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Curves
10/30/08

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Or just use the one I hide outside under the welcome mat.....
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Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
10/30/08

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That reminded me of the story about the guy who swallowed his key and the locksmith made a copy from his ex ray.

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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
10/30/08

@shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: Why did he bother with the xray and locksmith? A good laxitive would have worked almost as quick at a fraction of the cost...
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diabolusunknownTheSecond
10/30/08

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This earned him a Masters?

I can do this myself with a photo of a key, some spare keys to get the depths, a blank, and a key cutter (worked at the HD for a few years, and became the key expert).

What do i get?
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Gann
10/30/08

@diabolusunknownTheSecond: It becomes harder when the photo of the key is at a severe angle. That's where the program comes in.
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ripfire
10/30/08

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Great! Now I can duplicate the keys. Now about that alarm...
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strider_mt2k
10/30/08

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That's nothing.

I knew a guy that could tell what you ate just by the...well it's a unique talent. We'll leave it at that.
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drewkkake
10/30/08

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Wouldn't a simple bump key be a little easier to use for that type of lock?
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nutbastard
10/30/08

@drewkkake:

yeah but you make lots of noise that way.
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diabolusunknownTheSecond
10/30/08

@nutbastard: Not if your good. A few taps with a rubber mallet and i would have customers locks opened and re-keyed within minutes, and I made very little noise.
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nutbastard
10/31/08

@diabolusunknownTheSecond:

i've only got one bump key i used to use (with varying degrees of success) to get into my buddies apartment - and maybe i was doing it wrong but i remember i made a bit of noise.
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Acerbus Letalis
10/30/08

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I'm gonna use this to break into the Playboy mansion. Or maybe even the White house.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
10/30/08

@takashimiike 7 aka Dl33t: "Or maybe even the White house."

That's goona be tough. The landlord is set to evict that deadbeat tennant very soon and will most likely change the locks afterwards before the new tennant moves in..
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