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What's in Your Billfold? 185

Posted by Cliff from the this-is-not-the-(tm)-infringement-you-are-looking-4 dept.
realian001 asks: "I have been through many different types of wallets...(those long wallets, tri-fold, bi-fold, money-clips, etc, etc). I finally settled on a bi-fold, but I was just curious, how does the average Slashdot reader 'configure' their wallet? A type of wallet would be a good starting point, then having cash or not, and/or how many different types of credit cards, grocery discount cards, etc etc etc."
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  • Backup Car Key (Score:3, Interesting)

    by \\ ( 118555 ) on Wednesday September 29, 2004 @11:02PM (#10390757) Homepage
    About the only good thing about my long-gone Toyota Corolla was that the key was near flat and could be copied at my local hardware store. The one time (so far...) that I've locked my keys in my car, I had the backup ready to go.

    • Re:Backup Car Key (Score:5, Insightful)

      by White-out_On_Screen ( 766364 ) on Thursday September 30, 2004 @12:07AM (#10391126)
      You might want to be careful with that. I carried spare house and car keys in my wallet until a friend of mine had his stolen. I realized that you've got something in there showing your address (your license if nothing else). If you've got that and your keys, you lose your wallet, followed by your car, and then (if you carried a house key too) anything in your house that wasn't aniled down. I perpetually lock my keys in my truck, and I separated my car keys and building (home, work, etc) keys onto a separate rings, and put a spare car key on the house ring. Saved me a few times.
    • I used to do the same thing both with my Toyota Corolla and my Subaru Loyale.

      Now I have a Honda Civic with those laser-cut keys where you have to get copies from the dealer at $bignum apiece, and I miss the security of knowing I had a nice, flat copy in my wallet.

      Granted, with the keyless entry system, I shouldn't have to worry about that anymore since I can just lock the doors with it, but I'm not sure I trust them to not be easy to clone.
    • Haven't got the money for it yet, but I personally prefer the idea of calling the dealer and having them unlock the car remotely if I make a mistake and lock my keys in the car.

      That or some other after market security company. Just thinking it would be handy if I had ADT if they could offer this as an added service.

      Locking myself out of my car has not been a problem lately, not since someone poped the passenger door lock so that anyon can unlock the door by jigling the lock.

      -Rusty
    • Frankly I'd recommend hiding a spare set somewhere on your vehicle. Ideally you'd only put the key to get into the car in that externally accessible location. Hide the key for ignition somewhere on the inside. I used to do this with my car because I occasionally locked myself out of it or my house. Now that my car is a miserable POS I put all the keys under the hood which I can raise without being inside the car.
      • Umm... the key for ignition IS the same as the key for unlocking on most cars...

        BTW, we once had a Ford Escort (we're in the US - they're shit over here) that had a "spare key" in the manual pouch. It's a plastic key that's quite obviously a master key. Yes, anyone with a Ford vehicle made in that time period is vulnerable...
    • All the posts in this thread about locking your keys in your car leads me to ask one simple question: Why do you put yourself in a situation where you can lock your keys in your car in the first place?
      I locked my keys in my car once -- ONCE.
      Ever since then, I've locked my car from the outside using the key.
      I've never locked my keys in my car since.
      I don't understand why anyone, once he/she has been in a similar situation, wouldn't use this simple method of key-locking.
      It takes about 1 second longer than the

  • Lots and lots of... (Score:5, Funny)

    by oldosadmin ( 759103 ) on Wednesday September 29, 2004 @11:03PM (#10390761) Homepage
    reciepts... mainly so I don't feel bad when I pull it out and there's no money... booyah, it's still thick.

    Or my favorite... changing a $20 bill into $1s just to pad my wallet.

    • Re:Lots and lots of... (Score:5, Funny)

      by EnronHaliburton2004 ( 815366 ) on Thursday September 30, 2004 @01:00AM (#10391410) Homepage Journal
      changing a $20 bill into $1s just to pad my wallet.

