up items and examine.
I do have some very nice/dressy regular handbags that I fish out and
transfer items to them when I have to make an appearance at a wedding
or funeral. But I'm so used to being hands-free that a purse hanging
on my arm is quite annoying. That being said, I've never been a fan
of shoulder or cross-body bags.

>
> Tonight's dinner will be a 3 1/2 lb roast beef, with a large yellow
> crookneck, roasted, and fresh garden green beans sauted with slivered
> onions in butter. I'm sure there will be plenty of left over roast
> beef but it won't be heated... haven't any of yoose been to a deli and
> bought cold sliced roast beef for sammiches.
>

Cold roast beef sandwiches sound like they would hit the spot for lunch
or supper on these hot days. Especially after any yard/fieldwork.

[Bruce]

On Fri, 07 Aug 2020 12:43:03 -0400, Sheldon Martin <penm...@aol.com>
wrote:

>I've already posted many times that I have one biological daughter who
>has two daughters so I suppose they qualify as my grands...

Nothing escapes you!

[Hank Rogers]

itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> On Friday, August 7, 2020 at 11:43:09 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>>
>> I've carried a man bag all my adult life only back then it was called
>> a seabag/douchekit. I carry lots of necessities in it that would
>> otherwise bulge my pockets like cancerous growths.... I've seen many
>> guys shopping with lumpy pockets, my wife thinks they look diseased. A
>> lot of guys have their wives carry their stuff in a cheapo plastic
>> tote.
>>
> Or she totes his stuff around in HER purse.
>
> This really doesn't have anything to do with Sheldon's man bag or that
> lovely sounding bag that Janet UK made but I'll share just the same.
>
> Over 10 years ago I started carrying/wearing a ladies' backpack purse.
> I love them!! Hands are free to shop and pick up items and examine.
> I do have some very nice/dressy regular handbags that I fish out and
> transfer items to them when I have to make an appearance at a wedding
> or funeral. But I'm so used to being hands-free that a purse hanging
> on my arm is quite annoying. That being said, I've never been a fan
> of shoulder or cross-body bags.
>>

With it on your back, don't you worry about pickpockets?

[Hank Rogers]

Except hot gas.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Friday, August 7, 2020 at 2:33:58 PM UTC-5, Hank Rogers wrote:

>
> itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
>
> > Over 10 years ago I started carrying/wearing a ladies' backpack purse.
> > I love them!! Hands are free to shop and pick up items and examine.
> > I do have some very nice/dressy regular handbags that I fish out and
> > transfer items to them when I have to make an appearance at a wedding
> > or funeral. But I'm so used to being hands-free that a purse hanging
> > on my arm is quite annoying. That being said, I've never been a fan
> > of shoulder or cross-body bags.
> >>
>
> With it on your back, don't you worry about pickpockets?
>

Not in the least. Unless you are dead you can spot/sense when someone is
too close to your back whether wearing a backpack purse or just a regular
purse hanging on your arm.

Would I wear this type of purse in the middle of New York City, Chicago,
Atlanta, Memphis, etc.? No. If I were vacationing in any of those cities
I'd be wearing a fanny pack. But when I'm at the grocery store I'll hear
it announced over the intercom at least once per trip "Do not leave your
purse or billfold unattended." I'll see at least a half dozen purses
plopped in the child seat section of a grocery cart and the shopper has
stepped away to gaze at something on a shelf. Completely oblivious.

[Cindy Hamilton]

And that's why I don't carry a purse when I'm shopping. Wallet in one
pocket, keys in the other.

Cindy Hamilton

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Friday, August 7, 2020 at 3:11:54 PM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> And that's why I don't carry a purse when I'm shopping. Wallet in one
> pocket, keys in the other.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

I've tried the wallet in one pocket and keys in another; I don't need any
bulges on my hips or thighs. Even though my billfold is a French clutch
and not stuffed, it's too large for some pockets. Some of my pants don't
even have pockets but I can get away with it in the wintertime when I wear
a jacket.

https://i.postimg.cc/pLvr60P3/French-Clutch.jpg
(No, I don't have a Gucci billfold.)

[Sqwertz]

On Fri, 07 Aug 2020 07:03:09 -0400, Gary wrote:

> Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 06 Aug 2020 17:37:45 -0400, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>
>>> Got a notice in the mail today that says I get 20% off and free
>>> shipping on anything over $75. I've been wanting this for about a
>>> year now, my 30 year old one has gotten kind of shabby:
>>> https://www.duluthtrading.com/leather-travel-bag-2.0-97310.html?dwvar_97310_color=BRN#q=leather%2Bbag&lang=default&start=13
>>
>> Why? You never go anyplace. Not to visit your wife in the nearby
>> hospital, nor to see your kids or grandkids who also live pretty
>> close by.
>
> Does Sheldon have any kids of his own (biological)?
> Or is this his wife's kids from an old marriage?

She's a mail-order bride from some inbred pygmy Indian tribe in the
hills of Guatemala.

