The great hand luggage only challenge!!!

[Shano]

One downside to hand luggage only is that your hand luggage can get quite full and things could fall out like your new Tag Heuer sunglasses on a flight from DRW-ADl-SYD

Funny you should say that, my new Raybans fell out of my backpack in the cab on the way home from the airport. I did not realise until about an hour after I got home. Rang the taxi company (had the driver # on the receipt) who contacted the driver.

The driver had seen them and returned them to the house. I must have been in the shower when he rang the door bell, however they were there on the front door mat.

That's my feel good story for the day.

 

[simongr]

Prescription lenses, nice form, match my watch. And yes over $100 - considerably. As discussed earlier in this thread - people make different decisions about clothes/fashions/consumer products. I don't need to have the most fashionable clothes and change with the seasons - in fact I avoid "trendy" brands for more classic brands. In the same way that some people spend money on fine wines or single malts - they do not do much different to a bourbon and some cask red. We all appreciate things differently. I perhaps should be less cavalier with my possessions or take cheaper possesions with me.

 

[rhjames]

Prescription lenses, nice form, match my watch. And yes over $100 - considerably. As discussed earlier in this thread - people make different decisions about clothes/fashions/consumer products. I don't need to have the most fashionable clothes and change with the seasons - in fact I avoid "trendy" brands for more classic brands. In the same way that some people spend money on fine wines or single malts - they do not do much different to a bourbon and some cask red. We all appreciate things differently. I perhaps should be less cavalier with my possessions or take cheaper possesions with me.

I took prescription reading glasses on a plane last year - sat down and heard the crunching noise as I stood on them after they fell out of my pocket as I sat down. Now I only travel with $25 reading glasses. I can sympathize.

 

[IainF]

I'd never heard of Tag Heuer so I googled it. Couldn't find prices, but I suspect you pay something like $100+ for sunglasses. I just shove my $20 pair in a shoe in my hand luggage. Just for interest, what do your glasses do that mine won't do?

Well my $250 glasses will fit under my helmet when riding my motorbike very comfortably as opposed to my $90 glasses which wont, and which are also polarised, making it very hard to see through my visor when the sunlight hits directly.....
Also the more expensive ones have a lens which is glass and are less likely to fog up...

I also am a name brand sorta guy, but have learnt over my years of travel that an expensive pair of pants will take longer to crush, and a good quality cotton business shirt (Ralph Lauren et al) will iron much quicker and stay sharper longer.
I have three Zegna suits that are in excellent shape after 5-7 years and a cheaper Boss suit that is looking bad after 2-3....

The price of the Zegna suits was double that of the Boss, but they seem to last over twice as long...

YMMV.

Cheers
IainF

 

[serfty]

OT: A bit

For me, sunglasses MUST be polarized. So, due to licensing costs, this takes the minimum price out to ~$45 and which is also about the maximum I would ever pay. So that's the maximum cost should I lose/break a pair.

I view umbrellas similarly; it's costs $2 to lose/break a $2 umbrella - it costs $35 to lose/break a $35 umbrella.
.

 

[simongr]

Well my sunglasses aren't in Sydney lost property and no reply from ADL lost property...

 

[Ric]

I have three Zegna suits that are in excellent shape after 5-7 years and a cheaper Boss suit that is looking bad after 2-3....
IainF

I will second that! Mine are still looking great, some recent, some 3-4 yrs and even the ones 9-10 yrs old are still draping well and in excellent shape. I will also add in and say the same about shoes. The expensive well built shoes will last more than twice as long than those of a cheaper kind!

Ric

 

[Shano]

My problem at the moment is not so much the longevity of my suits, more that I am outgrowing them...

 

[Ric]

My problem at the moment is not so much the longevity of my suits, more that I am outgrowing them...

Oh oh! time to enrol at the local gym:!:

 

[NYCguy]

Oh oh! time to enrol at the local gym:!:

A definition of complacency - being satisfied with having a 40" waist!

 

[Shano]

Oh oh! time to enrol at the local gym:!:

Gym membership ended with the arrival of mini-Shano. While it is impossible to lead a sedentary lifestyle with an 18 month old, there has been a gradual progression in the releasing of the belt buckle over that time.

 

[dot]

Re: OT: A bit

For me, sunglasses MUST be polarized. So, due to licensing costs, this takes the minimum price out to ~$45 and which is also about the maximum I would ever pay. So that's the maximum cost should I lose/break a pair.

I'm with you Serfty, but you can get polarized sunnies cheaper than that. Mine are polarised and only cost $30 - Aerial brand from a servo. They do have a lot of naf frame designs, so it might take a couple of servos before you can find a style you like, but they work for me. Mrs Dot is also a recent convert to polarized lenses (esp when driving) and she also found frames that she was happy with in the Arial range.

 

[tuapekastar]

My problem at the moment is not so much the longevity of my suits, more that I am outgrowing them...

I'd be demanding an instant refund...imagine that, selling suits that shrink!!

 

[rhjames]

Re: OT: A bit

I view umbrellas similarly; it's costs $2 to lose/break a $2 umbrella - it costs $35 to lose/break a $35 umbrella.
.

I'm from Sydney - can't remember what an umbrella is used for!!

 

[NM]

Re: OT: A bit

I'm from Sydney - can't remember what an umbrella is used for!!

It is placed on the side of the coughtail glass

 

[Keith009]

Re: OT: A bit

It is placed on the side of the coughtail glass

Way OT:
My accomplishment of the (yester)day - turning my old umbrella into a new lamp shade.

 

[simongr]

The sunglasses have been found at the hotel in Darwin!!!!!!!! That's what you get for having a 3:45AM departure from the hotel...

 

[QF WP]

Especially a good idea when with Qantas Jets in WHY Domestically, you can have 2 x 7 Kg Bags. - Luxury ...

Alas, I already have two bags - laptop and QF Plat bag (client files, etc). So I just will have to squeeze in shirts, singlet & briefs into it somewhere. I'm fine with wearing same socks and shoes for a couple of days.

 

[rhjames]

The sunglasses have been found at the hotel in Darwin!!!!!!!! That's what you get for having a 3:45AM departure from the hotel...

Yes - things get left behind - I once found a wallet in a Melbourne hotel room - hidden in the yellow pages under "Escort agencies" (right next to "Erection engineers). Of course I wasn't looking there - the phone book opened here because of the wallet. Sorry - getting OTT.

 

[jasonja3]

The sunglasses have been found at the hotel in Darwin!!!!!!!! That's what you get for having a 3:45AM departure from the hotel...

Laptop....sunglasses....what's next?