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Holy shit, dg!

I have:

Visa
Health insurance card
metrocard
driver's license
duane reade (pharmacy) reward card
banana republic gift card (xmas present)
and, ahem:
my american bridge club membership card (I'm a sectional master!)

posted by gaspode 30 January | 19:17

NY library card
Red Cross Blood Donor card
Old NYU ID
Health insurance card
C-Town grocery store card
Duane Read Dollar Rewards Card
$25 Starbucks Gift Card
$0.22 Starbucks Gift Card
Amazon Visa
Commerce Visa Debit
FL Driver's License
USAA card
Delta Sky Miles card
Blockbuster Card
Empty Target Gift Card
Ralph Lauren Merchandise Credit
American Theatre Wing Theatre Intern Group card (expired)
Free Drink card from The Patriot

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 30 January | 19:18

Wallet: Five bank cards, driving license, AA membership card, Oyster card. Notes and coins. Photo of my girlfriend. Any more than that I couldn't close the thing.

If I'm carrying a small bag, I'll put my wallet, phone and iPod in there, along with a couple of pens and some paper.

If I'm on business, I take a bigger bag and add a laptop and some business cards.

posted by chrismear 30 January | 19:20

oh, ha. I was going to say "a grudge"

um. I have an ArtIC membership card, a Chicago Bar Association Card, a driver's license, an American Express, Bank Visa debit, an Intelligentsia buy 10 get 1 free card, my Dad's old business card, a United Mileage Plus card, a Von Maur hosiery club card and a Forever21 refund card which I don't know from whence came.

I do not carry my ARDC card or Courthouse id, however.

posted by crush-onastick 30 January | 19:22

Whoops, missed the bit where this was only about cards.

posted by chrismear 30 January | 19:22

Currently:
Debit/VISA card
library card
driver's license
PA attorney license
Blockbuster card
health insurance card
prescription card
AAA card
VISA card
$100 AMEX gift card (mostly used up)
$25 Borders gift card
$50 Macy's gift card

posted by amro 30 January | 19:22

A (active) California driver's license
A (hole-punched-through-it) Massachusetts driver's license
A Mastercard
A Visa
A debit card
Another Visa
A car insurance card
A Bally Total Fitness membership card
A Vons Club card
A Costco card
A AAA card
A business card for my doctor
A Blue Shield health insurance card
An (expired) college ID
A fortune reading "Your sense of self-confidence sends a strong message to others." (in bed)

posted by Fuzzbean 30 January | 19:23

driver's license
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida insurance card
library card
Master Card
CVS reward card
Hancock Fabric reward card
museum of arts and sciences member card
nursing license card
a few business cards

posted by LoriFLA 30 January | 19:28

Driver's license
Visa check card (which is currently useless, since I'm broke)
$1.87

I win.

posted by mudpuppie 30 January | 19:28

Two credits cards, one debit card.

Driver's license.

Phoenix library card, but only in case I'm accosted by a wandering band of librarian-bandits.

posted by mullacc 30 January | 19:29

* Drivers License
* Corporate ID card
* Bus pass
* International SOS card
* Aetna PPO card
* Aetna Dental PPO card
* Three "MooCards" from Specklet
* Various business cards
* MasterCard gift card (Balance remaining: approximately $3.45)
* Two pre-paid Visa cards (Balance remaining: approximately $10 and $13)
* Visa cheque card
* Lufthansa frequent flyer card
* Delta frequent flyer card

I should clean this thing out.

posted by cmonkey 30 January | 19:38

Just to clarify : the AA of which chrismear speaks is the Automobile Association, not to be confused with the AA of which I am a member, for which no cards are given :-)

posted by essexjan 30 January | 19:38

I like to keep them guessing.

posted by chrismear 30 January | 19:40

Actually, I missed a couple - a small supply of my own business cards, a card with my on-line broking account details, a weekly train ticket and (sometimes), my government ID card and the two proximity cards I need to get in and out of our offices, but these are usually hanging on one of those retracting holder thingies on my belt.

posted by dg 30 January | 19:45

Visa debit card
Costco membership card
Automobile Association card
Boots reward card
Texaco reward card
Morrison's petrol reward card
Business card from an online friend in NZ
Driving licence
Photo of George

posted by essexjan 30 January | 19:46

In my purse, I carry:

My wallet, which contains:
- a little cash
- one debit card, one credit card
- an emergency medical information card + health/dental insurance cards
- my drivers license/donor card (the next time I meet someone REALLY famous, I'm going to ask them for their autograph on the "witness" line, so if I die the medics will see that David Bowie will vouch for the fact that I want to donate my kidneys)
- random other cards/ID's (gym, auto club, etc.)
- business cards (my own and other people's)
checkbook (almost never used, but for some reason I never leave it at home)
phone
keys
sunglasses
work ID
day minder calendar
lipstick/lip balm/powder compact
toothbrush/floss/travel toothpaste (in a ziplock bag)
various pens and pencils
cough drops
bandaids
mini hairbrush
random crumpled receipts

posted by scody 30 January | 19:51

auto insurance card
passport services info card
cards to two different library systems
health insurance card
debit card
two credit cards
two department store credit cards
account indentification bank card
AAA card
3 supermarket valued customer cards
two video store cards
cards from two different nail salons
Starbucks gift card
pet store customer card
liscense
social security card
vehicle registration
phone #s list
work phone #s list
vision card
dental coverage card
business card from the dentist's office
business card from the vet
stamps
two deposit tickets
voter registration card
local professsional theatre association card
macy's coupon card that I just threw away/expired
spare valued customer card for one supermarket
wallet card of my reasons to stop smoking
two dollars
one recipt
change

yeah, that's just my wallet.

posted by rainbaby 30 January | 19:56

Two debit cards
One credit card
Health insurance card
Drivers license
Zipcar card
CVS reward card
Coffee punch cards from two different local coffee shops
Sanrio store punch card

posted by smich 30 January | 20:01

four credit cards, one debit card
$100 Nordstrom gift card (nice boss)
Hot Lips pizza slice punch card
library card
Safeway club card
two business cards (one for my salsa teacher and one for my opthamologist)
voter registration card
drivers license
SS card (I know, I know, you're not supposed to carry it)
part of a receipt that says BEER BEER BEER BEER BEER BEER (from an evening out with cmonkey, of course)
a fortune cookie slip that says "A lifetime of happiness lies ahead of you."

and

my American Poolplayers Association membership card

posted by Specklet 30 January | 20:18

Small wallet:

Debit card
MasterCard
Health Ins. card
Drivers License
Sams Club card
Bone Marrow Registry card

Big wallet:

Five supermarket cards
Library card from a county I don't live in anymore.
Extra health card
Wide assortment of business cards
Target gift card (balance of 3.00 or so)
GameStop card

I have both wallets with me in my purse, but if I feel like going light, I only take the small one in a pocket.

posted by redvixen 30 January | 20:24

pups and I are tied--drivers license and credit/debit card. (I'd also have a library card, except that whenever I walk into a local library, people say 'He-e-ey, box!' like they're at Cheers. Sometimes. I wish they would.)

(In my pockets, however, or in the bag that I carry with me most of the time, I've got all kinds of junk.)

posted by box 30 January | 20:37

ATM Card
Metrocard (that's what gets you on the subway now that there's no more tokens)
business card from Cingular rep
expire Florida drivers liscence
Blockbuster card
social security card
medical insurance card
two stickers saying "The Bosch" with this url (I have no idea how they got there)
pip's medical insurance card
prescriprion card
atm card from account I no longer use
business crad from guy at bank (long story)
business card from photographer me and pips met in the village
business card of doctor who did pips' surgery
expired drivers liscence I got when I was 17
metro-north railroad pass
picture of youngest sister
business card of barber named "Miguel" who 'sprecializes in children's haircuts'
post-it with pips' work #
two business cards of dr. who did my surgery
business card of tea shop in west village
business card of my deceased uncle
another metrocard
billing ID card from local clinic
old metro-north reciept
business card from Katz's Deli
another metro-north pass
ticket stub from Paul Westerberg show
another metrocard
vidiot from mefi's business card
business crad of a guy named Todd I met in a bar
another metrocard
bingo's business card
post-it with adress of a meetup a year ago on it
two more metro-north reciepts
a business card from somebody named "Kirk"
five bucks
a few atm reciepts.

(I'm a packrat)

posted by jonmc 30 January | 20:50

In the pockets...

About £15.00
Old train Ticket -- Leeds to Halifax.
Bus ticket to Hebden Bridge
Mars and Spencer Food Hall Receipt (Flapjack, Pastrami sandwich, salt & pepper crisps)
Rizlas
Tobacco.