It was the only peoples he could find that had women smaller than
himself.

-sw

[Sqwertz]

On Fri, 07 Aug 2020 12:43:03 -0400, Sheldon Martin wrote:

> ... yoose shit for brains wanna tell a gang of Hells Angels
> with saddlebags that they're all faggots.

Just you, you faggot.

You know how midgets kinda waddle when they walk? Sheldon carries
the bag to offset the wobble.

-sw

[Bruce]

On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 18:45:52 -0500, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid>
wrote:

He has to, because with every wobble his man bun flops to one side.

[Hank Rogers]

Why does he say you are a dwarf?

[Hank Rogers]

Disappointing. I thought you were working up to another double sniff.

[Dave Smith]

Funny, but I had never considered the likelihood of Sheldon's bag being
enough to cause a wobble.

[John Kuthe]

ROFL!

John Kuthe...

[Bruce]

On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 18:38:06 -0500, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid>
wrote:

LOL

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Friday, August 7, 2020 at 5:10:55 PM UTC-4, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> On Friday, August 7, 2020 at 3:11:54 PM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > And that's why I don't carry a purse when I'm shopping. Wallet in one
> > pocket, keys in the other.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >
> I've tried the wallet in one pocket and keys in another; I don't need any
> bulges on my hips or thighs.

What difference does it make?

> Even though my billfold is a French clutch
> and not stuffed, it's too large for some pockets. Some of my pants don't
> even have pockets

I won't buy pants without pockets.

> but I can get away with it in the wintertime when I wear
> a jacket.
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/pLvr60P3/French-Clutch.jpg
> (No, I don't have a Gucci billfold.)

Mine's a ballistic nylon trifold. Probably intended for a man, but
I don't care.

Cindy Hamilton

[Gary]

Sheldon Martin wrote:
>
> >I've already posted many times that I have one biological daughter who
> >has two daughters so I suppose they qualify as my grands... I've
> >already posted their pictures

You "suppose they qualify" as your grands?

[Gary]

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> Mine's a ballistic nylon trifold. Probably intended for a man, but
> I don't care.

I use a nylon trifold by QuickSilver that's very old and
showing it's age. I still love it.

I have a newer one that just isn't as nice and I also was
gifted a leather wallet years ago from someone that felt
I needed a new wallet. heh I'll never use the leather one.

[dsi1]

"Surfer" wallets. Those are pretty popular on this rock and have been for decades. I dumped my old leather wallet and use a new fangled card carrying thingie in my front pocket. Keeping a fat-assed wallet in your ass pocket is just asking for trouble.

https://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Minimalist-Wallet-Blocking-Credit/dp/B079KN29PP/

[Cindy Hamilton]

That is nice. I'm afraid it would block the chip in the card that
lets me in to my office building.

Cindy Hamilton

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 4:52:08 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> On Friday, August 7, 2020 at 5:10:55 PM UTC-4, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> >
> > I've tried the wallet in one pocket and keys in another; I don't need any
> > bulges on my hips or thighs.
>
> What difference does it make?
>

My self-esteem.

>
> > Even though my billfold is a French clutch
> > and not stuffed, it's too large for some pockets. Some of my pants don't
> > even have pockets
>
> I won't buy pants without pockets.
>

If I like the fit, look, and material, I will.

>
> > but I can get away with it in the wintertime when I wear
> > a jacket.
> >
> > https://i.postimg.cc/pLvr60P3/French-Clutch.jpg
> > (No, I don't have a Gucci billfold.)
>
> Mine's a ballistic nylon trifold. Probably intended for a man, but
> I don't care.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

If you like it and it suits your needs, that's all that matters.

[dsi1]

Most people carry security cards on a lanyard around their neck or attached to their purse or some other place on their body. A security card that doesn't have to be pulled out would be a good thing.

If you ask me, your security card should be your cell phone. For added security, your location would be tracked at all times when in the building or when you're out.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

When I worked my security card was attached to one of the retractable
clips. Some folks did wear theirs on a lanyard, though, and we were
tracked to any secure area in the building.

https://i.postimg.cc/rF8cw0s3/Security-Clip.jpg

[Hank Rogers]

They haven't jined the navy yet!

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 1:01:31 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 6:43:26 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 12:30:59 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> > > On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 1:24:35 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> > > > Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Mine's a ballistic nylon trifold. Probably intended for a man, but
> > > > > I don't care.
> > > >
> > > > I use a nylon trifold by QuickSilver that's very old and
> > > > showing it's age. I still love it.
> > > >
> > > > I have a newer one that just isn't as nice and I also was
> > > > gifted a leather wallet years ago from someone that felt
> > > > I needed a new wallet. heh I'll never use the leather one.
> > >
> > > "Surfer" wallets. Those are pretty popular on this rock and have been for decades. I dumped my old leather wallet and use a new fangled card carrying thingie in my front pocket. Keeping a fat-assed wallet in your ass pocket is just asking for trouble.
> > >
> > > https://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Minimalist-Wallet-Blocking-Credit/dp/B079KN29PP/
> >
> > That is nice. I'm afraid it would block the chip in the card that
> > lets me in to my office building.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> Most people carry security cards on a lanyard around their neck or attached to their purse or some other place on their body. A security card that doesn't have to be pulled out would be a good thing.

