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As the saying goes, "If you aren't cheating, you aren't trying hard enough".
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I cheat as well - or maybe I'm just lazy. 
Baked beans in a pot in the microwave and an empty covered plate on the pop-up rack on the toaster. Cook the potato cubes first in the frying pan, and then transfer to heated plate. Chuck all the meat products into the frying pan, and do them together, except the bacon which is done next to last. As the sausages, burgers, and kidneys are done, place on the heated plate and cook the bacon and put on the plate, microwave the beans and put a couple of eggs in the pan and your done.
One dirty pan, one dirty plate, and one microwave pot to wash up. One caveat - the pop-up rack and covered plate on the toaster can very, very hot, and actually start to recook the food, and so needs careful managing - together with drinking beer, of course, in the fully approved multi-tasking method. 
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Chris C-B wrote: I did fried potato cubes in the frying pan.
No rosemary?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Nah - she wasn't around. I think she went to church or something.
Oh - wait...
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Ok it was only a Master lock ( not the notoriously easy number 3 ) but I picked my first real lock 6 times - it felt like I'd climbed Everest
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
modified 25-Aug-19 7:44am.
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pkfox wrote: - it felt likes I'd climbed Everest
you mean a lot of dead bodies on the way?
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Bloody well done! It's a rush, isn't it?
I've got a little Yale padlock (maybe 4cm square?) that is being most reluctant to open except with the key ... 
I suspect it would open on its own if LPL glanced in it's direction.
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I can't open the supposedly easy Master number 3 - I get a few clicks and a miniscule bit of movement on the core but that's it - watch this space. 
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I found my problem with my Euro lock was that I was oversetting the low pins - I need to be more sensitive when probing I think - and if you do that it's hard / impossible to get them back without releasing tension and starting again. Which was frustrating because when I released tension after a failure, I could hear lot of little clicks as the pins dropped back to place making me think I'd got a bunch of 'em right, instead of "very wrong".
It's worth a look at the key to see if the bitting can give you any clues while we've starting?
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modified 25-Aug-19 8:16am.
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Yes I think that's part of my problem, with these sort of locks I think less is more in terms of single picking, I got my first success this morning with a rake, but used it like a single hook , I bought the set from UKBumpkeys they come with a 14 page ebook written by Chris Dangerfield who owns the company, and he explains several different raking techniques. A lot of the purists pooh pooh raking but this guy knows his stuff and even Bosnian Bill was impressed at the detailed explanations.
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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OriginalGriff wrote: I need to be more sensitive when probing
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OriginalGriff wrote: that is being most reluctant to open
There are many, many lock picking/cracking videos on Youtube of various types and complexities. I am sure you have seen them but in case you didn't...
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Yes, I do. But it's a short, paracentric keyway so it's a pain to get the pick to bear - and being a Yale it likely has security pins as well which make a beginner's life much harder!
I'll get it - eventually - it give me something to aim for.
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Oooh fun.
I like lockpicking and safecracking. I'm better at the latter, as my manual dexterity and fine motor skills aren't what they were. i'm shaky these days.
masterlock combination locks can be shim-released with a flattened soda can cut in a particular way.
the key ones there's no special trick. you have to pick them. good on you. i don't know if i could do it these days.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Jeeze!
Did I blink too long, and miss the Lounge turning into a criminal haven?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Believe it or not, lock picking can and is a hobby (outside and away from the criminal elements), providing years of enjoyment if you are into that sort of thing. There are even clubs, etc. for this and competitions.
Some of the locks are quite exquisite and complex, resulting in a mighty fine puzzle to solve.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Did I blink too long, and miss the Lounge turning into a criminal haven?
Now that Chris is closing the Soapbox... 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Is that to imply the SB was criminal?
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No, but I expect that some of the rants that were (mostly) contained in the Soapbox will migrate to other forums.
IMO, closing the Soapbox is a mistake.
(Perhaps hosting a moderated forum where almost anything goes has some legal liabilities in Canada?)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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And a trailer: El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie[^]
Now, that could be worth watching!
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For those of us who use a standard, civilised, and sensible dating system: that's October 11 ...
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: [edit]
For those of us who use a standard, civilised, and sensible dating system: that's October 11 ...
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ITYM 11th October
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Order of high odor? (4)
modified 25-Aug-19 0:52am.
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RANK
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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