Once upon a time, there was a tortoise who was on a journey. Where? Doesn’t matter, because it’s not a real tortoise, it’s a literary device. This tortoise plodded along just fine. Of course it wasn’t getting anywhere fast, because it was a tortoise. But it went even slower because it only had a leg and a half. That’s right, only 1.5 legs. So it didn’t so much plod, as scoot along the ground. It never worried about the half-leg being but a stub, so long as it had the other good leg. It kept going, day after day. Then, one day, it’s leg fell off. Of course we all wondered how. Perhaps it just got worn out from being the only real leg the tortoise had. Perhaps… Really, it doesn’t matter, because it’s a literary device, remember?

The tortoise was stuck, it needed to get that other leg going, but it was only half a leg. Fortunately, the tortoise was resourceful, and built a rocket-ship out of spare parts he kept in his knapsack. The moral of the story? Never put all your eggs in one basket when going on a journey, much less when backing up your data. And if you lose your basket, build another one really quick, and start collecting more eggs.