thumbdrive, bottle opener, smallest-sized swiss army knife, and keys of course.

My keys (2 home, 5 work) and a bottle opener.

I keep nothing on my keychain but keys and those nefarious little discount shopping tags. (Each backed by spuriously erroneous information, of course.)

However, alongside the keys I carry a Leatherman Micra and a Coast Tools "Fisherman's Friend" velcro'ed together. On my belt there is usually a compact 1 watt LED flashlight and a beefy multitool w/ pliers as well as a strip of interchangeable driver bits (asst hex, asst torx, phillips and flat).

I kept hoping something would break at the last PDX meetup so I could go all NerdGuyver and impress the ladies, but alas. However, we did use the flashlight to look for Cortex' missing pen, though.

Speaking of which, I wonder if Cortex ever found his pen at home.

Fuck, loq. You've got the bat-belt.

I'm a total key minimalist, because I hate carrying things in my pockets. Car key, car remote, house key, mail key. And, come to think of it, I keep an extra mail key in my car and stop by the mailbox on my way to my apartment, so there is really no reason to keep the mail key on my keyring anymore.... thanks BTGOG!

apt. key, car key, car remote, mail key, work keys (3), gate remote, and a Nissan Key ring that jangles. Also, one unidentified key that I'm hoping to identify some day.

Three lab keys, one fob for fancy lab on 6th floor. One parent's house key, two apt. keys, one mail key and garage door key. And a small brass tumi scroll to the bottom. All of this is on a small black carabiner.

Three keys (mailbox, two for my apartment door), three swipe cards (work, apartment building, apartment complex recreation centre) and these things are on a keychain that came with and matches my lovely new shoulder bag. There's actually a place to snap the keychain inside the front pocket. Yes, small things amuse me.

You've got the bat-belt.

Nah, that's the everyday belt. The Bat Belt is a milspec nylon/velcro duty/load belt. I use that one for outdoor parties, nerdfests, urban spelunking and such. I use it to carry my ultra nerdy stuff like binocs, GPS, pH meter, digital probe thermometer, cameras, two-way radios, multimeter, tool pouches and more.

Yeah, I actually have all that stuff. The more random nerd stuff like the pH meter and digital thermometer are just thrift store/swapmeet finds I got for a buck or something. I even have an old Micronta/Radioshack microwave radiation detector.

If I had the money, however, there's all kinds of stuff I'd like to add. I'd like an infrared beam thermometer, much better radios and/or scanners, an RF frequency counter, an anemometer (windspeed), a night vision monocular, a micro-sized combination digital multimeter and digital oscilliscope/logic probe and so much more. I can't wait until thermal cameras get cheap/portable.

Hey, I've actually used most of that stuff. It's nice to know the pH of the industrial sludge you're crawling in when doing urban/underground spelunking.

Why? I mean, why all the cumbersome and complicated nerdliness? Err, good question. I like science, mostly, and I like gadgets, so they go well together. And it's pretty awesome to be out on a nature hike with new friends at some filthy techno-hippy outdoor party and be able to hand out stuff like binoculars, pocket microscopes and even star charts and whatnot to aid in the exploration.

I've said this before on MeFi but what I *really* want is some kind of uber-tricorder gadget. Some kind of combination PDA, radio, zoom camera, photomicroscope, night vision, thermometer, GPS, multimeter and much more, all well designed into a robust, industrial package w/ open software and open hardware. *sigh*

All that complexity aside, I can't stand having too much stuff in my pockets proper. My keyring is ultraminimal. I'd almost rather carry lockpicks than keys anyway, but that's illegal in most states. I don't carry a wallet. I put my cards and documents in a thin case. Money just gets folded and stuck in my pocket. Coins get spent or not carried.

I have a nifty little digicam, a chapstick, a mini marker, a mini calculator, some charms I like (like the head of the Exxon tiger), some store discount cards, a braided tassel, the car door remote thing, and some keys. Overall it's very jangly and hard to lose.

Bottle Opener.
Work key.
Front Door Key x 2
Front Porch Key x 2

How boring is that.

