December 1, 2004
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Senior Moments
More and more often lately, when changing from my street clothes to the clothes I wear around the house I have been forgetting to put my house keys in my pockets. I don't think I've forgotten the keys when dressing to go out, only when I'm getting ready to stay around the house. Then I'd walk outside and be unable to get back in.
So far, I've only done this when somebody else has been at home to open doors for me or lend me their keys. I could easily enough do it when alone and get stuck outside for hours instead of just for a few minutes.
Knowing I had this problem, a couple of months ago I got a key retractor to place on my at-home pants. Yesterday I finally had duplicate keys made. They have keys now with plastic coats in a variety of designs, so I was able to get two of the keys in blue with the Chargers bolt emblem on them. The third key is less common and I just got a plain metal copy.
Now the keys reside with the appropriate set of pants. The old keys reside on two key holders with several other keys, a flashlight, a bottle opener and a plastic piece that reminds me of the facts behind my birthday, shared with such notables as Beethoven and Arthur C. Clarke as well as being the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party and the Battle of the Bulge. They are all in the pocket of the pants I wear to go places. The new copies hang on the pants I wear at home.
I shouldn't get locked out again.
Unless I forget to wear my pants.