I worked as a locksmith for a 18 months. I was often sent out on service jobs. These were usually stupid housewives who locked their keys in the car at the grocery store, but occasionally I had to break into a house, storage unit, or through a padlocked gate. This sort of job required lockpicks, which I became quite adept at using. When I was forced to leave (the owner sold the business, and the new owner shut it down to build a restaurant), I pocketed my tools. I carry them with me partly out of habit, but partly because I am devious and maligned. They saved me once or twice, when my car gets locked in a gated parking lot after hours or things of that sort.

Lockpicks are illegal to carry unless one is specifically on a job, and is certified to carry them. It is an offense in every state to carry lockpicks without adequate reason. Very similair to why firearm suppressors (silencers for the uneducated) are illegal -- no civilian should have any use for them.

I make a point of limiting what I carry on me, or in my pockets.

Pants pockets : Wallet, some change

Coat pockets : Car keys

I carry my cell phone, Palm T|X, a Zippo, keys, and a wallet. I used to carry a 2GB flash drive on me, but it got stolen. If I ever need another inventory item, I'll shove it in there.

Carrying lockpicks is legal in at least Massachusetts, I know. It's only an offense if you get caught doing something illegal with them (I'm almost absolutely sure about this)

Left pocket:
- Wallet

Right Pocket:
- Keys
- Inhaler
- Uniball pen

What the hell is with so many people carrying knives?

Anyway, the only thing I carry in my pants pockets is my wallet. I don't like having anything else in my pockets.

In my jacket, on the other hand, you'll find a lot of stuff.

Left pocket is usually keys, cigarette lighter, and a bunch of change.

Right pocket is cell phone, and maybe another cigarette lighter.

Breast pocket contains a pack of cigarettes, usually one or two empty cigarette packs, sometimes a checkbook, and a lot of random papers.

Left: Wallet, keys, penlight
Right: Cellphone, DS
Others: DS game holder (holds 3 DS + 2 GBA games and a stylus), pocket pharmacy, planner of some sort, camera, syringe pen.

It would be nice to turn my DS into a PDA of some sort... instead of having to shell out some money for one.

Wallet in my back pocket, keys and change in my right pocket, and cell phone in the left.

Cellphone
Keys
Wallet
Gum
Change

I need a knife for something pretty much every day. I feel like an idiot when I need one and don't have one and have to ask the guy next to me to borrow his.

keys
a pen
my wallet
a cell phone

Well, I carry a utility knife because I work in a hardware store, so I kinda need one. And its a lockback one because it is more compact in my pocket that way.

Left jeans pocket - phone, keys, sometimes sunglasses
Right jeans pocket - wallet, sometimes chewing gum
Back pockets - sometimes tissues, headphones

I always carry keys, wallet and a shaker of Old Bay on me at all times.

Keys
Wallet
Lighter
Tobbaco + fillters + rizla...... or packofags.
passport
some sort of chocolatey nibble.

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  do her}
elseif(getThingFlags(source) & 0x4){
  do other babe}
else{
  do a dude}

Dead people

what do you need a knife for pretty much every day?

my bag currently contains:
wallet
keys
phone
hairbrush
sunglasses (I NEVER leave the house without sunglasses, even going out at night, you never know when you'll be caught hungover in the sunshine)
tissues
mp3 player
2007 diary
various pieces of paper
work pass/travelcard
deodorant
sunblock
umbrella (we're currently experiencing 20+C weather, but you never know in britland)
makeup bag (again, you never know when you'll need it, but mainly I have it for moisturiser and lip balm)
chewing gum
book

Pockets:
Phone
Keys
Loose Change
Random Cash
Pencil
Pen
Wallet
Knife
Boxcutter (slim one!)
One Pound (yay britmoney)
and a cool little clamp i didn't take from chem lab

Wallet
Cell Phone
ipod
Pocket Knife

Left:
-Keys (pocket knife, LED flashlight, whistle)
-Sometimes a pen
-Sometimes Flash Drive
-Change

Right:
-Tissue
-Receipts/other small papers that collect during the course of the day

Back Left:
-Glasses Cleaning Cloth

Back Right:
-Wallet

Compared to you guys im a very structured person. I put my wallet in my back right pocket every day, cell phone in front left, cigs in front left, snus in back left, and keys in front right. This is already way too much stuff to be carrying. If anything is out of that order, I explode into a rage and fix it.

