The trouble I get myself into

For awhile now I've been thinking about devising a way to hide my spare key for my truck on the truck body itself. The idea being that if I ever locked my keys in my car, I could simply retrieve the spare from it's inconspicuous location and gain access back into the truck without bothering anyone else. Although it seemed like a simple exercise, I found myself baffled to find an appropriate hiding spot on the truck that would not only conceal the key but protect it from being jarred loose in transit.

Well, tonight was my eureka moment. While walking to the truck to recover a lost binkie for Serenity, I found my answer. The stake-hole wells on the bed of the truck. "Who would ever look into one of these holes for a truck key?" I chuckled to myself as I quickly plunked the key into one of the wells. It fit perfectly.


It was only after hearing the key hit the bottom of the well did I realize that I did not consider the second half of my plan... how to retrieve the key. It took about 10 seconds of trying to realize that my key was now completely inaccessible to me. I'm an idiot.

Walking back inside, I deduced that the best way to retrieve my key was to use a rare-earth magnet tied to a stick. I have no idea why this was my first choice but it was the one I went with. After tying the magnet to a small stick with some of my wife's knitting yarn (which was no small feat in itself) I was ready to retrieve my key.

This was when I made my second startling discovery of the night. Car keys are not magnetic. So, using the magnet was, for the most part, useless. Unfortunately, the truck is very magnetic and attracted the powerful magnet right away, which slipped right out of the yarn and lodged itself directly over the key.

So, I essentially solved my problem. The key is in a very inconspicuous place, being covered with a rare-earth magnet and all, and is also relatively secure... also due to said magnet. So, with the exception of me having no way of retrieving the key itself... my efforts were mostly a success. And on that note, I'm going to bed!