Chief editor Anatoly Aleksandrovich Wasserman showed up at the editorial office of his native magazine immediately upon arrival from Odessa, rushing from the station on his birthday for a prompt photo shoot. Despite being slightly tired, he was extremely cheerful: he told stories, joked a lot, read another book about weapons and at the same time managed to give important administrative orders. When the editor-in-chief was distracted for half a minute, in the 27th, secret pocket vests, the publication's employees accidentally discovered... oil. A tender is currently being held to develop this field, and its exact location is strictly classified. Well, we open access to the contents of the remaining pockets on the pages of “Ideas X”.
Story from Wasserman
I once flew to SD (Severodonetsk - ed.) at the invitation of the NPO "Impulse", where I studied and corrected errors in software for computers. So, I come and check into the Central Hotel. I go down to the restaurant and start a conversation with the waitress about studying the menu. As she takes the order away, an enthusiastic cry is heard from the kitchen: “Pleischner has arrived!”
Vest
I've been wearing multi-pocket vests since 1986. Initially I sewed with my own hands. Then - when hunting vests began to appear on sale - I began to buy and add missing pockets to them. Finally, for the last five years I have been ordering vests from a workwear company. True, they only accept wholesale orders - at least 20 vests. In the years remaining to me, in which I can still carry such a load, I’m unlikely to wear out more than a dozen. Therefore, I sold off the surplus. And when I decided to strengthen some fasteners and therefore made new order, at the same time I sold out the unworn remainder of the previous one.
There is a reference floating around the Internet about 28 pockets in my vest. This is the result of my typo when answering someone else's question. In fact, the latest and penultimate models have 26 pockets. In the previous ones - even less.
He became closely acquainted with the contents of Anatoly Wasserman’s pockets and even photographed them for his blog. In total there were 103 items, and this is only in the pockets of the vest!
Onotole. Front view:
Rear view, right, left:
He has a total of 26 pockets on his vest, Onotole says. The rumor about 28 pockets started after he once misprinted his LJ.
Rear upper
1. The book "The Federalist"
2. Cassette recorder
3. Inflatable neck pillow
Rear lower:
4. Folding automatic umbrella
Top floor: right
5. Reel with thin line
6. Plastic box with large sewing needles
7. Crochet hook with cap
8. Styptic pencil
Middle floor: right semi-concealed (clasp - under the arm)