      Yeah I remember you. You owned Boardwalk & Park Place. I landed on Boardwalk and had to pay you like $400 in rent... and then you went to the bank and exchanged my 4 $100 bills for a bunch of $20, $5 and $1 dollar bills ... AND I WAS THE BANKER ... it was like a double whammy.

    • Re:Lots and lots of... (Score:3, Interesting)

      by GeckoX ( 259575 )
      Heh, try being Canadian, we don't have this option.
      Typically, we all walk around thinking we're poor because there are very few bills in our wallets...one can only afford to put so many $20+ bills in our wallet. But then you stick your hand in your pocket and pull out a treasure chest worth of gold and silver colored coins and realize you're rich! Well, you can at least afford to buy lunch anyways ;)

      (Note for those who don't know about Canadian money: Standard Coinage is 1c, 5c, 10c, 25c, $1 and $2. Bills
      • The Netherlands used to have a 5 guilder coin, back when a guilder was roughly worth the same as a Canadian dollar.

        It was damn handy. Put one coin into the machine, and get one pack of smokes out.
      • Note for those who don't know about Canadian money: Standard Coinage is 1c, 5c, 10c, 25c, $1 and $2. Bills are $5, $10, $20, $50, $100...

        Australian denominations are the same, sans the 1c coints (1c !? WTF for ?).

        However there are something like 10x as many $20 bills out there as all the others combined.

        Heh. $20 notes == middle class food stamps.

        • I'm in the US, and here's how it breaks down:

          1c (penny), 5c (nickel), 10c (dime), 25c (quarter), 50c, $1 (golden dollar). In bills we have $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, and (IIRC) $1,000. I'm not counting the $2, because it hasn't been in production for a while.

          Now, I think the penny is still around so that something can be some multiple of 1, instead of 5 cents. $x.99 is a VERY popular price over here, and it wouldn't be possible with cash without the lowly penny.

          They're trying to get rid of the dollar b
  • It's all man made materials.
    Bill area: $1-20 bills, paychecks, receipts, and coffee punch cards.
    Left pockets: credit card.
    Middle pockets: Student ID, driver's permit, gym card, health insurance card.
    Right pocket: Free Software Foundation membership card (bootable Linux CD, fogged to unbootability by the plastic sleeve it arrived in, and later cracked)

    • Re:My wallet (Score:2, Funny)

      by Anonymous Coward
      Middle pockets: Student ID, driver's permit, gym card, health insurance card.
      Right pocket: Free Software Foundation membership card (bootable Linux CD, fogged to unbootability by the plastic sleeve it arrived in, and later cracked)

      One of these can't be right. Geeks don't go to the gym.

  • Ducti. (Score:5, Funny)

    by WhatAmIDoingHere ( 742870 ) <sexwithanimals@gmail.com> on Wednesday September 29, 2004 @11:07PM (#10390778) Homepage
    Ducti [ducti.com]

    I got a Ducti wallet for x-mas and have loved it. It's been through the washer and dryer 4 or 5 times and still holds tight.
    • For you DIYers [3m.com]

      Because you know you already have the duct tape lying around

  • Duct Tape Wallet (Score:3, Interesting)

    by Timber_Z ( 777048 ) on Wednesday September 29, 2004 @11:07PM (#10390779)
    My Wallet [thinkgeek.com]

    Actually I owned one for about a year, and finally threw it out due to wear and tear a couple of months ago.

    It peformed decent as far as wallets go; though I don't think I'll buy another one.

    Still the coolness factor was very high, and I got a lot of positive comments about it.

    A $20.00 tri-fold I picked up to replace it, has actually creased all my cards, some I am going to have to replace, so my next wallet will be a bi-fold.

    • Re:Duct Tape Wallet (Score:5, Funny)

      by CaptainCheese ( 724779 ) on Wednesday September 29, 2004 @11:32PM (#10390908) Journal
      I owned one for about a year, and finally threw it out due to wear and tear a couple of months ago.

