Great Moments in Lock Picking History...
So when we moved into our house here in Philadelphia a few months ago, an interesting predicament occurred that ended up being a great little story. I thought I would share it, and in turn ask what was your greatest lock picking moment? Or one you heard or know of?
So four months ago my wife and I moved from Baltimore Maryland, to Philadelphia Pennsylvania. We planned the move down to every detail and did it all in one morning. I packed every inch of the old house systematically with my overly obsessive nature, and the moving crew was to arrive at 9am, load everything into one huge truck, and then meet us at our new place in Philly. The trip is about two hours long.
Everything went smoothly, they arrived, loaded up, and they hit the road, and we soon after. We were to meet at the new place at 12pm. We pulled up on time, and the monolithic moving truck was parked in the street waiting for us. Mind you that the street we live on is only one car wide, if you stop on this street, no one can get around you. So the moving truck was blocking the road, with their emergency lights on. Luckily no cars were being held up just yet.
We had to stop downtown on the way to the new house and pick up the keys from our new landlord. We had done that and when we arrived at the new location to let the moving crew into the new house, that's where things got interesting. They gave us the wrong keys. Now understand that this moving crew is EXPENSIVE and also charging for every minute that the truck sits there and idles in the road. My wife immediately starts to panic and fret. She's already on the phone with the landlord explaining the situation vehemently. The landlord told her he would get someone out to change the locks, because he had no idea where the real keys must be. But, it would be at LEAST at hour, before he could get anyone out there.
As you might have guessed, i'm standing there fully equipped with my everyday-carry set in my pocket. I had decided within myself that I wasn't going to break them out if the landlord was on the way with the keys, but, when I heard he said an hour at the least, and the moving crew is standing there not looking happy at all, I admit, I was a bit thrilled. Finally, I get to break out my skills with a real world purpose. Maverick Locksmith style, lol.
So the door lock was a embarrassingly elementary Kwikset, I pulled out my favorite homebrew Bogota and made quick work of it, two swipes. The deadbolt was a generic brand, but it at least forced me to SPP. Good morning Deforest Diamond. While SPP'ing the deadbolt my wife whispered to me, "omg look at the moving guys." I glanced over and this crew of six meathead-types were dead silent and observing me as if they were witnessing 007 in action. I may, or may not, have totally enjoyed that feeling.
Ever better yet, when the deadbolt gave way and I swung the door open, these moving guys yelled and high-fived each other and one of them ran up and hugged me, lifting my feet no less than six inches off the ground. It was LITERALLY as if, I had been defusing a bomb, that would have killed us all if I cut the blue wire, yet instead cut the red wire, and the bomb deactivated. The reactions were that crazy, like lives were saved. lol It was epic.
Anyways that's my story. When we got in she called the landlord and told him the story, explaining my profession and that my hobby was 'locksmithing.' He was cool with it and let me change the locks myself, and knocked the price off the rent. #winning
Oh yeah, when it was all over my wife said (and she'd kill me if she knew I was sharing this in a forum) "picking those locks was sexy." Which was a joke, but still were words I never thought I would hear in the same sentence. #doublewinning
That's it, look forward to hearing any of your "Great Moments In Lock Picking History." By the way, that title is supposed to be a play on the Chappelle Show skit, "Great Moments in Hook-up History." lol If you haven't seen it, do so.
xeo: One day you're gonna come home and find your wife laying in bed naked with a medeco biaxial locking her chastity belt...