9. Internal passport of a citizen of Ukraine
10. Foreign passport of a citizen of Ukraine
11. Small collection of banknotes (mostly out of circulation)
Middle floor: second layer: rightmost
12. Digital camera
13. Hard cardboard cover for ID cards
14. Digital pass to the building of the editorial office of the magazine “Idea X”
Middle floor: second layer: right closest to the clasp
15. Keys to an Odessa apartment
16. Flashlight with nine LEDs
Middle floor: second layer: right vertical at the fastener
17. Ballpoint pens
18. Markers
19. Collet pencil with 2.2 mm lead
20. Combination knife sharpener
21. Text marker
Middle floor: front layer: rightmost
22. Tape measure with soft tape
23. Monocular 2.5*20
24. Miniature siren whistle
25. Miniature screwdriver with interchangeable bits
Middle floor: front layer: right closest to the clasp
26. Safety pins different sizes
27. Disinfectant pencil
28. Nail clippers
29. Collection of cardboard Moscow metro tickets with overprints in honor of different holidays and anniversaries
30. Miniature digital lock
Middle floor: front layer: right vertical at the clasp
31. Collet clamp with eraser for erasing pencil inscriptions
32. Ballpoint pens, felt-tip pens
33. Ballpoint pen with white for painting over inscriptions
34. Box of leads 2.2 mm
35. Spare blades for the paper cutter
Bottom floor: back layer: right
36. Atlases: of the world, Moscow region, Moscow (with each house), minibus taxis Odessa
37. Box for business cards
38. Wallet with old notes
Bottom floor: second layer: right
39. Calculator on solar battery
40. Personal and business telephone directories
41. List of books I have
Bottom layer: front layer: right closest to the clasp
42. Business cards not yet included in the phone and directory
43. Records of addresses and telephone numbers (on metro tickets) not yet included in the telephone number and directory
44. Several packs of bactericidal patches
45. Several packs of spare 0.5 mm leads
46. Gas lighter
47. Glue stick
48. Pepper spray can
Bottom floor: front layer: rightmost
49. Bank cards
50. Discount cards
51. Miniature (80mm) bootable optical discs with multiple versions operating system Linux
52. Set of tweezers with different jaw shapes
Top floor: left
53. Monocular 5*25
54. Mechanical bottle stopper with an opener on the handle
55. Box of licorice lozenges
56. Flash drive with a capacity of 4 GB bytes
57. Flash drive with a capacity of 8 GB bytes
Middle floor: front layer: leftmost
58. Miniature shoe cleaning sponge
59. Guillotine for cigars
60. Plastic pill box
61. Two subminiature folding knives
62. Miniature flashlight with LED
63. Flash drive with a capacity of 1 GB bytes
64. Flash drive with a capacity of 32 GB bytes
Middle floor: second layer: left vertical at the fastener
65. Mechanical pencils with 0.5 mm leads different colors.
66. Ballpoint pens
67. Screwdriver with replaceable bits and ratchet mechanism
Middle floor: left semi-concealed (clasp - under the arm)
68. Internal passport of a citizen of the USSR with an overprint of Ukrainian citizenship
69. Foreign passport of a citizen of Ukraine
70. Foreign passport of a citizen of the USSR with an overprint of Ukrainian citizenship
72. A roll of rubber rings for tightening papers
Middle floor: second layer: leftmost
73. Combination magnifier: 4x with 10x insert
74. Combination magnifier: 10x 3-element and 20x 5-element
75. Hooks for hanging bags under table tops
Middle floor: second layer: left closest to the clasp
76. Folding knife
77. Spare cassette for voice recorder
Middle floor: front layer: left closest to the clasp
78. A pack of cardboard Moscow metro tickets (old style)
79. Combination magnifier: 2x with 8x insert
80. Cassette with small sewing needles
81. 6 dice
Middle floor: front layer: left vertical at the clasp
82. Ballpoint pens
83. Markers
84. Knife with a retractable sectional blade for cutting paper
85. Set of nail files
86. Metal comb
87. Sliding telescope 8*10
Bottom floor: back layer: left
88. Several old records in plastic packaging
89. Plastic pencil case with needle files
90. 10x microscope
Bottom floor: second layer: left
91. Tape measure: 10 m, metric and inch graduations
92. Stationery tape 19 mm matte in a plastic container with a cut edge
93. Set of miniature (watch) screwdrivers
94. Adhesive roller for removing dust and fibers from fabric
Bottom floor: front layer: leftmost
95. A set of tools in a plastic case bank card
96. Invalid official IDs
97. Library cards for several libraries
98. Painkiller tablets (ibuprofen) in a blister pack
99. Gas lighter
Bottom layer: front layer: left closest to the clasp
100. Monthly pass for all types public transport Moscow
101. Valid official identification
102. 2 awls with plastic protective caps
103. Can of synthetic pepper spray
A lot of everything? And just think about the fact that this is only in a vest!
P.S. I think most devices can be replaced with a modern mobile phone and multitool)
At the sight of A. Wasserman and his gray vest (in the program “ A big difference"he said that his vest weighs about 7 kilograms), a sane person might ask: what does it keep so famous person in the numerous pockets of his stuntwoman? A. Wasserman himself willingly talks about this...
I've been wearing multi-pocket vests since 1986. Initially I sewed with my own hands. Then, when hunting vests began to appear on sale, I began to buy and add missing pockets to them. Finally, for the last five years I have been ordering vests from a workwear company. True, they only accept wholesale orders - at least 20 vests. In the years remaining to me, in which I can still carry such a load, I’m unlikely to wear out more than a dozen. Therefore, I sold off the surplus. And when I decided to strengthen some of the fasteners and therefore made a new order, at the same time I sold out the unworn remainder of the previous one. There is a mention of 28 pockets in my vest floating around the Internet. This is the result of my typo when answering someone else's question. In fact, the latest and penultimate models have 26 pockets. In the previous ones - even less.
Vest
Rear upper:
The Federalist book. The authors of the Constitution of the United States of America - Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - substantiated the key provisions the constitution was so convincing that in the end all 13 states voted for it and it came into force in 1787. Since then, the number of states living under this constitution has already reached 50, and only 26 amendments have been made to it (although the first 10 - the so-called Bill of Rights - are wholesale, as one of the conditions for its adoption). I bought the book a long time ago, but I read it in fits and starts - in between current affairs. And always with pleasure: not only from the depth of political thought, but also from a style that is unattainable for current politicians.
Cassette recorder. It seems like hoary antiquity, I switched to digital a long time ago. But I still carry the cassette one and recently even bought a new one, because the mechanics of the previous one were worn out. Sometimes handing over a recorded cassette to someone is much easier than transferring files from a digital camera.
Inflatable neck pillow. Allows you to sleep quite comfortably while sitting. With my torn lifestyle, I sometimes end up sleeping in the most unexpected places, for example, in the company car of my colleague and old friend Nurali Latypov (I don’t drive a car myself and don’t have personal ones - it’s easier, if necessary, to catch a passing car or “bomb” on the street).
Rear lower:
- With folding automatic umbrella. It is placed so well that it does not interfere with me in any position. That's why I don't take it out even in winter.