The only reason I have two sets for getting into my house is one key on one set no longer works. I keep meaning to get it fixed, but haven't so far.

two sets of keys. I decided to keep home keys away from work keys, cause if I lose one set does not necessarily mean I lose the other too. Yeah, that worked. I am now losing/forgetting both.

Work keys- 1 + a security ID computer card that serves as key chain too.
Home keys- 2 no chain, I was very fond of the last one but it broke. I have not replaced it yet.

If I ever live through a nuclear holocaust I hope I'm close enough to loquacious to either benefit from his gadgexpertise or loot his corpse.

If I'm close enough to a nuclear blast to leave a corpse most of my gadgets will be dead, too. The functional metal bits should survive. However, you'll probably have to peel them out of my charred, smoking flesh.

On that note, though, I almost picked up a working Geiger counter at a surplus yard, but it used a totally obsolete form of a dry cell battery and it was a bit pricy, so I didn't.

Part of my gadget-lust comes from growing up in earthquake country. (It's one of the reasons I carry a flashlight everywhere.) I still keep a smallish "survival kit" bag packed and ready to go that contains fuel, water/purification, fire, food, shelter, first aid, tools and more. It's enough stuff in a bag for me to survive a month, and if I could find safe water and trappable food I could probably go for several months to a year.

A working geiger would be awesome. When people would visit me I'd scan them with it before letting them in.

Work keys, 2. House key, 1. Green bottle opener, blue LED squeeze light, purple plastic peace sign. Little piece of grotty blue ribbon that was on one of work keys when ceremoniously presented to me.

Key to my Infiniti
Remote for said car
Key for my dad's Outback
Key for downstairs house door (never used)
Key for downstairs deadbolt (which made the regular door key redundant except for when some dumbass turns the little knob thing and locks it)
Key for apartment door
Key to office elevator
Key for mom's house
Mystery key

I'm also a minimalist. Car key, car remote, house key, mail key. I hate having things in my pockets. I keep a thin credit card case in my back pocket with three cards and an ID and keep cash in my front pocket with a metal money clip my Dad bought me in Mexico when I was a teenager.

My house keys, car key, my sister's house key (for when I go watch her dog), some weird little key that looks like the key to a file cabinet but I have no idea what it opens, Alpha Phi Omega 1996 Region VI Conference keychain, Canada keychain that I picked up in Windsor years ago, Hard Rock Cafe Acapulco keychain, Q101 bottle opener/keychain, smiley face keychain, and the following shopping/rewards cards: Speedy Rewards, Jewel/Osco Preferred, Dominic's Fresh Values, Hallmark Gold Crown, Kroger Plus, Marsh Fresh Idea, Mr. D's Customer Advantage (that store doesn't even exist anymore!) and Borders Rewards.

Yes, I am aware I have more keychains and extraneous stuff than actual keys. : ) I am glad I'm not the only one with a mystery key, though!

Work keyring: Master key, bookdrop keys, security badge, work ID, flash drive.

Regular keyring: House key, car key, Buck Metro (combination knife/bottle opener--I used to have a Leatherman Micra (Squirt precursor) on my keyring, until I realized that 90% of my keychain tool-using was either a knife or a bottle opener. And the keyring-sized Leatherman tools aren't that great at either of those things. Now I keep a couple multitools in my bag.), dogtag from a dog I owned 15 years ago, locker key, flash drive.

On house keys I have
- two keys to front door locks
- patio door key
- garage door key
- mini Maglite
- AA chip
- CPP tag (if keys found, call number, keys then returned to me)
- little jokey tag showing passed out guy and drink-related comment.

On car keys:
- car key
- charity token for supermarket trolley (size of £1 coin)
- Manchester United emblem.

4 house keys (two locks per door, one key for each)
1 mail key
1 locker key for work
car key and remote
assorted supermarket/drug store mini cards
1 unknown key
all on one of those necklace keychains

Key chain: it's about the width (and roundness) of a pen, but about four inches long, wrapped in fake (?) leather and has real semi-precious gemstone/rocks glued to it. I bought it at Snoqualmie Falls (I'm a sucker for gift shops).

Keys: house, mailbox, RV, Jeep, truck (3), mum's house.