Posted on 12/22/2008 4:16:42 PM PST by pharmamom
Sorry I’m trying to conserve commas to battle global warming.
Well, first and foremost, it's a BILLFOLD, NEVER a wallet. I HATE that word.
And I carry mine in my "field pack". Don't ever call it a "fanny pack". I hate that one too.
I travel with 13 college-age ladies (don't ask) and it is AMAZING what those youngsters DON'T carry when they travel. So guess who has to carry it?
And you call it a "fanny pack"? You don't get that Advil you say you reee-ally need until you ask properly!
I prefer the long trucker style wallet, complete with chain.
however mine are usually custom built and more resemble a ladies clutch purse than the standard truckers wallet. when I have to, I get by with a regular wallet, single fold big enough for Drivers License, debit and ccw cards.
But it always has to be leather, full grain...none of that “top grain” or “genuine napa” leather
For my next wallet, I want one made out of stingray, I saw a checkbook cover made from stingray and it was nice—didn’t have the $$$ to buy it when I saw it tho’
Money clip for cash. End of story.
Try not to gift an empty wallet, don’t have to get crazy but put a bill or two in it before he opens it. This is from an old etiquette book. “Good luck”.
go for the tri-fold...if he has more pictures and junk than that will hold he’ll have to haul a briefcase.
I go for the tri-fold because they tend to be taller than the bi-fold wallets are. My Lotto tickets will fit into them.
Unless he has complained about it or said he wanted one that was different, get one very much like the one he has.
I can’t find the perfect wallet anymore.
I have to buy something close and modify it. The perfect wallet is something that is large and flat. Very flat. And stiff. It should be able to hold paper currency without folding it. You should NEVER EVER carry a wallet in your pants pockets. it always goes in the inside pocket of your jacket, sport coat, or overcoat. It should be thin enough and light enough to go in your shirt pocket if necessary. if you wear “cargo” pants, you can put it in the side pocket in a pinch.
Start with a leather checkbook wallet that has slots for credit cards. It needs to be a spartan model so it is thin when folded. Put your dollars where the checkbook is supposed to go. Rip out or cut out any extra junk that makes it fatter than it needs to be. Thin stiff artificial leather is best, but difficult to find.
Passport wallets and fancy airline ticket holders sometimes work well also. Trucker wallets and biker wallets are approximately equivalent in function, but they are usually tacky looking and have zippers or stitching on them that make them unusable if you want to put it in a shirt pocket. They are way to thick and way too heavy.
No, I’m referring to a great scene in the movie, Legally Blond involving a man who described her shoes, revealing that he was gay and therefore not having an affair with the defendent.
if you are a lefty, put you wallet in your front right pocket. pick-pockets go for the back pockets. also, sitting on your wallet can cause back problems.
and if you carry a weapon, you may need to get your ID out while still covering someone with your strong hand.
it works.
KV has an LLBean Camo Hunting multi slotted gear bag with a chain clipped to it and a tri fold canvas type wallet which stoe on the back of his WC and keeps a days worth of medicalcare/food/money supplies for a day out in the wilds of the city.
DL
CC
Cash
Everything else goes in the truck.
“I don’t like it all that much but I feel obligated to use it because it was a Christmas present from my 5-year-old nephew. Who is now getting ready to graduate from high school.”
LOL!
I always thought my wallet was a VERY personal thing. “Don’t buy me one - you don’t know what to get” I said every Christmas for the last 6 years. After not being able to bear the loose threads, duct tape (brown at least), and my constant - “Yeah, I haven’t had a chance to get a new one”, my wife got me a tri-fold last Christmas. Still getting used to it from my old bi-fold, but it’s not too bad. And ya know what I found out - it’s just a wallet!
In my house, the words, "You look fine, dear," are all that is needed, and she will go change again anyway!
You saved yourself a world of grief, those shoes were a symbol of what else she'd do to screw up her life and blame you for it!
Other than a brief period in the late 1970's (platform shoes), men have always preferred sensible-fitting footwear. And except for the leisure suits of that time, we've always gone for comfortable clothing, too!
When it is all said and done and you have spent a weekend away with a gal and introduced her to your family and gone with her to Sea World, like she wanted, and you look back and decide “I would have had a much better time without her”, well then the decision to break up becomes easier.
So it wasn't JUST the shoes. ;)
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