Top floor - right:
A spool of thin fishing line used as sewing thread.
Plastic box with large sewing needles. A crochet hook with a cap (unfortunately, I don’t know how to knit, but this crochet hook is convenient for pulling out all sorts of little things from narrow crevices).
Hemostatic pencil (a stick of compressed alum crystals in plastic packaging). Lantern with a miniature incandescent lamp.
Middle floor. Right semi-concealed (clasp - under the arm):
Internal passport of a citizen of Ukraine. Foreign passport of a citizen of Ukraine.
A small collection of banknotes (mostly out of circulation).
Middle floor. The second layer is the far right one:
Digital camera. Hard cardboard cover for IDs. It contains official certificates for the knives that I carry with me: the examination of the Ministry of Internal Affairs recognizes these knives not as edged weapons, but as household tools.
Digital pass to the building of the editorial office of the magazine “Idea X”.
Middle floor. The second layer is the right one closest to the fastener:
Keys to an Odessa apartment. Flashlight with nine LEDs.
Middle floor. The second layer is the right vertical one at the fastener:
Ballpoint pens, felt-tip pens, collet pencil with 2.2 mm lead, combination knife sharpener different types, text marker.
Middle floor. Front layer - rightmost:
Tape measure with soft tape (tailor's tape measure with spring retraction).
Monocular 2.5*20 (i.e. a miniature telescope with 2.5x magnification and a lens inlet diameter of 20 mm).
Miniature siren whistle (to make noise in case of a surprise attack).
Miniature screwdriver with replaceable bits. Miniature shoe horn.
Middle floor. Front layer - right vertical at the fastener:
Collet clamp with eraser for erasing pencil inscriptions.
Ballpoint pens, felt-tip pens.
Ballpoint pen with white for painting over inscriptions.
Box of leads 2.2 mm.
Spare blades for a paper cutter.
Ground floor. Back layer - right:
Atlases: of the world, the Moscow region, Moscow (with each house), minibuses of Odessa.
Ground floor. Second layer - right:
Solar powered calculator.
Personal and business telephone directories (printouts in small print on several sheets).
A list of books I have by several prolific authors whose work I can no longer retain in my memory and therefore, without a list, I risk buying something again.
A box for business cards (it also stores a spare SIM card: I use different cards in Ukraine and Russia).
Wallet with old notes (perhaps it’s high time to transfer these notes to digital media, but still can’t get around to it).
Ground floor. Front layer - right closest to the clasp:
Business cards not yet included in the phone and directory.
Records of addresses and telephone numbers (on metro tickets) that have not yet been entered (or cannot be entered, because they are needed for one-time use) in the telephone and directory.
Several packages of bactericidal patches.
Several packs of spare 0.5 mm leads.
Gas lighter (even non-smokers often use it).
Cool pencil.
A can of pepper spray.
Ground floor. Front layer - rightmost:
Bank cards.
Discount cards.
Miniature (80 mm) bootable optical discs with multiple versions of the Linux operating system.
Set of tweezers with different jaw shapes
Top floor - left:
Monocular 5*25 (i.e. a miniature telescope with 5x magnification and a lens inlet diameter of 25 mm).
Mechanical bottle stopper with an opener on the handle. A box of licorice lozenges (alas, in last years This delicacy is no longer brought to Moscow, so I’m eating up a long-standing supply).
Flash drive with a capacity of 4 GB.
Flash drive with a capacity of 8 GB.
Middle floor. Front layer - leftmost:
Miniature sponge for cleaning shoes.
Cigar guillotine (still never used).
A plastic box for pills (sometimes you have to grab vitamins from home to take them on schedule).
Two subminiature folding knives.
Miniature flashlight with LED.
Flash drive with a capacity of 1 GB (by modern times it’s negligible, and even if it’s old, it’s about to start to malfunction; but this is one of latest issues, which have a mechanical write blocking engine, so you can safely connect it to someone else’s computer without fear of a virus getting onto it).
Flash drive with a capacity of 32 GB.
Middle floor. The second layer is the left vertical one at the fastener:
Mechanical pencils with 0.5 mm leads in different colors.
Ballpoint pens.
A screwdriver with interchangeable bits and a ratcheting mechanism that allows you to rotate it in one direction without intercepting it, but swing it with your hand in both directions.
Middle floor. Left semi-concealed (clasp - under the arm):
An internal passport of a citizen of the USSR with an overprint of Ukrainian citizenship (no longer valid due to the lack of a photograph pasted in at the age of 45 - by that time Ukraine no longer pasted photographs into Soviet passports, but issued new ones).
Foreign passport of a citizen of Ukraine (no longer valid on its own, but it contains a special note about the validity of the visas and other official marks included in it, provided that it is presented together with a valid foreign passport).