      You threw it out?!? How wasteful! You should have repaired it with duct tape...

      • Re:Duct Tape Wallet (Score:2, Interesting)

        by Timber_Z ( 777048 )
        It came with a strip of Super Duct Tape for repair. I actually could have repaired it if I could have found it. It is important to know that the wallet is not normal Duct tape, It doesn't have the smell, and is a "tad" more cloth like it functionility.
    • Wallets should be much tougher and should last much, much longer than a year.

      The last couple I've had have been leather and they hold up pretty good.

      • I've had my leather wallet for the last few years. The only reason I need to replace is is because women keep on mentioning how ratty it look (the leather is all scratched up...but it has no holes or tears).
    • A $20.00 tri-fold I picked up to replace it, has actually creased all my cards

       For the longest time I had a wonderful leather bi-fold that I picked up from levis. It held up ok but then one Christmas my girlfriend got me one of those surfer tri-folds with the velcro. I felt like I was 10 years old again with that thing. It was so small, and I realized after using it for a bit why I hated trifold so much. My bills were twisted into funktactular oragami on either side after a few days and they is nothing m
  • ...is very important to me and I tend to get a new one about once every year or so.

    I always try to go with the thinest wallet I can find and also prefer wallets that (1) allow me easy access to my drivers license and company security swipe card and (2) doesn't let things accidently fall out.

    Currently I am using a two-fold (e.g., it opens only once) that has the OUTSIDE an additional transparent pocket. That works perfectly as my drivers license and swipe card (and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Pass) go

  • In the center, drivers licence. inserted holding the wallet with the 'openings' to the right, face up.

    In the third above it, my personal credit card. Behind that Health Benifits card (ok, I have benifits from work..) Car maintenace/oil company loyalty card, and auto Insurance card. Behind that pics I have printed of my dogs, as well as a loyalty card for a coffee shop I frequent.

    Standard wallet photo flip with pictures of family floats in front of my DL in the middle, and floats down. In the lower third I
    • Rusty, Tip for the PDA checkbook prog if you have a PalmOS PDA: My Checkbook [palmgear.com]

      I really like it, and should really be using it on a regular basis. Oh, and it's free :)

  • Other helpful information... (Score:5, Funny)

    by stienman ( 51024 ) <adavis&ubasics,com> on Wednesday September 29, 2004 @11:14PM (#10390810) Homepage Journal
    I'd also like to know:

    * Do you arrange your credit and other raised number cards alternately for a thinner package
    * Where you walk late at night
    * Coins in the wallet, pocket, or trash
    * Account balances and CC limits
    * Pictures, and of whom

    I'm sure this information will help me become much more efficient in the use of your resources. Thanks!

    -Adam
    • It helps with thin-ness if you only carry one or two CCs for emergency, then memorize the other numbers. Use those numbers when you can, and the physical cards when someone won't let you just type in/write down the number.
    • Hey, I'm glad to help you in your quest to make my possesions yours.

      I'm usually out by myself late at night, and at 5 foot 5 and 159 lbs, with a heavy limp and a cane due to a hip injury from a motorcycle accident, kind of weak and brittle. Along with a few hundred bucks, some credit cards, spare key, and other misc valuables, don't forget to try to get hold the contents of my shorty [serbu.com] when you come to mug me.

      8^)

  • I've got a costanza wallet, nothing is getting in there withought being folded and pushed.. and i tend to lean to the right when i sit without it in my pocket..

