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Offline subvinorosa

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Re: Credit card usage in these tough times......
« Reply #30 on: March 18, 2009, 09:13:30 AM »
The landlord put the doorknob on wrong because he was too lazy/stingy to buy a new one after the key was lost by a previous tenant.  The button that locked it was on the outside.  I had gotten into the habit of locking doors after me as I lived alone in the apartment.  I locked it after me after I went inside but had forgotten that the key was on the table outside.

The main door didn't have doorknobs; just the keyhole.  I don't quite know how I messed that one up but I left the keys stuck in the hole outside and I got locked in.

Both these happened after my daily 14-16 hour workdays.

Has anyone ever had to use the credit card trick on a bathroom door?  Done it about three times already.  The kids like to lock both bathroom doors.

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Re: Credit card usage in these tough times......
« Reply #31 on: March 18, 2009, 12:19:59 PM »
i ve done it on the bathroom door more times than i can count.  :P

In Egypt, the doors lock behind you if you shut them from the outside. Totally sucks if you're getting the mail/throwing the trash and forget to have your keys on you.
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Re: Credit card usage in these tough times......
« Reply #32 on: March 18, 2009, 12:31:44 PM »
The button that locked it was on the outside.

Holy crap, that's idiotic.  Maybe he felt that the world had to be protected from you  :D
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« Reply #33 on: March 18, 2009, 12:44:59 PM »
Maybe he felt that the world had to be protected from you  :D
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Re: Credit card usage in these tough times......
« Reply #34 on: March 19, 2009, 09:21:59 AM »
Holy crap, that's idiotic.  Maybe he felt that the world had to be protected from you  :D

 :D

After he got to know me, that's a strong possibility.

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Re: Credit card usage in these tough times......
« Reply #35 on: April 08, 2009, 01:51:58 PM »
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You see, you're credit card ain't 100% useless in these tough economic times afterall! 

http://www.wikihow.com/Open-a-Door-with-a-Credit-Card
This reminds me of an acquaintance I knew about 10 years ago who attempted to break into a former residence of his (apparently he didn't like his former landlord for some reason). The credit card technique wasn't all that great, he said, as they tended to snap and it was better to use something similar but more disposable.
This acquaintance literally stole the kitchen sink and the toilet.


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Re: Credit card usage in these tough times......
« Reply #36 on: April 08, 2009, 02:53:48 PM »

This acquaintance literally stole the kitchen sink and the toilet.

wow  :D
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Re: Credit card usage in these tough times......
« Reply #37 on: April 08, 2009, 03:33:28 PM »
^ I like your new avatar  ;)

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« Reply #38 on: April 09, 2009, 02:49:09 PM »
the monkey or the guy shaking violently?  :D
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Re: Credit card usage in these tough times......
« Reply #39 on: April 09, 2009, 04:17:57 PM »
That is so sweet hmed!

It's like you and Oja are meant for each other.

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« Reply #40 on: April 09, 2009, 04:44:11 PM »
 ;D
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Re: Credit card usage in these tough times......
« Reply #41 on: April 09, 2009, 05:12:07 PM »
It's a lovely picture.  You should email it to him.

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« Reply #42 on: April 09, 2009, 05:16:59 PM »
lol.
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Re: Credit card usage in these tough times......
« Reply #43 on: October 29, 2009, 05:15:33 PM »
i've never used a credit card but i have used a cake spatula to open my bedroom door once.

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Re: Credit card usage in these tough times......
« Reply #44 on: October 29, 2009, 08:06:37 PM »
How did it go mishca?  Never tried that method before.