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      sabergirl
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      My wife has one of those ^ Samsonites, and I'm consistently jealous of it.  Been meaning to upgrade to one, myself.

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      • dylantbmayesD
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        I have two Rimowa Topas Stealth cases, check-in and cabin size. The aluminium makes them light but strong, comes with a five year guarantee, and can be repaired… sure they are expensive AF but they are also pretty awesome.

        INSTAGRAM: @DYLANTBMAYES | FACEBOOK.COM/DYLANTBMAYES

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          Steffen
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          @dylantbmayes:

          I have two Rimowa Topas Stealth cases, check-in and cabin size. The aluminium makes them light but strong, comes with a five year guarantee, and can be repaired… sure they are expensive AF but they are also pretty awesome.

          I really like them too but as der Anschiss said, the dents are Patina as long as they don´t stop the Suitcase from functioning. A friend of mine who travels weekly stopped using the Aluminium Rimowas as Check-In because an Airline deformed the Chassis so hard that the Suitcase had to be sawed open, that wount happen with e.g. an Rimowa Salsa. As a Carry-On the Topas and even the fragile Classic Flight are great Suitcases.

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          • GilesG
            Giles
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            I travel a lot and have done for 30 years.  I buy USD100 to USD150 DaKine bags.  The handlers are going to fuck whatever you check, so if they fuck up a USD150 bag, I'm going to lose zippo sleep.  Our last 4 DaKines were bought  6 years ago and still carry our luggage A-OK….

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            • AetasA
              Aetas
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              Travel with the Ortlieb Big Zip since 15 years now. It is waterproof and lightweight.
              Even the price point is acceptable and you can get it with wheels when needed.
              Then it is called Duffle RS and the shoulder straps are removable.

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              • Matty123M
                Matty123
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                @Giles  I have the Dakine bag also for travel. The big wheeled one. You can fit a fk ton of gear in those. Very easy to go over the weight limit with that bag as well though. Great value those bags.

                Maybe so. Maybe not

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                • GilesG
                  Giles
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                  @Aetas:

                  Travel with the Ortlieb Big Zip since 15 years now. It is waterproof and lightweight.

                  We have exactly that bag  (we it's blue) for our dive kit…

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
                    Filthy2123ozjunkie
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                    I've thought about buying Pelican cases for all my Iron Heart treasures to travel in.

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                    • mikebarhootM
                      mikebarhoot
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                      A pelican wardrobe case would be the schiznit!

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                      • ROmanR
                        ROman
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                        I ship all of my work equipment in 3 pelican cases, which Pelican usually replaces all 3 about every 8 months due to shipping damages.

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                        • Haddtoo 555H
                          Haddtoo 555
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                          @der:

                          dented as fuck

                          Made me smile

                          madmonday's retired….I'm just tired.

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                          • steelworkerS
                            steelworker
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                            @DougNg:

                            Or you can just line your suitcase in murder plastic. It's pretty cheap from the hardware store and works good.

                            I'm sure you mean for waterproofing…unless you're worried about what might leak out.  😶

                            Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                            Well, I have others.

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                            • SeulS
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                              You'd really, really think I'd know my size in the IHSH-16 by now… IHSH-16 natural size M arrived and... Nope... I do not know the right size yet...  😞 ::) 😶 😢

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                              • Clint_DC
                                Clint_D
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                                ATX IH Hoarder

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                                • GraemeG
                                  Graeme
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                                  I had a job interview and did a coding test for a contract role a week or two ago. The company was after a tech lead, and it would have involved being involved much more on the business side.

                                  I was meant to have a second round interview on Wednesday last week, but the manager didn't call. I followed it up with the recruitment agent, and heard nothing back.

                                  The agent just dropped me an email. The company no longer needs a lead, but they're after a couple of senior developers. The trouble is that the rate is now 75% of what it was.

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                                  • GilesG
                                    Giles
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                                    Arseholes….

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      This coding test thing sounds stupid, shouldn´t your Job expierince and your whatever degree be enough proof or is that an IT Thing ?

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                                        Snowy
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                                        senior developer is the lead. Nice way to make more for less for them. Sounds like a MBA plan :/.

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                                        • GraemeG
                                          Graeme
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                                          @Steffen it's common for IT companies in Australia to demand a coding test be completed, normally before an interview takes place.

                                          Typically they'll ask you to write an Android app to do the following:

                                          • Connect to a remote server, and download a piece of data.

                                          • Process the data, typically from JSON, into a format that the program can use.

                                          • Create a UI to display the data, normally this has one or two screens.

                                          • There might be other requirements, such as store the data to a database, handle screens rotating, or display the results on a Google Maps window.

                                          None of this is difficult, and there's very little scope of doing anything clever. But it can take a few days to put one together from scratch, because coding is a slow process.

                                          The thing is that they could ask me for a piece of sample code (to see my style), and an outline of how I'd approach the problem (to see if I miss anything important), which would tell them as much as the test, and only take half an hour.

                                          British IT companies don't run their candidates through this testing rigmarole. It seems to be an Aussie phenomena.

                                          @Snowy the lead role involved a lot of work interacting with the business, and this was the side that appealed.

                                          @Giles I agree.

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                                            Snowy
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                                            Graeme, I know a few big US companies that do similar style of testing as a pre-screen to a phone interview these days. One of the larger ones does 2-3x in person interviews in 1 day where you're expected to write real-world code on a whiteboard for ~1hr each time to solve a problem. Not an aussie thing, think it's more a supply/demand problem.

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