It was in the papers recently that the average Londoner carries around £3,000 worth of stuffs everyday which generally include a laptop, an iPhone, a blackberry, a handheld console, an mp3 player, etc. So I'm just wondering what you have in your bag...

In my handbag I normally have a purse, a bunch of keys, a mobile, a blackberry, a diary, a flash drive, a pen, a small umbrella, a book (currently La macanique du coeur), a bottle of water, some sort of snack (today's a Kitkat), some tissue papers, hand cream, and Vaseline. Now that I listed them all out, it seems I do carry around quite a lot

In my rucksack I usually have:

Music theory book(s)
Whatever novel I'm reading at the time
RSA tokens/cabinet keys
iPod + charger lead
Very occasionally, work laptop.

So a grand total of not much money's worth.

I keep my phone/wallet in my pocket at all times - I find it shocking that so many women keep their purse/wallet in their bag - you're stuffed if it gets pilfered!

currently: wallet, phone + handsfree, notepad, pen, passport, tobacco and papers, lighter, electronic tuner, 3 picks and a set of banjo strings. fairly sure that's not worth £3'000...

We've got nowhere else to put them - a lot of smart trousers and most skirts don't have pockets!

In my rucksack I have....

1.5L bottle of water
big lunchbox full of food
maybe iPod and phone (though they're usually in some sort of pocket, somewhere...)
2 USB sticks
some sweets that have probably been there for 3 years
teaspoons
a hairbrush
probably about 3 pens, none of which work
scraps of paper
notebook
diary
cosmetic stuff...
keys
handgel
lip balm
very tatty chequebook (needed at uni for sending cheques for forum events)
uni ID card
sticky labels from York Playday


That's my uni rucksack anyway...

In the bag? Usually a stack of piano music, a bike pump, a toothbrush, and a set of waterproofs

But a warning to anyone that tries to travel light ...

... don't put your bank card/credit card in the same pocket as your iPod and/or mobile phone - the magnetism they create will corrupt the data on the magnetic stripes and render them useless.

I've been putting my phone in the same pocket as my wallet for years and have never had a problem at all I know that in theory the speaker should cause havoc with the strip, but I thought that the magnetic strip was pretty much redundant these days seeing as the smart chip is used for pretty much everything?

Antibiotics, analgesics, a beta 2 agonist, diuretics, nitrate spray, aspirin, naloxone, glucose, diagnostic set, tourniquet, sphygmomanometer, formulary, letterhead, collapsible mask, latex free gloves, needles, syringes, sample tubes, cotton wool, micropore tape, tweezers, personal attack alarm, mediswabs, bits of several biros, hopefully some functional, a box for sharp waste, and a fluorescent orange stethoscope so I don't put it down and then forget to take it back with me. Quite possibly still not worth three grand, even with the items I've no doubt forgotten. Still, it gets locked and doubles as a seat when on call, and also as a a shield against unpleasant canines.

Handbags are a bugbear - generally I'd only have one on the go, and its only regular fixtures would be mobile, wallet and keys, plus or minus the odd receipt, hanky or specs cloth, and maybe a pencil. I prefer not to have to use one though - don't have time or inclination to do the outfit-matching stuff, and clobber like sandwiches and laptop are better carried in a rucksack.

Quick double check. Purse, phone, piano music (in case I get a chance to get some practice in during the day ) envelopes, keys that's about it. So not much money's worth in mine

Handbag : this years and last years diaries, umbrella, apple, keys, make-up bag, phone, purse, gloves, handcream, Recue remedy pastilles, hair clip, calculator, aspirins and dental gum.

Tote bag (for the overspill): Harmony in Practice, Mastering the Art of Performance, pencil case, AB Guide to Music Theory, body spray, hand gel, bottle of water, fork, Church Music Quarterly, various printouts for work and a note book. Loose pencils.

Maybe I should clear it out a bit.

Handbag is in three sections:
section 1:
2009 diary
2010 diary
A 'turtle' bag (an expandable string bag)
Mini-maglite torch

section 2:
Wallet
House keys
Car keys
Phone
Work ID card

section 3:
Pen
Paracetamol
Migraine tablets
Plastic carrier bag
Pack of tissues

If I'm cycling then the only difference is no car keys; if it's the weekend, then no car keys and no ID card!

