What do you carry on you everyday?

[Civil Defense]

Ladies, empty your purses.

Gentlemen, turn out your coat pockets.

(Whoever has the gun is the murderer.)

Me? I have car keys in my left pocket, along with some spare change. In my right pocket, my cellphone (only because sitting with the belt clip is kinda uncomfortable). In my "cargo pocket" I have my checkbook. Back pocket, wallet.

What about you?

[moronmountain]

If I were not in pj's (it is getting late-ish here on the east coast), I would have:
UniBall .5mm Medium-tip Black ink pen in my right pocket
3.5" 1.44 Megabyte floppy disk in my left pocket
No Fear leather wallet in back right pocket with chain on front right belt-loop
I travel light :)

[Mudshark]

In mr pants pockets, I have a wallet with $117 dollars in it.


In my coat I have 19 quarters, Altoids, dental wax, and chapstick.

[Kbean]

Black uniball fine tipped pen, medicated chapstick, and usually 50 cents or so for snack machines at school.

[moronmountain]

Originally posted by Mudshark
In mr pants pockets, I have a wallet with $117 dollars in it.
Damn you...you made me count...$110.

[UncleBill]

Keys right front.

Black pen left front. Change when I get some, I leave the apt every day without any.

Wallet left rear.

Daytimer in hand. With checkbook inside.

That sums up the every day stuff. Cell phone right hip, but not every day.

[spheric thor]

Front left- keys
Front right-cash and change
Back left-wallet and usually a utility knife and pencil
Back right-empty

[vix]

I never leave the house without my housekeys, Metrocard, lip balm, and wallet. I've forgotten each of those things at least once and regretted it. Taking a train: add something to read. Going to work: add building ID, day planner, and usually lunch.

[racinchikki]

Used to be I carried everything in my pockets, but now Gunslinger's bought me a purse, so:

Right front pocket:
Swiss Army knife (which was also a gift from Gun)


Left front pocket:
MS State credential holder thingy, with my school ID, a phone card, and a piece of paper with emergency phone numbers in it. It has an attached keyring, which holds my dorm key, my PO box key, and a keychain Gun made me with a picture of him in it.


Purse -
main pocket: wallet holding $5 cash, credit card, check card, and a bunch of photos and business cards.

front pocket: chapstick, breathmints

pocket on the front flap: change, little flat folding knife

[tomndebb]

Well, I checked and I don't have to update my post from what have you got in your pockets (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=19125) (although I'm still--or now more than ever--tempted to answer something about my precioussss).

[BlackKnight]

Wallet containing mostly change

Keys

Pocket watch, so I can flip it open and attempt to look suave when others are watching

Battered old Swiss army knife - usefull for sharpening pencils in class when there isn't a pencil sharpener

Spare hair thingy - you know, the elastic thingies that hold hair up, like in a ponytail

[Gunslinger]

left front jeans pocket: keyring (car, house, mom's car, locker padlock, Buweiser promo bottle-and-can-opener fob), change when I have any.

rfjp: knife (lately I've been carrying a Victorinox Recruit, same as the one I gave racinchikki).

lrjp: nothing

rrjp: wallet (cash, a few checks, checkcard, gas credit cards, ID)

little coin/watch pocket of jeans: box cutter, when I'm at work.

on belt or in inside pocket of jacket: cellphone

[Gut]

Front Left - Keys
Front Right - Loonies,Twonies, and Quarters
Back Right - Wallet
Back Left - Empty
Right Hip - Cell phone on belt clip.

[Tripler]

Geekdom at it's finest:

Regularly
Right front pocket: Bill cash, in a clip my father gave me.
Right belt loop: Utility pouch with: Leatherman, Paint can/bottle tool, handheld laser, one Mini-Maglite, sometimes one GPS reciever; One Benchmade folding knife .
Right rear pocket: Wallet with DLs, CCards, and ID
Left rear: Not much
Left belt loop: Cell phone.
Right front: Pockect change, small change.

Tripler
I keep my hat in my cargo pockets.

[Kalashnikov]

Originally posted by Civil Defense

(Whoever has the gun is the murderer.)


Smile when you say that, pardner...

[My Darn Snake Legs]

Benchmade Striker (pocket knife)in the right pocket, Money clip in the back pocket. About $11 in the clip, if you must know.

