Breaking In
What a night! Stacey wanted to go out and get dinner, asking me to come with her. I didn't really want to.
She talked me into it, and as I was picking up my keys said, "What are you doing? I'm driving."
So I put down my keys and went out the front door. Just before pulling it shut, I asked, "Do you have your house keys?"
"Yeah" came the answer.
So I pulled the door closed behind me. We drove into town and got some dinner, then came home.
Just as I was walking to the door I heard, "Where are my keys?"
NO!!
OMG!!
I asked if she had them! What were we to do? The next door neighbours used to have a spare key, but they moved out and gave it back earlier this year.
All the doors were locked. All the windows were shut, locked and covered in security grills.
With nothing we could do at the house, we went to one of the other teacher's house to use the phone and see if we could get a spare key from GEHA. No luck there.
I rang my boss to see if he knew anyone in town who could pick a lock. No luck there.
His son said we should be able to get in through the roof tiles. Wrong... Tin roof.
"We can unscrew a roof sheet and get in"
So Cam came around with a ladder, drill and some other tools and we got working on the roof.
One thing you should know about Katanning is this:
After the sun goes down, the temperature drops considerably. Especially when it is windy. Not having a jumper because you are locked out of your house makes it worse. Being on the roof of said house ices the cake (pun, although lame, intended).
We finally got a tin panel off, to discover the insulation right below it. This is where a knife comes in handy. Within minutes Cam was inside and opening up the doors to the house.
A big thankyou goes out to Cam, for coming around and helping me get into the house. The photo is of the panel that we took off to get in.
The moral to this story is make sure you have a key on the same keyring as you car key. Either that or leave a spare key outside somewhere for just this situation.
She talked me into it, and as I was picking up my keys said, "What are you doing? I'm driving."
So I put down my keys and went out the front door. Just before pulling it shut, I asked, "Do you have your house keys?"
"Yeah" came the answer.
So I pulled the door closed behind me. We drove into town and got some dinner, then came home.
Just as I was walking to the door I heard, "Where are my keys?"
NO!!
OMG!!
I asked if she had them! What were we to do? The next door neighbours used to have a spare key, but they moved out and gave it back earlier this year.
All the doors were locked. All the windows were shut, locked and covered in security grills.
With nothing we could do at the house, we went to one of the other teacher's house to use the phone and see if we could get a spare key from GEHA. No luck there.
I rang my boss to see if he knew anyone in town who could pick a lock. No luck there.
His son said we should be able to get in through the roof tiles. Wrong... Tin roof.
"We can unscrew a roof sheet and get in"
So Cam came around with a ladder, drill and some other tools and we got working on the roof.
One thing you should know about Katanning is this:
After the sun goes down, the temperature drops considerably. Especially when it is windy. Not having a jumper because you are locked out of your house makes it worse. Being on the roof of said house ices the cake (pun, although lame, intended).
We finally got a tin panel off, to discover the insulation right below it. This is where a knife comes in handy. Within minutes Cam was inside and opening up the doors to the house.
A big thankyou goes out to Cam, for coming around and helping me get into the house. The photo is of the panel that we took off to get in.
The moral to this story is make sure you have a key on the same keyring as you car key. Either that or leave a spare key outside somewhere for just this situation.
posted by Chris at
11/21/2005 08:37:00 PM
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