Pluggers by Rick McKee for January 03, 2023

… or a purse a pocketbook.

nope, still call my wallet a wallet

I use both. Sometimes call it a wallet other times billfold.

A small charge card case will do nowadays, not much to fold.

Credit card holder is too much of a mouthful

I call it the card holder …

Do male pluggers still keep their wallets in their back pockets? I wear shirts with buttoned breast pockets just to keep my thin billfold with a small amount of cash cash and credit card.

I’ve had a belt wallet for decades. Makes it easy to get at when driving.

billfold, wallet

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I never had a purse or a pocketbook. I have always carried a shoulder bag. In school, I used my bag to hold my books, notebook, glasses, water bottle, etc. And sometimes it carried my boyfriend’s ‘stuff’ as well. As a mother, my shoulder bag carried baby supplies, toys, extra clothes — for the kids and spouse. At work, I had a briefcase for my computer and work folders and a shoulder bag for my personal ‘stuff’. When traveling, that bag would hold all my normal stuff and a change of clothes, meds, snacks, books — everything I might need on the plane. As a retiree I still carry a shoulder bag, although it is a smaller version. Much handier to have it on my shoulder so I have both hands free.

For me, while growing up, it was usually “Billfold”. And on the farm …

… “Dinner” was the noon meal, “Supper” the evening meal.

… And our “Garage” we usually called the “Car Shed”.

Case or either-or.

I don’t fold my “bills”: I cuss at them and then throw them on the desk to be paid.

Billfold? I’m not going to call it an “Animal-Skinned Paper or Plastic Money Storage Device”.

Although “wallet” seems to do just fine, I never saw the “wall” in it…

“Wallet fits just fine in rear pocket of my Levi’s…

Don’t we all?

some much older men have been known to call their “wallets” purses. I have know them-I am so old!

My dad used to call his a billfold. I was just telling my nephew about that the other day in fact.

I’ve never carried it in a back pocket. Too easy to work it’s way out when lifting and shoving, not to mention the sub-humans who “accidently” bump you in a line. If I’m doing work in the field, it still likes to work it’s way out, esp. brush-hogging! Stays with the wife, along with the belt-clipped keys!

I can tell instantly when that wallet/billfold is NOT-in that front-left pocket, it’s a hang-up of mine, to constantly-feel for it before I drive!