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Everyday Carry. What essentials do you carry on a daily basis?

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My Auto Zone Rewards card is from 2007, hard to think that the card is close to 20 years old now. Last time I used it, I used it to scrape glue off the side of a truck LOL!

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[–] rammjet@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I have my draft card from 1975. And I have a 1957 silver certificate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_certificate_(United_States)

[–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

Someone used a 57 silver certificate to buy a drink at my bar just a couple of weeks ago. I hung it on my fridge.

Tied with '57 silver certificate

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

i try to keep my wallet as slim as possible, i don't even carry all my active credit cards (also serves as pan b if wallet gets lost). but i do have a memory box at home with old IDs, membership and bank cards, from the the mid 90s and later

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

This was part of my spring cleaning, I slimmed my trifold wallet down to right at about an inch thick.

Current Contents:

  • Driver's license
  • Insurance card
  • Social Security card
  • Birth certificate card
  • High school diploma card
  • Driver's education card
  • 2026 calendar card
  • Credit card
  • Card slot cleaner card (just added)
  • Random notes and doodles
  • Freznel magnifying lens card
  • Spare pescription eyeglass lens
  • AutoZone Rewards card

And yeah, it's highly recommended to like not carry a couple or few of these items, but I have official duplicates at home anyways, I keep all my official documents put up at home anyways, all the way back to my official vaccination records when I was a child.

The spare prescription eyeglass lens is ground down and clipped into a keyring, the indent in my wallet looks like I'm carrying a condom LOL! But nah, it's my spare lens, in case I lose my glasses, and I call it my lucky coin..

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

My Kroger card is 23 years old and is the same one I found in the parking lot of the Kroger near my dorm in college. Found it there and have used it since. The mag strip is long worn off and the barcode takes several tries to scan, but it works. I did take a scan of it about 7 or 8 years ago when it was more legible, so I may print that copy and laminate it for another 23 years lol.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

scans can also get retouched, just saying...

[–] kindnesskills@literature.cafe 2 points 5 days ago

Organ donor card. It's all registered online/electronically now, so not necessary at all, but it feels right still to keep it with me wherever I may get run over or mauled by geese so as to not let any organs go to waste.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

The oldest cards are always the cocaine cards.

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 0 points 5 days ago

My ADAC Gold membership card. I guess it's similar to AAA roadside assistance in the US, just for Europe. I've had it for over 10 years, since I got my first car. It has paid for itself multiple times over since I drive a lot of ancient shitboxes.