Tomorrow I'm off to the car fair to see if I can sell my car. An interesting thought occurred to me earlier today: when I sell the car, I won't have any keys left. No keys at all. Not one. No car key, no house key, no boat key, no work-related or miscellaneous keys; I will neither own, rent or use anything which requires locking.

This is probably a strange thing to notice, and I'm not sure why it struck me as being so fascinating, but having keys seems to be some sort of universal constant once you're over a certain age. I tried to think how old I was, the last time I had no keys, and I couldn't remember. Very young, I'm sure.

Whenever you go someplace, or leave someplace to go home again, you check that you have your keys. You might have other stuff in your pockets or in a bag, but you *always* have keys. I do, anyway, and I assume other people are the same.

Of course, I will only be keyless for a short time, but for that time, it seems like a real novelty. It amuses me.

Brunnen-"easily amused"G