# How much cash is in your wallet? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 7, 2006, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196 "2006-12-07T10:00:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196/61 "2006-12-08T15:07:19Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] And last time I checked, the Hudson’s Bay Company was charging around $400 for a new parka. Wait… how do you define ‘winter coat’? I define it as one of [these](http://www.sears.ca/gp/product/B000K6D2JA/sr=1-0/qid=1165586342/ref=sr_1_0/103-9012193-1450221?ie=UTF8&searsBrand=core&mqnodeid=16337181). [/QUOTE] He’s in South Carolina. Maybe it’s just a thick shirt 😛 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196/62 "2006-12-08T15:09:01Z")
This doesn’t have prices, but perhaps this is the [puffy coat](http://www.steveandbarrys.com/website/jacket.htm) of which he speaks? ---
**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196/63 "2006-12-08T15:18:36Z")
$122 in bills. $1.42 in coins. Two buttons and a peppermint lifesaver. ---
**Author:** ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196/64 "2006-12-08T15:49:41Z")
$200 in 20’s $30 in 10’s $5 in 5’s I have no idea why i have $235 on me, or where it came from. I’m really perplexed, since I rarely carry more than about $50. I’m not complaining, however. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196/65 "2006-12-08T15:51:55Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] This doesn’t have prices, but perhaps this is the [puffy coat](http://www.steveandbarrys.com/website/jacket.htm) of which he speaks? [/QUOTE] That’s a spring and fall coat. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196/66 "2006-12-08T15:57:51Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] He’s in South Carolina. Maybe it’s just a thick shirt 😛 [/QUOTE] **She** just moved to SC a year ago from Michigan after 35 winters, where we know from winter coats. The link for sears.ca shows me a poofy coat, albeit a good quality, well made down-filled one. The cheapies I saw at Steve & Barry’s (in WestbyGodVirginia) last month were poly-fill and ‘Hecho en Mexico’. If I was strapped and needed a winter coat, I’d pick one up and layer like a mofo underneath. Beats 200$ hands down when you don’t have it spare, and I’ve been there and done that. I now have a secondhand down parka which I got the year before I moved down here; on the odd chance I need to wear it, I get stares from the locals who are happy to shiver in flip flops year 'round. Hey, the hood makes it a parka, right? No hood, not a parka? ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196/67 "2006-12-08T15:59:04Z")
[QUOTE=Mayo Speaks!] $200 in 20’s $30 in 10’s $5 in 5’s I have no idea why i have $235 on me, or where it came from. I’m really perplexed, since I rarely carry more than about $50. I’m not complaining, however. 🆒 [/QUOTE] Hey, yeah, that’s the money you were holding for me. I’ll take it back now, if you don’t mind. ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196/68 "2006-12-08T16:05:29Z")
$23 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196/69 "2006-12-08T16:16:02Z")
[QUOTE=Nawth Chucka] **She** just moved to SC a year ago from Michigan after 35 winters, where we know from winter coats. [/quote] Linguistic hijack: “‘from’ winter coats”? In this phrase, I would say “‘about’ winter coats”. I’ve seen this usage before on the boards… where does it come from? > [@Nawth Chucka](#): > > The link for sears.ca shows me a poofy coat, albeit a good quality, well made down-filled one. The cheapies I saw at Steve & Barry’s (in WestbyGodVirginia) last month were poly-fill and ‘Hecho en Mexico’. If I was strapped and needed a winter coat, I’d pick one up and layer like a mofo underneath. Beats 200$ hands down when you don’t have it spare, and I’ve been there and done that. > I now have a secondhand down parka which I got the year before I moved down here; on the odd chance I need to wear it, I get stares from the locals who are happy to shiver in flip flops year 'round. My parka is secondhand, as well. I was happy to accept it. Those things are _expensive_. > [@Nawth Chucka](#): > > Hey, the hood makes it a parka, right? No hood, not a parka? The hood is mandatory, yes. Parka: hood, lining, really thick shell, interior cuffs at the trists and drawstring around the waist to keep the breezes out, long enough to cover the bum, etc. The traditional parka has wolf fur around the hood opening, as this is the only fur that moisture does not condense on. Then you won’t ice up your hood opening from breath moisture on cold days. If we are dealing with cold and intense blowing snow and a parka won’t do, we get a snowmobile suit (think parka all over, legs and everything). Most people in the cities do not have snowmobile suits, unless they go snowmobiling. ---
**Author:** ![Flipshod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@Flipshod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipshod)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196/70 "2006-12-08T17:05:24Z")
About $85 (US). I think my average would be $50, since I get $100 every 10 days or so and get to zero before going back for more. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196/71 "2006-12-08T17:19:40Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Linguistic hijack: “‘from’ winter coats”? In this phrase, I would say “‘about’ winter coats”. I’ve seen this usage before on the boards… where does it come from? [/QUOTE] You mean, how did it come about? 😉 Dunno, just the way I heard it growing up in the North. What you describe as a snowmobiling suit I grew up knowing as just a snowsuit. You’d wear it when you had to be outside for any length of time, playing, shoveling, waiting for the bus, etc. The more I think about, my down coat is a jacket length and the hood’s polyester and single layer, so I guess I don’t have a parka, per se. And to get back on topic, I have no more money in my wallet than I did this morning as I haven’t left the house. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196/72 "2006-12-08T17:24:37Z")
_peeks in wallet_ $1.25. Bus fare. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196/73 "2006-12-08T17:48:18Z")
Oh, and back to the OP: a wallet update. In the wallet: $15 Canadian, and a new bus pass. In the change pouch: 2 toonies, 3 loonies, 17 quarters, 7 dimes, 7 nickels, 6 pennies ($12.36). And one subway token. 🙂 Enough change for lunch _and_ three loads of laundry. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196/74 "2006-12-09T02:41:19Z")
Just under $100. I usually carry between $40-200 cash. I have kids with me a lot of the time, and I can’t be caught short in an emergency. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196/75 "2006-12-09T02:53:09Z")
$12, all in singles… ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196/76 "2006-12-09T02:57:00Z")
$694. Also a debit card, but no credit cards. I operate on a mostly cash basis and use an envelope system. I haven’t bought clothing or dined out in awhile, so there’s a bit of a surplus. I know cash is rare these days, but we do much better controlling spending this way. And we live in an extremely low crime area, so I don’t really worry about being mugged. I suppose it could happen, but I worry more about getting stuck in a snowdrift. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196/77 "2006-12-09T03:29:31Z")
I have no cash in my wallet. I’ve got about eight bucks in my money clip. Tripler And I’ve got a gallon jug Budweiser bottle full ‘o’ coins I’m gonna take to the Coinstar. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196/78 "2006-12-09T04:00:38Z")
$190 in bills (I’m going Christmas shopping this weekend) and… hang on… hey, cool, an American quarter… 2.21 in change. I’m on Easy Street, baby. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196/79 "2006-12-09T04:55:04Z")
Right now, I’ve got $38. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196/80 "2006-12-09T05:07:08Z")
$0.37 When I get home, my quarters and loonies go in my laundry fund and I pretty much use my debit card for everything anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-is-in-your-wallet/383196.md?page=5)