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Holidays – Why Is It That Women……………………….
Why is it that women feel the need to take absolutely everything they own on holiday??
Im trying not to be sexist, because I can be vain at times but im watching my wife pack for a 4 night holiday and im not sure where im going to put my stuff.
Seriously, we are staying in a lovely hotel in the centre of Euro Disney and she is packing sponges????
It almost like she thinks we will be charged more if we dont use all our weight allowance.
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maybe the sponge to to soak up vodka, stick them in some seal-it plastic bags. then when through customs. wring them back out and drink?
nop, ive not touched a drop tonight. just posting as i cannot be fluffed working. 🙄 :lol1:
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Thats a very good point, ill check my secret stash to see if its below the penline.
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Your spot on Paul. Worst offender is my daughter Sally. Whenever we holiday anywhere three quarters of the baggage is taken up with her stuff.
She’s at Dundee University now and the first time we took her up there we took a car full of stuff for her room. Since then she’s been home most weekends and takes another car load of stuff back with her every weekend.
God knows how we’ll get it all back again when she comes home at the end of her first year – I’m going to have to take the van up with me to empty out her room. 🙄
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That’s an easy one.
Holiday on a motorcycle and tell her that the left hand pannier is hers. Give her a Tesco carrier bag and tell her that she can take whatever she can fit into it.
It takes some practice, but a good place to start is with toiletries. You can toss shampoo out altogether because hotels always have it in the bathrooms already. But if they do insist on taking their own they do NOT need a two litre bottle of Jojoba orange and lemon for a four night holiday, so decant into smaller bottles.
Toothbrushes are another good area for luggage reduction. It is the fashion nowadays for toothbrushes to have big fat handles. Hacksaw half of them off and they still do the same job, but take up less space.
Let your imagination run wild and you will be surprised by how much you can reduce the space they need.
No smilies, because I’m not joking.
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trust me we are not all like that I never take the kettle or the kitchen sink ,I always recon if I don’t take it I can buy it when I get wherever I’m going, and I always think about the days I have to spend washing the clothes that have never been worn when we get back 🙄
Lynn
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quote Paul Humble:Why is it that women feel the need to take absolutely everything they own on holiday??.I’m actually pleased to see this post. I thought I was married to the only one that did that 😮
We go away for a few days, we take clothes for every season… and for four people.
I don’t say anything anymore, because last time I was critical, the wife only took summer clothes, and it rained the whole time we were away 😕
Story of my life actually :lol1: :lol1:
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John, I wish I could get my wife and daughter on my bike, alas I cant find a twin sidecar for a Fireblade lol!!
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I was only a Brownie, never reached Girl Scout status but I like to be prepared.
I pack essential toiletries, clothes for warm or cold weather, shoes for warm or cold weather, extra undies, a light jacket, a good book. I usually take home more in souvenirs so I like to leave room for those.
My mom saves up her oldest underwear for trips, she wears them and then throws them away.
My older sister (who owns 99+ pairs of shoes, one to match each outfit in two huge closets) recently went to Texas to visit her stepson and his family for 5 days. She sent a box of shoes down there via UPS because it cost too much to pack another suitcase to take on the plane.
Love….Jill -
quote Jillbeans:My mom saves up her oldest underwear for trips, she wears them and then throws them away.
I do that too. And socks. 😀
Paul, never mind the wife, I wish I could get on a Fireblade myself. I need a bigger bike now. Although, truth be told, I don’t think I could have ever fitted a Fireblade, even in my younger days. 🙁
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Ive got a wife who did a 10 day Barbados holiday with nothing more than carry on!!! She has also done the Fastnet yacht race with said hacked off tooth brushes………..Why does she now insist on filling the boot with every conceivable bag and then blame it all on Morgandie!!! 😮
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quote Graeme Harrold:Why does she now insist on filling the boot with every conceivable bag and then blame it all on Morgandie!!! 😮
Look on the bright side…. at least she is not blaming you! 😮
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Yeh BUT………..
Im the one loading, unloading and usually dragging it up 2 floors 😛
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quote Graeme Harrold:Yeh BUT………..
Im the one loading, unloading and usually dragging it up 2 floors 😛
…. and when you struggle up the 2 flights with the 3rd load, puffing and out of breath…. she looks at you and says "you must be out of shape…. you should do more exercise……" 😮
….. or is that just my wife? 😮
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Fly Ryanair….that will sort it! 🙁 130 yo yo’s excess baggage! (hot) (hot)
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Well, we go in the morning so to double check the weight of the cases I did the usual trick of weighing myself, then weighing myself with the case etc………………………..
The scales broke!!!
Im not kidding!
(and no, im not fat, im only 12 stone!)
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quote Paul Humble:Well, we go in the morning so to double check the weight of the cases I did the usual trick of weighing myself, then weighing myself with the case etc………………………..The scales broke!!!
Im not kidding!
(and no, im not fat, im only 12 stone!)But at only 4′ tall dont you think it’s time to diet, Paul? 😉
Peter
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:lol1: :lol1:
Maybe its time to put the Pizza Hut menu in the bin!
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quote John Childs:quote Jillbeans:My mom saves up her oldest underwear for trips, she wears them and then throws them away.I do that too. And socks. 😀
Paul, never mind the wife, I wish I could get on a Fireblade myself. I need a bigger bike now. Although, truth be told, I don’t think I could have ever fitted a Fireblade, even in my younger days. 🙁
When I used to live in SA and come over here for holiday I used to wear my old trainers over here on the plane and buy some new ones and then throw the old ones away :lol1: 🙄 I also threw away 1 piece of clothing for ever item I bought here (the clothes here are cheaper and better than SA 😉 )
I also used to do a lot of back packing (in to the mountains and sleeping in caves type and not the lodge type backpacker 😕 ) and used to saw the handles off my toothbrush too but this was to save on weight :lol1: (as well as cutting off the ends of the straps on the backpack and zip grabs 😳 )
obsession is not a good thing 🙄
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quote Harry Cleary:Fly Ryanair….that will sort it! 🙁 130 yo yo’s excess baggage! (hot) (hot)
On baggage restrictive flights I now wear a military "cot vest" and load that up with heavy stuff. It aint ever weighed :lol1:
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