Mike Marlow wrote:
Lew Hodgett wrote:

Among cruising sailors, there is an old adage:

"There are no hardware stores at sea."

IOW, if you have a device on board, you also have a full set of spares
for the device.

Same applies to your abode.

Saves lots of extra trips to the hardware store.


It's kind of funny, because I sorta live by that very adage. There are lots
of things in my home that are spared. Including plumbing stuff. Just never
seems to fail that that one piece...


When I have to go and buy a washer or an elbow, I always get two. But
the washers are accumulating and I never seem to have the right one
when something goes out.

--
 GW Ross 

 I started at the top and worked 
 myself down - Orson Welles