... some days it stays organized, some days not.

But always gets sorted before the next step.

And it does depend on how a mind works.

... a self locking nut (that secured the blade) had fallen off a tree branch extension pole last summer.

I looked at it, paused, said to my wife: "wait here, I have just the thing".

At least 30 years, half a dozen moves, and who knows how many hardware re-orgs, I emerged 5 minutes later from the basement with a lock nut that had been on my old Raleigh 10 speed bicycle.

And it fit. Perfectly.