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Dave Stegner Send message Joined: 20 Oct 04 Posts: 540 Credit: 65,583,328 RAC: 27 |
Mine is about 15 years old. Good quality leather wallet but, the leather is disintegrating. Supose soon I will need to look for another one. Dave |
Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
I average around 10 years per wallet. They could last longer, but I have a wife and daughter who sometimes think I need a new one for Christmas or birthday or whatever. Now be honest, how old is your oldest pair of socks or underwear? |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
I average around 10 years per wallet. They could last longer, but I have a wife and daughter who sometimes think I need a new one for Christmas or birthday or whatever. I tend to just stack my socks and underwear on top of whats in my drawer. So the same 7 pairs get used over and over. So after a year they get pretty beat up. I guess I should rotate from bottom to top. [/quote] Old James |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51478 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
I would say about 10 years for a wallet, but I don't carry cash notes in it, just info and debit cards, membership cards etc. loose cash is in my pocket. I never carry much cash, get it out the hole in the wall as I need it. Yeah... Wallets are something akin to a good pair of boots. I'll wear a good pair of boots to death, and I have 3 more pairs of them that I bought. I think they'll last me until I pass away. So will the wallet. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Mark mentioned his Social Security card. That is the oldest thing in my wallet, transferred from long since departed wallets. That SS card was done on a typewriter, but I found my dad's SS card while going through some old stuff at my mom's house, and his was engraved on metal. The most interesting thing in my wallet is a $20 Australian bill I was given as a tip. I'm not trading it in. It's kind of cool to me. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36772 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Is that an old paper 1 or a plastic 1 Gordon? Cheers. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
It's a plastic one. I'd never seen one before, and the guy who handed it to me told me to try to tear it, which of course I couldn't. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36772 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
It'll last you a lifetime then. Cheers. |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
Mark mentioned his Social Security card. That is the oldest thing in my wallet, transferred from long since departed wallets. Thats is the oldest thing I carry also. Back in the mid sixtys is when I got mine. It came with two cards, I still have the other one in the safe still attached to the form. I liked my old combat boots. I wore them all 8 years I was in the AF. The fit like a glove. They finally rotted off of my feet after 10 years.I was sad to see them go:) [/quote] Old James |
Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
I gave myself a new wallet for Christmas last year. The old one was about 8 years old and falling apart. Moved most of my credit and membership cards into a credit card holder I inherited from my Dad. That one rides in a front pocket. I do NOT carry my Social Security Card unless I know I'm going to need it. Most interesting thing in my wallet? Probably my "Blue Nose" card, earned on the occassion of the USS James Monroe crossing the Arctic Circle and entering the Realm of the Northern Oceans. By the time the entrance exam and initiation was over, a lot more than just my nose was blue.... Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34060 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
I gave myself a new wallet for Christmas last year. The old one was about 8 years old and falling apart. Moved most of my credit and membership cards into a credit card holder I inherited from my Dad. That one rides in a front pocket. That's a cool memento, Donald. As for carrying the SS card, I guess you're smart not to, but it's just old habits die hard, and I like it with me. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22526 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
My wallet is only a few months old, but some of the contents are "quite old" -like the UK 10/- note (yes, ten shillings...) which was given to me when I went up to the "big boys' school" at the age of eleven. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 66336 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
I gave myself a new wallet for Christmas last year. The old one was about 8 years old and falling apart. Moved most of my credit and membership cards into a credit card holder I inherited from my Dad. That one rides in a front pocket. I used to do that, but it took Me a good while to find My SS card, as the card was misplaced, so the card, old as it is, stays in My wallet and the edges are fuzzy, but then the card is about 35yrs old and replacing the card costs money now. Savoir-Faire is everywhere! The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Mine is pretty old. I have a vague memory of giving it to my grandfather for Christmas when I was little. I got it back after he died. At that time, my nylon and velcro one was about worn out and I just couldn't convince myself to like the new one I had sitting here. It's still sitting here, still unused. The one I'm using has a lot of wear, especially to the cloth interior card pockets, but I'm being careful with those. [edit] I do not carry my SS card any more. I'm not even sure where it is. (I have an idea, though.) Did I ever tell you about the wallet I left on the train as kid? In 1976, my grandmother took me on vacation to a dude ranch, where I won a wallet in a talent show or something. Later that year, my father took me to the Olympics in Montreal. We took the train. Amtrak (brand new Amfleet tubes) to Detroit and probably CN from Windsor to Montreal. He even sprung for a sleeper. I had the upper and put my wallet, with both US and Canadian money in it, in this pouch on the wall at the head of my bed. And forgot it. No cash for me for the rest of the trip. It was only about $7 each country, but to a 9-year-old, that was a lot. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
I gave myself a new wallet for Christmas last year. The old one was about 8 years old and falling apart. Moved most of my credit and membership cards into a credit card holder I inherited from my Dad. That one rides in a front pocket. But if ever your wallet is lost or stolen..... I don't keep all my ATM and Credit Cards in my wallet, for the same reason.... Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
Byron Leigh Hatch @ team Carl Sagan Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4548 Credit: 35,667,570 RAC: 4 |
Mine is very old time to get a New one I reckon :) |
Terror Australis Send message Joined: 14 Feb 04 Posts: 1817 Credit: 262,693,308 RAC: 44 |
Doing a quick count back. My current wallet is ~20 years old, It's predecessor also lasted ~20 years and the one before that ~10 (I lost that one). :) T.A. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
But if ever your wallet is lost or stolen..... When I used to go to a bar that was walking distance from me, I'd leave the wallet at home, and just take my ID and a $20 bill with me. Kept me safe. ;~} The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Blurf Send message Joined: 2 Sep 06 Posts: 8964 Credit: 12,678,685 RAC: 0 |
Mine is falling apart but with my disability, wallet specs have to be specific. Hard to find one that works |
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