gonzo914 wrote:This conditioning is done by our mothers and usually commences the evening after she runs our pants through both the washer and dryer with the nightcrawler still in the pocket.
This instantly reminded me of a paragraph about bats in Mark Twain's autobiography: "I often brought them home to amuse my mother with. It was easy to manage if it was a school day because then I had ostensibly been to school and hadn't any bats. She was not a suspicious person...and when I said, "There's something in my coat pocket for you," she would put her hand in. But she always took it out again herself; I didn't have to tell her. It was remarkable the way she couldn't learn to like private bats."
...a backpack is too sack-like--I mean everything slips to the bottom and you have to scrounge. I prefer a not-quite-so-cavernous purse.
Wallet with my checkbook, ID, etc. - Front-left pocket or coat pocket
Very odd small zippered bag where I carry my cash - cash is in the wallet
Cell phone - another pocket
Gloves - inside my helmet when I'm not wearing them
Small notebook for sketching when waiting at appointments, etc. - don't use one
Small calculator - inside my binder, which is in my backpack
Address book - That's in my cell phone
Pack of gum - I don't chew gum
Watch waiting for me to remember to buy a battery for it - I don't wear a watch
Zippered pouch with things like dental floss, eye drops, aspirin, that type of thing... - I floss at home the rest I don't even have
Sunglasses - on my face or in my backpack
"Yes... yes. This is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... This Land."
susnfx wrote:
...a backpack is too sack-like--I mean everything slips to the bottom and you have to scrounge. I prefer a not-quite-so-cavernous purse.
I agree, except in the case of a small, flatter backback with nice sections and compartments.
This:
Patagonia Pocketwire. The most durable one I've had.
susnfx wrote:Another thing about all those pockets: You have to remember to change everything to other pockets when you change clothes.
That's not hard to do because we are conditioned from youth to remove things from our pockets and put them on the dresser when we take our pants off at night. This conditioning is done by our mothers and usually commences the evening after she runs our pants through both the washer and dryer with the nightcrawler still in the pocket.
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Didn't take in MY household. I do a load of wash that has a pen in it at least once a month (from Tom - Noah does his own laundry). I made it a rule a long time ago - any money that is found in the wash belongs to ME.
I also find guitar (dulcimer) picks in the laundry constantly. We use different styles and weights of picks, so I know it's Tom doing it. He says he does that so he can "pick cleanly".
I purposely leave money in my pockets for my wife for when she does the laundry. it's a tip. I saw a comedian once who said he did this. He also said that when he'd see his wife vacuuming, cooking, or other housework, he'd pull out his bankroll and tuck a $20 somewhere on her. I'm not that brave.
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I don't carry a lot in the thing- cell phone, small billfold, laughing whistle, ink pen, extra glasses.
But I do have LOTS of room for whatever I need to carry. I can cram all kinds of stuff in there-Dr. Pepper, books, etc.
"Let low-country intruder approach a cove
And eyes as gray as icicle fangs measure stranger
For size, honesty, and intent." John Foster West
I keep all my stuff in my pockets. This is why men's pants have enormous pockets. In one pocket I've got my wallet, cell phone, and a cloth for cleaning glasses/sunglasses. In the other I have keys, pen, pencil, Swiss Army Knife, lip balm, 2 USB drives, and a rather more intimidating lock-back knife.
susnfx wrote:... Now, I use these things all the time and they stay in my purse because I never know when I'll need them. My question for men is: where the heck do you keep all this stuff?????
Susan
"In the wife's purse."
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Swiss Army Knife ("Waiter" - blade, screwdriver/bottle opener & corkscrew)
Loop of string for cat's cradle
Pens (2x blue Bic Biros)
Half a dozen printouts of tunes that I'm learning, have learned or intend to learn, plus repertoire list and a short addresslist of contacts.
Right Trouser Pocket:
Tissues.
Emergency packet of extra-strong Mints
Rose-Quartz pendulum in small drawstring bag.
Back pocket:
Change.
I carry a small bag which I got from Blacks, the Camping shop. It's ostensibly a mountaineering bag. It could go on my belt, but it's just a little too bulky for that. It has a shoulder-strap and that's how I carry it.
It contains:
Wallet (don't ask what THAT contains!)
pocket sized copy of Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" - mainly to distract or amuse my son
Photocopy Map of the Village to help me give directions
Glasses case. I just found out my glasses don't fit inside.
Swiss Army Card - someone mentioned one already: blade, scissors, nail file, pen, pin etc.
Packet of Menthol pellets - trade name "Nigroids".
Diary
Keys
Emergency Pen
Walkman
Swipe-card for the Office Door.
I got asked this on another forum, and someone asked "Why do you carry so much crap about with you?"
The answer is that I save the world on a day-to-day basis. Like MacGyver.
In fact it's mostly habit. I could probably get rid of maybe half this stuff. But personal possessions accumulate.
In permanent residence in my pockets are the following:
coins of various denominations
keys
handkerchief for cleaning glasses
memory stick
wallet
My mobile phone is carried in my coat pocket or occasionally in my jeans.
If it's winter my gloves are in my coat as well.
That should be the end of it but I'm afraid I also own a man-bag (a messenger style canvas affair from Next) which goes to the office and other occasionaly trips with me. This usually contains:
Morning snack (usually fruit)
Yoghurt for after lunch
Lunch, on the few occasions I take leftovers with me
Book
Notepads + pens and pencils
Hat (for windy days when it's too much hassle to use an umbrella)
Hand cream
Painkillers (for hangovers, migraines, colds etc...)
MP3 player
Phone charger (for my battery is crap)
And sometimes an Acer Aspire One netbook.
My hat is on my head, except at work, when it rests on the inflatable cactus on my desk.
My mobile is clipped to my belt, and has a USB Memory-Stick clipped on to it.
The laptop is in the laptop bag, along with my lunch, spare cables, phone charger, and the whistles...
This instantly reminded me of a paragraph about bats in Mark Twain's autobiography: "I often brought them home to amuse my mother with. It was easy to manage if it was a school day because then I had ostensibly been to school and hadn't any bats. She was not a suspicious person...and when I said, "There's something in my coat pocket for you," she would put her hand in. But she always took it out again herself; I didn't have to tell her. It was remarkable the way she couldn't learn to like private bats."
