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hhhhm Liz I might be keeping your Neil a bit busy when you visit me this summer.....:0)

Heeheeee no probs mate! ;0)

Liz

Ellen and friends---what did you all do about the heavy backpack situation. I purchased one from LLBean in the US, but to be honest without the waist strap, forget it. My highschooler also will not be seen with the wheelin' backpack.

Please let me know what has worked well for all of you, now that the school year started.

Joy, See my post on this thread. I think its on page 1. It works for James in 7th grade. Maybe it could work for you all.

Hey -

We dodged the bullet this school year by getting John permission (as a Junior) to park in the Senior lot, right next to his building. He is still using his old backpack. We tried a one strap thingie that REI carries, as well as a large bike messenger bag, and the problem with both of those was when loaded with typical mass of books, the bags were too heavy to lift the strap over John's head.

Guess the wheelie thing is really the best for heavy loads, but I've learned to choose my battles & that one is simply not worth it. John will NOT use it. I told him this year he could pay for the chiropractor visits.

Good luck -

Ellen