--==the sax man==--

[VeraGemini]

Purse: Wallet, Cover Girl powder compact, lipstick, mini hairbrush, clear nail polish, pocket pack Kleenex, nail glue, emery board, nail clippers, one roll Butter Rum Lifesavers, small vial of ibuprofen, bandaids, cigarettes, lighter, Palm Pilot, Leatherman, mag light, laser pointer, cel phone, one PS2-to-USB adapter that the cat has chewed on, one RJ-45 end, pepper spray, cel phone, sunglasses, ballpoint pen, $3.78 in loose change, and an old grocery store receipt with some numbers written on it that I can't remember for the life of me what they were for.

And I can't believe I just dumped all that out to make a message board post ;)

[even sven]

Wallet (homemade out of duct tape) and lipgloss (lip smackers roll-on strawberry slush). Keys (one key on a mini zip disk key chain) if I am feeling responsible.

[Zenster]

Left front pants pocket:

Vintage Mountaineer model Victorinox Swiss Army knife

Key ring with Maglite solitaire attached


Right front pants pocket:

Change

Wallet, currently containing $283.00 of spending money, various health plan cards, a Taiwanese telephone card, Social Security card, CA driver's license, business cards, calling cards, address book and my secret stash of $122.00 consisting of a $100.00 bill that was a cash bonus from my job in 1995 that I refuse to spend on principal, the first dollar bills from a public performance tip jar and a $20.00 bill from one of my first paying musical gigs.


Watch pocket:

1940's Waltham pocket watch.


Back left pocket:

Ace pocket comb


Shirt breast pocket:

14K Gold Cross pen and pencil set


Sunglasses:

Double large size gold frame photochromic Ray Ban aviators


Hat:

Royal Stetson "Caribou Downs" black Fedora

[Violet]

This is too much work. But one of the things I always carry is my Sensa pen! :)

[Zenster]

I left out:

Belt:

Folding lock blade Gerber hunting knife

Victorinox Swiss Army pocket tool

[Violet]

So what's it like going through airport security, some of you?

[DarkWriter]

My life is in my backpack:

Keys
ID & credit/debit card
Money
Cell phone
Diaper and wipes
Crayons
Little toys (mostly McD's Happy Meal type)
Writing notebooks
Journal
Favorite pens that I hide from the kids
Mints
HWA newsletters
A few small press 'zines
Pictures (kids, outings, conventions)
Hand lotion
Matches (don't smoke, but friends do)
Checkbook
Hairclip
Old grocery lists that I should throw away
Coupons
Calculator
Stamps
Receipts I can toss out but keep forgetting to
A ring with a little coffin on it
A watch that needs a fresh battery


Sheri

[Loopus]

Originally posted by Civil Defense
Ladies, empty your purses.

Gentlemen, turn out your coat pockets.

(Whoever has the gun is the murderer.)


I have my keys, my wallet and my cell phone.

*Drops a gun to the floor and kicks it away*

That's all.

-Loopus

[Booker57]

Right front pocket: Triple key chain

LFP: Shrade 8OT knife, knock-off micro tool, change.

LRP: Wallet it contains, DL, three credit cards,folding phone list, photo of sister, BC/BS card, spare keys.

RRP: Empty

Shirt pocket: Pens, Black and cheap.

Left Wrist: Watch

I need to start carrying a purse or a pouch.

[Amazing Tiki God]

Wallet, with no money in it, in my back pocket and car/house keys in my front.

[iampunha]

Left front:

wallet

Right front:

keys, two pens.

[CanadianSue]

- wallet
- cell phone
- leather case with credit cards
- a ton of change cuz I throw it to the bottom of my purse
- house keys
- car keys
- work keys
- cheque book
- bank book
- a ton of old receipts
- xmas list
- a couple of pairs of earrings

I used to carry a huge purse with a ton of stuff, but now that I'm a grown up I only carry a small one ;)

[thecolonist]

RJP: Keys & Tissues (Allergy sufferer)
LJP: Mobile phone
IJP: Wallet
RRTP: Change (£2)
LFTP: Tabacco, Rizlas, lighter

[Purd Werfect]

$2.35 to $50.00 in cash.

Little padded pcmcia card holder containing my license, credit cards, library card, and Monterey Bay Aquarium membership card.

Keys (bottle opener keychain)

Cheapo sunglasses (100% UV protection though. Polarized too. Beautiful.)

A daypack containing my checkbook, a camera or cameras (digital and/or film), binoculars, some aspirin, and 1 to 3 books.

[Parisx]

FL pocket - $88.25, one folded reciept from a visit to local restrauant.

FR pocket - black comb

LR Pocket - small ID wallet containing DL, and assorted Credit Cards and Calling Cards.

