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On Apr 26, 6:17�am, Adrian wrote:
Lesley wrote:
On Apr 25, 11:34 am, Suz wrote:

Thanks Sherry and Marina. I'll try not to be a stranger, but might be
strange sometimes.

Then you're in good company- we're all strange sometimes!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

Strange is normal round here. :-0

--
Adrian (Owned by Bagheera & Shadow)
Cats leave pawprints on your hearthttp://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

True!

Suz&Spicey

On Apr 24, 2:12*am, Christine BA wrote:
24.4.2010 5:55, Marina kirjoitti:



Yowie wrote:

I hate the thing, and only bring it along when I'm going to be out for
a long period of time. I personally would prefer a bat belt, or
camo-pants with an infnite number of pockets. I really despise having
to carry a bag, and am most miffed that back-packs are now out of
fashion again since min broke. I jsut wasn't blessed with the sort of
shoulder than can keep a bag on easily.

I don't have that sort of shoulder, either. Recently, I bought a
shoulder bag (because Mum always commplained when I brought a backpack
to the theatre or some other 'posher' environment). I went to the
theatre with it. I had a terrible time trying to get it to hang on my
shoulder. I had to lift it up all the time, I tried pulling on the bag
to keep the strap pressed to my shoulder, I tried to hold the strap all
the time at the shoulder, but my arm started hurting at being bent that
way for a long time. I don't know how anyone manages to carry a shoulder
bag.

Normally, I use a big, camo-coloured backpack with a lot of pockets.

I wear my bag strap across, in other words the bag hangs on the other
side of the shoulder where the strap "originates" from... Even though my
mum keeps telling me that's how mentally handicapped people wear their
bags. Not sure of her source of info, and I don't care, as I really
don't want to keep hitching the bag up every five seconds...

--
Christine in Finland
christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com

FWIW, that was how the police officer TOLD me I should wear a handbag,
as it's harder to purse-snatch. This was in the immediate aftermath
of, you guessed it -- having had my purse stolen. In the 20 years
since that conversation, I haven't bought a purse that I couldn't wear
across the opposite shoulder. Short purse handles are a deal-breaker
for me.

Donna, Captain, and Stanley

And introducing... Mini the Chihuahua, who arrived 2 weeks ago :-)

Gabey8 wrote:

FWIW, that was how the police officer TOLD me I should wear a handbag,
as it's harder to purse-snatch. This was in the immediate aftermath
of, you guessed it -- having had my purse stolen. In the 20 years
since that conversation, I haven't bought a purse that I couldn't wear
across the opposite shoulder. Short purse handles are a deal-breaker
for me.

That's one thing I like about across-the-body shoulder bags - they're
much harder for a purse-snatcher to grab and run with. Also, they stay
where I put them, whereas shoulder bags that hang on the shoulder above
the bag just keep slipping off. Does *anyone* have the kind of shoulder
where a bag doesn't slip off? I also think it looks nicer when the strap
goes across rather than just on one side.

Bags with tiny straps that you have to hold in your hand are out of the
question. I need my hands to be free. Also, if I carried a purse in my
hand, I would certainly lose it in very short order!

Joyce

--
I promise I will meditate more closely upon the causal relationship
between going dumpster diving on Sunday afternoon and projectile
vomiting Monday, and being brought to the Evil Place Where They Stick
Things Up My Butt on Tuesday evening. -- Cat Resolutions

In ,
hopitus typed:
On Apr 23, 7:42 pm, "Granby" wrote:
Because of my poor, understatement, vision, I think that is why I
like
Thomas Kinkade paintings. He does the "light" on trees, leaves or
grass.
This is beautiful in the paintings and must be in real life. The way
he
paints lets me see things I wouldn't normally see.. My goal in life
is to
have one of his 2 ft by at least 3 ft paintings. However this
purchase this
would be about three months rent so, alas, it shall remain a
goal!"cshenk" wrote in message

I love thread drift!

Having no idea who T.Kinkade was, I googled him and his art work

Oddly enough, whilst I can appreciate the skill and his use of light , I
don't find his pictures particularly appealing as 'art' - to my eyes, the
pictures look like the belong on christmas cards or in children's books
rather than in art galleries. Perhaps a bit too saccharine for my taste.

Weird, huh?

Yowie
Well aware that she knows nothing about 'art'.

wrote in message
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Gabey8 wrote:

FWIW, that was how the police officer TOLD me I should wear a handbag,
as it's harder to purse-snatch. This was in the immediate aftermath
of, you guessed it -- having had my purse stolen. In the 20 years
since that conversation, I haven't bought a purse that I couldn't wear
across the opposite shoulder. Short purse handles are a deal-breaker
for me.

That's one thing I like about across-the-body shoulder bags - they're
much harder for a purse-snatcher to grab and run with. Also, they stay
where I put them, whereas shoulder bags that hang on the shoulder above
the bag just keep slipping off. Does *anyone* have the kind of shoulder
where a bag doesn't slip off? I also think it looks nicer when the strap
goes across rather than just on one side.

