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.
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.
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.)
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!!!!
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.
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.
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So my church key has its own ring now.
*insert geek-snort noises here*
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There are two keys that are SUPPOSED to open locks in my house, but fail to do so.
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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.
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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.
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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!!!!
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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.
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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.