Foreign passport of a citizen of the USSR with an overprint of Ukrainian citizenship (no longer valid due to expiration, but it still contains my only official photograph taken in 1995).
Work record book (it, of course, should be kept in the organization of which I am a full-time employee, but this organization is public and technically cannot burden itself with safes and archives, so a fair portion of its documentation is kept by the employees).
A roll of rubber rings for holding papers together.
Middle floor. The second layer is the leftmost one:
Combination magnifier: 4x with 10x insert.
Combination magnifier: 10x 3-element and 20x 5-element.
Hooks for hanging bags under tabletops, 2 pieces.
Middle floor. The second layer is the left one closest to the clasp:
Folding knife.
Spare cassette for voice recorder.
Middle floor. Front layer - left closest to the clasp:
A pack of cardboard Moscow metro tickets (this cardboard doesn't wear out over the years, so I use the blank side of the tickets for writing addresses and phone numbers, as well as for signing autographs; unfortunately, tickets of this type are no longer issued, and the new ones have printed text on both sides , so it’s inconvenient to use them for recording).
Combination magnifier: 2x with 8x insert.
Cassette with small sewing needles.
6 dice (once I was fond of several games of chance, although my colleagues and I always played not for money, but only for the result).
Middle floor. Front layer - left vertical at the fastener:
Ballpoint pens, felt-tip pens.
Knife with a retractable sectional blade for cutting paper.
Set of nail files.
Metal comb (alas, there will soon be nothing left to comb with).
Sliding telescope 8*10 (i.e., with 8x magnification and a lens inlet diameter of 10 mm) - with such parameters it can only be used in bright daylight; the eyepiece part of the tube can be used as a 30x microscope.
Ground floor. Back layer - left:
Several old records in plastic packaging.
Plastic pencil case with needle files (miniature files with fine notches) different shapes and a pen for them.
10x microscope.
Ground floor. Second layer - left:
Tape measure 10 m, metric and inch graduations.
Stationery tape 19 mm matte in a plastic container with a cut edge.
Set of miniature (watch) screwdrivers.
Adhesive roller for removing dust and fibers from fabric.
Ground floor. Front layer - leftmost:
A set of tools in a plastic case in the size of a bank card.
Invalid work IDs (I left different organizations a couple of times under circumstances that did not allow me to return my ID).
Library cards for several libraries (Odessa Regional Scientific, Russian State, State Public Scientific and Technical).
Painkiller tablets (ibuprofen) in a blister.
Gas lighter (torch type - with a powerful flame, similar in shape to autogenous burners).
Ground floor. Front layer - left closest to the clasp:
A monthly pass for all types of public transport in Moscow (if I had bought separate tickets, I would have spent 2-3 times less in a month, but I prefer not to think about whether I have this moment stock of tickets, and is ready to overpay for it).
Valid work identification.
2 awls with plastic protective caps.
A can of synthetic pepper spray.
http://www.1den.ru/articles/poznavatelno/
You can read about Anatoly Oleksandrovich Wasserman in ru.wikipedia.org/
awas1952 awas1952.livejournal.com — Anatoly Wasserman in "LiveJournal" or here awas.ws.
Now we find out what Anatoly carries with him every day.
Onatole knows what he is saying, everyone should watch the video urgently!
He has a total of 26 pockets on his vest, Onotole says. The rumor about 28 pockets started after he once misprinted his LJ.
Rear upper
1. The book "The Federalist"
2. Cassette recorder
3. Inflatable neck pillow
Title=" In total, he has 26 pockets on his vest, as Onotole says. The rumor about 28 pockets began after he once misprinted his LJ.
