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Which is why I like being in the mental hospital so much - no keys.
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It could be worse, you could be a permie.Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostWhich I was a child again.
I don't like this working, being responsible thing. I think it's directly attibutable to the number of keys you have.
When you're a kid you don't have any at all. Then you get your front door key when you're a teenager. Then maybe a bike lock. Then a locker key.
Then it's a car or motorbike key. Perhaps some more lock keys. Then it's multiple car keys, then front and back door keys. A numeric key to your bank account. A pin number. Multiple pin numbers.
Keys online for this and that. A shed key, garage key. Key to the neighbours house.
Key to the electic meter, key to the gas meter. Then a work key. Then you move! You get more keys, the old keys you keep in a drawer.
You can chart your life by the number of keys you accumulate.
Wish I didn't have keys again.
Throw away your old keys. Discard them like previous lovers and clientco email addresses.
Also, your butler should sort this tulip out.
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I got into a bit of trouble at school by swapping over combination locks on the bicycles. The problem was the headmaster was confused on what rule I had broken so he let me off.Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostI used a combination lock for my bike lock, so that I could be carefree, not worry about losing a key and and didn't wear a hole in my pocket. This system worked well until one night when I became the owner of a sliced lock cable and no bike. Should have used a thicker cable, though these tend to use keys.
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I agree. I had everything but the bird bit.Originally posted by ChrisPackit View PostI thought about this the other day actually, and came to the conclusion that the last time I was truely care free was leaving school at 16. I had the summer hols to look forward to, had the GCSE results that I wanted and had a bird who was fit and a whole new 'grown up' life ahead of me.
It's been down hill since then really
The story of my life, really...
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I thought about this the other day actually, and came to the conclusion that the last time I was truely care free was leaving school at 16. I had the summer hols to look forward to, had the GCSE results that I wanted and had a bird who was fit and a whole new 'grown up' life ahead of me.
It's been down hill since then really
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostWhich I was a child again.
I don't like this working, being responsible thing. I think it's directly attibutable to the number of keys you have.
When you're a kid you don't have any at all. Then you get your front door key when you're a teenager. Then maybe a bike lock. Then a locker key.
Then it's a car or motorbike key. Perhaps some more lock keys. Then it's multiple car keys, then front and back door keys. A numeric key to your bank account. A pin number. Multiple pin numbers.
Keys online for this and that. A shed key, garage key. Key to the neighbours house.
Key to the electic meter, key to the gas meter. Then a work key. Then you move! You get more keys, the old keys you keep in a drawer.
You can chart your life by the number of keys you accumulate.
Wish I didn't have keys again.
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I used a combination lock for my bike lock, so that I could be carefree, not worry about losing a key and and didn't wear a hole in my pocket. This system worked well until one night when I became the owner of a sliced lock cable and no bike. Should have used a thicker cable, though these tend to use keys.
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Carefree
Which I was a child again.
I don't like this working, being responsible thing. I think it's directly attibutable to the number of keys you have.
When you're a kid you don't have any at all. Then you get your front door key when you're a teenager. Then maybe a bike lock. Then a locker key.
Then it's a car or motorbike key. Perhaps some more lock keys. Then it's multiple car keys, then front and back door keys. A numeric key to your bank account. A pin number. Multiple pin numbers.
Keys online for this and that. A shed key, garage key. Key to the neighbours house.
Key to the electic meter, key to the gas meter. Then a work key. Then you move! You get more keys, the old keys you keep in a drawer.
You can chart your life by the number of keys you accumulate.
Wish I didn't have keys again.
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