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Posted: Aug 25 2011 04:27 pm

I've always enjoyed checking out other peoples' keychains to see how they decorate them. I know it's more of a girl thing to really deck yours out, but I have seem some guys who got creative with what they had on their keychains (and it's not like we don't have any girls here as well Very Happy

). I wanna see what you guys have!

Here's mine to start things off.

Most of it is pretty self-explanatory I think. The long red thing says I'm an alumni of my university, which is something I'm quite proud of (it also keeps me from ever losing my keys in my purse lol). I have several keys, which are for my car, the house, and the file cabinet in my room. The 2003 is the year I graduated high school. Everything else is decoration and flavor I suppose.

Let's see yours!

Posted: Aug 25 2011 04:58 pm

Yeah that's mine, I don't put much on them because damaging the ignition cylinder because you overloaded a key chain is never fun. In fact if I ever have car keys on my key chain they just get slid into the little clip thing I bought at Lowes and not attached to the other key ring so I can take it off without having the rest of the crap hanging off them while they are in the ignition. I do like my little clip thing, the crappy ones they sell for keys are junk and break in a couple weeks. I bought one that can hold 75 lbs at Lowes and the thing hasn't broken in 6 years.

Posted: Aug 25 2011 05:04 pm

Ewww, aika...you're one of those.

Posted: Aug 25 2011 05:48 pm

Klimbatize wrote:

Ewww, aika...you're one of those.

One of what? Female? Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot how much they terrify you. Don't worry, I'll try not to get you infected.

Posted: Aug 25 2011 05:48 pm

Klimbatize wrote:

Ewww, aika...you're one of those.

haha

Posted: Aug 25 2011 06:33 pm

aika wrote:

Klimbatize wrote:

Ewww, aika...you're one of those.

One of what? Female? Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot how much they terrify you. Don't worry, I'll try not to get you infected.

No no. I love females. I'm talking about being one of those people who has way too much stuff dangling around their steering wheel while I'm in the passenger side praying to Christ it doesn't get tangled up.

At least you have a weapon handy in case you get accosted in a dark parking lot.

Posted: Aug 25 2011 06:44 pm

Klimbatize wrote:

aika wrote:

Klimbatize wrote:

Ewww, aika...you're one of those.

One of what? Female? Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot how much they terrify you. Don't worry, I'll try not to get you infected.

No no. I love females. I'm talking about being one of those people who has way too much stuff dangling around their steering wheel while I'm in the passenger side praying to Christ it doesn't get tangled up.

At least you have a weapon handy in case you get accosted in a dark parking lot.

no. she refuses to get mace

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Yeah, I asked my woman to stop putting shit like that on her keys when we first started dating. She understood the logic immediately once I pointed it out to her (shit shouldn't dangle from your goddamn steering wheel) and put it on her pocketbook instead.

Posted: Aug 25 2011 06:56 pm

Klimbatize wrote:

I'm talking about being one of those people who has way too much stuff dangling around their steering wheel while I'm in the passenger side praying to Christ it doesn't get tangled up.

In the 11 years I've been driving I've yet to have an issue. Does that make me awesome or just lucky?

There's nothing for it to get tangled in anyway.

Posted: Aug 25 2011 07:15 pm

aika wrote:

Klimbatize wrote:

I'm talking about being one of those people who has way too much stuff dangling around their steering wheel while I'm in the passenger side praying to Christ it doesn't get tangled up.

In the 11 years I've been driving I've yet to have an issue. Does that make me awesome or just lucky?

There's nothing for it to get tangled in anyway.

It's extremely unlikely that it would ever actually get tangled up, I'm just letting you in on my thought-process when I hop into a car and someone has eighteen inches of flare hanging from their ignition.

Posted: Aug 25 2011 08:13 pm

You should put a good, heavy padlock on there so you've got something to swing at rapists.

Posted: Aug 25 2011 08:28 pm

Ice2SeeYou wrote:

You should put a good, heavy padlock on there so you've got something to swing at rapists.

or... just get some mace

or

UsaSatsui's Youtube Channel · Posted: Aug 25 2011 09:06 pm

I used to have a bitchin' collection of locks on my keychain that I forgot to put back on luggage when I worked at TSA. I'd just slap them on my keychain. I've only got one left, but mostly because it's a real good lock and I can't get it off.

I've also got a zipper tab on there (for some reason), and a rabbit's foot.

Posted: Aug 25 2011 09:30 pm

I do have a can of mace on my keychain, as well as two clip-backed folders. I usually leave my keychain at home when I'm going to the airport or anywhere, you know, they don't want people carrying that stuff. Otherwise, just some keys.

UsaSatsui's Youtube Channel · Posted: Aug 25 2011 10:13 pm

aeonic wrote:

I do have a can of mace on my keychain, as well as two clip-backed folders. I usually leave my keychain at home when I'm going to the airport or anywhere, you know, they don't want people carrying that stuff. Otherwise, just some keys.

I've seen keychain get taken away at the airport (and no, you do not get it back. You can take it back out and give it to someone or whatever, but if TSA takes it, it gets disposed of). You also can't put it in your checked baggage, I've had to remove some pepper spray from it, including bear repellant.

