Ultraviolet Posted August 7, 2003 I happened to be searching for a misplaced money order, and I checked my wallet. I looked through it and found a bunch of little things I had left in it over the past year or so, stuff I could clearly remember but had forgot about. I was wondering if any of you have ever found a stranger's wallet lying around, picked it up to check for ID (or to steal the money, you filthy bastards :P), and happened to look through it. What could you tell about that person? What was the oddest item, or what did you find that told you the most about that person, made them seem human, not just somebody who happened to be the owner of a misplaced wallet? My wallet: Black leather, beat up.$18 - two fives, eight ones. Military ID (I am a dependent, living on a military installation) Social security card Old medical insurance card or something Arizona driver's license - photo shows me looking a little tired, but the lighting made my skin look all like, marble smooth and really fair. Was having a great hair-minute (not day). A fortune slip (from a fortune cookie). Reads: "You deserve to have some fun after a hard day of work." A ticket receipt for Minority Report. Unused old "Lover's Lotto" card (one of those action/body part scratch-off things). A friend gave it to me as kind of a joke, but somebody finding my wallet wouldn't know that I suppose. A black & white photograph of a pair of combat boots. They're mine, but I suppose that's another thing a stranger wouldn't know. A black & white photograph of me all black-clad and wearing my old beat up comfy shiny black PVC jacket, leaning against a rail on some bleachers with my head looking down and to the side for nice teengothy dramatic effect. Folded up sheet of paper, writing mostly faded out, phone numbers of friends from way back that I haven't talked to in a long time mostly.Don't tell me this should be a blog. It's here because it's asking for feedback. 0 Share this post Link to post
myk Posted August 7, 2003 My wallet: I don't use one (nor do I have one.) I put my stuff in my pockets or in my suitcase. I'll leave the details for another thread unless someone insists otherwise (and I feel moved.) 0 Share this post Link to post
Grazza Posted August 7, 2003 I never use a wallet as such either, and I've never found anyone else's lying around. You wouldn't find much of interest in the small credit card wallet that I use, besides a donor card and some store cards that expired years ago. [mod]Oh, and will people stop getting paranoid about posts being blogged? If it invites discussion and it's not junk, it's OK in EE.[/mod] 0 Share this post Link to post
SyntherAugustus Posted August 7, 2003 (whips out wallet) My ID My S.S. Number card (for a job or something) Aetna Card Hair Salon Card Dentist Card and some $$$ 0 Share this post Link to post
Linguica Posted August 7, 2003 university ID drivers' liscense Ralphs Club card Anchor Blue discount card health insurance card stamps Social Security card contact info card for work AAA card $15 0 Share this post Link to post
Naked Snake Posted August 7, 2003 I don't have a wallet. I have a bowl, lighter, cigarettes and $10 in my pockets. 0 Share this post Link to post
Silverwyvern Posted August 7, 2003 I do in fact carry a wallet (Gawd I'm so manly ;) No money... debit card credit card.. sin card, air miles card, drivers license..*dig* A sticker of Randall from monsters inc... blood donor card..two out of date college id's...birth certificate.. medicare card,an old card for my workplace's sick line (dont work there anymore) god.. I hope I don't get robbed ;P 0 Share this post Link to post
kain Posted August 7, 2003 heh georgia drivers lisance 2 school ids health insurance card 3 greek telephone cards ( 1:2 euro, and 2:6 euro cards) address for nina s******* ( she lives in greece ) velanio beach bar card. mcalisters card american express sky miles card ( best thing my dad has ever done ) jillians game card sam goody gift card foot and ankle center buisness card voter registration form drug test certificate skitso buisness card natassa buisness card ( FINE AS HELL, she calls me sexy)GOD I WANNA GO BACK TO GREECE! thats it 0 Share this post Link to post
