Nothing is ever easy

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I often hear people complaining about the money expats make when they live overseas. Well, there's a reason for it.

The other day, I sat down with my HSLD Emerson CQC 7 (waveless) in my pocket and the pocket clip got caught on the chair. It bent it out a little and the knife doesn't ride tight in my pocket anymore. I tried to 18B it with the clip still on the knife, but no room to work. So I have to take the clip off to bend it back.

This clip is held on to the knife by way of three tiny screws, notorious for backing out and becoming lost. So before I take them out, experience has taught me to be sure I have locktite available to put them back.

How long would it take you guys to get a bottle of locktite in the States? Would you know where to go? Would the people at the store know what you are talking about?

Well, it took me two hours. I still haven't found anybody that knows what it is and I still don't have locktite. I have a locally made substitute called "Pega Tornillos" literally - "Screw Sticker".

Based on my other local product experiences - 100 MPH tape is actually 99 or 98 MPH tape. 550 cord is actually 549 cord, etc.

This crap had better work, because it would be a major military operation for me to send the knife back to Ernest to get the screws replaced or get the screws down here (in which case the problem would continue, as I would still only have "Pega Tornillo").

We earn every penny we get, I assure you. It really makes you appreciate the States, as Mr. Harsey has said.

This is also a good reason to buy quality when you buy. Because brothers, you are stuck with it, as is, forever.

I won't even go into the Copenhagen Tragedies.