Comments on: just how much are we carrying around with us anyway? http://blogjem.com/2008/02/22/just-how-much-are-we-carrying-around-with-us-anyway/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:12:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: she http://blogjem.com/2008/02/22/just-how-much-are-we-carrying-around-with-us-anyway/#comment-4198 she Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:25:56 +0000 http://blogjem.wordpress.com/?p=417#comment-4198 5K sounded like a lot until I started adding up what's in my backpack. Since I have a specialized prescription (one lense is 700$, the other 300$ - I've been reusing the same frames for years) my eyeglasses alone would be around 1K. Add my laptop, extra batteries, etc. (2.5K), and epipen (100$) and I'm already over the 3,500$ mark before I even stop to include the remaining staples such as cell phone and iPod (which includes about 350$ worth of iTunes music on it). It doesn't take very long at all to rack up a few grand worth of belongings and drag them about with us without even realizing it. No wonder I've always locked my backpack into the trunk of my vehicle. Here's to hoping that doesn't get stolen! 5K sounded like a lot until I started adding up what’s in my backpack. Since I have a specialized prescription (one lense is 700$, the other 300$ - I’ve been reusing the same frames for years) my eyeglasses alone would be around 1K. Add my laptop, extra batteries, etc. (2.5K), and epipen (100$) and I’m already over the 3,500$ mark before I even stop to include the remaining staples such as cell phone and iPod (which includes about 350$ worth of iTunes music on it). It doesn’t take very long at all to rack up a few grand worth of belongings and drag them about with us without even realizing it. No wonder I’ve always locked my backpack into the trunk of my vehicle. Here’s to hoping that doesn’t get stolen!

]]> By: Susan http://blogjem.com/2008/02/22/just-how-much-are-we-carrying-around-with-us-anyway/#comment-3711 Susan Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:41:20 +0000 http://blogjem.wordpress.com/?p=417#comment-3711 Five Grand? $700 glasses? Geez! I'm too cheap (and too prone to lose things) to carry that much expensive stuff around with me. Let's see...my keys, my cell, debit card sometimes I bring my camera, but the Baby is always in my pocket or the Beast doesn't get out of my sight. I hope she had insurance. Five Grand? $700 glasses? Geez!

I’m too cheap (and too prone to lose things) to carry that much expensive stuff around with me. Let’s see…my keys, my cell, debit card sometimes I bring my camera, but the Baby is always in my pocket or the Beast doesn’t get out of my sight.

I hope she had insurance.

]]> By: mon http://blogjem.com/2008/02/22/just-how-much-are-we-carrying-around-with-us-anyway/#comment-3647 mon Sun, 24 Feb 2008 02:19:32 +0000 http://blogjem.wordpress.com/?p=417#comment-3647 eh five grand? I dont even have that much credit if someone stole my cards. lol. I think I might have a heart attack if that happened to me!! eh five grand? I dont even have that much credit if someone stole my cards. lol. I think I might have a heart attack if that happened to me!!

]]> By: qualcosa di bello http://blogjem.com/2008/02/22/just-how-much-are-we-carrying-around-with-us-anyway/#comment-3488 qualcosa di bello Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:12:37 +0000 http://blogjem.wordpress.com/?p=417#comment-3488 i don't know whether to be amazed or dismayed by this! i don’t know whether to be amazed or dismayed by this!

]]> By: fiwa http://blogjem.com/2008/02/22/just-how-much-are-we-carrying-around-with-us-anyway/#comment-3484 fiwa Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:27:41 +0000 http://blogjem.wordpress.com/?p=417#comment-3484 For me it wouldn't be the monetary loss so much as the loss of convenience! I would be up a creek if I lost my cell phone, I just realized I don't even know my husband's cell phone number because I use speed dial. Ouch! I feel for that person - that was a lot to lose. For me it wouldn’t be the monetary loss so much as the loss of convenience! I would be up a creek if I lost my cell phone, I just realized I don’t even know my husband’s cell phone number because I use speed dial.

Ouch! I feel for that person - that was a lot to lose.

]]> By: Karina http://blogjem.com/2008/02/22/just-how-much-are-we-carrying-around-with-us-anyway/#comment-3455 Karina Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:02:03 +0000 http://blogjem.wordpress.com/?p=417#comment-3455 Very good point! Between my cell phone, mp3 player, digital camera, sunglasses (mine are prescription and Burberry), and debit/credit cards (I never have cash on me, it's a bad habit, I know), and whatever random other bits and pieces I have with me, if my purse was stolen, I'd be out a small fortune too. Not $5k though, but still, enough to make me cry for sure! YIKES. Very good point! Between my cell phone, mp3 player, digital camera, sunglasses (mine are prescription and Burberry), and debit/credit cards (I never have cash on me, it’s a bad habit, I know), and whatever random other bits and pieces I have with me, if my purse was stolen, I’d be out a small fortune too. Not $5k though, but still, enough to make me cry for sure! YIKES.

]]> By: bermudabluez http://blogjem.com/2008/02/22/just-how-much-are-we-carrying-around-with-us-anyway/#comment-3403 bermudabluez Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:41:09 +0000 http://blogjem.wordpress.com/?p=417#comment-3403 OMG! FIVE Grand!! But, then again, when I think about what I carry around with me these days...it IS pretty amazing when you add it all up. But then again, I don't think I can do without anything either...I need my glasses, camera, cell phone, wallet, credit cards, etc.......it was much easier back in the seventies, wasn't it? OMG! FIVE Grand!! But, then again, when I think about what I carry around with me these days…it IS pretty amazing when you add it all up. But then again, I don’t think I can do without anything either…I need my glasses, camera, cell phone, wallet, credit cards, etc…….it was much easier back in the seventies, wasn’t it?

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