Wallet...
Debit Card.
Visa Card
Debit Card No. 2.
Business card with poets email address.
Business card of local journo
Library Card.
Business Card - Porno writer / stand up comic.
Game (Games shop) Loyalty Card.
Business Card - Flower shop
Business Card Web Designer
Business Card Adveriser
Business Card Community Network
Post it note with address of old peoples home
Pine Furniture receipt
Bank Online Login Details (sans password)
Moo cards (Mine)
Post It Note - Random Phone Number.
Scrap of paper - Half a phone number
Business Card Old friend
Business Card Thai Restaraunt
Random mobile Number on scrap of paper.
5000 Won Note
1000 Dinar Yugoslav Note
Friends Address, Number & Instructions for their bin
Random Australian Address (Botany Rd, Alexandria)
Childs drawing on paper - Inscribed "To Sean Merry Ney Wew year Love From Santa"
Friends Address - Out of date
Paintball membership Card (1997)
Business Card - Friend
Business Card - Estate Agent.

posted by seanyboy 30 January | 20:54

Hmmm, let's see... Visa Checkcard; Visa Credit Card; Unlimited subway/bus MetroCard; Health Insurance Cards (Medical and Hospital); Barnes & Noble Teacher's Discount card (expired, apparently); my brother's business card (he's an attorney) with a bunch of family phone numbers on back; a monthly train pass (GCT/Fordham); NYC Department of Ed. ID (complete with picture in front of American flag); CT driver's license; Caesars Palace $1 chip (for luck).

(It's a small wallet, really... carried in my right front pocket. I don't usually bother with a purse. Just a backpack for work.)

posted by Pips 30 January | 21:00

a torch?

posted by eekacat 30 January | 21:35

Hmm...

A transit card
An inspirational card from a divinity school
An old community college ID card
A mailbox key
A health insurance card
A debit card

posted by halonine 30 January | 22:32

In my billfold:
Chicago Card (transit pass)
ATM #1
DL
AmEx Gold
PPO
SWA frequent flyer card
ATM #2 (for my biz)
cash

Also, a camera, my keys, a pen, a notepad and some pocket change.

posted by me3dia 30 January | 22:38

I just got my AMA membership card in the mail. To celebrate, I took my bike out for a ride today. Mmm, chilltastic!

posted by Eideteker 30 January | 22:43

a torch?

Yes! And a sword, which is glowing with a faint blue glow.

posted by Miko 30 January | 23:11

Apparently, I still carry a condom in my wallet. Hmmn. How uncharacteristically life-affirming and optimistic of me.

Also, I keep a Monopoly "Get Out of Jail Free" card on me, and let me tell you, they almost never work.

posted by steef 30 January | 23:13

torch = flashlight in the southern hemisphere. But you knew that, right?

posted by gaspode 30 January | 23:20

-Drivers' license
-Coffee card, buy 10 get a free cup, 5 punchouts so far
-"Thank You" card to give to local-friendly merchants: "I choose to support your business because you support our community.' (3)
-YMCA gym membership card
-GEICO auto insurance card
-Health care insurance card
-AAA card (expired)
-Business card of 'Lucky Mary,' musician I met tonight
-Business card of Drumlin Downe Studios, recording studio people I met tonight
-Phone number of guy willing to play drums
-Bank debit card
-Work credit card
Interior Pocket:
-Hebrew 'Travellers' Prayer' from my Mom
-Folded blank check in case of emergency
-'Kindred Spirits' wallet card from best friend, with sappy sweet poem
-Phone message access instructions on card
-My parents' address in case Anything Happens
-List of reasons why I quit smoking, which I would require myself to read if I were contemplating smoking again

posted by Miko 30 January | 23:26

Sorrow in my throat and soul.

in my wallet (jesus, I can't believe I'm pulling this out):
nc drivers license
nc car registration
expired aaa card
jolie rouge (goth/geek bar) membership card
broadways (sleazy smoky dive bar) membership card
bi lo (supermarket I rarely go to) discount card
dental insurance card
bank card with account numbers written in
old navy card
new emergency mastercard
old emergency mastercard
CVS pharmacy discount card
business card from hairdresser
my mom's Belks card (hmm. Wonder how I managed that?)
couple of my Moo cards
health insurance card
library card
visa/debit card
Ingles (supermarket I usually go to) card

posted by mygothlaundry 30 January | 23:34

This is the city. Los Angeles, California. A nice place with mostly nice people. When the not nice people make trouble, I go to work. I carry a badger.

But seriously folks, let's take a look in the Wendell Wallet, shall we?

