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   "Clive"  wrote in news:47962736$0$17840   
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   > "Mike"  wrote in message   
   > news:0e827a7d-d0ff-417d-a37b-61b723d06236   
   @v29g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...   
   >> No, this isn't an ad for a credit card.  I've been thinking about   
   >> wallets lately.  Over the last year or so I had noticed that my left   
   >> leg was feeling a bit strange (some very slight feelings of numbness   
   >> when laying in bed, unable to stand with most of my weight on it for   
   >> too long w/o having to shift around a bit, etc.).  I finally realized   
   >> that this was a result of sitting with my wallet in my back left   
   >> pocket all day long.  My wallet wasn't what I consider to be huge,   
   but   
   >> it did contain a fair amount of junk (license, debit/credit cards,   
   >> insurance cards, a few random business cards, radio station club   
   >> cards, pictures, grocery store "member" cards, etc.)   Normal stuff.   
   >> A couple months ago I started putting my wallet in my desk while at   
   >> work and things started to improve.  No more discomfort in the left   
   >> leg.  My wife was nice enough to get me a small "money clip/wallet"   
   >> for Christmas.  It holds the cash in a magnetic clip on the outside   
   (a   
   >> magnet question coming up) and 2, maybe 3, cards inside.  I keep my   
   >> license and debit card in it.  I keep the old wallet in my car in   
   case   
   >> I ever need something from it (which is rare).  Now I can keep the   
   >> clip/wallet in my pocket without any of the leg pain symptoms   
   >> returning.  I'm wondering if having a magnet so close to my debit   
   card   
   >> could eventually cause it to stop working.  Any ideas?   
   >>   
   >> Mike   
   > I dunno about magnets in your wallet wiping info   
   > from plastic (good chance) but I do know that keeping the hospital   
   > parking ticket in the back pocket whilst having an MRI   
   > scan is a bad move....wiped it completely which caused a few   
   > problems on trying to exit the car park.   
   > Loose change in the back pocket also buggers up Recaro   
   > sports car seats...found that out the hard way!   
   >   
      
   You got Recaros in your Lada!   
      
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