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toss the wallet. it's day is over.
this is a bona fide, fully functioning wallet replacement, not just a supercharged key chain.
some personality quirks nourish love, credit cards lost in harvard square, porter square, davis square and goverment center do not. in order to save a love strained by the constant reliance on the honesty of wage slave clerks, i needed a solution fast.
i thought if i attached her cards to her keys this would ensure that if she did leave them she would soon realize her mistake when she couldn't get into the car or house.
i was even willing to throw money at the problem, however, all the store bought solutions either broke quickly or were too bulky.
i thought about a key ring, but the cards needed to be easily removed if she visited an atm or
summoned by a police officer.
finally i came upon the straight gate carbiner--small enough to fit in your pocket and able to thread a 1/4" punch hole.
Just a couple notes, we've had no problems with wear on the magnetic strips and as long as the cards are aligned the holes do not abrade keeping the cards intact.
You will need:
a three hole punch--$6.00
a carabiner that fits in a 1/4" hole--$2.50
You may need:
clear packing tape
scissors
digitial watch
disposal papermate pen
cable cutter
nail
small metal ring
this is a bona fide, fully functioning wallet replacement, not just a supercharged key chain.
some personality quirks nourish love, credit cards lost in harvard square, porter square, davis square and goverment center do not. in order to save a love strained by the constant reliance on the honesty of wage slave clerks, i needed a solution fast.
i thought if i attached her cards to her keys this would ensure that if she did leave them she would soon realize her mistake when she couldn't get into the car or house.
i was even willing to throw money at the problem, however, all the store bought solutions either broke quickly or were too bulky.
i thought about a key ring, but the cards needed to be easily removed if she visited an atm or
summoned by a police officer.
finally i came upon the straight gate carbiner--small enough to fit in your pocket and able to thread a 1/4" punch hole.
Just a couple notes, we've had no problems with wear on the magnetic strips and as long as the cards are aligned the holes do not abrade keeping the cards intact.
You will need:
a three hole punch--$6.00
a carabiner that fits in a 1/4" hole--$2.50
You may need:
clear packing tape
scissors
digitial watch
disposal papermate pen
cable cutter
nail
small metal ring
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When applying for a new license in California, when you go to the DMV to take the photos and get the license set up, they punch a hole in your current license to temporarily void it, which means you have to wait a week to get the new one in the mail. During that week, you can't use it anywhere. I tried getting a beer at a few restaurants, as well as purchasing some wine at a grocery store and they all denied me.
PS... My old license was an out-of-state one. Don't know if that matters.
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and it would still work :D
and for the spare coins you could add a coin pouch keychain
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problems solved :D
Every retailer on earth now seems to have a card so I added them too. (that's really where this all began) Some of the store cards have smaller holes, so I centered the existing hole in my hole punch to make the hole larger.
I did have an issue originally with an inexpensive carbiner clip not staying closed so I put my cards on a clip with a screw closed fastener. (found it at my local family owned hardware store)
On the rare occasion I do have a few bills I keep them in my front pocket where they are less likely to be lifted.
I always remove my keys from my clip before I put them in the ignition, so as not to stress the mechanism. So no problem with broken cards.
I haven't added a watch yet (love the idea), but I do have a wee led light on my clip which comes in handy regularly
This has really simplified my life.
I think its fascinating when multiple people come up with the same general idea to solve the same problem without any interaction.
Nice Job... Nice instructable.
We must share the same small part of the world.
I would recommend the JIMI wallet. I've heard pretty good things. I feel like it might create some sort of paradox in the anti-wallet continuum, but it does tie up the concerns voiced above.