In the jingle-jangle mornin'...

[slipjig3]

An idle curiosity question:

[Poll #1588244]

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[shadowwolf13]

I have house key and car key, that's it. Lynn has house key, 2 car keys (2 cars), mail box key, and key for laptop at work. We are minimalists. :)

[elionwyr.livejournal.com]

But I did have...one that no longer served a purpose that would still be there had I not just gotten a spiffy new carabiner (yes it's spelled wrong) with holes drilled through it so you can separate your key rings.

So my church key has its own ring now.

*insert geek-snort noises here*

[gingicat]

The keys with no further purpose have been given to the kidlets, who are delighted. :)

There are two keys that are SUPPOSED to open locks in my house, but fail to do so.

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Well, a lot of them are now on the auxiliary keychain, after the number of keys that I was carrying around daily became unmanageable ;-)

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

Of course "Yes" to noodles. I thought I made my feelings on that subject quite clear.

[stagger-lee77.livejournal.com]

i think i have keys to things that might be somewhere sandy...

[rubian77.livejournal.com]

Gah. I carry around a veritable janitor-ring of keys, and THEY ARE ALL NECESSARY.

Screen door, front door, back door, mudroom door, other back door knob, other back door deadbold, two work keys, my mother's house key, car key, 2 tin shop keys, post office box key.

I also used to have keys to the old house, my mother-in-law's house, handcuffs, luggage lock, and briefcase keys. But no more.

[rubian77.livejournal.com]

Tried that, actually...well, found matching deadbolts and handles. And then the deadbolt broke (conveniently right when the warranty was up). We're hard on locks, apparently (ok, not me so much, but my obsessive-compulsive husband is).

And yes, I know I *could* call a locksmith and have them re-key all of the locks to fit the same key, but I just haven't done that...I don't know how much it would cost, and I'm afraid it would be expensive and I don't have a firstborn child to give to them.

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

Noodles!

As in mellow white miso with daikon radish and buckwheat soba on the side! :D

It's what I had for breakfast the other day.

[ckd]

None, because I cleaned it out recently when I was putting a flashlight and a USB thumb drive on it. (Both of which proceeded to have their connection points fail, so neither of them is on my keychain now. Bah.)

[daev.livejournal.com]

A bunch of useless keys on my keyring? I would never have such a thing!

That's because all the keys that don't work, have no purpose, or are completely unknown get moved to another keyring which I keep in a drawer. Until that keyring is full, and I start another one. The drawer is not yet full of keyrings, so ... I don't have a key hoarding problem.

THROW A KEY AWAY? A key is POWER and CONTROL of something which most people don't have! I'm sure that apartment key from college will come in handy someday!!! Especially if they get around to reconstructing the apartment building which they tore down in 1997!!!!

[pseydtonne.livejournal.com]

I do something similar. I keep a separate carabiner with rings for lesser-used keys. For example, I have house keys for my parents' house and grandmother's house in my home town, which I only visit a couple times a year. There are definitely some dead weight keys on there, but I haven't been able to sort all of them.

This giant carabiner stays in a jug with my passport. The jug sits next to the underwear drawer, so I can grab what I need for a trip very easily.