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I never leave the house without my knife except on airline flights, and it is packed in my luggage for when I get to mt destination. I have used the toothpick when needed, and even pulled a few splinters with the tweezers.
I used to keep a Gerber multi-tool, a 6-way screwdriver and small pocket knife in my portfolio. Even immediately after 9/11, they still allowed the 6-way screwdriver.

First flight after 9/11, I've been flirting with the first class FA. She is looking very distressed with her bottle of wine. Apparently, they removed corkscrews from their equipment. I pulled out my screw driver, removed the bit. Asked her for a napkin. Wrapped the napkin around the bottle and put the screwdriver on the cork. One good thump from my fist drove the cork into the bottle.

The cork was floating at the top. I told her just pour. She was astounded how it all worked. I said she must never have dated a "MacGyver".
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