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Email is back up and running. Turns out it never stopped, but my ISP blocked port 25 for “spam or viruses”. Uh huh. They’ve unblocked it, email works again.

Still, I’ve put “replace banana as router with m0n0wall crapbook” on this weekend’s to do list.

The St. Patrick’s day parade was excellent, as usual. I think I left my Swiss Army Knife, though. It’s a black-handled lockback SAK, roughly equivalent to the Nomad. Had it for about 10 years. I’ve thought about getting the Centurion to replace it, but in all honesty, I’ll use a corkscrew more than a Phillips head screwdriver when I’m out and about.

It’s funny, though – I always used to make fun of corkscrews on SAKs. Then I got caught out and about with a bottle of wine but not corkscrew. I quit making fun of them that day. Since then I can count on one hand how many times I’ve needed specifically a Phillips head screwdriver and not been able to use the flathead to take care of it. The number of times I’ve needed a corkscrew? No idea… too many.