Of course, today I am also carrying three recorders in a recorder bag, but they're not worth £3000.
I'll also be taking my work laptop home tonight, but I don't normally do that. And I'm sure it's only worth about fourpence.

Did they include things like jewellery in this total? I'm just thinking that a corker of an engagement ring might get some up to the right level

PUrse.
Keys.
Diary.
Tissues.
LIpstick.
Hand cream.
Reading glasss.
Bits of old papers/receipts that need to go in the bin

Anacrusis - maybe not worth 3 grand, but if someone took all those drugs they would probably be rather unwell!

An iPhone, two pens, keys for home (3) ,car,office(3) and church(2). Diary, widget to disable office burglar alarm, one poppy removed from buttonhole earlier today, ?2.43p loose, one partly used tissue Spectacle case.

Wallet, pen, piece of paper, comb, keys, loose change, and three jelly babies!

hehe, though if they diluted everything thousands of times over, then again and again, they could probably make squillions flogging a new panacea on the homœopathy market .

Diary, credit cards etc, hacksaw and large screwdriver.

Purse
Glasses
Keys
pen
pencil (in case pen doesn't work)
tissues
headache pills and piriton and a sticking plaster
lots of screwed up receipts that should have been put in the compost
driving licence


Not worth £3000.

Many years ago I was mugged and had my handbag stolen. Some time later it was handed in to the police. It still contained my keys, credit card and a silver fountain pen. All that was missing was a red biro and 35p change (my bus fare).
I no longer take my fountain pen out with me.

hm... but according to homeopathic "theory", shouldn't a preparation made from antibiotics cause infection?

Filofax
penknife
lunch



EDIT: I've just seen that this is my 444th post and I need to stand on one leg, Mr Shepherd you will be missed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shepherd_(umpire)

Pockets currently contain a data stick, a debit card, a fiver and a mobile phone.

Music bag (which has been emptied of proper stuff pending being refilled...) one of my numerous throwaway umbrellas, the pencil I was hunting for earlier, a small hairbrush and 28 pence.

My reply had been made on the basis that anyone taking all the drugs in my bag would feel ill- therefore, taking it through the homœopathic "logic" and diluting all together, it'd make one feel better .

In order of importance:

Camera
Phone
itouch
two purses; one big and one for change
antibacterial gel
hand cream
the drugs I need for the day
pen
eco-bag (for additional shopping)
lipstick x 2
tissues
bottle of water

How boring! Think I'll have to chuck in some interesting bits in case I'm hit by a bus and they look for ID

I NEVER carry a handbag - can't stand the things!

But in my rucksack, there is ALWAYS ~

Two sets of rhythm cards
Travel tissues
Pen
Pencil
Two percussion beaters
A tuning fork
Anadin Extra
Business cards
Travel compact
Post-it notes
Bag of rubber bands

The main contents of the bag change daily, depending on where I'm going/what I'm doing that day...

In Holland the ATMs and the Swipe-machines in most shops still use the magnetic stripe - not the chip. But if your card is in your wallet it probably has enough protection. It is if you are travelling light with an unprotected card incontact with the electronic device that there can be a problem.

Purse with just under £5 in cash and a 5 pound note, comb, travel card, paracetamol, travel tissues, two lip-glosses, a mini tube of origins hand cream, a wet-wipe for cleaning specs, a card with my next hair appointment, a one-euro-40 bus ticket from Rouen.

ps keys! forgot keys.

Reading material
Music-y material
Edirol to catch sounds
Mp3/radio combo
Tissues/wet wipes
Lippy
Notepaper
Numerous pens/pencils
Hair bandy-tiey backy things
Comb/brush
A zillion 'notes- to -self' on backs of envelopes
Ibuprofen
Purse stuffed with more bits of paper & things people have given me, than actual hard currency (It's ripping -the coins fall out).
Very ancient phone ?€˜til recently. Now -a less ancient phone, only partially working
Gloves- ( Circulation probs)..
Specs./shades

I would be SO upset if anyone filched my Editrol.

Barry's music bag...

