Guys: where do you carry your stuff?

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The discussion revolves around how individuals manage their everyday carry items, with a focus on the practicality and aesthetics of various carrying methods. Many participants express a preference for minimizing pocket bulk, opting for slim wallets and strategic pocket placements for essentials like keys, phones, and pens. Some use backpacks or bags to accommodate larger items, especially students or those needing to transport more gear. The conversation touches on the stigma surrounding "man-purses" and the cultural differences in carrying bags between men and women. Humor is prevalent, with comments about the absurdity of certain carrying methods and the challenges of managing multiple items without looking ridiculous. Overall, the thread highlights a blend of practicality, personal preference, and societal norms regarding how to carry daily necessities.

What items do you carry with you at all times?

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This is a list of things I carry with me at all times. I don't know how the rest of you guys manage, but I have to wear a pouch (man-purse, murse, second scrotum, fanny pack) or my pockets would be bulging (which I think looks ridiculous) and I would surely forget some things.

But pouches look pretty dorky too, even if they're black leather. How do the rest of you guys manage?


Drat! Forgot keys!
Done :wink: Ryan_m_b[/color]
 
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Dont really. Have pretty much everything I need in my wallet. Jeans pockets take care of everything else.
 
After consulting in some pretty rough areas, I learned to keep my wallet slim as can be, and keep it in a front pocket. Bills/change - front left with keys and a Fisher pen. Wallet, micro-leatherman and tractor key - front right. Only thing in a hip pocket is a comb. I don't care if somebody wants to boost that. If I need paper to jot something down, I can find a piece in my truck or use a bill. Good enough for a quick phone number/address. Cell phone is quite small and go in either front pocket and pocket-camera goes in a shirt pocket, if I've got it with me.
 
why are people carrying pocket cameras? I'm guessing it's work related?
I have a backpack - mainly because I'm a student, but I also found myself taking it with me when I was doing non-student things. They are so useful and are not really an inconvenience.
 
I carry a wallet in my right hip pocket but the cash goes in my left front pocket along with my house keys. Right front pocket has work keys, pen and folding knife. Left hip pocket has a small notebook.
 
Dump it in your girlfriend/wife's bag? At least I always need to carry my guy's stuff :rolleyes: Including sandwiches, bottles of water and/or orange juice, perfume/deodorant, computer cables, ipad.
 
Actually, the title of this thread is "WHERE do you carry your stuff?", and the correct answer is "to the right" and NOT any of the alternatives you presented.
 
Pants pockets: almost always my wallet, change-purse, and keys; sometimes a couple of tissues and/or my flash drive.

Shirt pocket: almost always one or two pens, sometimes a folded sheet of paper for notes. Never a notebook or shirt protector. Yes, I've ruined a few shirts because of leaky pens.
 
Add keys and a swiss knife. Although my wallet is quite small, just a place for a few credit cards and ID. It all fits pockets in my trousers. The only thing I have a problem with is my cell phone - when I am in a shirt with a pocket I put it there, but when I am in a t-shirt I have no good place. I can put it the left back pocket of trousers, but then it is pinching my *** when I sit in my car.

Or is "pinching" not the right word here?
 
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I have two backpacks, one light duty, one heavy duty. The heavy duty one has an art and photography studio packed into it. It's the hugest backpack I and any of my friends have ever seen. The light duty one has a sketchpad, box of pencils, a textbook or two, and misc.
 
  • #11
Wallet back pocket, keys front pocket. Anything else is just weighin' me down. I carry a bag for uni for my books, phone and maybe a jacket.

I refuse to carry a phone in my pocket, I hate the things.
 
  • #12
Get one of those phone protectors that clips onto your waist/belt. I remember when I had to carry a pager for work I would clip it on my belt or purse, then when we switched to phones, I started buying purses with an outside phone pocket.

You guys just need to give up and get purses. Too many things to carry nowdays.
 
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Evo said:
You guys just need to give up and get purses. Too many things to carry nowdays.
Theng kew. :!) You've made my day.
 
  • #14
Cell phone in front left jeans pocket
Wallet + keys in front right jeans pocket
Change in the little dedicated change pocket that jeans have.

It gets bulky, but for now, I'm living with this system. Can't think of better alternative.
 
  • #15
I'm not carrying a purse. I have seen the blind panic when my wife has misplaced hers. Pockets only.
 
