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What is this thing?
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My brother found this small metal object in his house the other day and was wondering what it might be. Any thoughts?
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Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: FL Cape
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A gadget for unlocking interior doors?
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Mar 2004
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It'll be a key for something which isn't all that important, but important enough that you don't want anyone unlocking it by accident. I worked in a cinema that had similarly low tech keys for sidelights when they didn't come on automatically.
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I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....
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Join Date: Jun 2000
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I was going to say suitcase key, back when you were allowed to lock suitcases.
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Irvine, CA
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Looks like a Canadian penny.
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Join Date: Jun 2000
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Chicago, Bang! Bang!
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Why is there a stabby bit in the hole?
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Originally Posted by subego
Why is there a stabby bit in the hole?
Can you open a beer with it?
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I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Doesn't seem like a properly sized hole, or a rigid enough stabby.
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Land of Enchantment
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The other side is exactly the same?
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Join Date: Sep 2000
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Originally Posted by Teronzhul
A gadget for unlocking interior doors?
We have a winner! Turns out it was for an interior door.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Chicago, Bang! Bang!
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So, was there some form of global paperclip shortage which necessitated these?
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Originally Posted by andi*pandi
I was going to say suitcase key, back when you were allowed to lock suitcases.
Why can't you lock suitcases. I always do, but I don't travel much.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Unless your suitcase sports a TSA lock, it will be busted open and permanently damaged.
Have you travelled since 9/11 ?
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: type 13 planet
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If you fly with a firearm, you can use giant padlocks if you like. Actually, you have to...
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New, Improved and Legal in 50 States
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Chicago, Bang! Bang!
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Note to TSA: I expect you to steal my shit, so I'm okay with that, but could you put the stuff you don't steal back in properly?
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Rochester, NY
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Originally Posted by pooka
If you fly with a firearm, you can use giant padlocks if you like. Actually, you have to...
You also have to declare it when you check in at the gate, so that the TSA isn't surprised when they see it. They then take real good care of those suitcases, because they don't want to have to tell their boss that they lost track of it.
In fact, I've heard that photographers who have to check their camera gear will buy a starter pistol and put it in with their gear just to make sure the TSA doesn't mess with it.
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