Two Months, Countless Miles, and Counting

<-----See that key over there? The one on the bumper of our Blazer? Yep. That Master Lock key. That's the one.

That key is a little ongoing experiment Mike is conducting right now. The experiment started out purely as an accident. You see, Mike had two identical keys on his keychain for two different Master Locks. One, he used to lock the trailer on his boat when attached to the car. The other, was long gone.

It became a nuisance to Mike to have to try one key and then the other when he wanted to unlock the boat. So, in a fit of frustration one afternoon after an unsuccessful fishing trip, he took the unneeded key off his key ring and threw it on the bumper of the car. "There! That's the last time I have to deal with that stupid key," he swore.

Distracted by something other than the key, he left it there. That was back in June. It is now the middle of August and it is still there. The kids know not to touch it, and the guy at the tire center where we had our tires changed two days ago now knows not to touch it. Mike's friends know not to touch it. As a matter of fact, one of his supporters....err....friends......makes a daily check of the Blazer bumper to ensure that the key is still there.

When will this experiment end? Who knows. My guess is that the key will eventually fall off, but it will not be noticed until days later when someone happens to remember that it once was there. It will be known as the key that rode hundreds of miles on the back Blazer bumper. It will become famous for its staying power.

OK.....

Maybe not.