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Thinking of getting a man bag

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    #21
    Originally posted by chef View Post
    tanx and fixed

    pedant award of the day goes to DS23
    oooh thanks chef. <takes pedant award, bows and walks quietly away wiping tears from eyes>.

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      #22
      Originally posted by DS23 View Post
      you need something with an insulated section to keep the cool sarnies cool. carrying anything else?
      You are spot on there although the temptation to sneak in a warm bacon sarnie and take advantage of the insulated sections thermo properties might be too much.

      I occassionaly snaffle chocolate from the kids container but usually all the good stuff has gone, just leaving things like caramel wafers and other detritus.

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        #23
        Originally posted by singhr View Post
        a warm bacon sarnie.
        Yum
        Fiscal nomad it's legal.

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          #24
          exactly. a warm section, a cold section. something stylish and practical. something like this maybe:

          http://www.optimacompany.com/product...&tid=387820599

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            #25
            Originally posted by DS23 View Post
            exactly. a warm section, a cold section. something stylish and practical. something like this maybe:

            http://www.optimacompany.com/product...&tid=387820599
            That look more like a suicide bomber's back pack to me.
            My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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              #26
              I have several man bags. They are just nylon things I have picked up free at educational shows. As long as it is cheap or free, or at least extremely old and grubby, it is obviously the property of a real man.
              bloggoth

              If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
              John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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                #27
                Originally posted by singhr View Post
                Any advice on man bags? Due to economic downturn I am thinking about making my own sarnies rather than spending an arm and leg at Pret, M&S etc. and need something to bring them to work in.

                I have an old briefcase but that is so 1970, my rucksack is too over-spec'd for commuting and carrier bags look a bit trampy. Can 40+ year olds use those messenger style bags without people sniggering behind their back?

                answers on a postcard..........
                40+ year old metrosexual? You will be laughed off the site.

                There is a guy at current client site who must be 45+ and has the whole Call Centre McFly choppy gel highlighted hair manbag thing going on and the sniggers follow him everywhere he goes.
                Guy Fawkes - "The last man to enter Parliament with honourable intentions."

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                  #28
                  Always carried a man bag. Can't go to work without it. Full of good stuff to eat/drink/read/play with on the tube or bus. My current one is from Japan and is made from horses.
                  Cats are evil.

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                    #29
                    Originally posted by swamp View Post
                    Always carried a man bag. My current one is from Japan and is made from horses.
                    Any chance of a link to a picture so we can gauge the kind and level of abuse required, please?
                    My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by Toolpusher
                      Why don't you use a tiffin service?

                      http://tiffinservice.co.uk/
                      Looking at their client list, someone should sabotage their web site, or get a job there and poison the food.
                      I am not qualified to give the above advice!

                      The original point and click interface by
                      Smith and Wesson.

                      Step back, have a think and adjust my own own attitude from time to time

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