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3Hotdogs

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3. I still carry a wallet but gave up on handkerchief years ago.

Reply to dameatball (Original post)

Sun Sep 1, 2019, 05:18 PM

Sep 2019

Instead, when I need a hanky, I use the big one ( Wipe nose on shirt sleeve).

It works and its quicker to get to than fumbling for a small piece of cloth.

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Is it just me or do fewer people carry wallets these days? When I was an adolescent I remember my [View all] dameatball Sep 2019 OP

I'd rather not have to carry around cards. Voltaire2 Sep 2019 #1

A plastic cc is a lot more reliable than a smart phone. Mosby Sep 2019 #2

I still carry a wallet but gave up on handkerchief years ago. 3Hotdogs Sep 2019 #3

Good point. And shirt sleeves can be rolled up as needed to hide the evidence. dameatball Sep 2019 #4

Depending on volume of discharge, 3Hotdogs Sep 2019 #6

Maybe this is why those zip-off pant legs have become popular. dameatball Sep 2019 #9

But for state ID or driver's license, I wouldn't need a wallet at all... targetpractice Sep 2019 #5

everything is on the phone JI7 Sep 2019 #7

Agree regardking handkercheifs. Dagstead Bumwood Sep 2019 #8

When I was young I always carried a wallet and a comb in my back pocket... Ohiya Sep 2019 #10

Hey I forgot about that one. Wallet and comb in the right rear pocket, handkerchief in the left. dameatball Sep 2019 #18

My son is a prosecutor and he actually carries a badge in his wallet... CTyankee Sep 2019 #11

If we didn't carry a wallet not_the_one Sep 2019 #12

When I was young I never carried a wallet 2naSalit Sep 2019 #13

I carry handmade34 Sep 2019 #14

Never leave the house without it Falcata Sep 2019 #15

I have pants pockets, ergo I carry a wallet. MineralMan Sep 2019 #16

Lots people have their credit cards, DL etc. in a pocket on their cell phone case jpak Sep 2019 #17

Perhaps I am Very Old-Fashioned Wiseman32218 Sep 2019 #19

I still use a wallet Codeine Sep 2019 #20

I carry a wallet. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #21

I stopped in China after the fourth time I caught someone trying to steal from my bag. meadowlander Sep 2019 #22

I use a wallet MurrayDelph Sep 2019 #23

I carry a wallet for cash/cards/ID Spider Jerusalem Sep 2019 #24

Remember this from Seinfeld: elocs Sep 2019 #25