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Message no. 1
From: Mike Elkins <MikeE@*********.COM>
Subject: [OT]Lockpicking: (was Re: The Hero {or Anti-Hero} Archetype in
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 11:08:32 -0500
>> Makes me glad my college education
included
>> "informal locksmithing" as an unofficial
>> extra-curicular activity ;) You too can learn
to do
>> that 20 second thing, it takes about an
afternoon
>> of practice.
>
>Well, shit, guess what he used, huh? A cut up
>Coca Cola plastic bottle. I'd tried a cut up ice
>cream box.. pretty close, but too bendable;
>folded double it was too thick. *SIGH*.

(Forwarding a tip from Steve Levine, my favorite
expert in lockpicking, kayaking, mountain
climbing, supercomputers, galaxy formation, and
Mexican academia)
The best way to get "improvised" picks, is to wait
for a street-sweeper truck to go by, and pick up
a few of the bristles that always fall off. You
need at least 2: one that you put a 90 degree
bend in right near the tip, and one straight one.
The straight one can be further improved with a
bench grinder, but I forget exactly how.

Double-Domed Mike

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