"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 11:20:16 AM UTC-6, Kalmia wrote:
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>>> Fanny packs, ladies!! Or cross body stuff.
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>> When I go to the flea market I wear a fanny pack. Who wants to be
>> digging into a purse to pay a vendor and the possibility of knocking over
>> displays? But my everyday handbag is a leather backpack purse. Leaves
>> the hands free to get touchy-feely in stores without a purse sliding off
>> the shoulder.
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>> And nobody has mentioned how NASTY those cart seats are. Kids with
>> diapers and/or spitting up, and some people plopping drippy meats in that
>> area and you know they're not going to be bothered wiping that seat off
>> when they are through. Purse bottoms can be filthy and women don't think
>> they come home and sit it on the kitchen counter, dresser, or their bed.
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>> Don't your stores have cart wipes? They are everywhere here! Some
>> stores even do it for you.
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>> As for purse bottoms, I've yet to have one that looked filthy. Have
>> never had one tested for germs though. My dad would never let us put a
>> purse on a table or counter saying that of course it was filthy because
>> we set them on the bathroom floor. I was like... Uh... Wha? Where?
>> Not me. Most bathrooms have a sturdy hook or shelf in them for the
>> purse. Failing that, it goes in my lap.
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> You should shop at stores that have the hand wipes, then you can wipe that
> stuff down before setting your purse on it, but my purse goes in a basket
> that's in a corner of my kitchen.

Mine is next to me now. No room in my kitchen for it.