California Driver License
Cal DL change-of-address card to keep until my next license renewal (this year)
AAA (Auto Club) Card
Proof of Car Insurance (from AAA)
$500 Guaranteed Arrest Bond Certificate from AAA (because you just never know)
Bank Debit Card
'Platinum' MasterCard with very low limit
Visa Gift Card with about $25 left on it (long story)
Costco Membership Card
3 Supermarket/Drugstore "reward cards" (only used to get specific sale items)
Medicare ID
Medicare HMO ID
card with gate code to storage space in Burbank, containing stuff neither I nor my Ex can use
little book of stamps, 14 left of original 20
reminder card of next doctor's appointment
spare house key and car key and two quarters in 'hidden compartment'
I just realized that I have not yet gotten a new library card for my new home area... library card had always been one of my must-haves
Cash: rule of thumb, at least as much as I intend to spend + $10 + $1-per-mile away from home I'm going (downtown SLO or Pismo $5, Paso Robles or Santa Maria $25, L.A. $200) - currently $38, 13 in ones.

posted by wendell 30 January | 23:38

Hey, my parents live in Arroyo Grande!

posted by brainwidth 30 January | 23:43

- driver's license
- BCAA card (car insurance)
- RoadsidePlus card (for towing, etc.)
- Fraser Valley Regional Library card
- Surrey Public Library card
- Safeway card
- Save On More card
- Airmiles card
- SIN card (Canadian social insurance number)
- SSN card (US social security number)
- Blockbuster card
- Pet Perks card (PetsMart discount)
- debit card
- Maple Leaf card (Landed Immigrant ID, similar to green card in US)
- gas card
- MasterCard
- Costco card
- CareCard (BC health insurance)
- prescription card
- photo of the mister

posted by deborah 30 January | 23:46

I'm so glad you posted this thread, dg. Between the locations, self-portraits, and wallet listings, I can totally go on a MeCha mugging spree now.

Cheers, mate!

posted by ufez 30 January | 23:59

Damn, you outed my motivation, ufez!

Well, I feel a bit better after seeing rainbaby, jonmc and seanyboy's lists. It beats me how some people manage to fit so much into a wallet and still fit it in their pocket. If I am driving anywhere more than an hour or so, I have to take mine out of my back pocket or it makes my back sore, because I sit crooked.

posted by dg 31 January | 00:14

See this photo

posted by youngergirl44 31 January | 00:19

a .45 and a lot of love.

posted by Divine_Wino 31 January | 00:24

7 visa
2 mastercard
2 Amex
5 debit cards
10 hotel affiliate cards
6 airline affiliate cards
2 railroad affiliate cards
3 store affiliate cards
costco card
Fedex, UPS, Canada post, USPS cards
Canadian and American Health insurance
Social Security and Social Insurance
Organ donor card
pre paid phone card for emergency

I never carry them all. Just what I need for the day or trip.

posted by arse_hat 31 January | 00:48

Damn, you outed my motivation, ufez!

Sorry, I just found it way too obvious.

For fair disclosure, my wallet contains at least this (and likely little else of interest to anyone)

Debit Card
Drivers License
Credit Card with a limit under $5k
Reward Cards for two different pet stores and Borders
My old Dart Annual Pass
An unpaid parking ticket which is pretty much illegible now

Sexy, no?

posted by ufez 31 January | 01:13

phone card
atm card

I don't often carry the ATM card, though. In your face, mudpuppie!

posted by taz 31 January | 02:26

*throws pocket lint at taz*

posted by mudpuppie 31 January | 02:39

UKian bank card
USian bank card
National Insurance card
Ohio state ID
Party membership card
Lawyer's business card
Hipster PDA
Weird blood disorder card
Bus Pass

posted by By the Grace of God 31 January | 03:01

2 visa cards (ah, credit), ATM card (I hate ATM fees), library card (did I mention that Boulder has an awesome library system), emergency road card (I paid for this last time, but now my insurance company gives me one for free), my driver's license, my grandmother's driver's license (I was going to say that she passed away recently, but I guess it is not so recently anymore), a picture of my s.o. (she is even prettier now), midwife's contact info (yay midwives!), picture of Ganesh that LT gave me (who has definitely brought me good luck, so I recommend that you get LT to send you one as well), a triple folded list of the books I want to read and movies I want to see (along with author / director and year of publication / release), vehicle insurance card, a US calling card, an Australian calling card (the US calling card people say their card works in Oz, but it doesn't really), tiny pieces of paper with names and phone numbers scribbled all over them, a blank piece of paper (I think it used to have something on it), a grocery list (zucchini, frozen corn, mustard seed, coriander seed, turmeric, chocolate soy milk, decaf. coffee, firewood, bagels), an ATM receipt, and $26.50 in cash (a twenty, six ones, and two quarters - I had a US two dollar bill once, but they are really rare. I don't know why).