  • /.opop (Score:5, Informative)

    by Hadlock ( 143607 ) on Wednesday September 29, 2004 @11:24PM (#10390869) Homepage Journal
    copy all your blockbuster, tom thumb, kroger, etc etc grocrey store bar code jobbies onto one double sided piece of paper the size of a dollar bill.
    • I'm sorry, but what the hell does opop mean, especially when combined with /. to make one word??
      • It's like Jpop (japanese pop music), except that it's a subgenre of pop music for orangatangs that specifically read slashdot.

        to be honest, i didn't feel like making up a subject line; "." didn't work, "/." didn't work, so i just started typing in random letters.
    • I'm glad you clarifed that the paper should be double-sided. I almost went out and made a mobius strip. ;)

      Anyway, I like the 'taxi wallet' format the best. It is pocket shaped and nice and light.
      http://www.hammacher.com/publish/70450.asp [hammacher.com] (first search result)

      I only carry some cash and 4 cards: driver license, check card, credit card, and one business card of my dad's with all the phone numbers I haven't memorized of family and friends on the back(nope, no cell phone).

  • about $20-$35 in change

    cash card

    id / license

    library card

    no grocery card. got one of the keychain things. much nicer!

    I like to keep it simple.

    • Re:ergmmm (Score:2, Interesting)

      by quadong ( 52475 )
      "no grocery card. got one of the keychain things. much nicer!"

      What's even nicer is to shop at grocery stores that don't require you to be willing to carry around an advertisement for them in order to shop there (affordably). (I'm also concerned with the privacy issues, but I think the extra crap they want me to always keep in my pocket actually bothers me more!)
  • My wallet was made by a local leatherworker to his own demented wallet dreams, It's just over a year old and it's served its' purpose well.

    It's very thin and only has three slot for cards, but I really like thin wallets and only carry two cards anyway - I use the third slot for any recent receipts - I like to keep things simple and don't really understand the mentality of having 4 credit cards 5 store cards and the last six months receipts.

  • Rubber band (Score:3, Interesting)

    by Wireless Joe ( 604314 ) on Wednesday September 29, 2004 @11:34PM (#10390919) Homepage

    I hate bulky wallets, so I keep my few cards and bills in my pocket secured with a wide rubber band. It's cheap, functional, and the mailman brings me a new wallet almost every day!

  • Ruthless efficiency, and *no* wallet (Score:3, Interesting)

    by JavaRob ( 28971 ) on Wednesday September 29, 2004 @11:37PM (#10390935) Homepage Journal
    I don't use a wallet at all. Instead I have two of those little mylar sleeves that your bank will give you for free to put your ATM card in (just ask). One has my ATM card, driver's license, and "normal use" credit card in it. That goes in my right pocket, along with some cash and a few coins. Nothing else goes in that pocket, because I want to just reach in and take out cash or card w/o any shuffling.

    The second mylar sleeve is for my business ATM card and business credit card, with my health insurance card in between. I don't use those nearly as often, so that goes in my left pocket along with a few other less important cards -- video rental, etc., and the junk I end up with during the day, like doctor/dentist appointment cards and restaurant receipts (purchase receipts go in the bag). And car keys if I have no jacket.

    That pocket gets cleaned out every night -- appointments get scheduled and the cards get tossed, receipts get tossed, and so on.

    Works pretty well, I think. I don't know how I'd work a real wallet -- where do people put them? I don't like stuff in my back pockets.

  • dents (Score:2, Interesting)

    by Nafai7 ( 53671 )
    for years I kept every piece of paper that I came upon in an ass-denting, tri-fold wallet. I suspect I have hip problems today as a result.

    anyway, I got fed up one day I switched to a very simple bi-fold wallet. it's not so much a wallet as a credit card holder I guess... I can carry the basic few things that I need rather than a bunch of useless crap. Haven't looked back.

    long story short, I don't carry all that crap in my wallet any more. that's what glove compartments are for.
    • Years ago, I moved from my back pocket to my front pocket. Great move. The only thing to watch out for is getting jeans with enough room up front.

      And the occasional guy feeling my ass while trying to take my wallet...
  • http://www.pqi1st.com/products/istick.asp [pqi1st.com]

    This company makes a memory stick so slim it'll fit in your wallet... it's about as thick as 3 credit cards. Works great, very geeky... I keep my backups in my butt.
  • I have a wallet made from hemp from Hemp Basics [hempsupply.com] (link to a bi-fold, they also have a tri-fold.

