The best way to untangle a knotty tangle is not to “untie” the knots, but to keep pulling the loops apart wider and wider. Just make the mess as big, loose and open as possible. As you open up the knots they will unravel themselves. Works on cords, strings, hoses, yarns, or electronic cables.
"The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all."