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First "Job"

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First "Job"

Postby Fah_Cue » 27 Jun 2006 6:30

Its a cold Tuesday night 7:50pm, sitting at home watching a New episode of Simpsons, teachers strike tomorrow, my night couldn't get any better... i was wrong.

My moblie rang. I pick it up, my brother was on the other line.

"Can you pick gold locks"
and i replyed "err what are you talking about? locks that go on doors?"
he starts to talk trying to you some tyoe of lock technical talk which, i personally haven heard of :D but i heard something abotu buying from super markets. I clicked, ahhh iam gessing a brass padlock.
"err well i havent been picking in a while" i said
"can you or not!" he said back
"whats happening first" i demanded
"ok, well my friends is at work with his boss and someone droped the keys to the freizer into the drain and they need it open by morning or they wont be able to sell anything"(this is at s fish markets)
nerviously i replyed "yer i gess so"

so he drove off to come pick me up. I was sooo nervious, my first time to pick for a greater purpose then for my own joy. I quickly dusted and collect my picks and got ready. My brother got home and quickly drove off with me in the car.

We got to the fish shop. I walked in and met the boss and then asked him to show me to the lock. Then i noitced hacksaws and cuts on the lock. They tried to cut it open, got no where.

I was standing there staring into the key hole of a Lockwood 110/40. I withdrew my picks and started to pick with my dubble ended tension wrench and shallow hook. IT TOOK ME LESS THEN 3 MINS TO GET OPEN!. But while i was picking they were seeing if they could rip the door off.. Didnt sound like they had much trust in me.

After i finished i packed up my 22 piece Southord slimlines and i was so happy/exicted.. well you know the emotions. He took my number and Name just incase it happens again and handed me $20. That was the icing on the cake.

(P.S sorry i had to hurry have to go out. and this is pretty cool for me, a 15 year old kid)
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Postby Shrub » 27 Jun 2006 8:10

Yes well done,

Im interested why a magnet on a string wasnt tried down the drain?
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Postby Fah_Cue » 27 Jun 2006 8:24

hey guys iam back.. sry about that post :oops: :? i typed it on an adrenaline high.. it wasnt a drain like out side is was drain inside, it was a PVC pipe which i dont know whats its there for but i saw they were trying to get out the keys with a coat hanger but ima gessisng it didnt work.

if you would like me to explain abit less in story form and in proper english :D just say so. Yer i was so excited i just had to get it out there.
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Postby Shrub » 27 Jun 2006 8:29

Sounded fine to me and as i say well done, picking under pressure is way differant isnt it lol that sweat on the forehead etc, cant beat it.

Again well done but next time ask for more money lol
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Postby picksmith » 27 Jun 2006 11:45

Yeah well done, but that was cheap!
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Postby NKT » 27 Jun 2006 18:13

Nice one!

Picking while someone watches is never easy compared to when they aren't!
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Postby unlisted » 27 Jun 2006 20:17

NKT wrote:Nice one!

Picking while someone watches is never easy compared to when they aren't!


Forget them watching, I'm surprised the movement of the attempted door ripping didn't give you any problems. Maybe you would of picked it more quickly if there was no moevment...? :wink:

Fah_Cue wrote: IT TOOK ME LESS THEN 3 MINS TO GET OPEN!. But while i was picking they were seeing if they could rip the door off.. Didnt sound like they had much trust in me.
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Postby Fah_Cue » 27 Jun 2006 20:47

picksmith wrote:Yeah well done, but that was cheap!

Shrub wrote:Again well done but next time ask for more money


well at first i asked for a week of sea food dinner :D just as a joke because i was gonna do it for nothing because it was a mate who needed help. But once he pulled out the $20 i gess i couldnt refuse :P [/quote]
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Postby HeadHunterCEO » 27 Jun 2006 20:48

excellent

nicely done

did you have a drill with you?
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Postby Fah_Cue » 27 Jun 2006 20:51

HeadHunterCEO wrote:excellent

nicely done

did you have a drill with you?


lol no but i was thinking about taking the dremal and many cutting wheels if i coulnt pick it. But i gess its good i didnt take it.
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Postby CanDo » 28 Jun 2006 23:42

Awesome, congratulations!

I can't pick locks (yet) and probably shouldn't be here, but hey I have to start somewhere! I'd have brought a shim, given it a couple seconds, given up, and lopped the lock off with bolt cutters. But alas the bolt cutters break! Time to bring out a tube of Thermite :) :shock: :D

Well, your way is cooler, and definitely a lot safer. Inspiration for me to get into lock picking!
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Postby Varjeal » 29 Jun 2006 9:41

Shrub wrote:Yes well done,

Im interested why a magnet on a string wasnt tried down the drain?


No one had a brass magnet handy. ;) 8)
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Postby Shrub » 29 Jun 2006 10:18

:lol: Theres always one,

I took keys to mean more than one which would then be held together by a metal keyring in most cases,

Also they could have been steel keys as i usually find locks in a commercial situation like on a freezer are a steel key,

But yes they could very well have been brass and only one of.

Anyway i though most people carried a brass magnet :P
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Postby Krypos » 29 Jun 2006 14:16

i own many brass magnets...i will gladly send some to you guys....LOL
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Postby picksmith » 29 Jun 2006 17:28

Lol.
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