Last week while hanging out at Jeff’s house, I pulled my lock pick kit out of my laptop bag to show it off. Offering up a demonstration on his front door’s deadbolt, I was one for two. On my first attempt I got the lock to open in around a minute; on my second attempt I eventually gave up after fumbling around with the lock for almost five minutes. I should have stopped after the first demonstration. It was much more impressive.<\/p>\n

After suggesting we try another door, Jeff led me out to his garage at which point he locked the garage door behind us and said, “How about this one?” It was put up or shut up time. Fortunately we did not have to spend the night in the garage; I picked that one in under a minute. I retired with a 2 of 3 record for the night.<\/p>\n

Today at work, a cabinet that no one seemed to have a key any more was discovered to be locked. One of my co-workers approached me and asked, “Do you have your picks with you?” Well indeed I did! The lock was cheaper and smaller than the ones I’ve been practicing on. The internal pins were very springy and I could easily feel which ones were seated and which ones weren’t. It only took a minute or so before the lock spun and we were able to open the cabinet doors.<\/p>\n

“Should I lock it back after you guys are done?” I asked with a smirk.<\/p>\n

“I guess don’t bother,” was the reply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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