  • #16
Only carry keys and money only when I plan on buying something.
 
  • #17
What's a jump drive? Is that a USB flash drive? If so, then add that to the list, as well as a secure (token) number generator.

I carry a wallet in my back pocket (or front as necessary), keys in my right front, change (and sometimes banknotes) and electronics in my left front pocket, and pens/pencil/highlighter/various pieces of paper in my shirt pocket. When I carry my passport and other government issued ID, I carry those in my front pocket. In some places, I carry security ID badges on a lanyard.

Then I have lots stuff in the computer carrying bag that holds my two laptops/portables.
 
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Not sure if it counts, but my cell phone is an 8 megapixel camera and with card and all has ~20 GB of storage space.

Always
Left front: Cell Phone and lip balm
Right front: My permanent keys, separate keys to whatever vehicle I happen to be driving
Right rear: Wallet

Sometimes
Right front: change if I somehow accumulate it, pocket knife
Left front: Receipts/lists

One thing I always liked about my former job was that it was commonplace to carry tools. I had a belt that always had a leatherman, wire cutters, 8" pipe wrench and radio. In my pockets were another knife, notepad, pen, sharpie, and teflon tape. It was absolutely necessary to have the radio and pipe wrench, but it just felt good carrying the other stuff and being prepared.
 
  • #19
Wallet and chapstick in left front pocket, phone and keys in right front pocket.
 
  • #20
S_Happens said:
...lip balm...
Ben Niehoff said:
...chapstick...

Sorry, I thought I was clear, this thread was aimed at guys.

:biggrin:
 
  • #21
DaveC426913 said:
Sorry, this thread was aimed at guys.

:biggrin:

Says the "guy" who carries a purse...
 
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Well played. Well played.
 
  • #23
Or, what I meant to say is, in my left front pocket I carry a buzz-saw and two sticks of dynamite, and in my right front pocket I carry a live shark.
 
  • #24
Damn. I thought it would be forgotten after the pipe wrench comment.
 
  • #25
Ha! I got 100% on the quiz. :smile:
 
  • #26
Wallet, phone, swiss army knife, keys, and glasses.
 
  • #27
Keys, Cell phone, Wallet are all that's ever needed.

Keys- 1 car key, 1 house key, and maybe 1 other key needed for something else, that's it

Wallet--2 credit cards, small amount of cash, DL, 1 debit card.I really don't know why people have so much stuff in their wallet and pockets. Keys can even be taken out by getting one of those hooks that go around the belt loop that you see a lot of hipster bicyclists wearing.
 
  • #28
BobG said:
Wallet, phone, swiss army knife, keys, and glasses.

When are they going to make a Swiss army knife that can make a phone call? It would mean one less thing.
 
  • #29
lisab said:
When are they going to make a Swiss army knife that can make a phone call? It would mean one less thing.

Never happen. Can you imagine trying to saw the head off an eel with your Swiss army knife while calling your friend for advice on how to kill an eel mercifully?

Your face would be way to close to the sawing action.

Plus, just about every phone is also a camera. The friend you were calling for advice might not appreciate you accidentally snapping a close up photo of the scene and sending it to him in the middle of your phone call.
 
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I carry my backpack to all places I go even bars :blushing: So my course notes, pen pencil, keys, hot sauce, change etc are always with me. Mostly, I try to keep my phone in my pocket.
 
  • #31
BobG said:
Never happen. Can you imagine trying to saw the head off an eel with your Swiss army knife while calling your friend for advice on how to kill an eel mercifully?
bahahaha! :smile:
 
  • #32
You forgot to mention "codpiece."
 
  • #33
Usually its :
1 Mazda Key Fob
2 Office + 1 house key on their separate ring
1 makeshift wallet out of a black binder clip and 5 cards.
1 HTC incredible phone

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No wallet, usually no cash. I love traveling lightweight.
 
  • #34
Now, see... the poll is not in accordance with the title of the thread. Going by the title, as in where I carry my stuff... I fold my earlobes up, staple them to my skull, and use them as pockets.
 
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http://zaronline.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/knife-1.jpg
 
  • #36
Wallet keys iPhone . Keep them in my cost pocket usually, but phone has been Lund in pant pocket too.