RR pocket - Empty


And I ocassionally carry a handgun, usually holstered and under my shirt on left side, situated for a right hand cross draw. On very rare ocassions, it will be in my FR pocket.

[Agrippina]

In my purse I have:

-my wallet containing drivers license, money, a debit card
-a bottle of Excedrin Migraine, because I never know when a migraine will hit
-my fountain pen
-an extra ink cartridge in case my pen runs out
-an extra car key
-my car keys
-some change
-a little stuffed lion key chain hangs on the purse. His name is Wilson.
-checkbook
-batteries (AA)

[Superdude]

Left front:

Zippo lighter with the Indianapolis Colts logo on it.

Right front:

Depends on whether I have my jacket with me. If not, then car keys, change, the occasional odd piece of paper money.

Right rear:

Wallet

Left rear:

Nothing

[tavalla]

Ummm...lessee here, what's in the bag...


Three keyrings (work/house, car, parents' place)
A credit-card sized tiny torch keyring with no keys on it
Wallet, which is a whole 'nother crap pile all by itself, containing driver's license, Medicare card, two video library cards, garage's business card, umpteen receipts, organ donor card, appointment card for my next blood donation date, more receipts, and some cash
Loose change that always migrates to the bottom of the bag
Smokes
Three lighters (at least one of these will not work)
Pen or three
Lip gloss which I don't actually use
Oh, looky, here's a ticket to a Beatles tribute show I went to a while back
A fridge magnet in the shape of an L which a friend's 20-month old kid put in my bag (we were spelling things on the fridge)

[bobkitty]

Let's see.. ::reaching into pockets::

Lab coat:
Right pocket.. 35 cents and the electronic thingy that lets me into the lab. Keys when I leave the office.
Left pocket.. a $5 bill, a business card, a post-it with an email addy on it, a kleenex, and a receipt from lunch yesterday.
Top pocket.. pencil and Uniballtm Onyx blue pen.

Pants pockets.. nothing.

Backpack.. yeesh.
Back compartment.. personal stuff. Wallet (no money in there, just credit cards, stray receipts, a bucket full of pennies, license, and two work IDs), notebook for class, textbook, returned homework assignments, datebook, lip balm, checkbook, three pens, some bills I'm going to pay during lunch, some makeup just in case, and a tactical baton in a nice sheath.
Middle compartment.. office stuff for office #1. Budget sheets, mailing lists, mail to be sent out, a few petty cash thingys that need to be processed, a PR copy job I need to run over to publications.
Front compartment.. office stuff for office #2. Same as office #1, plus a contract with the local DNR that I need to approve and process.
Little compartment in the front.. one slim folding knife and an eyeglass repair kit.

I really need to clean out that backpack.

-BK

[Zappo]

OK, lessee here. . .

Left front pocket: American Tourister leather trifold containing $32, a couple of lottery tickets, cards, and so much other useless krep it's not funny. Remember the episode of "Seinfeld" where Jerry tells George his wallet is a filing cabinet? That's mine. If I put it in my back pocket I'd get scoliosis.

Right front: 78 cents in change, mini Swiss Army knife on keychain with house and garage keys, keychain with keys to my station wagon, and my pocketwatch.

Left rear: Ace hard rubber comb.

Right rear: Handkerchief (white cotton, extra large).

This morning I forgot to put on the Masonic ring my late wife gave me when we got engaged, and I feel naked without it.

Zap!

[plnnr]

Another who travels light:

Right front pocket - keys (car, apartment, mailbox)
Left back pocket - black alligator-skin wallet (no cash, one credit card, one ATM card, driver's license, library cards, health insurance card)
Shirt pocket - stainless steel Parker fountain pen that I've had for 20 years.

[Feynn]

I carry just about everything I need in my carry all/purse/bag so almost nothing ever goes into my jacket or pants pockets except paper money.

There's change in the zipper pocket as well as a refill for each of my fountain pens. My Sharp organizer sits in the outer pocket with a small notepad. The main pocket carries my wallet, medication, cigarettes, phone, and gum. The hidden pocket in the back carries my chequebook, business cards, receipts, and a comb. There's 3 fountain pens (blue, red, and black) and my Staedtler multi pen/pencil. Clipped to the side is an emergency barrier device (in case I need to perform C.P.R.)

There's a small multi tool on my keychain as well as my Mag-lite Solitaire, I have larger versions of each that I don't always carry with me.

