Raffling off a shotgun? Is this a thing people do?? At a baby shower??

Also my reaction!

I'm not sure, but it seems like it would be a big difference having one on your own home versus your rental apartment.

I guess since my landlords have always had the keys to my places, I don't really see the distinction — but, again, I'm not being funded by Big Smartlock or anything. I really don't have strong feelings and am not trying to convince anyone to agree.

Anyway.

Shir, hang in there.

Fun raffles (and meat raffles!) are definitely a big thing in the Wisconsin countryside. Usually at bars though.

ETA: Gun raffles, that is. Fun raffles I have no objection to, though I suppose the devil is in the details.

I’ve heard of meat raffles. And there are events for which a shotgun raffle would not shock me. But for a baby shower???

I think I don’t know enough about smart locks to know what their risks are. I have a keypad lock, which yeah, possible that old roommates have given the code to tons of people but I change it every once in a while. It’s handy. Might be easier if it were fancier and I could change it from an app or something but then I’d have to change the batteries more too!

M & I should take diapers because the GF's parents are raffling off a shotgun.

I am not seeing the connection.

I was doing so well today. Got out of the house, ran errands, started knitting, but I had a headache (took meds) and I cannot get comfortable or warm. I already took a shower this morning, but I think I need another or a hot soak bath to warm up and reset the day.

Timelies all!

Mr. S woke up before 6 and got into bed with me. Of course, he didn't go back to sleep. He was behaving awfully until the meds kicked in.(Getting him to take them was a challenge as usual.) He's spent most of the day in his room, and hasn't changed out of his pajamas. Oh, well...

I am not seeing the connection

I've been invited to baby showers where for every box of diapers you bring (or something like that) you get a raffle ticket although the prize for us was cookware because it was through work. I imagine this is like that.

ahhh. gotcha.

who wants to buy an historic house: [link]

tl;dr I don't trust my landlord to install and properly maintain a smart lock that has robust security and a good user experience, or provide any support to the residents when things go wrong. I'm sure there are companies out there who have a reasonably safe product.

I work in tech and part of my job is to think about how anything can be abused, so I can see the worst case scenarios, especially with a company backed by Bain Capital Ventures with a shitty app, bad customer service, and a habit of not responding to journalists when asked if they're using certain locks or hubs that have been hacked.

ETA: As Maintenance Phase would say, if you like your smart lock, you can keep your smart lock! For me, it's solving a problem that I don't have and introducing easily half a dozen more.

Wow, shrift, yeah, that sounds pretty unsettling. Good luck negotiating with your landlord.

I would also like to know what's the advantage to the landlord of having these electronic locks? They sound expensive to install and possibly fiddly to maintain.