Just a few hours ago I had $400 in cash because I bought a sofa from someone on craigslist and I didn't think they'd appreciate a check. This is the first sofa that I've ever bought, and I only bought it because my mother is coming to visit her new grandson and she wouldn't be comfortable sitting on the floor.

posted by bigblueroom 31 January | 03:09

Well, I have to say, I used to think my wallet was overcrowded till I saw this thread.

BP's wallet contains:

debit card
GA driver's license
Delta Skymiles card
BJ's membership
1 Mastercard
corporate AmEx card
CostCo membership
credit union debit card (that I've lost my PIN for)
business card from my mechanic
insurance agent's business card
Crescent Moon frequent diner card
Home Depot gift card with about $50 on it
Breeze (Atlanta transit) card
corporate phone card
biz card from friend who works at the Georgia Aquarium
biz card from moonbird
my medical insurance and prescription cards
a Boston Public Library card that I had to get once so I could check my email
biz card from my friend who works for the GBI
ACLU card
my birth certificate (small laminated card)
small stack of my own business cards
some random receipts I should sort through and see if I still need them

OK, I guess that's pretty crowded after all.

posted by BoringPostcards 31 January | 08:04

I see I'm not the only one with a Hipster PDA.

posted by dodgygeezer 31 January | 08:07

In my wallet (I just cleaned it out, actually):
* Texas Drivers License
* ATM Card
* replacement credit card that needs to be activated
* Blockbuster card
* USBC Member ID
* University Bowl VIP League Discount Card
* a reciept from the University Bowl Pub
* Social Security card (I should put this somewhere safe...)
* health insurance card
* four $0.84 stamps (from MeCha card exchange!)
* 20 or so of my business cards
* $1

I had a US two dollar bill once, but they are really rare. I don't know why

Disneyland will give out 2 dollar bills as change for parking. That's pretty much the only place I know of that still gives them out. They're not in production anymore, AFAIK.

posted by muddgirl 31 January | 10:26

Sharpy markers, left pocket. Always. And a multi-tool. Thin vinyl wallet. Keys. Cell.

posted by shane 31 January | 10:29

No money, which is a little unnerving.

Visa card
Other credit card
Co-op card
Library card
College ID/ key/ library card
Union card
Gym card
Video card
A receipt for my watch (which is now in for repair after they broke it while giving it a clean)
An appointment card for the gym

No moths, which is also unnerving.

posted by Skrik 31 January | 11:09

Whoops, missed the bit where this was only about cards.
posted by chrismear 30 January | 19:22

Whoops, me too.

posted by shane 31 January | 14:22

In my wallet:
Drivers license
AAA card
Health Insurance Card
ATM card
Gift credit card Thing
American Eagle credit card
Old Navy credit card
URI ID
iTunes giftcard
Gift credit card Thing
Library card
Receipt for some shirts I bought recently
Movie ticket thing from AAA
$34
Business card of my garage
Business card of sleep doctor person guy

Backpack:
Camera
school papers
USB memory stick
ADD Meds
Deoderant
More papers
Ihre Papiere, bitte.
Cell Phone
Any purchases I've made at a store
Whatev

I love my backpack. It is my man-purse.

On Preview: Whoops, missed the bit where this was only about cards.
I'm choosing to ignore this, after making that list.

posted by CitrusFreak12 31 January | 16:28

I love my backpack. It is my man-purse.
Yeah, mine too - it goes everywhere with me, even though it weighs a ton because pretty much my whole life is in there. On the plus side, if I ever needed to suddenly just disappear, I would be fine, because it holds almost everything I would need, including my passport.

posted by dg 31 January | 17:10

Wow, some of you guys have total Costanza wallets. I had a buddy who couldn't even fit his in his back pocket. Anyway:
$3.00
Debit card
2 Mastercards, 3 Visas
IL drivers license
SS card
2 insurance cards
Google SMS pocket reference
Engagement photo
Picture of my parents from my undergrad graduation
Public radio member discount card
Health insurance ID
Dental insurance ID
Dicks sporting goods gift card with about $12 on it
$10 Barnes and Noble gift card
Gap credit card
American Eagle credit card
Two coffee house punch cards
Home Depot credit card
Qdoba preferred member card with candle wax on it from scraping candle spillage off the entertainment center (I'm almost at a free burrito!)

posted by tr33hggr 01 February | 09:21

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