I'm a vision of hotliness, and how weird is that? Mystical comas. You know, if you can stand the horror of a higher power hijacking your mind and body so that it can give birth to itself, I really recommend 'em.

Cordelia ,'You're Welcome'


Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


sarameg - Aug 17, 2014 7:12:38 am PDT #4342 of 30000

Well, considering I've been: rescued from the roof, borrowed a ladder to get on the deck when the cats locked me out, and had to retrieve spare keys at least 2x when I locked myself out doing yard work in the back, I'm happy to rescue someone else.

Wow, that's a lot....hmmm.


Zenkitty - Aug 17, 2014 7:43:13 am PDT #4343 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I'm very glad my current front door can't lock me out. Unless I lose the key when I'm outside and then I have a spare hidden on the porch.


Laura - Aug 17, 2014 7:44:52 am PDT #4344 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I never lock my doors, so I must have somehow pushed the button in or something.


meara - Aug 17, 2014 8:26:18 am PDT #4345 of 30000

Wow, that's a lot of locking out! I've done it twice in my current place--both times I had my car keys but for some reason not my house keys (the front door is a deadbolt, if I"m not driving, but the garage door is a flip lock). Once I had to call a locksmith and once I was luckily going the same place as my roommate at the time, so just let him know and worked it out. But there've been a few times where I just got lucky. I keep thinking I need to install one of those keycode locks on the front door, but haven't gotten around to hiring someone (in theory I could do it but I worry if I tried I'd screw it up and end up with no lock on the front door!)


Strix - Aug 17, 2014 8:39:13 am PDT #4346 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I locked myself out of the house once when I was first dating Dan. I didn't have a phone with me, of course, so I couldn't call him, so I "liberated" a neighbor's ladder and I climbed up onto the roof and then I opened my bedroom window I knew was unlocked. I lost my shoe climbing up the ladder, but Dan really thought I was a badass after that!


-t - Aug 17, 2014 8:43:57 am PDT #4347 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I installed my keycode lock on the front door, meara, I'm sure you could do it! And I never lock myself out anymore.

So, finally got back to the pool (the gym never did announce that the pool was open again like they said they would, but I figured by now it would have to be, and it was) and the good news is I can swim one full length of freestyle without stopping to rest. The bad news is I can just barely do that and I don't think I'll be able to get from where I am now to being able to swim the equivalent of 4 laps without stopping (and then hop on a bike for 4 miles but that is almost beside the point) in three weeks. I just missed too much training time in July. I think I need to drop out of my triathlon and do a later one. Disappointing.


Connie Neil - Aug 17, 2014 8:59:15 am PDT #4348 of 30000
brillig

I locked myself out of a place I was housesitting for my sister. Fortunately the front door had a glass window right next to the lock, so I carefully pried up the molding the held the glass in, pulled out the pane, opened the door, and carefully replaced the glass. I never told her.


Jesse - Aug 17, 2014 9:00:55 am PDT #4349 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I thought it was interesting that in Paris, most apartment buildings had keypad locks on the front door. So theoretically, you can know your friends' codes and not have to be let in.


sarameg - Aug 17, 2014 10:25:17 am PDT #4350 of 30000

Connie, I did the same. The day I was moving out of my apartment in NC to move here. And I was in my robe. Thankfully, had my tools in the car and it was unlocked.

Stupid Ace closed early, 10 minutes before I got there.


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 17, 2014 10:28:10 am PDT #4351 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

The last two years I've locked myself out of my apartment during BBQ Fest and had to get Mom to bring me her key. Hopefully I'll be able to remember not to do that this year.