(a) How old is your wallet? (b) What kind of features do you look for in a wallet? (c) Do you remember your first wallet? (d) What do you keep in it? What do you keep in your wallet? Do you stick with financial and ID standards, like cash and cards, or do you keep spare keys, change, photographs, old shopping lists and the like? (e) Do you ever let anybody else look in your wallet?
- Hmmm. This wallet’s got to be several years old, possibly older than 10 years. I don’t recall the last time I replaced my wallet, a green Eagle Creek rip-stop thang (similar to this) I picked up at REI. It’s a bit grungy, but it does the job (and I don’t carry a wallet to show it off).
- Durability. Pockets. A window for my DL. A non-accordian insert. A modicum of water protection. Oh, and durability.
- Nope. Sure I had one, most likely a black leather hand-me-down from my dad. I don’t think I started carrying a wallet until high school. Not much ID, and no money …
- Money. Credit cards. Membership cards to the zoo and rec district and insurance and Frequent Flier/Sleeper clubs. Punch cards for a handful of restaurants I frequent. My office building card key. A spare car key. A picture of Katherine. A drivers license. Occasional receipts that get handed back with cash. My wedding ring (in a zippered pocket) when I have a problem with my finger. Overall, way, way too much.
- Not usually. I don’t keep it a secret (and will sometimes show off the picture of Katherine), but I don’t send folks (other than Margie) into my wallet to find things.
- Bonus Question/Answer: Where do you carry your wallet? Left front pocket of my pants. Never got into the habit of putting it into the “sucker” (rear) pocket; on those rare occasions where I’ve had to, it seems quite uncomfortable to do so and sit down.
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A) Over ten.
B) I like tri-folds with slots, and toss the insert bit.
C) My first Wallet is lot like your current one Dave.
D) More then I should really. Money, Spare keys, credit/membership cards, punch cards, medical insurance cards.
E) no….not really…unless I am showing ID or something.
F)Rear Right pocket…unless I am wearing pants/shorts were I can move it to the front. I would only do this traveling.
(a) How old is your wallet? — About two years, I think. The last two before this one were snakeskin wallets I bought at a discount place in Hawaii. I think they lasted about 5 years.
(b) What kind of features do you look for in a wallet? — Something a little different or interesting, bi-fold, slots for cards, two places for money.
(c) Do you remember your first wallet? — Yes, it was a wallet I made from a kit. It was made of some kind of synthetic material that one laced together with plastic lacing. My second wallet was similar but the material was real leather rather than synthetic.
(d) What do you keep in your wallet? — Cash, credit cards, id cards, membership cards, library cards, and sometimes a recepit (but only until I get back home from the store). No keys, no photographs, no change.
(e) Do you ever let anybody else look in your wallet? — I think I let my high-school girlfriend look in it once. Otherwise, no.
(f) Where do you carry your wallet? — Right rear pocket unless I’m in circumstances where I think a pickpocket might be working such as a crowded downtown area in a big city, standing on a bus, riding in a subway, or similar. Then I move my wallet to a front pocket. I find it more uncomfortable to carry my wallet in a front pocket than to sit on it.
Huh. See, I’ve always carried mine in the front pocket, so there’s no perceived unusual discomfort.
On the bi-fold/tri-fold question — my current one is actually a trifold, which, given the amount of stuff I have organized into it, is a necessity.
That said, I sometimes envy women who have purses that they can carry everything in. Except that would be a pain in the neck, too (literally, since if I treated it the way I do my briefcase, it would rapidly grow to 40 lbs ….)
Katana space. That’s what I need.
Bonus answer: I keep my wallet in my front right pocket.
On of my former co-workers wrecked his back by keeping what must have been a two-and-a-half inch thick wallet in back pocket even while he was working at his desk for eight to ten hours a day. Ouch!
I suspect a tri-fold may be more comfortable in a front pocket than a bi-fold. For a given volume of stuff, the tri-fold covers a smaller area. The discomfort I feel when carrying my wallet in a front pocket would be reduced if it was smaller in area and thicker, I think.
I also think a bi-fold is more comfortable in a rear pocket because it’s thinner for a given volume of stuff. In any case, I try to keep the stuff in my wallet to the minimum that I can’t live without.
I seem to remember that while we were in college, John Todd often took his wallet out of his pocket while sitting down. That would increase one’s seated comfort, but I know that if I tried to do that, I’d invariable forget the wallet somwhere, and I’d always be worried about someone picking it up and walking off with it while I was distracted.
Also front right (not being a southpaw like ***Dave). Never understood why anybody would want to sit on his wallet.
Well, the front right is for keys, at least for me. 🙂
Dave, I think you’re correct about distinctions between bi- and trifold for front/back. And I feel the same way, for myself, about taking out my wallet for “comfort.” That way walletlessness lies …