Bags with tiny straps that you have to hold in your hand are out of the
question. I need my hands to be free. Also, if I carried a purse in my
hand, I would certainly lose it in very short order!

Joyce

--
I promise I will meditate more closely upon the causal relationship
between going dumpster diving on Sunday afternoon and projectile
vomiting Monday, and being brought to the Evil Place Where They Stick
Things Up My Butt on Tuesday evening. -- Cat Resolutions

Several years ago, at a large convention, I saw a woman with the kind of
shoulders you asked about. There was a distinctive dip between the outside
of her shoulders and her neck. It looked rather odd, but I couldn't help
thinking how convenient that would be for carrying a shoulder bag.

Joy

Yowie wrote:

Having no idea who T.Kinkade was, I googled him and his art work

Oddly enough, whilst I can appreciate the skill and his use of light , I
don't find his pictures particularly appealing as 'art' - to my eyes, the
pictures look like the belong on christmas cards or in children's books
rather than in art galleries. Perhaps a bit too saccharine for my taste.

Weird, huh?

Yowie
Well aware that she knows nothing about 'art'.

Thomas Kinkade is reviled among people who do know something about art.

I'm not trained in fine art myself, so I can't explain the technical
reasons behind people's objections, but I pretty much agree with your
visceral response - pretty, but saccharine, and more suited for greeting
cards, etc. Not to mention that he's a huge commercial success doing
what he does, so he just keeps doing the same thing.

And I know what you mean about children's books. When I was a kid, I
was always very drawn to sweet, cozy images, and I'd imagine myself inside
some of those pictures - down in the cute little rabbit warren, sitting
around the little mushroom table having tea. There's a part of me that's
never outgrown that response, and Kinkade appeals to me on that level.
That's not really the same thing as "aaht", though.

Joyce

--
If At First You Don't Succeed, Skydiving Isn't For You

Joy wrote:

Does *anyone* have the kind of shoulder where a bag doesn't slip off?

Several years ago, at a large convention, I saw a woman with the kind of
shoulders you asked about. There was a distinctive dip between the outside
of her shoulders and her neck. It looked rather odd, but I couldn't help
thinking how convenient that would be for carrying a shoulder bag.

LOL. An engineering success!

Joyce

--
If At First You Don't Succeed, Skydiving Isn't For You

Joy wrote:
Several years ago, at a large convention, I saw a woman with the kind of
shoulders you asked about. There was a distinctive dip between the outside
of her shoulders and her neck. It looked rather odd, but I couldn't help
thinking how convenient that would be for carrying a shoulder bag.

I find that, if I have to carry a shoulder-strap bag, I try to
compensate for my lack of that dip by hunching my shoulder - very
uncomfortabuhls!

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban.
In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

On Apr 24, 11:44*am, "John F. Eldredge" wrote:
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:11:32 +0000, bastXXXette wrote:
Yowie wrote:

* wrote:

* Suggestion: bring a small flashlight and keep it in your purse. Even
* if you never go into that mall again, you might encounter a
* lightless bathroom somewhere else.

* Nah, I need a bat belt with all the tools of the motherhood trade.
* Wipes, spare clothes, bandaids, drink, small toy (for distraction in
* boring situations), spare clothes, tissues, kiddy tylenol, mobile
* phone, keys, earplugs, emergency sewing kit, torch, screwdriver/nail
* file, sticky tape, sunnies, etc etc

* or, in other words, a giant and unfashionable tote bag where all that
* sort of stuff along with a mysterious sock, some fluff covered candy,
* hair pins, ex-tissues, small change, an old and out of fashion half
* melted lipstic, a few tampons etc etc all sit in the bottom and
* jingle

In other words, the one you already have?

Joyce

My mother liked large purses. *She used to carry a little doll-house
sink, about two inches long, in her purse, so that she could pull it out
and say, "I have everything in my purse INCLUDING the kitchen sink."

--
John F. Eldredge --
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better
than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria

LOL

Oh, I am *so* going to emulate your mom if I can find a sink small
enough! :-D Brilliant!

Donna, Captain, Stanley, and Mini

On 29 Apr, 00:30, Gabey8 wrote:
Short purse handles are a deal-breaker
for me.

Same here- I don't think I've ever owned a bag that I couldn't sling
across my body- in fact a number of times my first question in the
shop has been "Have you got anything that has a long strap?"- it's
surprisingly hard to find them over here- the last time I needed a new
bag I went to a shop that specialised in bags of all sorts and they
had tons of handbags but after much searching could only find 1 with a
long enough strap. The one time I had a bag that sat on one shoulder
(The long strap had broken but as it was a quality bag I tried to
preserve with it) I went mad with the damn thing sliding down my arm
all the time especially when I was carrying carrier bags or pushing
Dave's wheelchair I think I lasted a week before I brought another
bag! Also in trying to keep it on my shoulder I kept hunching and
shrugging and ended up with a stiff shoulder!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs