Update: Feeling much better.

The lady and I got an air bnb out in Burnet, just to get out of the A-hole for a night. Hot tub was quality, bed was comfortable. Drove around the Hill Country and looked at flowers. The yuccas are starting to bloom. It’s very verdant in the HC this year. Stopped and wet a line at Lake Buchanan. Caught nothing. We ate lunch at Opie’s BBQ, which was surprisingly weak. Back in the A-hole and back to work tomorrow.

House/work keys met an unfortunate end today. A rescue effort was made, many "fucks" were exclaimed, but they belong to the C.H.U.D. now.

EDIT: to be clear I was not fiddling, playing, jostling, or jingling. I was working. Hard. Keys were clipped to my belt, apparently by a substandard thingy, then plop.

I'll never understand the keys clipped on the belt thing. Put your fucking keys in your fucking pocket where they fucking belong. FUCK!

I went out to one of my accounts to help with a wine reset (reorganize the shelves). Opened a bunch of old white wines just to see if they held up. All were still good. Super fun day.

enframed wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 10:18 am I'll never understand the keys clipped on the belt thing. Put your fucking keys in your fucking pocket where they fucking belong. FUCK!

What if your keys are legion tho? Have you ever thought about that? Do you ever think of anyone else's key-pocket troubles? No, you don't.

rsmurphy wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 1:07 pm

enframed wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 10:18 am I'll never understand the keys clipped on the belt thing. Put your fucking keys in your fucking pocket where they fucking belong. FUCK!

What if your keys are legion tho? Have you ever thought about that? Do you ever think of anyone else's key-pocket troubles? No, you don't.

I'm on Team Enframed. This has always puzzled me. My two questions are:

1. Holy shit how many lockable things do you own what the hell holy shit
2. Ok so you have 14 Hello Kitty padlock diaries, do you really need an "at a moment's notice, on my person at all times" relationship with those keys?

I distinctly recall the near-overnight appearance of the carabiner with 10+ keys circa 2002. It was like a directive. So weird.

Christopher wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 4:46 pm

rsmurphy wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 1:07 pm

enframed wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 10:18 am I'll never understand the keys clipped on the belt thing. Put your fucking keys in your fucking pocket where they fucking belong. FUCK!

What if your keys are legion tho? Have you ever thought about that? Do you ever think of anyone else's key-pocket troubles? No, you don't.

I'm on Team Enframed. This has always puzzled me. My two questions are:

1. Holy shit how many lockable things do you own what the hell holy shit
2. Ok so you have 14 Hello Kitty padlock diaries, do you really need an "at a moment's notice, on my person at all times" relationship with those keys?

I distinctly recall the near-overnight appearance of the carabiner with 10+ keys circa 2002. It was like a directive. So weird.

My old apartment in Chicago had a stupid amount of keys:

1. Front gate
2. Front building entrance
3. Apartment entrance
4. Laundry room
5. Mailbox
6. Rear building entrance
7. Rear gate

Add in keys for my van, practice space, bike lock---yeah, I'm not putting that in a fucking pocket.

Even now I've got house key, van key, bike lock, bass case lock, earplugs holder--also too big for a pocket.

rsmurphy wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 1:07 pm

enframed wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 10:18 am I'll never understand the keys clipped on the belt thing. Put your fucking keys in your fucking pocket where they fucking belong. FUCK!

What if your keys are legion tho? Have you ever thought about that? Do you ever think of anyone else's key-pocket troubles? No, you don't.

I never think about your keys nor pockets Randall, it's true.

tallchris wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 5:49 pm

Christopher wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 4:46 pm

rsmurphy wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 1:07 pm

What if your keys are legion tho? Have you ever thought about that? Do you ever think of anyone else's key-pocket troubles? No, you don't.

I'm on Team Enframed. This has always puzzled me. My two questions are:

1. Holy shit how many lockable things do you own what the hell holy shit
2. Ok so you have 14 Hello Kitty padlock diaries, do you really need an "at a moment's notice, on my person at all times" relationship with those keys?

I distinctly recall the near-overnight appearance of the carabiner with 10+ keys circa 2002. It was like a directive. So weird.

My old apartment in Chicago had a stupid amount of keys:

1. Front gate
2. Front building entrance
3. Apartment entrance
4. Laundry room
5. Mailbox
6. Rear building entrance
7. Rear gate

Add in keys for my van, practice space, bike lock---yeah, I'm not putting that in a fucking pocket.

Even now I've got house key, van key, bike lock, bass case lock, earplugs holder--also too big for a pocket.

How often do you use rear gate? Rear building entrance? Do you really need all those keys on your person at all times?

Laundry room and mailbox can all be kept in the house and grabbed when needed.

Help me help you organize your keys.

I'm doing my first consumer wine tasting since March last year. It's probably against COVID rules.

tallchris wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 5:49 pm

Christopher wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 4:46 pm

rsmurphy wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 1:07 pm

What if your keys are legion tho? Have you ever thought about that? Do you ever think of anyone else's key-pocket troubles? No, you don't.

I'm on Team Enframed. This has always puzzled me. My two questions are:

1. Holy shit how many lockable things do you own what the hell holy shit
2. Ok so you have 14 Hello Kitty padlock diaries, do you really need an "at a moment's notice, on my person at all times" relationship with those keys?

I distinctly recall the near-overnight appearance of the carabiner with 10+ keys circa 2002. It was like a directive. So weird.

My old apartment in Chicago had a stupid amount of keys:

1. Front gate
2. Front building entrance
3. Apartment entrance
4. Laundry room
5. Mailbox
6. Rear building entrance
7. Rear gate

Add in keys for my van, practice space, bike lock---yeah, I'm not putting that in a fucking pocket.

So what did everyone do before carabiners then? I'm serious, it was like a sudden overnight thing. Karabinernacht.

Was it just pockets filled to the brim with keys- some private hell of which I was unaware? Working on a dissertation titled Or Are You Just Happy to See Me: The Inner-Outer Body Migration of Commodity Fetish Signifiers, so I need to know.

tallchris wrote:Even now I've got house key, van key, bike lock, bass case lock, earplugs holder--also too big for a pocket.

I really hope you meant that your earplugs holder has a lock, and not just that it'd take up room in a pocket.