Post Ai04tD45HadmCbFotE by sil@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #Ai04t7WvrQ9R2Khm1Q by sil@mastodon.social
2024-04-22T19:07:39Z
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At the weekend I was sitting on the train and I thought, hang on, my leg’s going numb. That’s not ideal. After briefly contemplating that maybe I was about to have some sort of gargantuan heart attack or something, I realised that I was in fact sitting on my wallet. Not for the first time, either.Now, it has occurred to me before that I maybe don’t need every card I’ve ever owned to be on my person at all times. And if I can’t be slimmer, maybe my gentleman’s accessories can be.
(DIR) Post #Ai04t9BjhCNuBAnsGG by popey@mastodon.social
2024-04-23T07:19:25Z
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@sil this is my Ridge wallet. I have carried this with me every day since it arrived as a kickstarter backed project in 2013. Holds about 10 cards and I love it. I also backed the second generation Ridge 2.0 and never use that one. This is perfect for me. I only carry cash between the ATM and the Turkish Barber (although they now take cards) . I love it.
(DIR) Post #Ai04tAjRxKwky1aJRw by sil@mastodon.social
2024-04-23T07:20:15Z
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@popey I thought about a metal one, but it lives in my back pocket and so I feel like it'll hurt? Also, unsure if my door fob will work through metal. They do look cool, though. And yours is impressively weathered
(DIR) Post #Ai04tBM5dfr4trfAg4 by sil@mastodon.social
2024-04-22T19:11:50Z
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So, I thought to myself, I should get a new wallet.You may be thinking, ok grandad, why do you carry a wallet at all? Everyone pays with their phone now. And I would agree, and I do too. But:1. I feel profoundly uncomfortable relying on the phone. A card never runs out of batteries.2. I need my credit card for emergencies. My credit limit is considerably higher than my savings.3. My door fob lives in it.4. A gentleman should have a wallet.I am unsure which I consider most important.
(DIR) Post #Ai04tC4kxbaH8OYqIa by popey@mastodon.social
2024-04-23T07:59:58Z
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@sil mine never goes in my back pocket. That’s where my phone lives. My ridge is either in a front pocket or jacket, or laptop bag. However I often leave it at home if I know my phone is charged
(DIR) Post #Ai04tD45HadmCbFotE by sil@mastodon.social
2024-04-23T08:00:38Z
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@popey yeah, the back pocket thing is what pushed me away from metal. I am unlikely to change that now, forty years in :)
(DIR) Post #Ai04tE8jHnwzXIR2lk by sil@mastodon.social
2024-04-22T19:18:41Z
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Ten years ago I would have agonised for days about the choice, or asked Twitter for recommendations. But there then and here now I’d probably get a load of replies that contactless is the tool of the devil, or that I should make my own out of gaffer tape to avoid knuckling under to Big Wallet, or some such bollocks. And in truth I am less pretentious about stuff these days. So I got a perfectly nice leather one in TK Maxx, of all places!Of course now I can’t tell if it’s in my pocket at all.
(DIR) Post #Ai04tETI3MOgZ43Soi by brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk
2024-04-23T08:19:51Z
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@sil @popey I'm a phone in front pocket, wallet in back pocket person. That's why I have a secrid wallet: metal core with leather cover to protect my bum.
(DIR) Post #Ai04tFtYlB0KypLxOy by popey@mastodon.social
2024-04-23T10:39:37Z
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@brunogirin @sil My phone alternates between front right pocket (otherwise empty) and rear right pocket. I rarely put it anywhere else.
(DIR) Post #Ai04tHIlWwlFLI9bKS by snamellit@social.snamellit.com
2024-04-23T10:46:39.786225Z
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@popey @brunogirin @sil Due to extensive and expensive experience I banished my phone from my back pockets.