ot; wallet

[scaredyclassic]

My dad’s wallet was awesome. It was almost alive.

[biggoldbear]

[quote=scaredyclassic]Fancy![/quote]

Yes indeed! I’m really happy for him, he just opened up his new expanded shop, and while we’ll never have one of the $30,000 purses, it’s cool being able to something he designed. In fact, this is very similar in design to one he had sewn himself and used when he was my roommate.

Inside Farbod Barsum’s New Beverly Hills Boutique

[scaredyclassic]

Although I am cheap, I am not opposed to spending up to 350 on a wallet… Although I think 100 is the sweet spot

[FlyerInHi]

Fancy… This brand is for people in the know. And I thought Louis Vuitton was expensive enough already.

Is Farbod Barsum an Iranian name?

[svelte]

I used to carry nice wallets but the problem was they would end up stuffed with all kinds of nonsense I don’t need. So I changed strategy a few years ago.

Now I carry the smallest I can find – actually just a business card holder sized – to force me to choose carefully what goes in it. Not even room for $$ so I carry a money clip too.

I’ve been really happy with this combination, makes my life sooo much simpler somehow.

Personally I dream of the day when the cell phone eliminates the need for cash and cards…that’s my own personal utopian dream…

[moneymaker]

Farbod Barsum sounds like something out of John Carter of Mars.

[scaredyclassic]

Just a rubber band?

[scaredyclassic]

No watch. No wallet.

Are we not men?

Doesn’t a wallet have symbolic value.

Are we just naked beasts with ciphers in the cloud fr om which we select PIN numbers to access our wealth?

A hunk of leather stuffed with sweaty bills and an old photo. This is going to be gone as gone as the polaroid.

And it’s making me nervous.

Brad sucks. Pretty good band.

[scaredyclassic]

Yet pennies are still here.

I might like to be the last old guy reading real books paying for them out of a thick leather wallet and wearing a watch.

[scaredyclassic]

Farbod is a great name.

[scaredyclassic]

Cash is pretty silly though. With a card you get 1 percent back at least. Safe. Less space.

Maybe negotiate cash discounts?

[biggoldbear]

[quote=FlyerInHi]Is Farbod Barsum an Iranian name?[/quote]

Yes, I believe it is Iranian. Some of his first clients were middle eastern royalty.

[scaredyclassic]

Biggoldbear, are you a gold bear?

[svelte]

[quote=scaredyclassic]No watch. No wallet.

Are we not men?

[/quote]

I can see a wallet having male symbolism and respect that.

I might have even felt that way in years gone by I don’t remember.

Slowly what I equate to maleness has changed. I can remember being proud of chest hair until I figured out women dislike it, that put my head in a spin for a bit.

I guess I find my maleness in how I present myself now: how I dress, speak, carry myself, and express myself through words.

But I can certainly see someone extending that out to include a wallet.

[svelte]

[quote=scaredyclassic]Biggoldbear, are you a gold bear?[/quote]

I wasn’t sure if it meant he was a large, hairy, lustrously yellow man in the gay community or pessimistic on the price of precious metals and decided not to ask. 🙂

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