Rear upper
1. The book "The Federalist"
2. Cassette recorder
3. Inflatable neck pillow">!}
Rear lower:
4. Folding automatic umbrella
Title="Rear lower:
4. Folding automatic umbrella">!}
Top floor: right
5. Reel with thin line
8. Styptic pencil
Title="Top floor: right
5. Reel with thin line
6. Plastic box with large sewing needles
7. Crochet hook with cap
8. Styptic pencil">!}
Middle floor: right semi-concealed (clasp - under the arm)
11. Small collection of banknotes (mostly out of circulation)
Title="Middle floor: right semi-concealed (clasp - under the arm)
9. Internal passport of a citizen of Ukraine
10. Foreign passport of a citizen of Ukraine
11. Small collection of banknotes (mostly out of circulation)">!}
Middle floor: second layer: rightmost
12. Digital camera
14. Digital pass to the building of the editorial office of the magazine “Idea X”
Title="Middle floor: second layer: rightmost
12. Digital camera
13. Hard cardboard cover for ID cards
14. Digital pass to the building of the editorial office of the magazine “Idea X”">!}
Middle floor: second layer: right closest to the clasp
16. Flashlight with nine LEDs
Title="Middle floor: second layer: right closest to the clasp
15. Keys to an Odessa apartment
16. Flashlight with nine LEDs">!}
Middle floor: second layer: right vertical at the fastener
17. Ballpoint pens
18. Markers
21. Text marker
Title="Middle floor: second layer: right vertical at the fastener
17. Ballpoint pens
18. Markers
19. Collet pencil with 2.2 mm lead
20. Combination knife sharpener
21. Text marker">!}
Middle floor: front layer: rightmost
22. Tape measure with soft tape
23. Monocular 2.5*20
25. Miniature screwdriver with interchangeable bits
Title="Middle floor: front layer: rightmost
22. Tape measure with soft tape
23. Monocular 2.5*20
24. Miniature siren whistle
25. Miniature screwdriver with interchangeable bits">!}
Middle floor: front layer: right closest to the clasp
27. Disinfectant pencil
28. Nail clippers
30. Miniature digital lock
Title="Middle floor: front layer: right closest to the clasp
26. Safety pins of different sizes
27. Disinfectant pencil
28. Nail clippers
29. Collection of cardboard Moscow metro tickets with overprints in honor of various holidays and anniversaries
30. Miniature digital lock">!}
Middle floor: front layer: right vertical at the clasp
34. Box of leads 2.2 mm
35. Spare blades for the paper cutter
Title="Middle floor: front layer: right vertical at the fastener
31. Collet clamp with eraser for erasing pencil inscriptions
32. Ballpoint pens, felt-tip pens
33. Ballpoint pen with white for painting over inscriptions
34. Box of leads 2.2 mm
35. Spare blades for the paper cutter">!}
Bottom floor: back layer: right
38. Wallet with old notes
Title="Bottom floor: back layer: right
36. Atlases: of the world, Moscow region, Moscow (with each house), route taxis of Odessa
37. Box for business cards
38. Wallet with old notes">!}
Bottom floor: second layer: right
41. List of books I have
Title="Bottom floor: second layer: right
39. Solar powered calculator
40. Personal and business telephone directories
41. List of books I have">!}
Bottom layer: front layer: right closest to the clasp
46. Gas lighter
47. Glue stick
48. Pepper spray can
Title="Bottom layer: front layer: right closest to the clasp
42. Business cards not yet included in the phone and directory
43. Records of addresses and telephone numbers (on metro tickets) not yet included in the telephone number and directory
44. Several packs of bactericidal patches
45. Several packs of spare 0.5 mm leads
46. Gas lighter
47. Glue stick
48. Pepper spray can">!}
Bottom floor: front layer: rightmost
49. Bank cards
50. Discount cards
52. Set of tweezers with different jaw shapes
Title="Bottom floor: front layer: rightmost
49. Bank cards
50. Discount cards
51. Miniature (80 mm) bootable optical discs with multiple versions of the Linux operating system
52. Set of tweezers with different jaw shapes">!}
Top floor: left
53. Monocular 5*25
57. Flash drive with a capacity of 8 GB bytes
Title="Top floor: left
53. Monocular 5*25
54. Mechanical bottle stopper with an opener on the handle
55. Box of licorice lozenges
56. Flash drive with a capacity of 4 GB bytes
57. Flash drive with a capacity of 8 GB bytes">!}
Middle floor: front layer: leftmost
59. Guillotine for cigars
64. Flash drive with a capacity of 32 GB bytes
Title="Middle floor: front layer: leftmost
58. Miniature shoe cleaning sponge
59. Guillotine for cigars
60. Plastic pill box
61. Two subminiature folding knives
62. Miniature flashlight with LED
63. Flash drive with a capacity of 1 GB bytes
64. Flash drive with a capacity of 32 GB bytes">!}
Middle floor: second layer: left vertical at the fastener
66. Ballpoint pens
67. Screwdriver with replaceable bits and ratchet mechanism
Title="Middle floor: second layer: left vertical at the fastener
65. Mechanical pencils with 0.5 mm leads in different colors.
66. Ballpoint pens
67. Screwdriver with replaceable bits and ratchet mechanism">!}
Middle floor: left semi-concealed (clasp - under the arm)
71. Work book
72. A roll of rubber rings for tightening papers
Title="Middle floor: left semi-concealed (clasp - under the arm)
68. Internal passport of a citizen of the USSR with an overprint of Ukrainian citizenship
69. Foreign passport of a citizen of Ukraine
