A sad case
Jul. 16th, 2005 04:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
skyringMy upgraded Qantas frequent flyer pack arrived on Friday, and I had a great time, thumbing through all the brochures, sticking the cards and luggage tags into appropriate slots in my Day-Timer and dreaming of flying around the world again.
Not for a while. ***SIGH***
My backpack has a couple of holes in it. I've had it for a few years now and I'll be sorry to say goodbye to it. But I can't repair the holes and getting it done professionally would cost more than a new one.
I'd love a BookCrossing backpack, but the models on offer aren't geeky enough, and I have some fairly strict requirements:
1. Laptop pocket. Well-padded - I remember how WhiteRaven cracked her screen a while back and I dread that happening to me, especially on the road.
2. Lots of room. I carry a lot of stuff, some of it fairly heavy. Books, of course. A bunch of dongles and cables and rechargers - I typically travel with about twenty of these things, believe it or not, once you count in all the forren power converters and adapters. Cellphone, laptop and camera all need their own rechargers and linking cables - it soon piles up. Clothes, like a sweater, spare hankies and socks. Camera and cellphone. Travel documents. Journals. Bookcrossing stuff. Toilet bag. Medial supplies, like bandaids, headache tablets, cold tabs, lip balm etc. Minor stationery like postits, sticky tape, pens, rubbers.
3. Lots of zippered pockets so this stuff doesn't get hopelessly tangled up. If I'm sitting for fourteen and a half hours in an economy seat with the aisle two occupied seats away in the middle of a long night, I keep the pack under the seat in front and I don't have room to rummage. Everything must be in the right spot and easily accessible.
4. A holder for a bottle of water - on long flights they never give you enough to drink.
I'll get something from Targus, I guess, and stitch a couple of BookCrossing patches to it.
Not for a while. ***SIGH***
My backpack has a couple of holes in it. I've had it for a few years now and I'll be sorry to say goodbye to it. But I can't repair the holes and getting it done professionally would cost more than a new one.
I'd love a BookCrossing backpack, but the models on offer aren't geeky enough, and I have some fairly strict requirements:
1. Laptop pocket. Well-padded - I remember how WhiteRaven cracked her screen a while back and I dread that happening to me, especially on the road.
2. Lots of room. I carry a lot of stuff, some of it fairly heavy. Books, of course. A bunch of dongles and cables and rechargers - I typically travel with about twenty of these things, believe it or not, once you count in all the forren power converters and adapters. Cellphone, laptop and camera all need their own rechargers and linking cables - it soon piles up. Clothes, like a sweater, spare hankies and socks. Camera and cellphone. Travel documents. Journals. Bookcrossing stuff. Toilet bag. Medial supplies, like bandaids, headache tablets, cold tabs, lip balm etc. Minor stationery like postits, sticky tape, pens, rubbers.
3. Lots of zippered pockets so this stuff doesn't get hopelessly tangled up. If I'm sitting for fourteen and a half hours in an economy seat with the aisle two occupied seats away in the middle of a long night, I keep the pack under the seat in front and I don't have room to rummage. Everything must be in the right spot and easily accessible.
4. A holder for a bottle of water - on long flights they never give you enough to drink.
I'll get something from Targus, I guess, and stitch a couple of BookCrossing patches to it.
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Date: 2005-07-16 12:48 pm (UTC)