GearsNSuch Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Did you know that it's possible to force open a locked door with nothing but pruning shears? Next time, before I lock myself out of my house, I'll put a key outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 4 hours ago, GearsNSuch said: Next time, before I lock myself out of my house, I'll put a key outside. The wife & I agree that some of the best money we spent when we bought this place was adding keyless entry. Impossible to lose a door code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 3 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Impossible to lose a door code. I dunno. I forgot my locker combination at least twice in High School, and one time they just moved me because of it instead of looking up the combo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Kraken Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, Geonovast said: I dunno. I forgot my locker combination at least twice in High School, and one time they just moved me because of it instead of looking up the combo. Once my lock just disappeared off my locker, just *poof* and it was gone. It was weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 10 hours ago, GearsNSuch said: Next time, before I lock myself out of my house, I'll put a key outside. If you live alone, or you were the only one in the house at most of the time, always keep the important keys with you. Make enough duplicates. Another option is to hide one key outside, or keep one at your neighbor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 5 hours ago, GearsNSuch said: Did you know that it's possible to force open a locked door with nothing but pruning shears? Next time, before I lock myself out of my house, I'll put a key outside. It's also ridiculously easy to pick house locks: It seems to me that the biggest reason houses don't get robbed more is that most people aren't thieves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0111narwhalz Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Mad Rocket Scientist said: It seems to me that the biggest reason houses don't get robbed more is that most people aren't thieves. Whenever you're running low on hope for humanity, remember this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearsNSuch Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Well, I think the most impressive part is that I managed to lock three people out of the house (four if you count the dog). The fact that I turned the lock registered, but its implications only became clear as the last person closed the door. Entering, meh. I didn't so much "pick the lock" as peel the doorknob away enough to get at the locking mechanism with my fingers. After all, there's only so much you can do with a foot-long, quarter-inch-thick piece of metal. I've done a fair bit of construction work, so fortunately I knew doorknobs are cheaper than windows. Thank you all for the advice. And yes, it is a good thing most people aren't murderers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordFerret Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 14 hours ago, Mad Rocket Scientist said: It's also ridiculously easy to pick house locks: Very true! Locks only keep honest people out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Just bought tickets for First Man (IMAX). Gonna go around lunchtime. Woot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razark Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 I passed the exam for my General class ham radio license. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansonKerman Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 I was checking out Ghetsis (main antagonist of Pokémon White and Black 2 Versions) on Bulbapedia, and check this- Ghetsis's right arm is almost always concealed. In the games, it is only seen in Pokémon Black and White's opening, where it is shaded darker than his left arm, while in the anime, it is not seen at all. In Pokémon Generations, both of his arms appear to be fully functional, albeit he still primarily uses the left one. In Black 2 and White 2, Ghetsis mentions that he is going to take the player down with his "own hand" in singular, instead of "hands" in plural. In addition to this, his right eye remains hidden by an eyepiece. In the games, he also appears to have trouble moving the right side of his mouth, as shown by his in-game sprites and models. If that’s not interesting, I don’t know what is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 4 hours ago, LordFerret said: Very true! Locks only keep honest people out. Well, to be brutally honest, the other thing locks (and alarms, dogs, etc.) do is make your house less inviting to burglars than the house next door. Our last dog was a American Staffordshire Terrier mix. Colloquially known as a pit bull. My wife adopted her from the pound before we were married. Someone had cut her ears in the typical pit bull cut, but they had cut them too close and they had become seriously infected so they abandoned her, she almost died. She was a very sweet dog, not aggressive at all, the kids used to ride her like a horse when they were little. But she was very territorial, when someone rang the doorbell she would run at the door barking like she was going to tear it off its hinges and devour them whole. If we opened the door for solicitors they were usually giving their pitch about eight or ten feet from the doorstep. At our last house in California, a couple of years before we moved, IIRC, the house next door to us was burglarized in broad daylight while the owners were at work. We found out because a couple of Sheriff Deputies dropped by while my wife was home and asked her if she had seen anything suspicious. Apparently several other houses on the block had found signs of attempted forced entry, pried windows, cracked door jambs, etc. My wife went around and looked, but there was not a scratch on our house. And she looked down at our dog and said, "Good girl!