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Ascender wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:33 pm

Rich B wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:27 pm Funnily I ordered a practice lock and picks yesterday to have a go at it. I've watched enough LPL videos now - can't be that hard...

We did that during lockdown too!

how did you get on?

Ascender wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:34 pm And of course, as we've opened the doorway to baby teeth, I have to post this as a reminder of the absolute horror of young children.

Kids are wrong and should be banned.

If they ever remake 'Raffles' you're a cert for the David Niven part.

Rich B wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 2:01 pm

Ascender wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:33 pm

Rich B wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:27 pm Funnily I ordered a practice lock and picks yesterday to have a go at it. I've watched enough LPL videos now - can't be that hard...

We did that during lockdown too!

how did you get on?

Ascender wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:34 pm And of course, as we've opened the doorway to baby teeth, I have to post this as a reminder of the absolute horror of young children.

I haven't seen that before. Wow. Not sure I want to again

Rich B wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:27 pm Funnily I ordered a practice lock and picks yesterday to have a go at it. I've watched enough LPL videos now - can't be that hard...

I did that when I bought our current house. The house (probate sale) came with just one key for the front door; all the window locks, back door, garage doors and side door were locked with no key. So I had to get them open somehow.

Back door was a cheap Euro cylinder so unscrewed the handle inside and snapped it with mole grips. Garage door locks are rubbish so I was straight in there without even picking and replaced them from the inside. Window looks weren't too bad, used a rake on those. The sliding patio door lock was more secure and stiff so took a few attempts, think I raked that in the end. The garage side door was a 5-lever and I didn't have the right type of pick nor inclination, I gripped a snapped piece of hacksaw blade in mole grips and sawed through the bolt while it was in the frame. That was by far the longest one to get through. All replaced with rather more secure versions after discovering quite how insecure it all was

Picking the practice padlock properly is all very easy; opening older, slightly gummed up locks when you can't see what's inside is a bit more of a challenge. Very satisfying though

Jobbo. Lawyer. Lock. Picking.

You should hear my accent.

As always, have a nice day.

Glad I’m not the only one suckered into watching those videos

Rich B wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 12:55 pm I saw the pictures and my first thought was Jonmad had been trying to fix something again!

Randon drill holes - check
Use of mallet - check
Item in worse state than when work started - check

You could be onto something here.

(YC )

Jobbo wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 5:35 pm You should hear my accent.

Reports subsequently of a lawyer surveying travellers site enquiring about "A caravan for me Ma" remain unfounded.

After an incredibly sarcastic email, all of which was very professionally ignored by the Helpdesk person, Yale have offered me a 50% discount code if I'd like to buy another one of their shitty safes.

As a good IT bod, I also have a couple of hard drives with backups in the safe too, so I guess I should replace it...