A few more updates:
– Change. I get rid of change as fast as possible. If I’m paying cash for something and have change, I’ll use it if it reduces my net amount of change. Every evening, I dump any change I have in a nice carved wooden dish (with lid) I picked up on a trip to Costa Rica. My 21-year-old daughter does a good job of, uh, recycling that change.
When I’m travelling, I dump change into the front zipper pouch that all of my briefcases and shoulder bags have.
– Cash. I like having $20-$100 in cash in my wallet. It’s useful because I often have heavy periods of travel and so have to have money for tips, taxis, etc.
– Comb and handkerchief: back right pocket.
– Pants: jeans, of various manufacturers. Pretty much I wear jeans or suits.
– Cellphone/PDA (I have a Palm Treo; hoping to upgrade to an iPhone). I usually leave the phone in the car except for those relatively infrequent occasions where both my wife and I are out together but are splitting up (to shop at different stores, etc.). If I take my cell phone with me, I usually stick it in my back left pocket, unless I’m going to be sitting somewhere, in which case I’ll stick it in my shirt pocket (it’ll fit behind my Butxon index card holder).
– Car: contra the post above, it’s my wife who fills up the car with, uh, stuff, particularly the storage compartment between the two front seats. I periodically empty out that compartment into a large plastic tray, throw out the obvious trash, and let her decide what to put back into the car. ..bruce..





