margaretcarnes wrote:I don't mean to sound flippant - this is a serious issue - but asking women not to carry bags is like asking them to give up heels!
Mags, my Thai partner manages to dispense with having a handbag by keeping all that stuff you girls need in the compartment under the seat of a Honda Wave.
Incidentally, in Thailand a Honda Wave can cost less than some handbags!
FIFTEEN NEW BAGS Don? Wow, I'm well impressed. I only managed 3 last trip. Must be slipping.
Why do we do it? Well believe me some of us do try to control the urge. It's not easy, especially in LOS where the range of goodies is extreme, and prices can be bargain level.
Think of it as a 'comfort blanket' thing. Something to cling onto. We flash the bags every time we pay for stuff as well, and they are noticed.
We meet chums and the first thing they notice is a new bag. Not the shoes.
A bag can make a statement and lift the spirits. It can brighten up an old outfit. It can be in an outrageous colour which we would never dream of wearing next to our skin! And it can be big for work and small for going out. The possibilities are ENDless.
Plus of course you buy one, then find another you like better around the corner, so buy that as well.
Just be thankful your wife no doubt got Thai price!
Don, what a brave man you are searching throuigh your wife`s handbag, do you still have all your fingers?
But we mustn`t get off topic or you know who will stress out.
margaretcarnes wrote:A bag can make a statement and lift the spirits. It can brighten up an old outfit!
...or be used as the basis for an entirely new outfit, if my GF is anything to go by (or buy )
Swerving back to the topic though, I remember the bad old days when the UK was still called home, a stanley knife through the bottom of the bag was the easiest way to empty the contents, regardless of how its being held. far better I think to carry only the money you need in a pocket - if the worst should happen and you do get mugged, you only lose what you have on you.
I was sat in a bar last night when two young lads on a red scooter, wearing old full face helmets came around the corner at a reckless speed.
A few seconds later a Thai girl ran past saying that they had snatched her bag, so keep a wary eye out if you see lads at night wearing full helmets.
Just a thought but as these Snatchers are being seen/witnessed - has anyone bothered to report them to the BIB? All bikes have registration numbers and if reported by a Thai there is a "sporting" chance that they will do something about it.
johnnyk wrote:Pity the poor bugger who would have tried to snatch Mrs. Thatcher's handbag! She was able to handbag world leaders and big strong miners.
And dockers.
Kendo.
Is Bangkok a place or a nasty injury.......Eric Morcombe.
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