    I am on my second one now. They last forever. I get a lot of comments on it.

    I wish they had one without velcro (I feel like a high school student opening my wallet), but it is still very nice.

    As far as contents, minimal is the way to go. License, health insurance card, student ID, one video-rental chain card, one debit card. Some loose cash (organized from smallest denomination to largest going front to back).
  • As I tend to keep my wallet in my front pocket, I have been on a constant quest for the thinest wallet possible, and containing as little as necessary. Two credit cards, drivers license, and that's it. I carry my money in a money clip.

    • You might be comfortable with the 'Magic Wallet' 'As seen on TV'. A couple of pieces of leather connectd with some elastic. Open one way, put your cards in place. Open the other, elastic is holding down the cards.

      If you want the cards continuously visiable, you might pick up some lanyard sleeves at Ofice Depot, and just staple or fuse a couple together, then use them. If you do it correctly, you can move it to a lanyard should you ever need to keep an ID visiable. If you need to keep things from bending, y

  • Washing Machine (Score:2, Interesting)

    by coolhoot2447 ( 726785 )
    I used to have a wallet, tri-fold. It had my quick reference list of phone numbers, a handful of business cards, every membership card I had ever been issued, some random post-it notes, scraps of paper and when I am lucky some money. It was great, except for the fact that it was HUGE. Well, it turns out that wallets don't like to be left in pants as they go through the washing machine, and when I found my long lost wallet in my pants pocket a week later it contained colored money! My business cards and

  • Fossil Wallets (Score:3, Interesting)

    by mcowger ( 456754 ) on Thursday September 30, 2004 @12:39AM (#10391322)
    I know you aren't looking for Wallet suggestions, but I thought I'd pipe in.

    I love my Fossil Chicago Super Capacity wallet. It has a flip up ID pocket, space for about 14 cards, + money and 2 hidden spare key pockets.

    highly Recommended.

  • I tend to carry around a large amount of cash, a library card, a debit card for an account with little cash, a calling card, and a library card.

    The back of my wallet is also filled with receipts that I haven't put in my ledger yet.

    The wallet itself it a trifold, no animal products (I'm a vegan) that closes with a velcro tab. I tend to keep it in my front pocket.

  • ... I'm going to guess unused condoms and pink slips. =P

  • And it has just the basics:
    1) Drivers license
    2) Visa/ATM card
    3) 'Real' credit card
    4) Two thin "junk cards" (local Co-Op and Gamestop) because when the credit cards rub, they seem to last about 4 weeks. I went through several before I hit on that.

    No money, no receipts. What would I keep those for? I dump them as soon as I get home.

    -WS

  • they went out with powdered wigs (Score:3, Funny)

    by tod_miller ( 792541 ) on Thursday September 30, 2004 @03:37AM (#10392000) Journal
    Kramer: Mmm... Nice wallet.

    Newman: Wallet.

    Jerry: What?

    Kramer showing Jerry the contents of his pocket

    Kramer: Nobody carries wallets anymore. I mean, they went out with powdered wigs. Yeah, see here's what you need. Just a couple of cards and your bankroll.

    See, keep the big bills on the outside.

    Jerry: That's a five.
  • Keep your wallet slim and it will cut down on back pain and discomfort. You spend a lot of time on your bum. I'll often put my wallet next to my keyboard while I work.

    When I get up for any reason, even to draw on the whiteboard, this is my procedure.
    1. CTRL-ALT-L unless I'm not leaving my cubicle.
    2. Put pager in pocket.
    3. Put wallet in pocket.

    I have double checks built in by habit. I touch my wallet and keys and pager and badge before I go into the elevator, or close any door (car or building). It's a hab

    • Keep your wallet slim and it will cut down on back pain and discomfort. You spend a lot of time on your bum. I'll often put my wallet next to my keyboard while I work.

