Well, I'm back to "Remedial Prepping"!

[Pete Grey]

(1 December 2017, 21:49)Jonas Wrote: You guessed it! I forgot "Murphy's Law".

Last night I was fixing chili for supper. I whipped out my trusty "manual" can opener (no electric can opener for me - the power may go out), and heard a distinct "ping" as I started to open a can of kidney beans. The can opener had opened its last can!

Not to worry. I dug out my trusty 1962-vintage P-38 from Uncle Sam and quite a few minutes later (plus a few cuss-words) managed to have the can opened to where I could access the contents. No big problem, though my hands still are sore today.

But then I started to think (which I obviously hadn't done before).

Why didn't I realize, before last night, that anything mechanical can break?
What if the S had HTF? Lots of our food is in cans. How could have I opened them (short of using a hammer and chisel or an axe) in the long term?
If something had happened to me, how could BHC open a can of food?

Today, I went out and bought two top-of-the-line Farberware hand-held can openers.

As they say 2 is 1 and 1 is none, a reminder to us all

Now I'll be looking at other simple mechanical tools/gadgets that I/we use every day, and have back-ups for each.

Lesson learned, finally!