>>Speaking of multiple use hardware, the most useful thing in a computer is what we call "the blind (man)", the piece of tin you remove from the back of your box when you install a card. I always have one around and use it for anything - mostly for opening mail. Once I used it as a knife to cut bread and spread the pate; several times it served instead of the little spoon to add sugar to coffee and stir it. Too bad they don't make them as hard as they used to. The old steel ones were much better.
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>As long as they don't melt inside your cup when you stir...
>If they were somewhat longer they could easily be used as back scratchers.
>If you use them with rubber-bands they work great in throwing projectiles at your co-workers.

Right! I knew I was missing something crucial as a telecommuter!