Yes, prepared man or woman. I still remember a few of my first bigger (for me at the time) electronic purchases where I paid cash and the clerk, an old Armenian man named Berg made a big deal about my cash money. Yep, back in the days of VCRs, belt driven VCRs.

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Swell. Great. Fine. I'm not a real man.

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My Dad always carried around a $100 bill in his wallet. It had been there for years when he'd forgotten his checkbook and credit cards whilst we were out buying something. It was creased so sharp you could cut yourself with it. He said he always carried it "just in case". That day, on our way home, he stopped at the bank and got another crisp, new $100 bill, folded it and put it in his wallet. Since then I've usually kept a $20 (I wasn't the richest guy and $100 was a lot of money!). Since 2009, I got a $100 bill as a gift. It immediately went into my wallet. I've never had to use it but it is a comfort to know that I have at least a $100 on me wherever I go.

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I always carry between $40-80 in my wallet. No specific reason, just that I have always preferred to have cash on me. I have to fold it up tight because I use the tiny Saddleback front pocket wallet. The bad part is that, when I need to remove the cash, the wallet makes it appear as if I am carrying an old change bag like grandpa had.

Because of the limited room in my wallet, I have a tendency to drop all of my singles into the change bucket at the house. My wife and I traveled this Thanksgiving and unbeknownst to me, she went into the change bucket and grabbed a stash of $1 bills. We were checking out somewhere and only needed a few bucks. She said, "Wait, I have some cash," and proceeded to count out all of these ones at the counter. Since she only had about $10 total, I replied, "Tough night on the pole, eh?" The clerk and I both thought it was funny. My wife...not so much.

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