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    A friend had a car hire business with his storage yard and workshop in a rough part of Sydney. He had some US made padlocks on the gates that left nice round indentations in the jaws of bolt cutters. I believe they were quite expensive locks but did succeed in keeping the gates closed against the depredations of the youths from the local community. A couple of man eating dogs inside ensured against fence hoppers.
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    or get your hands on one of these
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    Quote Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus View Post
    So...Numpty is not the only one to do this sort of thing then Things lost from being left on vehicles over the years range from watches and beer tankards to tools
    I lost a Staun Deflator about 40 minutes after buying a set. Left it on the bonnet while I put the other valve caps on. Now I only have three - VERY aggravating.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus View Post
    So...Numpty is not the only one to do this sort of thing then Things lost from being left on vehicles over the years range from watches and beer tankards to tools
    Guilty!

    I think that my most embarrassing example was with my D1. I swapped the spare for one of the road tyres & then took it for a drive to make sure everything was OK. The only trouble was that I didn't fit the removed tyre on the spare wheel carrier. Three wheelnuts are now distributed around Sydney.

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    as another method for opening a padlock, look up a lockpicking tool known as a "shim"

    basically it can be made from a beer can, and is used to slide the locking pin in the padlock out of the way so you can open it

    personally, i've allways used the 2 hammer trick

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    Well that was easy...

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    Yale! Those, Lockwood and Papaiz were the 3 that used to stop me/us in our young lockpicking days.

    Everything else including combination locks were easy.

    I always buy Lockwood these days if its anything I care about, but a lot will have changed since I was in Yr7.
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    It was a good thing it wasn't a shrouded lock like I use:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slunnie View Post
    Yale! Those, Lockwood and Papaiz were the 3 that used to stop me/us in our young lockpicking days.

    Everything else including combination locks were easy.

    I always buy Lockwood these days if its anything I care about, but a lot will have changed since I was in Yr7.
    You obviously didn't have an angle grinder and a portable generator back then
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    Quote Originally Posted by stirlsilver View Post
    You obviously didn't have an angle grinder and a portable generator back then
    Or bolt cutters. We called them the master key at my old work.

    Nah, we just picked for the challenge of picking. None of us were interested in theft.
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