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0 pointsshuntress9y ago0 comments

I'm young and not hip and I wear a conventional watch almost every day.

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WalterBright9y ago· 1 in thread

Haha, I have a "Mad Men" style Samsonite briefcase that my father gave me in the 1970s. Here's a picture of one:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/57044295/samsonite-briefcase-wi...

It works great as a case for my laptop. It's fun being unhip :-)

Edit: I've used modern soft laptop bags, but they tend to develop tears and small holes through which things fall out unnoticed. Urgh. The Samsonite doesn't have that failure mode.

douche9y ago

Stuff from that era that still exists might as well be indestructible. A little bit of survivorship bias, but it's hard to find anything that well made at any price now.

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