> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Of course, I will only be keyless for a short time, but for that time, it seems like a real novelty. It amuses me.
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> Brunnen-"easily amused"G

Enjoy it while you can.

It seems like I am always locked(0ops! Sorry.) to a key ring heavy enough to cause wear and tear to my pockets. I used to dream about retirement, knowing that I would no longer have to carry those school-related keys, but my keyring is now heavier than ever. I have two house keys for front and back doors. I have three garage keys; big door, little door, and the door to the attached shed around back. I have a key to the scooter trailer and keys for both the car and truck. There are also keys to some of my scooters, but I tend to keep them in the truck along with the keys to assorted padlocks. Usually, an inventory of my key ring will turn up a couple of unidentifieds.

When I travel, I take one house key and one vehicle key and leave the rest on the kitchen cabinet. If I'm flying, those two key usually wind up in my luggage until I'm back at my home airport. I always put them in my little carryon, just in case my checked luggage gets on a different schedule.

I don't have anything so modern yet, but it occurs to me that even with a car that offers "keyless entry," you have to press a button on the key.

Some day, modern science will unlock a solution to this centuries-old problem.
Howard