Missing keys

itboffin

well it finally happened, last night I lost my bag containing amongst other things my garmin and my keys :roll:

normally missing keys wouldnt be a problem however the two locks i use at the station now both only have/had one key, yup!

idiot I know, so i guess tomorrow I'll be mostly hacksawing my way through 2 d-locks, what a ball ache!

jzed

How?

itboffin

JZed wrote:

How?

dude email me i'll send photos

jzed

I once lost my bag. Work laptop, glasses, keys, everything in it. Had to go into work and explain I had no idea where or when I'd lost it. A few hours later reception called up with someone wanting to speak to me. A taxi driver had it and wanted £100 to drive it to Guildford. I ended up meeting a dodgy taxi driver in Clapham and retrieving my bag for £30 in the end.

itboffin

JZed wrote:

I once lost my bag. Work laptop, glasses, keys, everything in it. Had to go into work and explain I had no idea where or when I'd lost it. A few hours later reception called up with someone wanting to speak to me. A taxi driver had it and wanted £100 to drive it to Guildford. I ended up meeting a dodgy taxi driver in Clapham and retrieving my bag for £30 in the end.

yeah check your email you'll see why i've never getting my bag back :roll:

merkin

Oh dear, it would seem it boffin has fallen for the old "hooker steals bag" scam.

goonz

id like to see why you not getting your bag back too!

itboffin

this

rjsterry

Sorry to hear/see that, ITB.

goonz

Ah shit man, sorry to find that out. Thats just wrong. Hope you managed to get a few swings in for yourself.

itboffin

goonz wrote:

Ah shoot man, sorry to find that out. Thats just wrong. Hope you managed to get a few swings in for yourself.

actually i was in the wrong and hit someone first which is totally not me at all, in fact the two of us not only did the very English thing and apologised afterwards but we went for a drink and food

as you do

spur of the moment stupidity (booze) on both parts but i guess the good thing to take away from this is both of us instantly realised we'd been really stupid, and reverted to grown ups again, well as grown up as men can be.

roger_merriman

itboffin wrote:

goonz wrote:

Ah shoot man, sorry to find that out. Thats just wrong. Hope you managed to get a few swings in for yourself.

actually i was in the wrong and hit someone first which is totally not me at all, in fact the two of us not only did the very English thing and apologised afterwards but we went for a drink and food

as you do

spur of the moment stupidity (booze) on both parts but i guess the good thing to take away from this is both of us instantly realised we'd been really stupid, and reverted to grown ups again, well as grown up as men can be.

Oops!

timothyw

So, you got in a fight with someone, then immediately afterwards shook hands and made up, how did this lead to you losing your bag?

Did you say 'Sorry about that mate, take my bag by way of apology - I particularly insist you keep my keys'?

veronese68

Oh dear. If I laugh at you on the 2nd do you promise not to hit me?

goonz

So you basically didnt get mugged but got in a drunken brawl?

Did you leave your bag in a pub/bar etc?

itboffin

goonz wrote:

So you basically didnt get mugged but got in a drunken brawl?

Did you leave your bag in a pub/bar etc?

Not even a brawl just a couple of blows then we were both like er WTF are we doing and stopped, the bag I suspect i left behind somewhere and to top it all off on my way to the station i managed to drop and lose my phone :x

itboffin

anyway back on the theme of this thread, as i said keys are gone so i was left with a couple of options

try and cut both the dlocks myself or call a locksmith, which btw wanted £75 + VAT

well i took my trusty junior hacksaw and gave it a go, nothing not even a scratch on the metal, so i went to wickes and bought a bigger hacksaw and some spare blades, these also did bugger all in fact one blade shattered and the other went blunt in seconds.

FECK :evil:

I was contemplating the locksmith when i remembered the garage across the road, so a quick chat with the owner and he pulls a cordless angle grinder from the draw, sure enough it cuts through both locks in < 10s

damn its easy to steal a bike with the right tool

Dalton

I bet no one approached you while you were busy hacksawing/ angle grinding locks off the bike either?

itboffin

Dalton wrote:

I bet no one approached you while you were busy hacksawing/ angle grinding locks off the bike either?

I know that station staff, 8 years of commuting by bike everyday but i did pop into the office and tell them what i was doing first, besides the bike parking is inside a steel barred caged area with CCTV and you need a swipe card to get in, that i hadn't lost.

Anonymous

itboffin wrote:

you need a swipe card to get in, that i hadn't lost.

priorities......

itboffin

apart from the cut around the eye socket and the lovely shiner i have, i seem to be developing spots of blood on my eyeball clearly this is a good thing no?

Mikey23

Yay, garmin phone and keys gone but you retained your swipe card... Result!

rjsterry

itboffin wrote:

well i took my trusty junior hacksaw and gave it a go, nothing not even a scratch on the metal, so i went to wickes and bought a bigger hacksaw and some spare blades, these also did bugger all in fact one blade shattered and the other went blunt in seconds.

FECK :evil:

I was contemplating the locksmith when i remembered the garage across the road, so a quick chat with the owner and he pulls a cordless angle grinder from the draw, sure enough it cuts through both locks in < 10s

damn its easy to steal a bike with the right tool

Teehee. Was going to suggest a cordless grinder - a hacksaw is good for mild steel only*. Did you shower the bike cage with sparks?

* I once needed to cut down a 3mm surgical steel rod for some project or other - took me about 20 minutes to cut through with a junior hacksaw. Art college, eh :roll:

itboffin

Mikey23 wrote:

Yay, garmin phone and keys gone but you retained your swipe card... Result!

campag windproof jacket, rapha hat & collar, expensive work shirt as well

rjsterry

itboffin wrote:

Mikey23 wrote:

Yay, garmin phone and keys gone but you retained your swipe card... Result!

campag windproof jacket, rapha hat & collar, expensive work shirt as well

Erk. Expensive evening. Maybe pop up to Moorfields next week if the eye doesn't clear up.

itboffin

yeah it was that for sure

now the question is do i replace the jacket with a sportful hot pack 5 or a castelli confronto?

davis

itboffin wrote:

apart from the cut around the eye socket and the lovely shiner i have, i seem to be developing spots of blood on my eyeball clearly this is a good thing no?

Get it checked. Opticians are usually pretty good, actually.

The eye is mostly avuscular and shouldn't bleed much as a rule. Pay attention to changes in your vision, and don't, for once, MTFU (probably not that likely at your age).

I chose to MTFU a bit and have a handy blind spot in one eye now.

rolf_f

itboffin wrote:

yeah it was that for sure

now the question is do i replace the jacket with a sportful hot pack 5 or a castelli confronto?

You seem to have gone to an awful lot of trouble to justify to yourself a new jacket. I can almost, but not quite, imagine your trail of thought processes............

itboffin

davis wrote:

itboffin wrote:

apart from the cut around the eye socket and the lovely shiner i have, i seem to be developing spots of blood on my eyeball clearly this is a good thing no?

Get it checked. Opticians are usually pretty good, actually.

The eye is mostly avuscular and shouldn't bleed much as a rule. Pay attention to changes in your vision, and don't, for once, MTFU (probably not that likely at your age).

I chose to MTFU a bit and have a handy blind spot in one eye now.

only one blind spot, ghey!