Why would you ever need a knife? I've never owned a knife in my life. Whats up with everyone carrying change too? Am I the only one who throws change away on the rare chance that I'm not using my credit card?

It looks like the female characters in this forum get a bonus to their base Inventory Management stats.

It's so they can feel more manly.

I have a messenger bag that never contains anything more than wallet, keys and phone. The only things I ever carry in my pocket is a handkerchief, and sometimes a peice of paper that has reminds written on it, most often shopping lists.

A friend of mine always takes a massive backpack with him wherever he goes, which is fair enough, although what he has in it is disturbing. Two machetes, a hatchet, duct tape, rope, first aid kit, UV lamp, and so on. I know the machetes are there in case of zombies, I suppose the rest fits in to that somehow.

The UV lamp is for vampires.

Pocket knives also have toothpicks, tweezers, screwdrivers, and bottle openers. For me the other stuff gets used a lot more than the actual blade.
I never carry coins unless I'm given them as change. They all get put into a separator and I cash them in when I have enough of each.

Can anyone else just not abide carrying things in their back pockets?

It's crazy-inducingly uncomfortable for me at least, especially since I don't sit in a boring fashion [mostly kneeling or curled in some way, and having stuff dig into my ankles is lose].

I feel a bit weird now that most people hardly carry anything, but I actually use a lot of what I have regularly enough to warrant keeping it around. I generally refer to my bag's contents as Usefuls and Possibles when people ask.

I never use back pockets either except for my wallet.

You get used to it I guess.


Kind of like when I first started wearing underarmor. It was uncomfortable for a while, then I got used to it.

Messenger Bag (not at school):
College-ruled Notebook
Pens/Pencil
Rubik's Cube
4GB flash drive
Duct Tape
Fishing line, Rope, or Surgical Tubing
Gauss
Bandages
Flashlight
Slingshot
Tissue
Allegra
Flonase
Extra Pair of socks

Messenger (at school):
Books
Folders
Pen/Pencil
Spray on Sunscreen

In my pockets, no certain order on right or left
Keys, Wallet, Phone

Right: Keys, wallet, change.
Left: Cell, lighter, one gigabyte USB disk.

Yeah, I smoke.

Well, I carry a knife because the damn thing comes in handy all the time. Mine isn't even a utility or pocket knife, it's just a boxknife. I figure that's the least threatening kind of knife, it is clearly intended for utility and not as a weapon. Here in school I rarely use it, but when I'm back home with "the boys" we end up using our knives all the time.

Keys and loose change in my front left, cell phone in my front right, wallet in my back right. Back left is used for temporary stuff like post-it notes, movie tickets, screwdriver (when at work), etc. Little change pocket above the front right pocket is used for a usb flash drive when I carry one.

If I have my iPod or Pocket PC with me it goes in my front right pocket and my cell phone either goes up to the little change pocket above the front right pocket (if the pocket on the pair of pants I'm wearing is big enough), or it goes in my coat pocket (I don't like doing this because I usually forget).

Hmm...

Keys
Knife
LED flashlight
USB memory stick
Cell phone
Wallet
Sun glasses...cheap

Keys

Sunglasses

Wallet

Guitar Picks

... i guess that's it. my keyholder is huge however. i have access to too many buildings -_-

rofl
Totally... it's like you guys get 4 bag slots on average, and we get about 16 ^_^

I use my knife all the time. Generally to cut bits of seine twine(tarred nylon 3strand line.. mainly for fancy knotwork or rigging), and I also use the marlinspike on the knife to open shackles, and to pull knots tight. The knife has a blunt end, so you cant acidently stab yourself or other people, and has a wide flat top so you can hit it with a mallet and get a clean cut on a large line.

And I thought I was doing well with my Runecloth satchel. Damn you, Nim.

It's like I have an enchanted netherweave bag... it costs more g but it's totally worth it if you scavenge the hell out of every zone you're in.

I only have change when I pay for things with cash, which is rare since I usually use debit. When I get home I throw my change on top of my dress, and roll it every year or so. It's usually like $100.