fraggle Posted August 7, 2003 university swipecard savings account card checking account card credit card mobile phone topup card 2 photos of myself from when I still had long hair coupon from a packet of crisps from some long expired promotion £20 £6 in book tokens Receipts Book of stamps Business cards Folded up sheet of paper, phone numbers of friends from way back that I haven't talked to in a long time mostly. Yes, I have one too. University printcard Expired Railcard Expired phonecard MVC discount card Co-Op discount card I havent bothered to fill in or register Expired london underground card 0 Share this post Link to post
goaxis Posted August 7, 2003 $390 in paper money, some odd change 10 arcade tokens School ID Library Card Video rental card $20 gift certificate to a video store $10 gift certificate to a book store Adress book Reciepts Debit Card Laser pointer, lighter attached but not inside 0 Share this post Link to post
Ultraviolet Posted August 7, 2003 Well, people are posting the contents of their wallets, but the discussion element seems to be missing. 0 Share this post Link to post
DooMBoy Posted August 7, 2003 Lemme see, it's not on me right now.... /me digs up his wallet in his over cluttered room 0 dollars and 0 cents (I'm poor :P) Driver's license Health Insurance card Pic of my old gf Pic of me and my two brothers when we were all wee tots Pic of my mom and dad at their wedding Pic of my grandma and grandpa Various (mostly outdated) reciepts for various things Lots of tiny little bits of wadded up paper Sam's Club card Library card Video rental card Phone card that I've never, ever used And that's it. :) 0 Share this post Link to post
IMJack Posted August 8, 2003 $8 paper money (there's another ten I left in my pocket) assorted grocer & bank receipts bit of paper with notes, from when i was trying to figure out how much our manifest scales were off-calibrated UTD student ID card one credit card two debit cards military ID card (my dad's retired Army) Utah state driver's license photo of my family from about two years ago health & dental insurance cards mysterious white card, with barcode only phone card discount cards: GameStop, Replay, Waldenbook's, Sam's Club It's not going to tell you much about me, other than I spend a bit of money on groceries and books and stuff. 0 Share this post Link to post
Ichor Posted August 8, 2003 My wallet is a camouflage color Money (haven't counted) Driver's license Blockbusters card Video Express card Library card A bank card for a bank that no longer exist Expired USBA card A couple of old cards from the Boy Scouts ATM card that I rarely use 0 Share this post Link to post
stphrz Posted August 8, 2003 $340 Canadian Visa Royal Bank Card Commerce Bank Card B.C. driver's license Blockbuster card B.C. medical insurance card S.I.N card 0 Share this post Link to post
Bloodshedder Posted August 8, 2003 Black leather, horribly old wallet I got for Christmas years ago $57, two 20's, one 10, one 5, two 1's Amateur Radio license, callsign KC9BWM Clancy Furniture Brokers showroom pass Wallet-size diploma, 2002, Columbus North High School Indiana driver's license Two old high school ID cards Picture of my sister Picture of my family Picture of said sister's family Picture of a girl I knew in high school Wal-Mart gift card I got for Christmas a few years ago and never used House keys for back door There's also my coin purse, straight from Germany, brown flip-up leather contraption which contains Five pennies One nickel Two dimes One quarter Aladdin's Castle arcade token Three wheat pennies 0 Share this post Link to post
Aliotroph? Posted August 8, 2003 In my wallet (black leather): -Bank of Montreal card -University ID (does ID, door locks, vending machines, copiers...) -discount cards for fast food -Pepsi card -CNIB card (Canadian National Institute for the Blind -- definitely the most telling thing in my wallet since you have to be legally blind to have one) -Social Inurance card (for that stupid 9 digig number of course) -Alberta Healthcare card (again for the number -- feel the spectre of free Canadian healthcare, hehehe) -pic of my friend Allan -old recipts -iRewards card for Chapters Jeans pockets: -keychain with remains of a laser pointer, remains of a pocket Mag Lite, and one of those rubber noses with green boogers, turned blue from an exploded pen -change (about 80 cents Canadian) Not much else, although I've been known to carry weird things around in my pockets from time to time, like telephone relays and such. 0 Share this post Link to post