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 8 minutes ago, TheSaint said: If we opened the door for solicitors they were usually giving their pitch about eight or ten feet from the doorstep. Hahahahahahaha! I would be scared too... ________________ I got to play a big pipe organ for a few minutes today. I will try to get in with the music school to keep playing, maybe I'll even write the modern solar system suite for organ? (I've been planning that for a long time, just felt ready to start Mercury yesterday...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Saw First Man. I liked it. A few technical nitpicks, but all and all nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 In a cloud right now, and it's snowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 51 minutes ago, tater said: In a cloud right now, and it's snowing. NM is getting snow and I'm NOT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKorbinjer Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 For the first time this year, the temp has dropped into the 30s (fahrenheit), and the clouds are low and gray. I'm sad now (Reminds me of Silent Hill tbh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 12 minutes ago, Geonovast said: NM is getting snow and I'm NOT? The low point in Albuquerque is over 1500 m above sea level. My house is just shy of 2000m alt. Snow here is all about altitude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorabh Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Today, I was touring a fort in Rajasthan, India when an American tourist fell on me.. ... she was a bit on the heavier side, and my chest has a bruise now... I started muttering in my language " Dang...If this were the Bollywood in the 1990s, this incident would have been the start of a love story... ouchouchouch!!!!" "It still can be one!" I hear her reply in English... She apologized..and I apologized for being so cheesy We had lunch together, discussed bollywood (she has watched lotss of movies!!!), exchanged contacts and all was forgiven!! Earlier in the morning, my younger brother slammed his face right into the bosom of an Italian lady(it was an accident, we were on an ATR-72, its notoriously small aircraft, with little room for maneuvering.) , and his immediate response was lots of apologies to her and her husband. And a desperate request not to #metoo him... they laughed, the lady ruffled his hair, they talked throughout the flight and later exchanged their contacts... Spoiler Bro! What the heck am I supposed to do with these (her contacts)???? -My brother.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 10 minutes ago, Sorabh said: we were on an ATR-72, its notoriously small aircraft, with little room for maneuvering. Huh ? Last time I was in one there wasn't much headroom but definitely enough space for turning in the gangway. Unless some really vile people has turned it into 2-3 configuration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 1 hour ago, tater said: The low point in Albuquerque is over 1500 m above sea level. My house is just shy of 2000m alt. Snow here is all about altitude. Our house is right at 5,000 ft (1,500m. Sorry, I'm a unit partisan.) and I had to scrape my windshield for the first time this morning. Hoping for a better snowpack this year than last. Which would be any, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 18 minutes ago, TheSaint said: Our house is right at 5,000 ft (1,500m. Sorry, I'm a unit partisan.) and I had to scrape my windshield for the first time this morning. Hoping for a better snowpack this year than last. Which would be any, actually. I converted to meters for universality. It's the one other language I'm actually fluent in. My Spanish and German are far more rudimentary then my SI. It is snowing quite a bit up high in Northern NM and CO I think, which is awesome, we need the snowpack for sure. Web cam in my back yard (OK, there's another house between me and the top, but close enough): http://sandiapeak.com/index.php?page=tram-cam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 11 minutes ago, tater said: Web cam in my back yard (OK, there's another house between me and the top, but close enough): You live right next to a ski lift? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: You live right next to a ski lift? The tram base is under 600m from my house. I wish it was more often a ski lift. We have ski runs on the other side, and the tram is at the top of the regular lifts, but it's not open very much, our weather here tends to be pretty variable. An hour north in Santa Fe the ski area stays open, largely due to being a little farther north, and having weather more like Colorado. Edited October 15, 2018 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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