Music
Descant recorder
Packed lunch
Small repair kit (screwdrivers/spare pads/clingfilm/shellac/cigarette lighter/papers/small bits of cork)
Reeds
Tissues
Bottle of water
Mobile phone
Pens/pencils/paper
That day's edition of Metro

Ok the handbag needs a tidy up so I'll empty and list:

purse
car key
house keys (with USB stick, mini pen knife and watch on key ring)
pencil
diary
little hairbrush
ipod
tissues
random bits of paper
lip balm
pencil
clarinet reed case (why?!?!?)
2 Eb reeds (again why?!?!?)
pencil
glasses
antihistamines
work pass
pencil
box of sax reeds (why are my reeds all gravitating to my handbag?)
train timetable
random fluff and a conker

hmmmmm most of this is sensible and does explain where all my pencils had gone!

Barry - I've seen that bag. No matter what you say, I reckon you could get a ' cello on your back as well

(Actually I had a conker in mine until very recently too).

And with a clarinet? Poor barry-clari's bones will be aching with a 'cello as well...

My bag's a shoulder bag at the moment, but I can still fit quite a lot into it:

> My phone
> My MP3
> Vaseline
> Glasses
> Compact mirror
> Wallet
> Keys
> USB stick
> A spare eyeliner
> Powder
> A few cotton buds
> Loads of spare coppers
> Any leaflets that I'm handed in the streets

All my music for tomorrow's recital </plug>
Uni ID card
House keys and card
Big wooly scarf
A pen
A Pizza Hut receipt
Lovely purse courtesy of mwl1
Empty water bottle
2 cheese strings ()
Some Haribo...
Camera
Birthday card
Academic diary
Normal diary

Hmm.

Purse
Ancient paper type of driving licence
Numerous bits of paper, some with useful notes on
A couple of biros and pencils
comb
lipstick
envelope with all my coupons for Tescos, Boots, M&S etc ...
paracetamol
tissues
little folder with library cards and SJ's CEX card

Bag contains:
My freebie purse/wallet from my old job, for cash.
My nice purse, for ex-uni ID card (I know it should have been given back, but is still in date, so can be used as ID) my cash card, and my ex-uni library special loans card (again, probably shouldn't still be in my purse)
Glasses in case,
'Phone,
Two propeller pencils and one black biro,
And Strepsils, from when I had a cold a few weeks ago!



My "handbag" doesn't go with me often though, as most things I do have their own bags...
For instance, I have a "tutorial bag" which has stuff for my OU tutorials (lined paper, graph paper, plain paper, calculator...), and an "orchestra bag", and a "church bag"!
Stops me having to move things in and out of bags. Only things that move from one bag to another are the glasses and 'phone, as all those bags have pencils, pens and water bottles in them.

I used to have two of exactly the same bag, but with different contents. That didn't work, as I invariably picked up the wrong one, and took music to maths things and vice versa!

In my school bag, along with exercise books and textbooks, I usually have:
Pencil case
Diary
Wallet containing library cards, lunch passes, bus pass and (occasionally) some money
Lunch box
Water bottle
Lip salve
Clarinet reeds
Tissues
Glasses, in case my contact lenses randomly fall out (which they have only ever done once, on the first day of school)
Bicycle trouser clips
Mobile 'phone (old and unfashionable )
House and locker keys
Probably there's other 'things' as well, but that's all I can recall at the moment!

In my school bag I have:

school books
lunch
drink
hairbrush
umbrella
purse containing spare keys and a bit of odd change
packet of tissues (sometimes)
pencil case
occasionally my phone or ipod if it won't fit in my pocket

I rarely carry a bag with me. The only bage I ever take with me is my squash bag, as I play around 2 times a week.

In that bag is:
3 rackets
a load of squash balls
energy drinks
set of clothes to change into at the club
protective eyewear for doubles as its compulsary for under 19s.
a copy of squash player magazine.

Normally i don't have a bag and just carry my phone, wallet and keys on my person.

My phone used to wipe my train tickets magnetic strip if I kept it too near.

As far as what's in my handbag... lots of rubbish, kiddy bits and bobs, bits of paper, old train tickets, portable hard disk, normally lunch, ipod, phone, sheet music, magazines and a false tooth on a denture plate!!!!

