@therealjrn I hope the stigma goes away for purses, and I especially hope the stigma goes away for skirts. I plan to start wearing one soon anyway though.
@tnhillbillygal I’ve been sporting my meh fuko shirt around town lately. It might just be the “HD Vision” sunglasses but the townies appear to react favorably to me.
I carry a briefcase-like thing for work and a shoulder bag (=purse, of what feels like ballistic nylon) for errands. I use a fanny pack on the bicycle to carry bike tools, wallet, cell phone, etc. I’m old enough that no one looks at me strangely (that I have noticed!) when I use the shoulder bag.
I have a company laptop bag to use if I ever decide that I need to carry the company laptop home with me. That hasn’t happened yet and I hope it won’t ever happen.
Pockets for large things like my phone and timer and voice recorder; caribiners for things like keys and flashdrives and hairties and sparkly pineapple keyrings that I just find pretty.
then the purse and everything else (purchased items if i’m shopping; towel, change of clothes, deodorant, and ipad if i’m housekeeping) go inside a tote bag.
@Helot@Limewater Yep. Shoulder strap and softer material make it a tote bag. Maybe a tote bag with a flap - but carried by a woman, those are just seen as big purses. Semantics and sexism aside, what’s wrong with having something a man can carry things around in, and why does it matter what it is called as long as it serves a good purpose?
Since my nerves are raw (huge uptick since 2016- between politics and endless firestorms) I crochet my bags. I just keep making them to give to people. Someday, someone might actually want one.
Car. Why not? It’s not like I am going somewhere and leaving it at home. Hands and pockets usually work for whatever trips I make away from the vehicle.
I recently moved downtown, so a lot more stuff is within walking/biking distance. I have a full complement of backpacks (from Osprey Talon 11 to OGIO Gambit to Osprey AG 65), but on hot days, having a backpack covering a decent portion of my back and making me sweat sucks.
I’ve been looking around a bit at other solutions for carrying just the essentials (phone, wallet, keys, maybe Kindle and sunglasses) to not have them swinging around (athletic shorts) or possibly falling out (while biking) of pants pockets. It’s funny that a lot of bags suffer for thinking they have to be big enough to count as a “man” bag. I live in Portland; a guy walking around with a clutch-size leather bag on a thin strap wouldn’t even bring a second glance. But I’m also loathe to buy an actual purse because, frankly, the pocket design of most is terrible.
Frontrunner right now is Zip Kit Crossbody bag by Timbuk2.
Bag of holding.
@eVil I’ve always wanted one of those.
@melonscoop - For now, they are still available from your local supermarket in a thin plastic.
I tie it to a rope I drag behind me.
Why are there no “satchel” or “messenger bag” options?
@Durago So that you could put a comment here.
A European carryall
It’s too fucking hard to carry a man-purse in Oklahoma. Someday we’ll embrace this technology. One can always hope.
Ok sure, I daily carry a beautifully patinaed vintage Italian leather portfolio. But it isn’t the same…
Someday, perhaps my 1YO grandson may enjoy this freedom.
@therealjrn I hope the stigma goes away for purses, and I especially hope the stigma goes away for skirts. I plan to start wearing one soon anyway though.
@JoetatoChip Those guys on “Forged in Fire” wear kilts sometimes.
A computer case is not on the list?
My portable office carries not only my computer, but all the power and accessories I need. It even has wheels.
cooler
@spacemart A good cooler is a must have for most manual labor jobs.
Messenger bag
@craigthom Timbuk2, only bag guaranteed for life. Waterproof too.
@Oldelvis I’m not convinced my Timbuk2 bag is worth what I paid for it, but I use it every day, so there’s that.
Purse and an insulated lunch bag for work.
FANNY PACK!! DON’T JUDGE!!!
@AlexJones BUY SHIT AT MY STORE!!!
I TOLD MYSELF I WASN’T GOING TO DO THAT, BUT WHO AM I KIDDING!?!?!??!!!
