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Re: "With my knapsack on my back"
« Reply #15 on: October 04, 2007, 10:54:34 AM »
Do you also carry a potty with you?
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Re: "With my knapsack on my back"
« Reply #16 on: October 04, 2007, 10:57:20 AM »
Swigging bottled water on the train.  ::)

Putting makeup on  ::)

'working' on the laptop  ::)

drinking coffee  ::)

eating crisps etc  ::)

having 'private' conversations on the mobile  eeek:

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Re: "With my knapsack on my back"
« Reply #17 on: October 04, 2007, 11:00:03 AM »
1) Swigging bottled water on the train.  ::)

2) Putting makeup on  ::)

3) 'working' on the laptop  ::)

4) drinking coffee  ::)

5) eating crisps etc  ::)

6) having 'private' conversations on the mobile  eeek:

I only do the first. On occasion I do the sixth but only during terrible delays. I agree the rest are terribly annoying as are readers of broadsheets who flick them at you.

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Re: "With my knapsack on my back"
« Reply #18 on: October 04, 2007, 11:01:34 AM »
I forgot that one

readers of broadsheets who flick them at you  ::)

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Re: "With my knapsack on my back"
« Reply #19 on: October 04, 2007, 11:02:08 AM »
I shall be in London tomorrow. I plan to walk everywhere.
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Re: "With my knapsack on my back"
« Reply #20 on: October 04, 2007, 11:03:57 AM »
A lot of laptop bags are now knapsack style, the idea being that it makes it harder for some chav scrote to rip it off your arm. It could be that most of the knapsacks youa re seeing are this kind of bag.
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Re: "With my knapsack on my back"
« Reply #21 on: October 04, 2007, 11:07:19 AM »
I shall be in London tomorrow. I plan to walk everywhere.
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I shall probably be flying over London on my way to Heathrow…

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Re: "With my knapsack on my back"
« Reply #22 on: October 04, 2007, 11:13:48 AM »
I shall watch out for you eveilgrin:
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Re: "With my knapsack on my back"
« Reply #23 on: October 04, 2007, 11:18:51 AM »
A lot of laptop bags are now knapsack style, the idea being that it makes it harder for some chav scrote to rip it off your arm. It could be that most of the knapsacks youa re seeing are this kind of bag.

Also, it is better for your back to carry things that way.

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Re: "With my knapsack on my back"
« Reply #24 on: October 04, 2007, 11:19:39 AM »
You could wear it on your front.

On second thoughts, prolly not.
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Re: "With my knapsack on my back"
« Reply #25 on: October 04, 2007, 11:24:09 AM »
Regular travelers of public transport wear bags that keep their hands free so that in the case of sudden stoppage/gropping/tripping you can deal with it.

About this "Gropping".

If it aids dealing with being gropped, does it not also make life easier for the gropper?
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Re: "With my knapsack on my back"
« Reply #26 on: October 04, 2007, 11:25:08 AM »
I would not gropp her. One might catch something
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Re: "With my knapsack on my back"
« Reply #27 on: October 04, 2007, 11:32:32 AM »
A lot of laptop bags are now knapsack style, the idea being that it makes it harder for some chav scrote to rip it off your arm. It could be that most of the knapsacks youa re seeing are this kind of bag.

Also, it is better for your back to carry things that way.

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Re: "With my knapsack on my back"
« Reply #28 on: October 04, 2007, 12:28:53 PM »
A lot of laptop bags are now knapsack style, the idea being that it makes it harder for some chav scrote to rip it off your arm. It could be that most of the knapsacks youa re seeing are this kind of bag.

Friggin laptop rucksacks - our team of officers has had 40 laptop rucksacks delivered this week.
This is to accommodate their brand spanking new laptops which will 'facilitate' them working from home.

How many problems do you think this would cause. They all were ordered corporately from the same supplier therefore there was no choice. However supplier ran out half way through order and had to supply a couple of others that were not quite of the same spec before the rest of the order was filled with like for like rucksacks.

FFS - 38 rucksacks delivered - 2 were slightly different (they had a metal key ring, waist strap and  most importantly and this was the deal breaker an ipod / headphone connector)

You have never seen a fuss like it. People trying to reorder - fat chance . People trying to damage their own so they could get a replacement.

I have now got so fed up I have told them if they don't like what they have they can go down the road and buy something themeselves out of their own pocket.

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Re: "With my knapsack on my back"
« Reply #29 on: October 04, 2007, 12:37:44 PM »
I shall watch out for you eveilgrin:
he will be the one singing, "Valdaree, valdarah, valdaree, valdarah ha ha hah hah ha
Valdaree,valdarah, my knapsack on my back