At the minute in my backpack I have:
A4 ringbinder folder for school work
Pencil case
planner
A4 paper pad
Bach 48 preludes and Fugues
Debussy Suite Bergamasque
Letter from Psychology teacher dated September
Old french homework
Pocket French dictionary
Old pens that don't work at the bottom of the bag
Flute pad paper
Paper clips and a pin (Why!?)
Emirates luggage tag for some reason
Australian plug adaptor, as you do! (Never unpacked properly from holiday!)

That's a lot of stuff!

In my pockets, I always have my phone, keys, paper clips (for some reason), spare change, USB stick, and my Squid card (like an oyster card, but it's used to buy food at school instead!)

Wallet
Bus pass
Phone
Sunglasses
Bump support belt
Tissues
2 pens
Antibacterial hand gel
2 lipsticks
mascara
Bottle of water
Paracetamol
Paperback
2 plastic "Gormiti"
Banana/cereal bar

Music theory books have now been removed!

Aside from useful things like money, a couple of pens, a tuning fork, a pencil, TicTac sweets - and a hairbrush in case I suddenly need to look less windswept - there's a bunch of old petrol station receipts, bits of paper with phone numbers on - some of which don't have any names but are mostly from lesson enquiry calls, leaflets I've picked up and a bottom layer of other miscellaneous junk that really needs turfing out.

In my everyday college bag I have something along the lines of:
Pad of paper (with lots of other bits of paper inside, some more relevant than others...)
Maths textbooks/Anthology of Music/Piano music as appropriate
Pencil Case
Bottle of water
Lunch
Hand gel
Gloves
Purse
MP3
Bus Pass
Glasses case
Emergency chocolate
Rather alot of pieces of paper/receipts/general rubbish that needs clearing out

In my other 'handbag' type bag:
Purse
MP3
Bus pass
Bottle of water
Makeup
Umbrella
Badges that were pinned to the front
Some dead batteries
Possibly a book
Some travel sweet type things
And a wooden spoon I bought in Poland...

And how could I have forgotten - my trusty Blues Harp in G

In my Brompton front-loading pannier bag:
Filofax (exterior made from recycled circuit boards - haven't been able to find recycled paper refills anywhere, I wonder why?)
Pencil case (which started off life as the receptacle for a Body Shop gift set)
Jobhunting journal (Caroline Gardner notebook)
Mobile phone
Keys to my bike lock
Front bike light
Windstopper ear protecting band thing
Scrunchie
Sunglasses
Bicycle pump
Door keys
Shopping list (written on back of Sainsbury's receipt)
Pac-a-mac
Letter to deliver by hand to Devon Wildlife Trust
Latest issue of Independent on Sunday open at puzzles page
Big Issue
Exeter Quakers newsletter
Wallet containing: £40.08 in cash; various receipts including one for proof of postage; 1st & 2nd class stamps; loyalty cards for Boots, Body Shop and Tesco; Nectar card; Co-operative Bank visa debit card
Lipsalve
Tissues

The complete list would take too long but the most interesting thing I found this morning was an old piece of saucisson. Don't ask!!

My wallet, mobile phone, comb, and tissue paper=)

Wallet, stack of loyalty cards, driving licence, pens, post-it notes, prescription pre-payment certificate, sustained-release morphine, immediate release morphine, paracetamol, a name badge, sanitary towels, mobile 'phone, handy-pack of tissues, keys, USB memory stick, chocolate-covered coffee beans.

Stirring stuff..

Ipod
Notebook + mechanical pencil (like a true Mathematician! )
Umbrella
Plastic reusable shopping bags x 2
lunch box
wallet
SD card(s)
Phone
Phone charger (so can charge phone in office hence saving money on electricity )
Tissues
Ipod cable (so can charge Ipod in office ditto above )
Ibuprofen

in my school bag..
at least 6 exercise books
the book we're studying in English
practise diary (or two..)
spike holder for my cello
bottle of water
makeup..only a bit..
hand sanitiser as there's not always soap..
phone
purse containing about 12p, bus passes, lunch passes, dinner card
hair clips/ties/brush
reeds
socks
wrappers off cereal bars..
scale book/piano music
lots of random letters home
pencil case
planner
probably lots more!!