I just need to make sure, do you pick the bigger pins first?

[newguy101]

Or do you pick the small pins first? Also for small pins, should you use something like a hook pick to pick them up far and use regular picks such as a half diamond to pick the larger pins? One last thing, what exactly is the pick with the little snake like design for? I heard it's used for raking but the saw type pick seems to be more effective.

[zekeo]

You pick the pins that bind when you place torque on the wrench first. It doesn't matter how big the pins are for the order you pick them. For most locks you can use a diamond or hook for the whole lock. All locks are different, and different rakes might work better on some.

[Romstar]

And when you eat your Smarties, do you eat the red ones last?

Romstar

[zekeo]

To be clear: in the US smarties are a sour, fruity candy. Am I right that in canada they are candy covered chocolate, sort of like m&ms?

I do like to save the red ones for last if we're talking about US smarties, but don't all Canada smarties taste the same?

[Romstar]

To be clear: in the US smarties are a sour, fruity candy. Am I right that in canada they are candy covered chocolate, sort of like m&ms?

I do like to save the red ones for last if we're talking about US smarties, but don't all Canada smarties taste the same?

Dear god, somebody actually got the joke.

Yep, Canadian Smarties are candy coated chocolate, almost exactly like M&M's. I haven't had them in a while, but if I remember correctly, they do all taste the same.

Years back, Rowntree in Canada had a bit of a jingle that asked that very question. "When you eat your Smarties......"

Rowntree is originally a UK company, and is now owned by Nestle I believe. I don't remember Smarties ever being sold in tubes in Canada. Just standard rectangular boxes.

Romstar

[digital_blue]

Really? Now why would a smartie not be a smartie? You know, I can't believe the things I learn here! LOL!

To be clear: in the US smarties are a sour, fruity candy.

That sounds like Skittles. Now don't go telling me you yanks don't have skittles. I can only take so much in one day!

db

[zekeo]

We have skittles, smarties are more like sweetarts but a little chewy, pretty sick acutually.

[digital_blue]

OK ok ok... now I gotta know. I've been seeing commercials for a new Smarties bar (chocolate bar). Seems to be in direct competition to the M-azing (sp?) bar that M&M's put out. Now, if a smartie is a candy-covered chocolate, that makes sense. But if it's a sour chewy candy it doesn't make any sense. So... is it only in canada that this Smarties bar exists? Or is there something drastically different about it there?

[zekeo]

Yes, smarties bars are just in Canada. I live in Bellingham which is right on the border so I get Vancouver tv. I saw the ad for the smarties bar (smarties in a chocolate bar) and I thought, "oh my god, that's foul." Then I figured out that Canadian Smarties are different.

[omelet]

OK, to clear this up, the US smarties are NOT chewy. They are basically small packed sugar candies with a little tanginess that come in plastic rolls. The flavors are very hard to distiguish IMO. Check it out:

http://i2.peapod.com/c/UK/UKJEY.jpg
http://www.oldtimecandy.com/smarties.htm

[frostbyte]

Back on topic for a moment, I think the OP should consider reading the MIT guide to lockpicking (again?) to understand more clearly what's going on inside his lock(s).

[The Wanderer]

Back on topic for a moment...

But only for a moment.....

OOOOOOOH!!!

When you eat your Smarties,
do you eat the red ones last?
Do you suck them very slowly,
or crunch them very fast?
Eat that candy and milk chocolate ,
but tell me when I ask.
When to eat your Smarties,
do you eat the red ones last?

CRUNCH!!!

( I do love a good jingle! )

[omelet]

That jingle sounds very similar to the old Lonnie Donnegan song: "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavor"...
Some of the Brits here will know what I'm talking about

[Chucklz]

Ahh Canadian confectionaries. Personally I am partial to the Ganong Pal-O-Mine bars.

[Guesss]

off the candy topic...

to answer some questions i agree read the mit guide it will help a lot i have never really noticed bigger and smaller pins but ones that bind and ones that don't.

as to the snake and saw... tis one of those personal preferance things. and some work better on different pin configurations then other. I personally like to use the snake more often though i seldom rake cause i like the pin by pin approach but i do like the saw for locks that have more of a uniform configuration (meaning more flat across) and the rocking metod. I rake or scrub with a snake and rock with a saw. Granted i do all with both but in general that is my methodology.

like i said before though i feel that pin by pin is the best way to go. and read the MIT Guide it will help lots with learning which pins to pick when.