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Did you ever have to break into your own house because you left your keys inside?

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Posted - January 13, 2018
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  • 53509


    Yes, and even though I was glad to get in, I was also severely disappointed to find out how easy it was for an amateur like me to do it. 
      January 13, 2018 8:51 AM MST
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  • 44614
    I know. I just grabbed a brick and bashed the door knob off. Too easy.
      January 13, 2018 8:54 AM MST
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  • 10052
    Yes. And I was thinking the same thing as Randy. 
      January 13, 2018 9:09 AM MST
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  • 5808
    yes unfortunately
    used a prybar to
    force entry.
    Now I keep a spare key
    somewhere else
    just in case. 
      January 13, 2018 9:10 AM MST
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  • 2219
    Once climbed in the window of a rented house. The room was locked though, so I had to put some paper under the door and knock the key out of the keyhole on the other side and pull it under the door. 
      January 13, 2018 9:26 AM MST
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  • 53509


    Bond. Malizz Bond. 
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      January 13, 2018 9:44 AM MST
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  • 6988
    I always carry extra keys. These days, I have several house keys hidden outside in the woods. But since I carry extra keys with me, I haven't needed the woodland keys for many years. 
      January 13, 2018 10:09 AM MST
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  • 7280
    Once---about 30 years ago.

    About a year ago, my wife had a security system installed that came with a battery operated front door lock with a numeric keypad.

    The back door has one of those locks that can be opened by turning the inside knob, but remains locked on the outside and needs a key to get back in.

    I took my dog out into the back yard and found I could not re-enter through the back door---so I just walked around to the front door and entered the combination and walked in.

    Very convenient.
      January 13, 2018 10:15 AM MST
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  • Back when I lived in the inner-city, yes, several times. Knowing the weakest point of entry made it easy.

    With rural living for the last 16 years, we don't lock anything and have never regretted it.
      January 13, 2018 11:41 AM MST
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  • I was always forgetting my key during sophomore year of college, but I also knew that my roommates never remembered to lock the sliding door at the back patio, so I could usually get in that way. 
      January 13, 2018 12:30 PM MST
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  • 6477
    Not exactly. But in my younger years I did have to climb over a 6ft gate several times in order to get into the house. 
      January 13, 2018 12:48 PM MST
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  • 44614
    That should tell you something.
      January 13, 2018 1:07 PM MST
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  • 6477
    Yes, not to go out without my keys :P
      January 13, 2018 1:11 PM MST
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  • 53509


    I know, huh?



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      January 13, 2018 2:02 PM MST
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  • 2
    Yeah, my car too.
      January 13, 2018 2:03 PM MST
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  • 17596
    I had to crawl in through a downstairs window because my baby locked the storm door when I went out IN MY GOWN to grab the Sunday paper.   At the glass door I tried to get her to turn the lever the other way (it was a bolt) but she just kept saying mama mama mama.  Thank goodness one of the windows was unlocked.  This happened to me twice...very similar experiences. This post was edited by Thriftymaid at January 14, 2018 12:40 AM MST
      January 14, 2018 12:15 AM MST
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