Woman wakes to man staring at her, finds she has same lock and key as neighbor

kxan ^ | Dec. 8, 2017 | Lauren Lanmon

[bgill]

This was way back when we rode dinosaurs to school. The sheriff knew everyone in town.

[doorgunner69]

What about those of us who don't carry a cellphone?

Or insists on a cell that only makes and receives calls. It is just a phone after all, not a way of life.

[Flaming Conservative]

What movie was it where the hero put in door blocks and iron bars in his New York apartment to stop the gangs?

Little Murders, with Eliot Gould?

[ladyjane]

You’re right. How do we know *she* wasn’t in the wrong bed?

[Safetgiver]

Low on funds, she’s created a GoFundMe page to help pay for her expenses......Case solved.

[wbarmy]

This was a vigilante style movie back in the late 80’s where the young war veteran came back to his neighborhood and put in window bars, and a metal bar door lock which angled down from the door to the floor. Making it virtually impossible to kick or bash in.

The end of the movie was where he got all of the neighborhood people to help fight the gang and chase them out.

I remember the plot, and can see most of the scenes in my mind, but the name of it escapes me.

[Axenolith]

Got into a champagne edition VW rabbit with sis during the holidays back in the 80’s. As she was starting it, I was wondering how the ashtray had gotten cleaned while we were in the store. Owner walked up right then, ours was a row over. Had a good chuckle over it with them.

[Axenolith]

4 years ago you could get more land than most folks could walk the borders of in a day in Nevada for that and it wasn’t wasteland...

[Ozark Tom]

Often a qualified locksmith can pin locks for a master key system, such that each unit of a building complex will have a unique lock / key combination for the tenant's use; and, an owner's key which allows entry into entire blocks of rentals.

This keying system uses two or more short pins in each registration hole, such that more than one key results in alignment of the pin breaks within the cylinder. Proper alignment of pins, cylinder, and lock body defines whether a particular key opens a lock. More than one master key can be created, which will allow the holder of such a key access to only a defined subset of the system, and not any other.

The locksmith service used sounds incompetent based upon the news posting. The locks quoted as replacements are so deficient, they can be forced with a blank key and simple hand tools. They come in convenience sets of the same keying, for use in single residence applications.

Apartment owners should seek return of their money, assuming the lock service isn't a guy living in a van, with a cell phone for business contact number. Here is an informative article on choosing a lock:

https://unitedlocksmith.net/blog/how-to-avoid-choosing-the-wrong-lock-at-home-depot

[Spitzensparkin1]

Locks only keep honest people honest anyway.