Is anything secure any more?

[John Rumm]

Cordless chainsaws make pretty short work of timber buildings ;-)

[spuorgelgoog]

I read that as "local independent gunsmith"

:-)

Owain

[Scott M]

TBH, that's a desperately boggo lock, I could pick that with my home made lockpick. On the other hand, how many locks are actually picked by tea-leaves, rather than just kicking the door in?

[The Natural Philosopher]

jemmy IME

quick, relatively quiet.

[Brian Gaff]

Yes this is correct, as most of them simply have a little slot that the lock moves into. Brian

[Huge]

Very few of those left these days. :o(

[Scott M]

True, very true.

My opinion on the whole subject is not to have an expensive mountain bike unless it's kept indoors. Their an absolute magnet for being pinched. Had friends who had one taken off the (locking) roofrack of the car within five minutes of arriving at their new house while they opened doors and found light switches.

Similarly a second cousin lost his posh one from his locked garage in an upmarket area where you'd be hard pushed to imagine anyone other than the neighbours see him come and go.

[Harry Bloomfield]

[e-mail] presented the following explanation :

I don't use locks. On the hut, I use hidden pins into the door. On the garage I use an electronic keypad entry system.

[F Murtz]

like this?

[F Murtz]

like this.

[Weatherlawyer]

Lousy video but it sounds good with the sound off.

A much simpler process is to bash hell out of the place you want to rob. Bu gger off as soon as the place is open. Then come back later if nobody seems bothered.

I was at one place where getting in took all night and involved calling out the fire brigade as a false alarm/diversion. They ran at a door kicking it in or hitting it with a battering ram; one smack at a time. It took all ni ght but they had all night. What else would a burglar be up to at that time of night?

Watching Coronation Street or Neighbours?

[Scott M]

That took him quite a while and he seems skilled at it so that would defeat passers by with a hairpin, unlike the earlier vid where he just raked it and it popped open.

[dennis]

I used to open filing cabinets and desks with a paper clip. Easy to do and took a few seconds.

The best one was a car boot where someone had locked their keys in.. took about 5 seconds with a spoon. The bloke said it was quicker than with the key.

I doubt if I have the patients to tackle a secure lock.

[stuart noble]

That's no way to treat the sick anyway

[Fevric J. Glandules]

I went to see a talk given by this chap:

and most amusing it was too. A lot of the expensive "ultra-secure" locks are nothing of the sort. Well, they're still expensive.

My favourite was the one that relied upon a piece of plastic inside the lock: apply hairdryer for a few minutes, and bingo!