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Well, I don't have anything that usually finds itself on a keychain. Therefor, I don't own a keychain.

Posted: Aug 25 2011 10:22 pm

UsaSatsui wrote:

aeonic wrote:

I do have a can of mace on my keychain, as well as two clip-backed folders. I usually leave my keychain at home when I'm going to the airport or anywhere, you know, they don't want people carrying that stuff. Otherwise, just some keys.

I've seen keychain get taken away at the airport (and no, you do not get it back. You can take it back out and give it to someone or whatever, but if TSA takes it, it gets disposed of). You also can't put it in your checked baggage, I've had to remove some pepper spray from it, including bear repellant.

And yet they've consistently missed lighters, pocketknives, etc. that I've been carrying, even when they wand me. Of course, that's usually after I tell them that my fake teeth set the metal detectors off (they've got a strip of running on each side of my lower molars), so I guess I could see the oversight. I also have a little piggy LED flashlight. I wish I could take pictures of it, but I have no webcam/cell camera or anything. It's adorable.

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I carry 5 keys in my pocket.

My house
My parents house
My grandparents house
My car
My wife's car

Joined: Apr 17 2011 Location: US Posts: 58

I don't think it can get much more simple or badass than a single key being towed by Serenity.

Posted: Aug 26 2011 12:30 am

Just keys, they go in my pocket so I can't have bunch of entertaining doo dads on there.

UsaSatsui's Youtube Channel · Posted: Aug 26 2011 12:45 am

aeonic wrote:

UsaSatsui wrote:

aeonic wrote:

I do have a can of mace on my keychain, as well as two clip-backed folders. I usually leave my keychain at home when I'm going to the airport or anywhere, you know, they don't want people carrying that stuff. Otherwise, just some keys.

I've seen keychain get taken away at the airport (and no, you do not get it back. You can take it back out and give it to someone or whatever, but if TSA takes it, it gets disposed of). You also can't put it in your checked baggage, I've had to remove some pepper spray from it, including bear repellant.

And yet they've consistently missed lighters, pocketknives, etc. that I've been carrying, even when they wand me. Of course, that's usually after I tell them that my fake teeth set the metal detectors off (they've got a strip of running on each side of my lower molars), so I guess I could see the oversight. I also have a little piggy LED flashlight. I wish I could take pictures of it, but I have no webcam/cell camera or anything. It's adorable.

Yeah, like I want to go into that whole thing again.

But stuff on keychains, like little penknives and kubotans, usually got caught, since you usually throw your keys on the belt.

And while using pepper spray as a weapon is a bad thing, it's not allowed on flights at all because it's a pressurized container (they make exceptions for hairspray and the like). You do not want someone's bottle of pepper spray kablooming on a flight.

Posted: Aug 26 2011 01:02 am

I'm sure the security is not perfect, I got one of these through by total accident because I forgot I had it in my wallet.

and those things are fucking sharp, easily dangerous. This was way back a year or two after 911, I don't know if their security has gotten any better because I make sure I'm legit before I fly now because I don't have time to faff about and get anally probed by the TSA, finding that in the wallet after I got off the plane scared the fucking shit out of me.

UsaSatsui's Youtube Channel · Posted: Aug 26 2011 01:41 am

If you don't take your wallet out to be scanned, that's pretty unlikely to be found. I don't think it's enough metal to set off the detector. There really were a lot of things that were prohibited but not real priorities, and razor blades were one of them. Let's face it, nobody's hijacking a plane with a box cutter ever again.

And checking that list, apparently very small bottles of Mace are allowed in checked baggage. Who knew?

Posted: Aug 26 2011 05:55 am

joshwoodzy wrote:

Yeah, I asked my woman to stop putting shit like that on her keys when we first started dating. She understood the logic immediately once I pointed it out to her (shit shouldn't dangle from your goddamn steering wheel) and put it on her pocketbook instead.

What's wrong with having stuff dangling from the ignition? And what the fuck is it going to get tangled up with that will suddenly cause the car to explode?

Posted: Aug 26 2011 09:21 am

The PROBLEM, with stuff dangling from the ignition, is not the getting caught, but bending not only the key, but the internal mechanism of the ignition within the dash or steering column, as well as the added weight, depending where located, while bending said mechanism, also containing the potential for not only cosmetic damage to the steering column or dash, but also if there are any sensors or wiring in an said area internally, where the force pulling down on the ignition is causing it to rub or weigh on something

This DID in fact happen in my 1989 Cutlas Supreme, the woman that owned it before me had excessive weight, which by the way was not as much as you think, hanging from the ignition, that not too long after owning the vehicle I had to replace the ignition, the switch in the steering column, a switch related to the horn in the steering column, a relay in the steering column related to the windshield wipers, and a cosmetic casing around the wiper / headlight / turn signal arm coming out of the steering column.

I know this to be true because my cousin is an ASE certified mechanic, and has his bachelors in Automotive Technologies with a minor in Electronics, and fixed it in my brother's garage, thus he showed me how the excess weight moved the rear of the cylinder higher, as well as making it loose within the column, moving it around causing damage.

THIS, THIS is a problem.