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Master Blaster
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|  | | | So does anyone here carry a lock pick when they go out? I was wondering because i was thinking about buying a jackknife but i dont know how useful they are or what
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Corrugated
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<Reply # 2 on 4/24/2009 2:57 AM >
|  | | | Posted by Master Blaster
So does anyone here carry a lock pick when they go out? I was wondering because i was thinking about buying a jackknife but i dont know how useful they are or what
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A jackknife lockpick set? Or a set of lockpicks and a jackknife?
In the case of lockpicks, it's 10% tools and 90% practice and knowledge.
And don't carry actual lockpicks, big big trouble. And there's always another way around a lock.
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AnAppleSnail
  
location:
Charlotte, NC
Gender: Male
ALL the flashlights!
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<Reply # 3 on 4/24/2009 3:00 AM >
| | | | Posted by Corrugated
A jackknife lockpick set? Or a set of lockpicks and a jackknife?
In the case of lockpicks, it's 10% tools and 90% practice and knowledge.
And don't carry actual lockpicks, big big trouble. And there's always another way around a lock.
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This^^. Lockpicks aren't like a screwdriver where you can just buy it and it'll work. Lockpicking is about finesse and skill, and you'll benefit more from practice and study of the mechanism and picking with paperclips than the coolest tool set on the block. If you want a tool to bypass a lock with no skill, it's called a hammer.
Slipping latches is easier than picking locks, and going around or over a locked door is always best.
EDIT: Look up local laws for CRIMINAL TOOLS. This is why you should think -hard- before carrying ANY sort of tool with you - once the arrest report says "with tools for breaking and entering" you're fucked.
[last edit 4/24/2009 3:12 AM by AnAppleSnail - edited 1 times]
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rainman8889
 
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H.T.S.F.C. Time to gain and a time to lose.
Bye for now.
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<Reply # 4 on 4/24/2009 3:09 AM >
| | | | Posted by dynastar666
No. No. No. No. No. No. NO!
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Can't forget.
No. No. No and absolutely not!
That's just asking for trouble if you're caught.
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Wilk
  
location:
NYC
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 5 on 4/24/2009 3:15 AM >
| | | | Are not a good idea
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Insitor
location:
above and below the midwest
Gender: Male
a firm believer in brawn over brains
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<Reply # 6 on 4/24/2009 3:35 AM >
| | | | The police would define a set of picks as "burglars tools" and up a misdemeanor trespassing to felony B&E where i'm from.
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MindHacker
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Suburbs of DC
Gender: Male
If you spot a terrorist arrow, pin it to the wall with your shoulder.
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<Reply # 7 on 4/24/2009 1:40 PM >
| | | | Why yes, sometimes I do.
If I've already gone without them and ran into a door that needs to be picked with no way around.
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Drooldog
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 8 on 4/24/2009 4:05 PM >
| | | | I carry a rake and a tension wrench in a hidden compartment >.>
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Assistance
"Run Away! It's an... um... Run away!"
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<Reply # 9 on 4/25/2009 1:10 AM >
| | | | I don't see what a jackknife could have to do with lock picks.
Anyway, carrying around lock picks is very helpful, but that's only if you never get caught with them.
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AnAppleSnail
location:
Charlotte, NC
Gender: Male
ALL the flashlights!
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<Reply # 10 on 4/25/2009 1:30 AM >
| | | | Posted by Drooldog
I carry a rake and a tension wrench in a hidden compartment >.>
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Same ones your teacher found when looking for a stolen test?
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lanceeman
location:
richland(aka noob land) washington
Gender: Male
sleep?....nah.
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<Reply # 11 on 4/25/2009 5:52 AM >
| | | | I bring the picks, and just hid them near the front door(or what ever door needed picked), so if i get spotted, i don't have them on me, but i still have them near if needed.
And same as Corrugated said, its about skill, not tools.
Make your own tools(google it), practice practice practice, and than think about if you want to risk bring picks or not.
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Master Blaster
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<Reply # 12 on 4/25/2009 8:03 PM >
| | | | Ok thanks for the feedback guys this has been really helpful
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Lord
above and beyond
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<Reply # 13 on 4/25/2009 8:46 PM >
| | | | I just carry a Crowbar in my back pocket..
I will defeat that which was once untouchable only so that I may now move on |
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Wilk
location:
NYC
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 14 on 4/25/2009 8:52 PM >
| | | | Posted by Drooldog
I carry a rake and a tension wrench in a hidden compartment >.>
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Yea, I've heard about those hidden compartments.
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dsankt
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live and in the fresh
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<Reply # 15 on 4/25/2009 9:30 PM >
| | | | Sure, lockpicks can be useful in situations where there are no alternatives.
If the rewards balance the consequences, why not?
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Cochiseg
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Canada
Gender: Male
Scary rabbit, isn't it?
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<Reply # 16 on 4/26/2009 12:31 AM >
| | | | maybe, but if you do get caught be assured they never see the actual picks!
Personally, i make picks out of ice, so once i picked the door i leave them on the floor and theres a little patch of water behind me, no trace
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But seriously, a pick made of glass would be way cool...
At school when i go to locked places i usually put them in my boots. I once tricked the security guard when he saw me playing in a lock, i put the picks in my pocket before he could see, then he asked me to give him what i had in my pocket and took out a pen... The security guard at school cant frisk us, so i got away pretty easily, even though the principal really thought the pen was meant to open that door and told me i would have been in big trouble if i had succeeded.
I agree with lanceeman for leaving the picks in the location, since they most likely wont get found if they are well hiddem
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Steed
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Edmonton/Seoul
Gender: Male
Your Friendly Neighbourhood Race Traitor
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<Reply # 17 on 4/27/2009 3:12 AM >
| | | | I think an urban explorer carrying lockpicks is like a boxer wearing brass knuckles under his gloves. Sure he's probably going to win more, but it kind of takes the sport out of it.
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Trap
location:
Dayton, Ohio
Gender: Male
Son, I am disappoint
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<Reply # 18 on 4/30/2009 6:49 PM >
| | | | Posted by racetraitor
I think an urban explorer carrying lockpicks is like a boxer wearing brass knuckles under his gloves. Sure he's probably going to win more, but it kind of takes the sport out of it.
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and theyre both illegal
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ITS EIGHT FUCKING THIRTY!!
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Glass
location:
Chicago
as one does
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<Reply # 19 on 4/30/2009 6:52 PM >
| | | | Posted by Shutchatrap
and theyre both illegal
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-and we have a winner!
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