Do you carry any tools?

Post by **Dalton** » 2005-06-22 10:46pm

I was wondering about this on my way home: do you carry tools around with you wherever you go? Is it just geek types that do this, or is it more universal?

I carry a Victorinox Swisstool, which is like a Leatherman. I also have on my keychain a...thing with two knives and a pair of scissors, and also a 64MB flash drive.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2005-06-22 10:50pm

64 MB Flash drive, some wrench thingy, some type of multi tool knife, and pliers.

All of which have served me well.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2005-06-22 10:51pm

When I'm on the "job," I usually carry my trusty flashflight and just take the tools at work when tech crewing. Of course, I am going to get fired since I'm graduating.

Post by **weemadando** » 2005-06-22 10:51pm

Depending on where I'm going and what I'm carrying:

Most of the time:
Leatherman
Swiss Army Knife
128mb Flashdrive
Notepad and pen

Sometimes:
Computer toolkit (lots of fun bits and pieces)
Modelling toolkit

Mrs Kendall · Post by **Mrs Kendall** » 2005-06-22 10:53pm

Cpl Kendall carries a leatherman which serves him and myself very well, but that's all he carries. I used to carry a small Swiss Army Knife until the airport took it away from me a year ago

Like I could have injured anyone with my two kids to look after and the tiny dull knife it had. Grrr...

tharkûn · Post by **tharkûn** » 2005-06-22 10:58pm

I have a knife on the keychain, other than that I work with too strong of magnets to carry anything metal on my person.

In the trunk I have a full tool kit (ratchets, pliers, needle nosed vice-grips, screwdrivers, wrenches, razors, hammer, etc.)

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2005-06-22 11:03pm

My penis.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2005-06-22 11:08pm

Couple pocket knives, a bottle opener on my keychain, flashlight, pen, that's about it. In the car I have a toolbox stuffed with screwdrives, wrenches, pliers, and various other tools.

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » 2005-06-22 11:09pm

9mm hole-punch ....

Hardcase toolkit with the usual wrenches, socket set, screwdrivers, wirecutters, etc. in the truck, but only a half-gig flash drive on the keychain.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2005-06-22 11:18pm

The tool of vision... me spectacles.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2005-06-22 11:26pm

The only things I carry remotely resembling tools would have to be some lip balm and a handkerchief. I don't see a reason for me to carry anything else.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2005-06-22 11:40pm

When I remember I like to carry around a pocket knife.

Post by **Zaia** » 2005-06-22 11:41pm

A 3/16ths Allen wrench and a drumkey.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2005-06-22 11:47pm

16 MB FlashDrive (I got it for free, so I don't mind that it's small), and a couple "spare" laminated cards. They work surprisingly well for jimmying the door locks when I forget to take my house keys with me. I used to carry a drumkey and pitch pipes, but when I stopped playing timpani I stopped carrying them.

Flakin · Post by **Flakin** » 2005-06-22 11:59pm

Swiss Army Knife, 32 MB Jump Drive and a crappy Nokia phone which has a bright LED in the top you can use as a flashlight. I thought it was the most useless thing everat first but when I'm tracing cabling under floors or desks its actually quite handy...

The Spartan · Post by **The Spartan** » 2005-06-23 12:11am

I normally have a Leatherman hanging on my belt and a Flash drive in my pocket. On my keychain I also have "UtiliKey" which looks like a key, but unfolds into a combination of screwdrivers, bottle opener, and knife.

Alferd Packer · Post by **Alferd Packer** » 2005-06-23 12:13am

Used to carry around my Leatherman in high school. It came in handy quite a bit; now I mainly use it for cracking open beers.

Hawkwings · Post by **Hawkwings** » 2005-06-23 12:22am

well, considering that I take a backpack basically everywhere I go, I have quite a stash of food, medical supplies, music-related supplies, batteries, etc in there. Water too

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2005-06-23 12:50am

I carry a pen. that's all you need.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » 2005-06-23 01:04am

Swiss army knife (where it's allowed) and a TI-36X solar powered scientific calculator.

Up until now, I had no idea that people carried around flash drives on a regular basis.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2005-06-23 03:15am

256 MB flash drive and a bottle opener.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2005-06-23 03:19am

Hardy wrote:Up until now, I had no idea that people carried around flash drives on a regular basis.

It´s the best invention since the wheel. I use it every day to get data from uni to home or the other way round. Flash drives are the shizzledizzlediznis.

The Morrigan · Post by **The Morrigan** » 2005-06-23 03:30am

Not anymore. I used to carry around a small adjustable spanner for reasons which now escape me and was once accused of having a mobile pharmacy in my bag.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2005-06-23 04:18am

Only a 512mb flash drive with some patches and most of the tools in the G&C sticky.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2005-06-23 04:23am

Keys. Not once have I encountered a situation where my keys couldn't help fix it.