[Politzania]

Pants Pocket - chapstick (ALWAYS carry chapstick).
Jacket pockets
- stretchy gloves (which I may finally need today - 65 degrees yesterday in Central Indiana... yeesh!)
- Keys (11 with one I'm not sure what it's for) & keychain from first-married apartment (Somerset Park in Troy MI) also several safety pins - they come in handy!
- Spare change for Salvation Army kettles

Purse:
- Outside pocket:
--Video rental card I can throw away (they don't use them anymore)auto insurance card I neet to put in the truck, Free turkey coupon from Krogers (prob to donate to local mission), shopping list on back of envelope & misc receipts.
Usually has diskettes to carry to/from work.

- Pocket under flap:
-- Checkbook, recipe for oven-fried fish, letter I started to a friend (over a month ago)misc medical receipts.

-Organizer/zippered outside pocket
--Credit cards, ID etc, $24 & change (this is a lot for me, I usually debit-card most purchases)pen & emery board. Various coupons & Gift certificates.

-Main compartment
--This American Life CD, trifold wallet with more cards & memberships, mini-sweing kit, hand sanitizer, pens, basic meds (Tums, aspirin) a bandaid holder I got for free from the local hospital, several pens & candy. Oh yeah, more chapstick.
Oh yeah - can't forget the Visor -- schedule, phone #, movies we own & christmas lists....

Outside - the clip-onsunglasses in a case that snaps on the strap.

All this in a purse 8" X 3.5" X by 6.5" - Mr. Pol swears someday it's gonna explode.

[Nortia]

-wallet, which contains some change, debit card, store cards, gift vouchers, photograph of my three daughters and some stamps
-cheque book
-old receipts
-paracetamol
-cigarettes
-keys
-notebook
-pen
-odd pen top
-passport
-prescription
-lipstick
-lipgloss
-lemon lollipop

[Ann Onimous]

A pager. That's all. And I only carry that cause I need it for my job. Once I leave here next month, I will happily leave it behind.

[Anniz]

In my pockets,
- keys
- a stone
- coins

In my bag,
- sunglasses
- water
- mobile phone
- passport
- medicine
- pen
- wallet with money in:),
credit cards,
blockbuster card,
safeway card
and a picture of Montfort

[tisiphone]

Ten bucks in change, a five-dollar bill, a chunk of jet, a chapstick, a silver gel pen, my wallet, two lighters, a pack of matches (hey, you never know when the transit bus might break down and we'll have to light a fire for survival), a DB9-DB25 adapter (hey, howcum I have that? Musta picked it up off the floor), and two necklaces.

[swampbear]

Shirt pocket - cigarettes and lighter. American flag pin on shirt pocket.

Right front pants - medium bic black ballpoint pen, 95 cents change, comb

Left front pants - two sets of keys. usually one but partner and I changed vehicles at lunch so I have my set of his car keys plus my truck keys which also have my work keys on the same key ring.

Belt - pager and cell phone.

Left back pocket - wallet with various credit cards etc. and 3 one dollar bills! hehheh partner musta forgot to look in my wallet for money today.

[Skerri]

1. Right front pocket: Two sets of keys, one for home (3 keys) and one for my office (5 keys)
2. Left front pocket: Change (today's budget: 79 cents)
3. Clipped to right front pocket: An alpha-numeric pager for my job
4. Back right pocket: My wallet, a brown leather tri-fold Vans wallet that contains: license, bank card, 96WAVE promotion card, ins/dental cards, SS card, my friend's business card which simply says "The Devil", laundry card, Blockbuster card, my other friend's business card, a concert ticket from seeing my little bro's band open for RATT, 2 bands' business cards, a ticket from Jane's Addiction, my SO's cell phone and home phone numbers, and a tiny ziploc bag with a chunk of the Berlin Wall in it.
5. Hanging on my neck: Plastic photo ID badge, required since 9/11.
6. In that useless pocket in my right front pocket: A button from the SO's favorite shirt that broke. (why I have this is beyond me.)

[Hatter]

On a daily basis...

Wallet (back right)
Keys (ever popular Mini Leatherman utility knife attachment keychain), usually mints, gum, candy, something like that, pen/pencil, change and usually a couple dollar bills, and invariably a receipt or wrapper or some type of garbage like that. All this in the pockets up front.

