How Many Keys Do You Carry

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In my youth I always thought it as odd to see people walking round with a massive bunch of keys, like jailers about to lock lots of cells and prison exits. I wondered why anyone needed so many. Nowadays I have a massive bunch of keys, most of which I no longer use but never part with. I need my front door key and one for the entrance to the apartment block. I have a few other keys that I know the purpose of but never use. I have a large four draw filing cabinet but I never lock it, as there is only me in the house and if someone got in to break into it, they wouldn’t find much worth stealing anyway. I have a cashbox, but no cash to put in it, so I only use it if helping at stalls, etc. I have a padlock, which occasionally gets used if I stay at hostels but rarely. Other keys I have are now useless. I still have keys to my mum’s house, my old shed (now demolished) and a few old music boxes, etc., and lots of keys of no further use or memory to me. I also have lots of key rings. My reasoning is that a big heavy clump of keys is harder to lose. If I drop one key I might not hear it go, and therefore never recover it. If I drop my whole bunch it will make a noise and I’ll find them easily plus it ill be harder to steal my keys quietly. Car drivers used to have lots of keys but now the electronic key has largely taken over that role. I never drive so I don’t have car-keys as an excuse. It amuses me that I’m no asked ho many keys I have and if I really need so many, as if everyone round me is possessed by my my pre-teen self. Arthur Chappell