What's the best thing that you own?

[dreamshark]

Sure, most Americans have too many things. But some things are better than others. What's a thing that you own that has more than proved its worth year after year? It might be something you use every day, or just something that is always the perfect thing when you need it. Something you may take for granted, but would never want to be without. (Multiple entries are allowed.)

I mused on this question this morning as I ground the beans for my morning coffe for what must be at least the 5000th time in my little electric Jericho coffee grinder: definitely the best present I ever received. It was a surprise Mother's Day gift from Richard and the kids so long ago that ambertatge could hardly wait to tell me how they walked all the way around the lake to the coffee store to buy it for me. At least 15 years later, it's still whirring away, grinding a handful of beans at a time for the freshest coffee possible. Thanks, kids!

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[jolest.livejournal.com]

Something you may take for granted, but would never want to be without.
An excellent question.

My glasses. I got my first pair when I was 5 years old. To this day (over 45 years later) I can still remember when they put the first pair on me and instead of only being able to see 10 feet clearly, I could suddenly see all the way to the far side of the optical shop, and the cars in the street out front, and the buildings across the street, and... Now that I think about it, that is the first time I can recall experiencing true "sense of wonder". :)

After that, (in no particular order) my: car, swiss army pen-knife, pocket flashlight, cellphone. I take all of them for granted and hit a mental-speedbump when I need one of them and they aren't available.

It's interesting that, while I absolutely would never want to be without them, my computer and PDA are both things that I virtually never take for granted. I'm not sure why...