Seriously. I have a problem. I was taking inventory while walking to class this morning: I was carrying my Palm V, its keyboard, an HP graphing calculator, a portable MP3 player, and my cell phone. Oh, and my watch stores up to 100 phone numbers. I realized that if I got hit by a car, it would cost over $1000 to replace the electronics I was carrying.
Still, there is reason to hope. My most recent acquisition, my cell phone, was forced upon me and is payed for by my work. Also, none of the gadgets is ever worn on my belt, which is the point of no return, if you ask me.
I too at times have a fairly high Batman Factor. I carry my tool card keychain, Visor, sometimes Mp3 player. And my car gets honorable mention in for the dash mounted LCD screen.
You’re all a bunch of lucky bastards. I’m stuck with a regular CD player, a regular film camera, a TI calculator (Although that got stolen today)…that’s about it. I want to be a high-tech gadget nerd!
I, uh, have a pen, and a pad of paper and a cell phone, but I keep locking myself out of that. But if y’all ever want to talk kitchen gadgets, I’m your tot.
I feel your pain. I’m on call about 24-7, so I always have my pager, cell phone, and Palm V on me. (And, yes, I do wear glasses and hearing aids).
I’ve ditched the laptop, but mainly because I now have a modem and keyboard for my Palm.
Even worse, I’m a runner, so when I’m running in the mornings, I may not have a shirt on, but I WILL have:
Pager
Cell Phone
Rio MP3 player
Gate key card
House key
Ironman digital watch.
Fortunately, I’ve found running shorts with enough pockets for all of this, so I don’t look like batman (even with the Oakleys)
I was lucky I didn’t get pulled into the abyss. I did hav a cell phone and pager but now work pays for the phone and it doubles as a pager. Fortunately one small enough to legitmately be a pocket phone, Samsung 850.
Only two things belong on my belt, a knife or a firearm and usually the firearm is in a fanny pack.
Heh. Having just displayed my geekiness over in the desktop wallpaper thread, I may as well 'fess up here.
pager
cell phone
casio COLOR graphing calculator
Rio
Ironman watch (for those less geeky that SuperNelson and I, it downloads phone info off your computer screen)
Panasonic superdisk camera (120M storage, rarely carried)
laptop (rarely carried)
leatherman
swiss army knife
lockpicks
a couple of small screwdrivers (to effect repairs on my kit in the field)
You know, even though I keep locking myself out of my plain old cell phone, I have a real longing for an e-mail phone. I’m not even very important. Heck, I don’t even have a real job. I just feel I need one to feel truly fulfilled.
I don’t get into the techo-geek stuff as much, but I still have an interesting time unloading my pockets:
Victorinox knife (Standard)
keys
rubber coin purse (I hate jingling change)
Mini-Mag flashlight
comb
10’ tape measure
pen
pencil
highlighter
glasses case
pocket calculator
pocket address book (mine can’t be erased by magnets)
electronic key card for work
wallet (there is a plastic magnifying glass in the wallet)
beeper on belt
SOG utility tool on belt (like Leatherman, but the holster can be mounted horizontally on belt)
I left the house today without my Palm Pilot - it was recharging. I felt naked. I am disturbed.
Not to reinforce any stereotypes or anything, yes, I do wear glasses, and yes, I work as a computer technician. But the glasses are now and forever have been tape-free! And I’m in school edging ever-so-slowly closer to a degree in microbiology.
Balance, I know the one you mean, but mine only tracks my lap times. I bought it because I often run before dawn, when indiglo kicks @$$! I figure since I keep all my phone numbers in the Palm and in my cell phone, plus synching them with two PC’s, anything more would just add to the confusion.
Smeghead, the glasses remain tape-free for me as well. But I did fix a hearing aid once with shoe-goo.
