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Old 03-21-2021, 12:21 PM   #121
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Old 03-21-2021, 03:21 PM   #123
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When I bought my house I received a bunch of keys, some of them I really don't know what they are for and not even those who sold it to me explained it to me!
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Old 03-21-2021, 04:02 PM   #124
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When I bought my house I received a bunch of keys, some of them I really don't know what they are for and not even those who sold it to me explained it to me!
But you kept them, right?
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The stack of keys I have I really must go through at some point. I have several different keys to my mother's house (different doors and pre- and post-alarm installation), new and old front door key at my current place, old luggage lock keys for suitcases that went to the tip years ago... Keys from when we cleared my late father's flat in the Lebanon... Mysterious keys inherited from elderly relatives when we cleared their house...
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of course Yes, may be one day I will understand what they are for
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Old 03-21-2021, 06:28 PM   #127
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The stack of keys I have I really must go through at some point. I have several different keys to my mother's house (different doors and pre- and post-alarm installation), new and old front door key at my current place, old luggage lock keys for suitcases that went to the tip years ago... Keys from when we cleared my late father's flat in the Lebanon... Mysterious keys inherited from elderly relatives when we cleared their house...
I have always had my home locks keyed to the same key. Also did this for my business. It makes it much easier to not have to fumble through my keys to find the one that fits a specific door at home.
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Old 03-22-2021, 01:39 AM   #128
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I have always had my home locks keyed to the same key. Also did this for my business. It makes it much easier to not have to fumble through my keys to find the one that fits a specific door at home.
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The real question is, do you have different colors for different keys or not?
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Old 03-22-2021, 10:03 AM   #129
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One key fits all locks in my house. It is a different shape than the one that works on the locks in my store. Everyone of my keys is a different shape so I do not need to color code them.
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Speaking of that, I wish it was as easy to lockpick a closed door IRL as it is in movies.

It'd have saved me a few bucks those times I'd locked myself out of the car and the house.
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Speaking of that, I wish it was as easy to lockpick a closed door IRL as it is in movies.

It'd have saved me a few bucks those times I'd locked myself out of the car and the house.
You mean you can't just use a hairpin to do the job in a couple of minutes?
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You mean you can't just use a hairpin to do the job in a couple of minutes?
And who IRL always carries a hairpin with them? They only do so in movies and books. Even men.
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Even trained people using lockpicks in real life can't do it as fast as they can on screen. They always have them put it in and click it is unlocked as fast as if they had used a key.
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And who IRL always carries a hairpin with them? They only do so in movies and books. Even men.
Yeah, this really would only make sense in older fiction from a time when most women used hairpins.
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Speaking of that, I wish it was as easy to lockpick a closed door IRL as it is in movies.

It'd have saved me a few bucks those times I'd locked myself out of the car and the house.
While I have never done it with Door locks, I have opened 3 desk locks in under a minute using a similar key (one that only goes into the slot).
I did this to the security manager who wrote me up for leaving my desk unlocked. His desk, file and storage (all keyed alike) using MY desk key.
I said 'these locks are cr*p, why bother locking? '
I have done this to a number of other cheap locks over the years.
Those Round keys won't allow 'my trick'
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