You know those little keys you tote all over creation? Have you ever thought about what happens if you lose them?
I never thought about it until I returned from the wedding trip last Sunday.
You see, as the big ol’ jet aerolinah touched down in Atlanta, I realized my keys were in my dear wife’s purse and my dear wife was back in Destin, Florida where I left her to enjoy a few more days of fun and frolic with her friends.
Here is the damage breakdown of that little brain fart:
- $77 cab fair from airport to my doorstep.
- $149 locksmith fee to come to my home at 10:30pm and drill (not pick mind you) my front door deadbolt. Seems he wasn’t much of a lock picker. But a darn good lock driller.
- $59 for a new deadbolt lock for the front door.
And, as Murphy would be remiss not to throw in his two cents worth, turns out the Weiser lock company no longer exists. Qwikset bought them and eliminated their products from their line. No more Weiser locks. Since my front door lockset was a Weiser, my front door is now the only entry door in the house with a different key. Thank you Mr. Murphy. I needed another key for the key ring.
So dear friends, take it from an experienced source…
As you concern yourselves with the catastrophes that would occur should your hard drive crash, consider also the pain in the rear that would result should you lose your keys…and of course the resulting costs.
As with your hard drive, back them up.
For me, that means duplicating each key, putting them on a ring, and burying them in the back yard (in a waterproof container). And of course, leaving a small digging utensil handy somewhere outside.
Ahhhhh, I love travel sketching.
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