Comments on: Magic Backpack and Things To Do on Sunday https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/07/23/magic-backpack-and-things-to-d/ Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:56:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Ctenotrish https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/07/23/magic-backpack-and-things-to-d/#comment-505465 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:56:09 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/07/23/magic-backpack-and-things-to-d/#comment-505465 The worst backpack I ever owned had about a million (okay, 20+) pockets. I could never find what I was looking for, ever! I now have a very simple backpack – one main compartment, two side pockets (which I never use), and one small pocket attached to the main compartment. Nothing gets lost, it is great!

]]> By: islami forum https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/07/23/magic-backpack-and-things-to-d/#comment-505464 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:46:47 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/07/23/magic-backpack-and-things-to-d/#comment-505464 Vilnai, Ben-Gurion yakınlarında düzenlenen ve füze savunmasıyla ilgili uluslararası bir konferansta yaptıÄ?ı konuÅ?mada, özür dilenmesine karÅ?ı direnen DıÅ?iÅ?leri Bakanı Avigdor Lieberman’a yüklendi

]]> By: P Smith https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/07/23/magic-backpack-and-things-to-d/#comment-505463 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:11:03 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/07/23/magic-backpack-and-things-to-d/#comment-505463 I left Canada a decade ago to live in Asia so I don’t know if attitudes have changed, but it used to be that a man with a backpack was viewed by the stupid as “weird”, the same way that the stupid respond to men riding bicycles. Other westerners I’ve met here tell me the same attitude was or is still prevalent in North America, as if “functionality equals homosexuality”.

People here are less prone to stick their noses into other people’s business. Carrying a backpack here, in the city or country, is almost a necessity with so many things one needs to carry daily (e.g. a phrasebook, a map, a leatherman, etc.) or all the gadgets some men carry (e.g. netbooks, dayplanners). Most men carry some sort of bag, so it’s not a big deal.

I heard a piece of advice about running shoes that applies to backpacks: If you find one you like, buy more than one in case the company stops making them. For shoes, that might mean 4-6 pairs, but for a backpack, probably two. The backpack I had previous to my current one was great, and the company did stop manufacturing it, which was disappointing.

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