[south333]

In my front left pocket I carry my house and car keys. In my front right pocket I carry my money. In my purse I have:
[list]
chapstick
lipstick
lipgloss
overgirl compact
covergirl all in one foundation
nail file
nail clippers
lotion
anti-bacterial lotion
pictures
a mini brush
a whistle
a couple pens
cell phone
a pill bottle containing benadryl, excedrin, midol, tylenol, and aleve
a camera
hair ties
money
matches
my license
my Social Security card
Sunglasses
Halls cough drops
Altoids
Moist Towlettes
Band-aids
Reeds
Small bottle of tabasco
Ben gay

:)

[JessEnigma]

At the moment, I have a quarter in my right front pocket. Usually, I keep whatever money I'm going to use that day in one of my front pockets.

In my backpack I have:

- my wallet with money, driving permit, phone card, and assorted other bits of paper with e-mail addresses and cell phone numbers inside
- all of my pens and pencils
- a few candy bar wrappers
- my regular house keys and my spare key for my mom's house
- two rolls of film I need to get developed
- a bunch of face wipes
- a tube of lip balm and a pot of lip balm
- a half-empty pack of Kleenex
- three or four books to read for fun
- a French/English dictionary and a copy of Harry Potter in French (which I really could take out, since my class finished it up last week)
- all my textbooks and notebooks
- a logic puzzles book
- a notebook with several stories and random bits of writing in it
- my mouthpiece and music
- whatever else I feel like tossing in, which is usually just a soda or a pack of peanuts to eat later
- my graphing calculator occasionally

I have lots of little junk in my backpack. It all gets tossed around, so I'm never really sure what's in there.
My purse just has a tube of lip balm in it. If I take it anywhere, I toss my wallet in also.


jessica

[vandal]

Right pocket - keys, ball point pen.

Left pocket - change, chapstick (during the spring, summer, and fall, sans the chapstick).

Right back pocket - wallet.

And, FTR, I'm right handed.

[Kayeby]

In my purse I carry keys, wallet (cards, cash, coins), lipstick, mobile phone, sunglasses and panadol on an everyday basis.

[BiblioCat]

Let's see, I don't usually carry much in my pockets.
In my purse's front pocket:
Cherry Chapstick
Cell phone
a rock

In the purse:
Wallet
Keys
two pens (one blue and one black)
change purse
Imitrex auto-injector kit (migraine medicine)
small brush
small Kleenex pack
bottle of Target-brand Advil
little address book with phone numbers
Scooby-Doo band-aids
wet wipes
four crayons (blue, red, green and purple)
two rocks
three Hot Wheels cars (ambulance, Mercedes and a police car)

In the bag I carry back and forth to school each day:
Lesson plan book
Folders with lesson ideas
"The Mailbox" magazine
extra construction paper, various colors
Bottle of Elmer's glue
several Sharpies
Pens
Colored pencils
Scissors
Circle cutter
Ziploc bag with about 40 craft sticks (popsicle sticks)

Other stuff always with me:
Gold wedding band & engagement ring
Signet ring with family crest
Watch (Omega, gold and stainless)
Sterling heart bracelet hubby gave me when we started dating
Gold scarab bracelet
2 gold "Figaro" link bracelets, slightly different

[ThunderBunny]

I seem to be relatively unique:

Left pocket:
Spare Car Key, with a pocketknife on the keyring
All credit cards, kept together with a rubber band.Right Pocket:
Car/House/Work Keys
Leatherman Micra, with scissors and blade and screwdriver.
Back Pocket (alternate left or right)
Very thin wallet, containing $92.Note:
Two sets of car keys can mean the difference between a catastrophe or no big deal.

Two pocketknives is just showing off :)

Also, keeping all the credit cards/ID in the front pocket makes the wallet much more thin, which saves on back pocket wear. It also keeps my back from getting sore for some reason.

[Pammipoo]

On me personally:
-train pass
-about $5
-one of those neck things that holds my key and punch in card for work
-cell phone

In my bag:
-notebook
-CD player
-about 50 spare pens
-extra shirt, in case I want to go somewhere straight from work
-my old cell phone
-wallet, containing:
-about $100 cash
-my ATM card, and my visa card
-my driver's license
-various club cards, library cards, discount cards and probably expired gift cards
-really old pictures of Sean, Amanda, Gaea, Steven,and Ben, some friends from Florida. a recent picture of Rashad, from the last time I saw him
-ticket stubs to a couple of movies I saw that I wanted to remember
-a Canadian coin, and a Canadian $20 bill that I saved from when I drove up to see Sean in Ottowa over the summer
-and my personal fave, a song Scott wrote about me back in 1999, before we complicated our relationship and things got all weird. It makes me smile every time I read it....