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mackerel

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18. I can't seem to keep a key hidden for very long 'round here.

Reply to IrishAyes (Original post)

Mon Sep 8, 2014, 11:45 PM

Sep 2014

I went to retrieve the spare under the most perfect rock and it wasn't there. Turns out my son lost his for the umpteenth time and used the spare and didn't put it back for the umpteenth time.

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(sigh) If you don't want to wind up like me.... [View all] IrishAyes Sep 2014 OP

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