      Which raises the question of which pocket to keep it in. Since I'm a jeans and no-jacket kind of guy, it goes in the left rear. I always figured that it ended up there so that I can take it out with my left hand and then extract whatever I'm after with my right hand, being right-handed. Which other pockets to people keep it in, and why?


  • Single section wallet and integrated key holder: just enough to fit 4-5 credit cards and cash, plus 2-3 keys.

    Don't forget that all techies need tools: I suggest a keychain size swiss army knife from victorinox (but, don't try to carry it onto a plane), and I never leave home without a SwissCard (http://www.victorinox.com/newsite/en/produkte/pro duktdetails/swisscardlite/swisscardlite.htm).

  • cigarette case wallet (Score:2, Interesting)

    by nyquil ( 23124 )
    I currently use one of those stylish slimline metal cigarette cases as a wallet. I've been meaning to put an insert in it for cards and whatnot, but just having a stack of cards and some cash under the little spring loaded arm works pretty darn well as is. The nice thing is its only like a quarter of an inch thick, so you can kiss your lower lumbar wallet pain (that you probably didn't even know you had) goodbye, you can't fit a huge amount of crap in it so it forces you to throw out those damn receipts,
  • Billfold? Bi-fold? tri-fold? What are these terms? Is a tri-fold folded three times, or folded twice into three sections? :-)

    My wallet is folded in half with velcro on the outside and over the internal coin pocket. I keep about a dozen pastic cards and my coinage in the wallet, and my banknotes (bills to you) folded in my right pocket behind my personal organiser. I wear reasonably close-fitting jeans, so my pockets aren't that easy to pick. It's never happened yet, anyway. If I'm carrying more than
  • In fact, I don't normally carry ANY of the things people usually put in wallets.
    Money? If I carried it with me all the time, it'd get spent, so I leave it at
    home until I have a specific reason to take it along. When I do carry money, I
    put it deep in a front pocket, where it's less likely to fall out and cannot be
    picked without my knowing about it. Credit cards? I don't own any, and don't
    want to -- I've seen people screw themselves up badly with those things, and I
    don't want any part of it. Driver's lic
  • I have a money clip that's carved out of an old circuit board.
  • A lot of people have posted links to duct tape wallets. They are pretty decent. It is a lot cheaper to make your own, though. this guy has a great tutorial [rpi-polymath.com] to give you the concept, and after you build one (or mentally digest the tutorial) it's easy to modify it.

    I made mine smaller than the tutorial version, with fewer pockets and made it slightly shorter to be closer to the size of a US dollar bill. But you can add more pockets or modify the design however you want. And when people say "Is that duct

  • Bought a box of credit card size CD-R's (capacity about 50 MB w. plastic sleeve). I keep one in my wallet w. useful utilities. I also keep a USB flash drive on my key chain.
  • My goal has always been to keep things as thin as possible. It's really a challenge with a driver's license, credit cards, insurance cards, video rental cards, business cards, and all those d*** "store discount" cards, and oh yeah...cash. I settled on a bi-fold model, and it's about as thin as it gets.

    Also, a good tip is to scan or photocopy all of the barcodes from your many store discount cards onto a single sheet of paper. Makes things MUCH easier to manage!
  • Bi-fold containing the usual stuff.
    And a first-aid and CPR instruction card, so I won't screw up in a panic, and of course a help for myself if I need help from someone who don't have any training.
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  • I have one in my wallet- you never know when it will come in handy. One time, my older cousin insisted that I was making up the element Vanadium. So, I pulled out my pocket periodic table, and my younger cousin started looking at me funnily. Then my older cousin pulled out his pocket periodic table. And then my younger cousin got this fearful look on his face, yelled "geeks," and rand away.

    Oh, yes...but the point of this story: always be prepared. You never know when you will need to scare somebody aw
    • I used to carry a small tape measure.

      It came in handy occasionally.

      But I really carried as a prop, for one of my favourite dumb jokes.