70. Foreign passport of a citizen of the USSR with an overprint of Ukrainian citizenship
71. Work book
72. A roll of rubber rings for tightening papers">!}
Middle floor: second layer: leftmost
75. Hooks for hanging bags under table tops
Title="Middle floor: second layer: leftmost
73. Combination magnifier: 4x with 10x insert
74. Combination magnifier: 10x 3-element and 20x 5-element
75. Hooks for hanging bags under table tops">!}
Middle floor: second layer: left closest to the clasp
76. Folding knife
77. Spare cassette for voice recorder
Title="Middle floor: second layer: left closest to the clasp
76. Folding knife
77. Spare cassette for voice recorder">!}
Middle floor: front layer: left closest to the clasp
81. 6 dice
Title="Middle floor: front layer: left closest to the clasp
78. A pack of cardboard Moscow metro tickets (old style)
79. Combination magnifier: 2x with 8x insert
80. Cassette with small sewing needles
81. 6 dice">!}
Middle floor: front layer: left vertical at the clasp
82. Ballpoint pens
83. Markers
85. Set of nail files
86. Metal comb
87. Sliding telescope 8*10
Title="Middle floor: front layer: left vertical at the fastener
82. Ballpoint pens
83. Markers
84. Knife with a retractable sectional blade for cutting paper
85. Set of nail files
86. Metal comb
87. Sliding telescope 8*10">!}
Bottom floor: back layer: left
90. 10x microscope
Title="Bottom floor: back layer: left
88. Several old records in plastic packaging
89. Plastic pencil case with needle files
90. 10x microscope">!}
Bottom floor: second layer: left
94. Adhesive roller for removing dust and fibers from fabric
Title="Bottom floor: second layer: left
91. Tape measure: 10 m, metric and inch graduations
92. Stationery tape 19 mm matte in a plastic container with a cut edge
93. Set of miniature (watch) screwdrivers
94. Adhesive roller for removing dust and fibers from fabric">!}
Bottom floor: front layer: leftmost
99. Gas lighter
Title="Bottom floor: front layer: leftmost
95. A set of tools in a plastic case in the size of a bank card
96. Invalid official IDs
97. Library cards for several libraries
98. Painkiller tablets (ibuprofen) in a blister pack
99. Gas lighter">!}
Bottom layer: front layer: left closest to the clasp
103. Can of synthetic pepper spray
Title="Bottom layer: front layer: left closest to the clasp
100. Monthly ticket for all types of public transport in Moscow
101. Valid official identification
102. 2 awls with plastic protective caps
103. Can of synthetic pepper spray">!}
I'll add photos
Wow, this post just blew my mind.
The magazine where Anatoly Wasserman works as editor-in-chief decided to empty his pockets.
A styptic pencil, a collection of banknotes, a flashlight, a telescope, Linux disks, a screwdriver, dice - this is just the beginning.
PICKED UP!
The editors of the magazine... are following with increasing concern speculation about the contents of the vest pockets of our editor-in-chief Anatoly Wasserman. No matter how sophisticated numerous would-be researchers were, discovering oil, brain, or gold in the pockets of the venerable erudite. Some individuals have even gone so far as to have rodents and other pests of fields and gardens in some pockets.
How long! How long will we tolerate incompetence on the Internet!
Today we are correcting injustice. We present to your attention the official *** contents of the pockets of Anatoly Wasserman’s vest, excluding the Wasserman centimeter with a knocked down graduation, which was presented to the editor of the “Ideas X” site.
Brief *** contents of Anatoly Wasserman's pockets
Chief editor Anatoly Aleksandrovich Wasserman showed up at the editorial office of his native magazine immediately upon arrival from Odessa, rushing from the station on his birthday for a prompt photo shoot. Despite being slightly tired, he was extremely cheerful: he told stories, joked a lot, read another book about weapons and at the same time managed to give important administrative orders. When the editor-in-chief was distracted for half a minute, the publication's employees accidentally discovered... oil in the 27th, secret vest pocket. A tender is currently being held to develop this field, and its exact location is strictly classified. Well, we open access to the contents of the remaining pockets on the pages of “Ideas X”.
Story from Wasserman
I once flew to SD (Severodonetsk - ed.) at the invitation of the NPO Impulse, where I studied and corrected errors in software for computers. So, I come and check into the Central Hotel. I go down to the restaurant and start a conversation with the waitress about studying the menu. As she takes the order away, an enthusiastic cry is heard from the kitchen: “Pleischner has arrived!”
Vest
I've been wearing multi-pocket vests since 1986. Initially I sewed with my own hands. Then - when hunting vests began to appear on sale - I began to buy and add missing pockets to them. Finally, for the last five years I have been ordering vests from a workwear company. True, they only accept wholesale orders - at least 20 vests. In the years remaining to me, in which I can still carry such a load, I’m unlikely to wear out more than a dozen. Therefore, I sold off the surplus. And when I decided to strengthen some of the fasteners and therefore made a new order, at the same time I sold out the unworn remainder of the previous one.