I only use the card to get into the building and once in a blue moon
into a restricted lab. In my wallet is the best place. I don't have
to pull it out of the walled for it to be read.

> If you ask me, your security card should be your cell phone. For added security, your location would be tracked at all times when in the building or when you're out.

That would be an intolerable intrusion on my privacy.

My company is too cheap for a technology upgrade, anyway.

Cindy Hamilton

[Ed Pawlowski]

I have a leather trifold. Bought it in Italy a dozen years ago at a
small leather shop in Florence. It was cheap so two years later I
bought another in a different color to use when the first wore out.
Looks like that will be inherited by my sone as the first one is in
great shape.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 4:53:06 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> I have a leather trifold. Bought it in Italy a dozen years ago at a
> small leather shop in Florence. It was cheap so two years later I
> bought another in a different color to use when the first wore out.
> Looks like that will be inherited by my sone as the first one is in
> great shape.
>

Leather. Good stuff and practically incapable of wearing it out.

Bruce will have a hissy fit running backward BUT an animal must
die for us to use this product.

[Bruce]

I guess you thought that was news to me.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

I just didn't want it to come as shock to you. You know how delicate
your system is when talking about dead animals.

[Bruce]

On Sat, 8 Aug 2020 16:22:53 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"

<itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:

>On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 6:14:18 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 8 Aug 2020 15:57:39 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
>> <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
>>
>> >Leather. Good stuff and practically incapable of wearing it out.
>> >
>> >Bruce will have a hissy fit running backward BUT an animal must
>> >die for us to use this product.
>>
>> I guess you thought that was news to me.
>>
>I just didn't want it to come as shock to you. You know how delicate
>your system is when talking about dead animals.

The whole world slaughters, tortures, eats and wears animals. I kind
of knew that already, sort of kinda thing. It's a remnant of the
Neanderthal era. We'll grow out of it and some people are ahead of the
pack.

[Bryan Simmons]

Leather is a byproduct of beef and dairy No one would raise cattle exclusively for leather if cattle didn't have tasty meat and/or tasty milk. I've known vegetarians who've admitted to me that it's not about the welfare of animals, but that they think eating animals' bodies is gross.

Funny how kids are. I have a great niece who won't eat meat at all, but her younger sister would eat nothing but chicken wings if she could. She throws a fit if she doesn't get chicken wings pretty much every day.

The argument could be made that leather makes beef slightly cheaper to produce, and so makes cattle farming more profitable, but the rancher gets very little for the hides. Most of the cost of leather is because of the cost of processing.

--Bryan https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/bryan-simmons/winters-present/ebook/product-176j5weg.html

[Bruce]

On Sat, 8 Aug 2020 16:32:07 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons
<bryang...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 5:57:42 PM UTC-5, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
>> On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 4:53:06 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> >
>> > I have a leather trifold. Bought it in Italy a dozen years ago at a
>> > small leather shop in Florence. It was cheap so two years later I
>> > bought another in a different color to use when the first wore out.
>> > Looks like that will be inherited by my sone as the first one is in
>> > great shape.
>> >
>> Leather. Good stuff and practically incapable of wearing it out.
>>
>> Bruce will have a hissy fit running backward BUT an animal must
>> die for us to use this product.
>
>Leather is a byproduct of beef and dairy No one would raise cattle exclusively for leather if cattle didn't have tasty meat and/or tasty milk. I've known vegetarians who've admitted to me that it's not about the welfare of animals, but that they think eating animals' bodies is gross.

And then there are vegetarians who don't eat meat for health reasons
or for environmental reasons. I stick to animal welfare first of all,
but I'd appreciate any health benefits. Remember how the WHO said
eating red meat is as bad for us as smoking.

[Hank Rogers]

Bruce wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Aug 2020 16:22:53 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
> <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
>
>> On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 6:14:18 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sat, 8 Aug 2020 15:57:39 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
>>> <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Leather. Good stuff and practically incapable of wearing it out.
>>>>
>>>> Bruce will have a hissy fit running backward BUT an animal must
>>>> die for us to use this product.
>>>
>>> I guess you thought that was news to me.
>>>
>> I just didn't want it to come as shock to you. You know how delicate
>> your system is when talking about dead animals.
>
> The whole world slaughters, tortures, eats and wears animals. I kind
> of knew that already, sort of kinda thing. It's a remnant of the
> Neanderthal era. We'll grow out of it and some people are ahead of the
> pack.
>

Hopefully the era will last long enough for me to obtain a genuine
DruceSkin lampshade.

[Hank Rogers]

Yes Gruce, you told us several times today, fuckstick.