      When someone was speculating about how big somthing was, I could pull it out, and say:

      Well, I have a tape measure, but I don't use it as a rule.
  • I just converted to a money clip after years of using a bi-fold. For a long time, I used a bi-fold I picked up in London at a street market that had an integrated change purse and a flip out ID window, with plenty of room for cards. A little bulky, but had a great mix. This wore out and I'd been using something similar, without the change-purse with room for more cards. It was still bulky and since it didn't hold my change, I wasn't really happy with it. I finally moved to a money clip with a card pock
  • This is a very slow day it seams...
  • I just go upstairs (I live in the basement) and ask my mom
  • I've got all the normal stuff... currency, drivers' license, various cards, reciepts, coupons, etc. I also have 2 128mb PQI Intelligent Stick USB drives. They come with a little carrier that fits in a card sized pocket it your wallet.
  • I have a ratty old leather wallet that I bought at the leather market in Guadalajara a few years back. The thing I like about it, is it has a divider in the currency area, so I keep my dollars on one side, and pesos on the other. Other than that I carry
    • ATM card for US bank
    • ATM card for Mexican bank
    • PayPal debit card
    • Sam's Club
    • Frequent-user card for domestic wire-transfer service (used to pay my employees)
    • handful of biz cards, mostly kept because I scrawl numbers of unrelated persons on the backs of them

  • Wallet tech (Score:4, Interesting)

    by lupinstel ( 792700 ) on Thursday September 30, 2004 @02:17PM (#10397133)
    Here is an interesting concept to hold your cards: http://www.chameleonnetwork.com/ This product may be vapourware, but it sounds cool.
  • I have a rather expensive MontBlanc passport case, it's a slightly oversized bifold just large enough to hold a US passport. I splurged when I was going overseas for a trip and wanted to keep all my documents together. It's just big enough to fit your passport plus a small notebook, plus about 10 credit cards, some business cards, and money. It's nice having the oversize wallet when you're dealing with other currency that is larger than US greenbacks, or pocket documents like the Tokyo Metro map (they just
  • I have one of those leather wallets, kinda generic. It has two currency compartments, four credit card slots on each side, and an area behind the card slots to stash "other" cards and stuff.

    First off, I keep almost everything I will ever need in my wallet, because I tend to lose stuff if I don't. So mine is probably more crammed than the average geek's wallet may be.

    Anyhow, the list:

    In the back currency compartment I keep receipts until I can file them. Right now I have a couple of customer checks I h
  • Brown leather purse-like wallet. One sections hold credit cards and bills folded over twice, the smaller section holds a few SmartMedia cards for my camera. It has zippers on it so nothing ever falls out.
  • I use a flat wallet for my various cards. It's very conspicuous and never annoying to sit on. I keep my bills in a money clip in my front pocket.

    Two pieces of advice, and i havent read all posts so this might be redundant. If you have a standard bi or tri fold wallet, its bad for your back to keep it inside your back pocket and sit on it. Second, if you put a rubber band around your wallet it is virtually impossible for a pickpocket to get (this is very common advice given to tourists at mardi gras).
  • * Cash (enough to bribe^H^H^H^H^Hpay a speeding ticket on the spot)
    * Visa and Mastercard
    * coupons
    * photos of loved ones
    * driver's license
    * firearm owner ID card
    * university ID card
    * university copy/laundry/etc. card
    * contact info (names, addrs, phone, etc.)
    * logins/passwords
    * 1 copy of the first 10 Amendments to the U.S. Bill of Rights
    * 1 condom (well, I used to have one. I finally got tired of not using it for, uh, let's say a long time and took it out)

    So yeah, my wallet is so big and is carried you can'
  • I've actually owned a motorcycle in my life

    (much cheaper insurance after you get your first "reckless" ticket)

    and I love my chained wallet, if yer gonna lose it, you know it sooner..
    if I take it out and set it down, I may make a scene (say, at a diner, when I pay, put my wallet down, stand up, and the contents go flying) but I'm gonna notice.....

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