Scored me an awesome Timbuk2 laptop bag on the chizzeap

"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein) 02/03/2016 at 20:28 • Filed to: None

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My new job involves going to lots of places other than my office, where I may need to bring my laptop. Also I can work from home when I feel like it. Which means I need a laptop bag, except I refuse to be yet another working stiff with a generic black nylon laptop bag. Now I won’t be.

I already have a really nice Dakine backpack that’s great at carrying way too much techie shit (it’s this bag but a slightly different pattern):

I like it because it has all of the organization and weight supporting features you would want for lugging around a bunch of techie shit, while also not looking like I should be a 47 year old Midwestern IT manager at a random insurance company, who genuinely enjoys doing yard work while wearing the khakis that are too worn out for the office anymore, and Nike Air Monarchs. Because I’m not.

But...a backpack is not the most “professional” type of bag to show up with at meetings, especially since a large portion of my meetings will be with 47 year-old Midwestern IT managers at random insurance companies, who probably own some Nike Air Monarchs. Which means I need something that sorta resembles a briefcase.

So I did some looking around, and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! with all the trick organizing pockets and TSA-friendly flippy-out laptop section was on “FINAL SALE” for $50 after a $10 coupon, instead of the usual $100+ that a Timbuk2 bag would cost.

Only thing is, the product page said Only 1 left of this color , so I jumped on it, because I dig the herringbone cloth with red trim look, and 50 bucks is a good price on a Timbuk2 bag, but now that I’ve placed my order, presumably for the last bag eBags.com had in stock, the product page still says Only 1 left of this color . Was eBags.com lying to me about only having one left to make me buy it?

Ah, who cares? I like my new bag!

Übel > Textured Soy Protein 02/03/2016 at 20:32

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Timbuk2 bags are my favorite. I’ve owned 3 of them in various sizes and I’ve never had a single thing go wrong with any of them.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > Textured Soy Protein 02/03/2016 at 20:38

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I’ve had a timbuk2 bag for around 5 years now. It’s dynamite.

Best of all, it’s not a targus “Everyone has this exact thing and it’s obviously a computer so steal me when you see me” bag. I hate those.

Textured Soy Protein > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 02/03/2016 at 20:41

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Yes, theft is the other reason I never will have a generic back nylon laptop bag.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Textured Soy Protein 02/03/2016 at 20:49

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Whatever you do, DO NOT LOSE OR MISPLACE any of the paperwork that comes with the bag, ESPECIALLY THE WARRANTY TAG!

If you haven’t guessed, we had an issue with an e-bag purchase which required a warranty repair. The original receipt wasn’t good enough. Without the warranty tag, they won’t honor anything. We lost $80 on a bag that broke after just two weeks of use.

Tohru > Textured Soy Protein 02/03/2016 at 21:05

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Hang on a second... I thought you were a 47 year old Midwestern IT manager with the University of Wisconsin, except instead of yardwork you worked on your car in the khakis too worn out for the office and a set of New Balance shoes.

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > Textured Soy Protein 02/03/2016 at 21:21

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The Air Monarch is the “we made it” shoe for corny upper middle class men entering their third act. However, I’m convinced they can look alright as long as you don’t wear them with some NT denim.

Rico > Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed 02/03/2016 at 22:05

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It comes down to style. You can make even a boring shoe look good if you can kill it with the outfit.

Textured Soy Protein > Tohru 02/03/2016 at 23:10

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I’m a 33 year old east coast transplant to the Midwest IT staffing guy who just ended a 21 month sojourn through the desert of for-profit education career services. I’m now back to proper IT staffing far, far away from for-profit education, which is an evil, evil industry.

Tohru > Textured Soy Protein 02/03/2016 at 23:31

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For-profit education is awful.

Do they need anyone in your IT department? I have qualifications... if graduating CISCO Certified Networking Academy and two years of computer network installation with the IBEW counts.

Textured Soy Protein > Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed 02/04/2016 at 08:53

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I’m pretty sure they’re more the “my feet hurt ALL THE TIME and Kohl’s sells these in extra wide” shoe than anything else. The guys with a bit more money get the same basic shoe but from NB.

My dad rocks NB 990v3s which are their more running-focused, top-of-the-line Dad shoe.

Textured Soy Protein > Tohru 02/04/2016 at 08:59

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They might be hiring people for the NOC. This job is posted, but I don’t know current status. I’m doing staffing for clients more than I’m dealing with internal positions like the NOC. I can try to find out.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Textured Soy Protein 02/04/2016 at 12:00

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Nice... I need a new bag, too bad those are gone.

Tohru > Textured Soy Protein 02/04/2016 at 14:38

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I've got a set of New Balance shoes in 13EEE I got from the outlet mall in the Dells. Most comfortable shoes I've ever had. I'm sad because after 3 years the stitching is coming apart everywhere.

Tohru > Textured Soy Protein 02/04/2016 at 14:39

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I'm pretty sure I'd qualify for that position. If you find out more email me at tohrurokuno at Gmail. I really appreciate it, man. I'll owe you one.

Textured Soy Protein > Tohru 02/04/2016 at 17:48

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I emailed you, and at the time I said I wasn’t sure if it was open, but a guy from the NOC just came by and introduced himself and out of the blue asked me if there’s anyone for that position. So...they’re definitely looking.

Tohru > Textured Soy Protein 02/05/2016 at 11:47

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I just emailed you back. Thank you!