@AlexJones It’s OK, Alex. Have you tried the decaf yet?
Where is the option for “bright red bag of unhappiness”?
@tnhillbillygal I’ve been sporting my meh fuko shirt around town lately. It might just be the “HD Vision” sunglasses but the townies appear to react favorably to me.
Tom Bihn Cadet
When I carried a laptop I used their Empire Builder. I carried it every day for almost ten years and it still looks like new.
If I don’t need my camera, I use the Ankh-Morpork City Watch messenger bag my wife gave me a few Christmases ago. Because I’m a nerd.
If I do need it, I grab any of a number of ratty old backpacks I’ve accumulated.
I carry a briefcase-like thing for work and a shoulder bag (=purse, of what feels like ballistic nylon) for errands. I use a fanny pack on the bicycle to carry bike tools, wallet, cell phone, etc. I’m old enough that no one looks at me strangely (that I have noticed!) when I use the shoulder bag.
I have a company laptop bag to use if I ever decide that I need to carry the company laptop home with me. That hasn’t happened yet and I hope it won’t ever happen.
If it doesn’t fit in my huge purse… then I carry a tote bag.
@lseeber exactly
Pockets for large things like my phone and timer and voice recorder; caribiners for things like keys and flashdrives and hairties and sparkly pineapple keyrings that I just find pretty.
Cargo pants, naturally. All the pockets and storage you will ever need. Unless you’re Batman.
@PocketBrain How come there is never a condom pocket in cargo shorts(or on crocs)?
There does not appear to be an option for just awkwardly carrying six things in your hands.
@Limewater and dropping five of them
small purse carries cards, phone, keys, smokes, chapstick, hair elastic & pins.
then the purse and everything else (purchased items if i’m shopping; towel, change of clothes, deodorant, and ipad if i’m housekeeping) go inside a tote bag.
(rubber clutch: welldonegoods.com, canvas tote: emilymcdowell.com)
I’m pretty sure you’re supposed to spell briefcase “messenger bag” in the 21st century, meh.
@Helot I’m pretty sure that “messenger bag” is just a more acceptable name for “man purse”.
@Helot @rockblossom And briefcase isn’t?
Is it the shoulder strap that makes it a purse?
@Helot @Limewater Yep. Shoulder strap and softer material make it a tote bag. Maybe a tote bag with a flap - but carried by a woman, those are just seen as big purses. Semantics and sexism aside, what’s wrong with having something a man can carry things around in, and why does it matter what it is called as long as it serves a good purpose?
@Helot @rockblossom I don’t know. It didn’t used to be a big deal when a man wore a “blouse,” either. It still isn’t, in the Navy.
Since my nerves are raw (huge uptick since 2016- between politics and endless firestorms) I crochet my bags. I just keep making them to give to people. Someday, someone might actually want one.
Car. Why not? It’s not like I am going somewhere and leaving it at home. Hands and pockets usually work for whatever trips I make away from the vehicle.
Everything I need goes in my front pockets.
This, my phone, and my keys
I recently moved downtown, so a lot more stuff is within walking/biking distance. I have a full complement of backpacks (from Osprey Talon 11 to OGIO Gambit to Osprey AG 65), but on hot days, having a backpack covering a decent portion of my back and making me sweat sucks.
I’ve been looking around a bit at other solutions for carrying just the essentials (phone, wallet, keys, maybe Kindle and sunglasses) to not have them swinging around (athletic shorts) or possibly falling out (while biking) of pants pockets. It’s funny that a lot of bags suffer for thinking they have to be big enough to count as a “man” bag. I live in Portland; a guy walking around with a clutch-size leather bag on a thin strap wouldn’t even bring a second glance. But I’m also loathe to buy an actual purse because, frankly, the pocket design of most is terrible.
Frontrunner right now is Zip Kit Crossbody bag by Timbuk2.