Ultraviolet Posted August 8, 2003 Aliotroph? said:-CNIB card (Canadian National Institute for the Blind -- definitely the most telling thing in my wallet since you have to be legally blind to have one) -pic of my friend Allan Originally I was going to post: "Something isn't making sense here." Then, suddenly, I wasn't completely stupid and I remembered that "legally blind" doesn't mean completely blind, just a legal standard used to determine at what point somebody can't drive anymore and stuff like that or when they are ellegible for certain legal stuff or whatever. I are dumb. 0 Share this post Link to post
Rellik Posted August 8, 2003 This is kinda cool, I haven't gone through my wallet in years. Remarkably good condition black leather: - license - tiny metal gold sun face jobby from a wedding long ago, cevers face on license - ancient note with a few names and phone #'s scribbled on it - another ancient note with yet more names and numbers scribbled on along with a grociery list A bunch of business cards: - Mike Anderson, Mayor of Mesquite Texas - Marty Stratton, Donna Jackson, and John Carmack of id - old paintball place with list of wanted CD's on the back - card from this crazy old guy who ran an antique shop in Pontiex Saskatchewan. The guy had an incredible collection of extremely old religeous and occult books. Crazy old french bastard. - Doug Smith, border guard used to play paintball with - Salvation Army bonus shopper card - old HMV CD Club card - 11 old cards that just got tossed In the pocket behind the cards we got: - Video Update membership swipe tag jobby - pic of neice Jessica - pic of neice Kayla - Pic of neice Ryanne - pic of neice Kayla and nephew Tristan In another part: - savings account card - checking account card - MasterCard - empty paper card sleeve - bank id slip - telus calling card - alberta health care slip - 5 full subway cards In the billfold part: - 10 bucks - bank - 7 assorted ATM reciepts - 40 cents in Canadian Tire money. - 4 free movie passes - bank deposit reciept from June 18 My wallets wierd now that it's empty. I'm so used to it being George Costanza style ready to explode like a crap grenade. 0 Share this post Link to post
Bloodshedder Posted August 8, 2003 Rellik said:In the billfold part: - bankWhoah, hold on. You can fit an entire bank in your wallet?My wallets wierd now that it's empty. I'm so used to it being George Costanza style ready to explode like a crap grenade. Funny how there always seems to be an episode of Seinfeld that applies to common things that happen to people. 0 Share this post Link to post
Ultraviolet Posted August 8, 2003 Bloodshedder said:Funny how there always seems to be an episode of Seinfeld that applies to common things that happen to people. Well, it is the show about nothing... 0 Share this post Link to post
SteelPH Posted August 8, 2003 Let's see here, digging through my wallet, I got: -25 cents Not to mention a LOT of lint. :P Heh. Go figure. 0 Share this post Link to post
auxois Posted August 8, 2003 Hmm. Black leather Dockers wallet that I purchased recently at Dillard's, on impulse. Contents: $13 current bank statement blockbuster card visa checkcard american express in the name of "KATARHYNE L STONE" (disposed of, expired last year) driver's license picture of jessica five (rofl) completely filled (and one partially filled) hot topic discount cards aetna card (disposed of, expired a long-ass time ago) social security card (my original, actually) two out-of-date college IDs (one back when I had romero hair, one when I had it short) about fifty megs of DDR memory (a little less than half a stick) library card another library card a third library card a metal "card" with my vital medical statistics stamped into it 0 Share this post Link to post
Ed Posted August 8, 2003 Whips it out: Old and leather with a faded Misfits logo (see my avatar) - License, picture dated around 1998 in my 'short fat & bald' days - OSHA/Haz-mat cards - Various reach truck certifications - Three bank cards - EB Edge Card - Blockbuster Card - Business Cards: 'Action Ink' 'Freedom Of Expressions Tattoo (my old work)' 'The Trading Post: Smoke Shop' 'Borges Auto Center' - Selective Services card - One money order for 50 dollars, one for 315 Dollars 0 Share this post Link to post
