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Thanks for the info Jack. But I still need something smaller and thinner than what I have around here to pick the lock. 
Have to see if I have any small safety pins and give that a whirl. I used to be able to pick locks.
Friend of mine in high school was always loosing the keys to her locks and she finally broke down and asked me to try and pick. Bobby pin worked great for that lock.
This one the key hole is so small. Don't know why I bought a lock like that unless it was the only one I could find at the time.
ETA: The only reason why the trunk is locked is so that the lid wouldn't flap around when it was being moved. It's empty and now that I can, I want to put some family stuff back into it.
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Hey BRENDA, if the lock is that small that you need a safety pin to pick it, you might not even need bolt cutters to cut it, just wire cutters.
Anyway, just a suggestion ... unless you want to refresh your lock-picking skills!
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Hey BRENDA, if the lock is that small that you need a safety pin to pick it, you might not even need bolt cutters to cut it, just wire cutters.
Anyway, just a suggestion ... unless you want to refresh your lock-picking skills!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND
America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876 .
Hey SIG. Naw, wire cutters won't cut it on this lock. The hole is small but part that goes through the latch on the truck is thicker than that.
I'll see if I can scare up a safety pin or just a straight pin around here in the next couple of days. I have my mom's sewing box and there could be something in there.
I don't want to do any damage to my trunk. It was my grandfather's.
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My grandma's got an old railroad safe in her basement that was her fathers, or possibly even her grandfathers. I've never seen it opened, and all the years when I lived down there in my early 20's it killed me not knowing what was inside of it.
We didn't have good old youtube back in those days though. I think I might see if there is something online about cracking that safe. Probably just need a stethoscope.
The last time I ever heard that it was opened, my uncle snagged a German Luger that my grandpa had gotten in WWII. Dummy got himself pulled over with it in his glove box. The cop, nice guy that he was, didn't even give my uncle a ticket... but of course he confiscated the gun. I'm sure he didn't want any paperwork. Probably knew what he was holding in his hands there and knew he had my uncle's balls to the wall.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Already picked up two extra days this week and going to grab one more tonight. That's the most my manager says she can get away with giving me. She probably shouldn't allow it, but they've got her doing so much extra crap these last few weeks before nights goes away that she'd rather take the heat for a little OT. She told me she wishes she could just let me work 18 days straight since I say that I'm willing, but they'll skin her alive if she let me do that. smokin:
Probably going to pick up two more before my next shift would have begun next week to finish off my last week.
Feeling pretty damn good going into my 9th day in a row tomorrow. Going to be weird only having 3 days off in between work shifts, but I'll power through it.
This is going to be the largest check I've seen in 10 years. :)
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
My grandma's got an old railroad safe in her basement that was her fathers, or possibly even her grandfathers. I've never seen it opened, and all the years when I lived down there in my early 20's it killed me not knowing what was inside of it.
We didn't have good old youtube back in those days though. I think I might see if there is something online about cracking that safe. Probably just need a stethoscope.
The last time I ever heard that it was opened, my uncle snagged a German Luger that my grandpa had gotten in WWII. Dummy got himself pulled over with it in his glove box. The cop, nice guy that he was, didn't even give my uncle a ticket... but of course he confiscated the gun. I'm sure he didn't want any paperwork. Probably knew what he was holding in his hands there and knew he had my uncle's balls to the wall.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Cool about the Luger and your Uncle was very lucky that cop didn't want to do the paperwork.
This trunk is over 100years old. My grandfather(my dad's dad) brought it over with him from Scotland. He gave it to my grandmother when they got married and then my grandmother left it to my father. She used it for her fine china and other things like good dish towels and table cloths. By the time my father got it all it had in it was some family photos and my grandmother's cookbooks as well as some her sheet music. She played the piano.
So, it was open every so often but someone recommended to me to empty it pretty well and lock it.
It still has my dad's long saw in it and an old hunting knife.
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Off to my chiropractor this morning.
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Hey all - just saying hey. Nice to see you around.
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So, this is speculative, but I thought I'd post it here:
Quote:There's also this, which I saw when it came out that I thought was interesting:
Sure, potato chips, cookies, and hot dogs are chock-full of salt, sugar, fat, and calories. They can cause us to gain weight and put us at a higher risk of diseases such as diabetes and obesity. But why? What if there’s something unique about ultraprocessed foods that primes us to overeat and leads to bad health?
A new, intriguing hypothesis offers a potential answer. Increasingly, scientists think processed foods, with all their additives and sugar and lack of fiber, may be formulated in ways that disturb the gut microbiome, the trillions of diverse bacteria lining our intestines and colon. Those disturbances, in turn, may heighten the risk of chronic disease and encourage overeating.
The idea sheds new light on why ultraprocessed foods seem to be so bad for us. But to understand the hypothesis, we need to first look at what ultraprocessed foods are, and how they shape the community of bacteria in our gut that’s so intimately linked to our health. ...
According to a widely used scientific definition, they’re:
industrial formulations made entirely or mostly from substances extracted from foods (oils, fats, sugar, starch, and proteins), derived from food constituents (hydrogenated fats and modified starch), or synthesized in laboratories from food substrates or other organic sources (flavor enhancers, colors, and several food additives used to make the product hyper-palatable).
In other words, ultraprocessed foods are created in factories. They’re pumped full of chemicals and other additives for color, flavor, texture, and shelf life. This processing generally increases the flavor and caloric density of the foods, while stripping away the fiber, vitamins, and nutrients. So these foods are distinct from whole foods (like apples and cucumbers) and processed foods (like vegetables pickled in brine, or canned fish in oil) that rely on only salt, sugar, and oil — rather than a range of complicated additives — to preserve them or make them tastier.
Quote:I'd have to go back and re-check the study, but as I recall, of all the emulsifiers tested, only these 2 led to a loosening of the tight junctions between cells in the gut. And that allowed large molecules to pass directly into the blood stream. And that might lead to activating the immune system and inflammation.
For a study that was published in 2015, Gewirtz and his colleagues hypothesized that widely used emulsifiers — specifically carboxymethylcellulose and polysorbate-80 — might disturb the microbiome and increase inflammation.
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/6/11/18652653/diet-weight-
loss-ultra-processed-foods-microbiome
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