There is a reference floating around the Internet about 28 pockets in my vest. This is the result of my typo when answering someone else's question. In fact, the latest and penultimate models have 26 pockets. In the previous ones - even less.
Vest 
Rear upper
The Federalist book. The authors of the Constitution of the United States of America - Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - substantiated the key provisions of the constitution so convincingly in a large series of newspaper essays that in the end all 13 states voted for it and in 1787 it came into force. Since then, the number of states living under this constitution has already reached 50, and only 26 amendments have been made to it (although the first 10 - the so-called Bill of Rights - are wholesale, as one of the conditions for its adoption). I bought the book a long time ago, but I read it in fits and starts - in between current affairs. And always with pleasure: not only from the depth of political thought, but also from a style that is unattainable for current politicians.
Cassette recorder. It seems like hoary antiquity; I switched to digital long ago. But I still carry the cassette one and recently even bought a new one, because the mechanics of the previous one were worn out. Sometimes handing over a recorded cassette to someone is much easier than transferring files from a digital camera.
Inflatable neck pillow. Allows you to sleep quite comfortably while sitting. With my torn lifestyle, I sometimes end up sleeping in the most unexpected places, for example, in the company car of my colleague and old friend Nurali Latypov (I don’t drive a car myself and don’t have personal ones - it’s easier, if necessary, to catch a passing car or “bomb” on the street).
Rear lower
Folding automatic umbrella. It is placed so well that it does not interfere with me in any position. That's why I don't take it out even in winter.
VEST. Right side
Top floor: right
A spool of thin fishing line used as sewing thread.
Plastic box with large sewing needles. A crochet hook with a cap (unfortunately, I don’t know how to knit, but this crochet hook is convenient for pulling out all sorts of little things from narrow crevices).
Hemostatic pencil (a stick of compressed alum crystals in plastic packaging). Lantern with a miniature incandescent lamp.
Middle floor: right semi-concealed (clasp - under the arm)
Internal passport of a citizen of Ukraine.
Foreign passport of a citizen of Ukraine.
A small collection of banknotes (mostly out of circulation).
Middle floor: second layer: rightmost
Digital camera. Hard cardboard cover for ID cards. It contains official certificates for the knives that I carry with me: the examination of the Ministry of Internal Affairs recognizes these knives not as edged weapons, but as household tools.
Digital pass to the building of the editorial office of the magazine “Idea X”.
Middle floor: second layer: right closest to the clasp
Keys to an Odessa apartment. Flashlight with nine LEDs.
Middle floor: second layer: right vertical at the fastener
Ballpoint pens, felt-tip pens, collet pencil with 2.2 mm lead, combined sharpener for different types of knives, text marker.
Middle floor: front layer: rightmost
Tape measure with soft tape (tailor's tape measure with spring retraction).
Monocular 2.5*20 (i.e. a miniature telescope with 2.5x magnification and a lens inlet diameter of 20 mm).
Miniature siren whistle (to make noise in case of a surprise attack).
Miniature screwdriver with replaceable bits. Miniature shoe horn.
Middle floor: front layer: right closest to the clasp
Safety pins of different sizes. Disinfectant stick: a stick of pressed silver nitrate crystals in a plastic case.
Nail clippers. A collection of cardboard tickets for the Moscow metro with overprints in honor of various holidays and anniversaries. Miniature digital lock.
Middle floor: front layer: right vertical at the clasp 
Collet clamp with eraser for erasing pencil inscriptions.
Ballpoint pens, felt-tip pens.
Ballpoint pen with white for painting over inscriptions.
Box of leads 2.2 mm.
Spare blades for a paper cutter.
Bottom floor: back layer: right
Atlases: of the world, the Moscow region, Moscow (with each house), minibuses of Odessa.
Bottom floor: second layer: right
Solar powered calculator.
Personal and business telephone directories (printouts in small print on several sheets).
A list of books I have by several prolific authors whose work I can no longer retain in my memory and therefore, without a list, I risk buying something again.
A box for business cards (it also stores a spare SIM card: I use different cards in Ukraine and Russia).
A wallet with old notes (perhaps it’s high time to transfer these notes to digital media, but I still haven’t gotten around to it).
Bottom layer: front layer: right closest to the clasp
Business cards not yet included in the phone and directory.
Records of addresses and telephone numbers (on metro tickets) that have not yet been entered (or cannot be entered, because they are needed for one-time use) in the telephone and directory.
Several packages of bactericidal patches.
Several packs of spare 0.5 mm leads.
Gas lighter (even non-smokers often use it).
Glue stick.
A can of pepper spray.
Bottom floor: front layer: rightmost
Bank cards.
Discount cards.
Miniature (80 mm) bootable optical discs with multiple versions of the Linux operating system.