Enjay Posted August 8, 2003 Heh, this could be interesting - Lets looksee Small black leather wallet - about 15 years old and looking it C/W ripped lining. £250 cash mainly £20s 1 £10 (just been to an ATM) Dental appointment reminder card for July ATM card School Library card - for the school I work in Visa card Store card - John Lewis Cheque guarantee card Blockbuster Video card nectar points card A(utomobile) A(ssociation) card A photo of my capri A phot from a photo booth I took years ago where I ducked and just got a picture of the curtain at the back. A fake BGPA ID card A bank transaction receipt. A receipt for an ice cream maker bought last Christmas A doctor's appointmet card (May) Addresses and 'phone numbers for 2 girls - 1 called Fiona, the other Tanya. Ummmmm.... A chemist's receipt for a prescription (June) A supermarket receipt (June) A building society transaction receipt (May) A receipt for wall paper (February) A jewelers receipt for a ring (April) Hmmmm, I need to clear out a few of those receipts. 0 Share this post Link to post
GooberMan Posted August 8, 2003 My ratty wallet is about 6 years old now. I should get a new one, it's starting to fall apart. $125 dollars (was $400 earlier, blew most of it on video card and new flashy speakers) Weekly train ticket Old video store card Games Wizards Gold Card (haven't used it for years) Old Super fund membership card Medicare card ATM card Learners licence (I decided everyone takes shitty licence photos so I made sure I had the worst possible photo :) ) McGills Rewards card (technical book store) Last year's student card Last year's HMV student discount card Pizza discount coupon, out of date by a month email address of a workmate Business card for my friend's startup game company, Dead Puppy Receipt for entry to Warner Brother's Movie World, 14th June 2003 Pin number for my step sister's ATM card and a couple of things that I had to get at the shop that day (several months ago now) Mother's phone number Ex's phone number Ticket stub, Matrix Reloaded, 17th May 2003 Ticket stub, X-Men 2, 17th May 2003 Ticket stub, X-Men 2, 30th April 2003 Receipt for bank check Phone number for fuck knows what Ticket stub, The Two Towers, 26th December 2002 Ticket stub, Donnie Darko, 21st October 2002 Ticket stub, Men In Black 2, 9th July 2002 Out of date Job Network card Membership card, The Pitch Indoor Rockclimbing centre, located around the corner from my old house in Sydney Stuff I wrote down at the Australian Game Developer's Conference Freebie popcorn card, used once Expired Health Care Card (used to get many things cheap if you have very low income - which I had last year) Mobile number of a friend Receipt for money order Train ticket from Sydney Ticket stub, Spiderman, 7th June 2002 Whoa, there's alot of shit in this wallet :P I should throw most of it out... 0 Share this post Link to post
Kinsie Posted August 8, 2003 No wallet, so here's what's in my pockets. LEFT POCKET: Two lollies I don't like. Small scrap of paper with a song name on it,. reminding me to download that song when I got home. RIGHT POCKET: Empty Kit-Kat wrapper. HIDDEN MIDDLE POCKET: AU$3.40 in change. 0 Share this post Link to post
zark Posted August 8, 2003 National Insurance card Cashline card Download 2003 card to get me money off CDs £10 HMV Voucher Condom Just the essentials. 0 Share this post Link to post
Mordeth Posted August 8, 2003 Heh, fun. Black leather wallet here, containing: Money plus change. Old scrap of paper with some jotted-down passwords Two full salsa lesson cards Crumbled address card from my father and stepmother Business card of surinam/caribean restaurant/dancing Emergency key to my sister's frontdoor. Railroad fare 40% reduction card Health insurance / medical assistance card Telephone card, probably defunct by now Bank/pin pass 0 Share this post Link to post
Tyockell Posted August 8, 2003 I dont use a wallet money of checks are in my pocket my social insurance card, debit card and block bustercard, beside those items sitting in my pocket is a butterfly knife and a pair of 18ga. steel knuckels. 0 Share this post Link to post