I have a single sling backpack with a little 10" laptop in it that sometimes makes rounds with me. Used to have school notebooks back when I took notes.
 
  • #37
Monique said:
Dump it in your girlfriend/wife's bag? At least I always need to carry my guy's stuff :rolleyes: Including sandwiches, bottles of water and/or orange juice, perfume/deodorant, computer cables, ipad.
:biggrin:

Sorry, that is too funny, if you want it to stop, have him get a backpack/fanny pack or in your case perhaps a gym bag, lol.

Rhody...
 
  • #38
iPhone is constantly in my trouser pocket. I also always carry my keys, wallet and travel card though they all alternate between trouser pockets, jacket pockets or my man bag. Sometimes I carry my glasses on my face, if not there then in jacket pocket or my bag.

Usually but not always if I have the bag then I'm also carrying my kindle, a book, pack of tissues, food (usually fruit), water and a pen. Occasionally it also has my laptop in it. If I have lots of stuff to carry and it won't fit into the man bag I use a rucksack.
 
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Monique said:
Dump it in your girlfriend/wife's bag? At least I always need to carry my guy's stuff :rolleyes: Including sandwiches, bottles of water and/or orange juice, perfume/deodorant, computer cables, ipad.

Ryan_m_b said:
iPhone is constantly in my trouser pocket. I also always carry my keys, wallet and travel card though they all alternate between trouser pockets, jacket pockets or my man bag. Sometimes I carry my glasses on my face, if not there then in jacket pocket or my bag.

Usually but not always if I have the bag then I'm also carrying my kindle, a book, pack of tissues, food (usually fruit), water and a pen. Occasionally it also has my laptop in it. If I have lots of stuff to carry and it won't fit into the man bag I use a rucksack.
See Monique, here is living proof that men can be trained :wink: as I said in my last post, there is hope for you. Ryan is living proof there is.

Rhody...
 
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rhody said:
See Monique, here is living proof that men can be trained :wink: as I said in my last post, there is hope for you. Ryan is living proof there is.

Rhody...
Lol it may be a cultural thing, I'm given to understand that in Europe it is far more common for men to carry small sidebags than it is in the US. In fact in some countries it is hard to tell if a bag is for a man or a woman...
 
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Ryan_m_b said:
Lol it may be a cultural thing, I'm given to understand that in Europe it is far more common for men to carry small sidebags than it is in the US. In fact in some countries it is hard to tell if a bag is for a man or a woman...

This is why American men fear socialism - man bags.
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
This is why American men fear socialism - man bags.

Why? What's wrong with this picture? :-p
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00509/SNN1707A_280_509381a.jpg

Or this one? :biggrin:
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o254/photoboris/manbag_lead_narrowweb__300x4190.jpg
 
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  • #43
Hobin said:
Why? What's wrong with this picture? :-p
Or this one? :biggrin:
Do you want that alphabetically or chronologically?
 
  • #44
Hobin said:
manbag_lead_narrowweb__300x4190.jpg
:bugeye: I need to find out where this guy gets his manbags! :-p
 
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It's not a purse! It's EUROPEAN!



(just the last half a minute or so, if you're busy).
 
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  • #46
Flo from progressive makes fun of them on a commercial, so the US will never do it.
 
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Wallet, change, cell phone, flash drive, notebook, pencil, pen, eraser, qft book, e-book reader, laptop, bathing suit, towel, change of dry clothes, picnic basket, radio, dvd player.

Edit: Oops, I forgot my keys too.
 
  • #48
Wallet and keys!

I feel like I'm the only person in their 20s who doesn't carry a mobile phone with them or can go for an hour without checking their facebook notifications
 
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genericusrnme said:
Wallet and keys!

I feel like I'm the only person in their 20s who doesn't carry a mobile phone with them or can go for an hour without checking their facebook notifications
Perhaps. I'm just less than month from 60, and I never even look at text messages. My cell is only for making out-bound calls! I like to have it in a pocket in case I have some kind of mechanical trouble when I'm on the road, but that's not likely to happen. If someone is desperate enough to text me, they can call me at home and talk to me in person when I don't answer them. Why should people subject themselves to intrusions/interruptions all day and feel compelled to respond? That attitude is stupid, IMO.
 
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*looks at rather dusty cellphone*

Yeah, definitely not going to check when I last received/sent a text message. :biggrin:
 

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