A set of tweezers with different jaw shapes.
Top floor: left
Monocular 5*25 (i.e. a miniature telescope with 5x magnification and a lens inlet diameter of 25 mm).
Mechanical bottle stopper with an opener on the handle. A box of licorice lozenges (alas, in recent years this delicacy has no longer been brought to Moscow, so I’m eating up a long-standing supply).
Flash disk with a capacity of 4 GB bytes.
Flash disk with a capacity of 8 GB bytes.
Middle floor: front layer: leftmost
Miniature sponge for cleaning shoes.
Cigar guillotine (still never used).
A plastic box for pills (sometimes you have to grab vitamins from home to take on schedule).
Two subminiature folding knives.
Miniature flashlight with LED.
A flash disk with a capacity of 1 GB of bytes (in these days, it’s negligible, and even if it’s old, it will start to fail; but this is one of the latest releases that has a mechanical write lock engine, so you can safely connect it to someone else’s computer without fear that a virus will get on it).
Flash disk with a capacity of 32 GB bytes.
Middle floor: second layer: left vertical at the fastener
Mechanical pencils with 0.5 mm leads in different colors.
Ballpoint pens.
A screwdriver with interchangeable bits and a ratcheting mechanism that allows you to rotate it in one direction without intercepting it, but swing it with your hand in both directions.
Middle floor: left semi-concealed (clasp - under the arm)
An internal passport of a citizen of the USSR with an overprint of Ukrainian citizenship (no longer valid due to the lack of a photograph pasted in at the age of 45 - by that time Ukraine no longer pasted photographs into Soviet passports, but issued new ones).
Foreign passport of a citizen of Ukraine (no longer valid on its own, but it contains a special note about the validity of the visas and other official marks included in it, provided that it is presented together with a valid foreign passport).
Foreign passport of a citizen of the USSR with an overprint of Ukrainian citizenship (no longer valid due to expiration, but it still contains my only official photograph taken in 1995).
Work record book (it, of course, should be kept in the organization of which I am a full-time employee, but this organization is public and technically cannot burden itself with safes and archives, so a fair portion of its documentation is kept by the employees).
A roll of rubber rings for holding papers together.
Middle floor: second layer: leftmost
Combination magnifier: 4x with 10x insert.
Combination magnifier: 10x 3-element and 20x 5-element.
Hooks for hanging bags under tabletops, 2 pieces.
Middle floor: second layer: left closest to the clasp
Folding knife.
Spare cassette for voice recorder.
VEST. Left-hand side
Middle floor: front layer: left closest to the clasp
A pack of cardboard Moscow metro tickets (this cardboard doesn't wear out over the years, so I use the blank side of the tickets for writing addresses and phone numbers, as well as for signing autographs; unfortunately, tickets of this type are no longer issued, and the new ones have printed text on both sides , so it’s inconvenient to use them for recording).
Combination magnifier: 2x with 8x insert.
Cassette with small sewing needles.
6 dice (once I was fond of several games of chance, although my colleagues and I always played not for money, but only for the result).
Middle floor: front layer: left vertical at the clasp
Ballpoint pens, felt-tip pens.
Knife with a retractable sectional blade for cutting paper.
Set of nail files.
Metal comb (alas, there will soon be nothing left to comb with).
Sliding telescope 8*10 (i.e. with 8x magnification and a lens entrance opening diameter of 10 mm) - with such parameters it can only be used in bright daylight; the eyepiece part of the tube can be used as a 30x microscope.
Bottom floor: back layer: left
Several old records in plastic packaging.
A plastic pencil case with needle files (miniature files with fine notches) of various shapes and a handle for them.
10x microscope.
Bottom floor: second layer: left
Tape measure: 10 m, metric and inch graduations.
Stationery tape 19 mm matte in a plastic container with a cut edge.
Set of miniature (watch) screwdrivers.
Adhesive roller for removing dust and fibers from fabric.
Bottom floor: front layer: leftmost
A set of tools in a plastic case in the size of a bank card
Invalid work IDs (I left different organizations a couple of times under circumstances that did not allow me to return my ID).
Library cards for several libraries (Odessa Regional Scientific, Russian State, State Public Scientific and Technical).
Painkiller tablets (ibuprofen) in a blister.
Gas lighter (torch type - with a powerful flame, similar in shape to autogenous burners).
Bottom layer: front layer: left closest to the clasp
A monthly pass for all types of public transport in Moscow (if I had bought separate tickets, I would have spent 2–3 times less in a month, but I prefer not to think about whether I currently have a supply of tickets and am willing to overpay for it) .
Valid work identification.
2 awls with plastic protective caps.
A can of synthetic pepper spray.
IN soon the editors are going to get into Wasserman's pants.
I promise to keep you posted :)
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