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NV Whino

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2. I recommend a lock box
Sun Sep 7, 2014, 08:04 PM
Sep 2014

About $25 at hardware stores or locksmiths. Attach it somewhere that gets light because you will always need it when it is pitch black and you can't read the combination.

I take care of several houses and have them at all my houses. It saves me a trip in the dead of night when the owner arrives and learns he has forgotten his key.

Glad you made it in, but the jars, etc., where are they now? NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #1
Now that she has broken in... pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #3
I remember locking myself out of my hotel room. Buck ass nekkid but able to break back in. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #4
You have a talent pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #5
Everything he knows, he learned from me. IrishAyes Sep 2014 #19
Nope. IrishAyes Sep 2014 #12
I recommend a lock box NV Whino Sep 2014 #2
Hadn't thought of that - thanks. IrishAyes Sep 2014 #11
My security cameras and dogs are a good deterrant for burglars, but I do have a spare ohnoyoudidnt Sep 2014 #6
Speaking of dogs, IrishAyes Sep 2014 #8
Last time I tried to hide a key I ended up trying to open the door with a suppository. nt Xipe Totec Sep 2014 #7
Did it work? IrishAyes Sep 2014 #9
Worked great... pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #10
LOL 840high Sep 2014 #24
happened to me, too NJCher Sep 2014 #13
Either you are THAT skinny, or... 3catwoman3 Sep 2014 #15
Keeping a spare house key and car key in wallet or purse is a good idea pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #14
At least I've learned long ago to either carry a tiny wrist strap 'purselet' or IrishAyes Sep 2014 #16
We have a spare key in one of those metal magnetized boxes. It's hidden, mnhtnbb Sep 2014 #17
I can't seem to keep a key hidden for very long 'round here. mackerel Sep 2014 #18
A few years ago me and some friends were doing a job in San Diego. panader0 Sep 2014 #20
Rats - foiled again! IrishAyes Sep 2014 #22
Ummm, don't tell any one, but I can get in my locked front door without a key. Xyzse Sep 2014 #21
Never even thought of that. IrishAyes Sep 2014 #23
I locked myself out of my parent's house in winter. alarimer Sep 2014 #25
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