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Originally posted by PastaGrrrl
By the way... I DID see some guy carrying around a "man-purse" in the supermarket that day. He seemed kinda young, and he looked weird.

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Registered: Sep 2000
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 284

Do what I did: Get an Edge.

Actually, it is nice in that respect. It's the first PDA I've ever seen that is thin enough to slip into my back jeans pocket (without feeling like I'm carrying an encyclopedia), and rugged enough to deal with it too.

Kind of an expensive option though, but what price are you willing to put on being fashionable?

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You nailed it. I don't want to look like Tinky-Winky.

Registered: Dec 2000
Location: June 10, 2001 San Clemente Pier , CA
Posts: 211

I just finally broke down and admitted that I have to hold that which is most dear to me in my hand at all times.
And.....
since I'm not a guy,
that would mean my Prism.

This did get tiring, and those black/brown cases/clips are so...dare I say, 'pedestrian.' So I got a colorful cross strap mini-bag from Bali, another from India, another one that's chic in all black, you get the idea. Most can fit only my Prism, some also the keyboard, but that's it.

Beware, the catch, no zippers or multi snaps. Only 1 button, 1 piece Velcro, or similar speedy in/out access allowed. 2 of mine don't have closures, just deep enough to work. And the cross strap provides support against my hip.

Finally, embrace your Prism! The data that I can whip out with mine astounds others daily.

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Originally posted by bookrats
No one cares (or if they have, they haven't communicated it to me).

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Nahh... we're all just too polite to tell you how dorky you look

Seriously, if one does look like a dork with belt full of gadgets, would any of us be brave enough to approach said individual and tell him/her/it so? :-)

Registered: Apr 2000
Location: Inglewood, CA, USA
Posts: 390

My Prism is usually carried in my purse, but I use a belt clip when I don't want to carry my purse. It has just enough space for ID and some cash. It's comfortable for me, I don't really care if I look dorky or not. (Considering the odd ways some people groom and dress themselves here in LA, they are people more "interesting" to gawk at than me and a belt clip.)

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Originally posted by ProjectZero
Seriously, if one does look like a dork with belt full of gadgets, would any of us be brave enough to approach said individual and tell him/her/it so? :-)

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Originally posted by VTL
You nailed it. I don't want to look like Tinky-Winky.

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Registered: Apr 2000
Location: Seattle, WA
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Excellent adaption.

However, inappropriate for the Tinkster. I have two small boys, and I try and watch what they watch (when I'm not limiting their TV altogether). If TinkyWinky isn't gay, I'll eat my Prism. It's pretty clear that someone at the show either (a) had a sly, somewhat twisted sense of humor, or (b) wanted to plant the seed of tolerance (or something worse) in toddlers' subconscious.

Before folks mock me as some Jerry Fallwell-esqe paranoid, track down "Tellytubbies Love to Dance" on tape, and watch the segment where the little monsters take turns wearing a tutu and dancing. The Tinkster can't wait to put the thing on and prance about, and has to be coerced into taking it off. Dipsy (the other male, according to their website) doesn't want to wear the tutu. Perhaps more disturbing, one of the other TT chases him down and forces him to participate.

Very weird, for a kids show if you ask me.

Now, how is that for an off topic post.

Registered: Jun 2000
Location: South Lake, FL
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Originally posted by VTL
wanted to plant the seed of tolerance (or something worse) in toddlers' subconscious

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It would be hard to tolerate everything and abide by your own morals. Can you tolerate stupidity, racism, fascism, sexism, etc.? It depends on what you tolerate.

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Registered: Apr 2000
Location: Seattle, WA
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No, of course I don't think tolerance is bad, at least not in the abstract. There are limits, of course, and BobbyMike's comment is right on. For example, I believe in religious tolerance. However, that doesn't mean I condone the Taliban in Afghanistan blowing up statues of the Buddah, or repressing women.

I don't have a problem with a message that we should be generally tolerant, of homosexuals or otherwise. Other folks may disagree, legitimately.

I just find it odd that the tolerance for folks whose primary difference is their sexual preference is being pushed - subliminally, I might add - on a show pitched towards an audience composed of 2 and 3 year olds.

Anyway, I'm kind of sorry I brought it up - this is about as far off topic as it gets.

Registered: Jun 2000
Location: South Lake, FL
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I suppose the difference is that I make no moralistic judgement toward gays. I see homosexuality simply as an attribute in someone that is different than I, and therefore deserving of my "tolerance." I think people react so strongly because of the automatic implication of a sexual agenda any time a gay is portrayed.

Maybe the message (and this is assuming that there is a message) is just that gays should be treated like anyone else.
As for the idea of tolerance being an all-or-nothing proposition, that's absurd. Things that are obviously wrong or harmful (hate, racism, fascism, sexism, etc.) are not deserving of tolerance.

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[...]As for the idea of tolerance being an all-or-nothing proposition, that's absurd. Things that are obviously wrong or harmful (hate, racism, fascism, sexism, etc.) are not deserving of tolerance.

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I just find it odd that the tolerance for folks whose primary difference is their sexual preference is being pushed - subliminally, I might add - on a show pitched towards an audience composed of 2 and 3 year olds.

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Registered: Jun 2000
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Point taken. Everything is subjective, isn't it? You can't change people's minds about things like this, you can only be true to what you feel to be right and wrong (somehow, to me, a kid seeing Tinky-Wink in a tutu doesn't rank up there with witnessing racism, though.)
'Nuff said - I'm leaving this one alone now.

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Point taken. Everything is subjective, isn't it? You can't change people's minds about things like this, you can only be true to what you feel to be right and wrong (somehow, to me, a kid seeing Tinky-Wink in a tutu doesn't rank up there with witnessing racism, though.)
'Nuff said - I'm leaving this one alone now.

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*ahem*

Ummmm... slow news day, or what?
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Closer to the original topic: I find it interesting that, amongst the non-techie people I know, carrying a PDA around in your shirt pocket is not considered geeky any longer.

I suspect part of this is that people are also carrying around cell phones in pockets -- a lot of people -- and PDAs have piggy-backed in, culture-wise.

If belt-clip phones catch on, the same acceptance may occur for belt-clip PDAs.

[Not that I care. Anyone who wears a T-shirt displaying a caffeine molecule on the front isn't worrying about getting into Canlis.]

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Re: *ahem*

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Ummmm... slow news day, or what?

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Love the avatar Dietrich!

DS rocks...

I just wish that Maura was real. Or her sister for that matter.