[Closed] Locked in house

Do you have a ground floor window you can get out through. Not sure what you'll do when out though 😉

No spare keys in the hoose ? 😯

It's a metaphor for the general election result, innit.

Trapped by the actions of others.

Call wife. Wife calls taxi. Pays driver £10 extra to drop keys off. Call in sick to work, its clear you are not having a good day. Get drunk.

hels - Member
Call wife. Wife calls taxi. Pays driver £10 extra to drop keys off. Call in sick to work, its clear you are not having a good day. Get drunk.

Called wife. Wife is working in hospital an hour away. Wife mostly laughed, mostly. Wife is evil. Can't get drunk, see part C

No spare keys in the hoose ?

No spare keys in the house, we keep a set each. Also, new house with a security key we've not had cut. Guess what we will be doing tomorrow.

Fixing the windows you're gonna break?

When I was stuck in a house*, I climbed out of a second floor window and stretched to the parallel one 5 feet away 3 times once, above a set of spiked railings....just to get a bag of fish and chips.

*Door mechanism broke.

Hour one of being locked in house:

I've fashioned some sort of clothes from tea clothes that I found around the kitchen. I've counted the number of coffee capsules and grains I have left, I suspect I'll run out of caffinne by 2pm. The bear is still drunk. I hope he doesn't wake up soon.
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gofasterstripes - Member
Fixing the windows you're gonna break?

Windows into a concrete garage where my keys are? Sadly not. I can climb out to go to the shops, but have a guess where my wallet is....yep, in my frame bag. On my bike. In the garage. With my keys. And my bike. And beer.

*sighs*

you appear to have beer ! All is not lost.

and a toaster.... it's all good.

You've got beer, toast and access to the internet. It's not all bad news.

A friend of mine spent 6 hours locked in a toilet in 1987. He got so bored he ended up taking his jeans off so he could read the washing label.

You shouldn't have left everything in the garage.

HTH

weeksy - Member
you appear to have beer ! All is not lost.

and a toaster.... it's all good.

HOLY CRAPBALLS[b] I HAVE BEER!!![/b]

I didn't notice that. Awesome. Thanks man! Also, out of shot oinions and a leek.

thegreatape - Member
You shouldn't have left everything in the garage.

Kinda wish I'd left my wife in the garage.

wwaswas -
A friend of mine spent 6 hours locked in a toilet in 1987. He got so bored he ended up taking his jeans off so he could read the washing label.

Sure he wasn't just playing with himself?

Bus to hospital ~1 hr away and bus back with keys. You must have a few quid in change for the fare lying around, Shirley? More productive alternative to sitting on arse for those two hours? Still have the afternoon to play out...

HTH

Well you clearly still have a working internet connection. Get off here and do something more... useful... with your time!

wwaswas -
A friend of mine spent 6 hours locked in a toilet in 1987. He got so bored he ended up taking his jeans off so he could read the washing label.

a friend of mine was locked in a toilet in africa when the door handle came off the inside in his hand ..... after no response from banging and shouting to the staff at the restaurant he came in and handed the remains of the door to the waiter - face was priceless.

Happened to me a few years ago. Staying at the then GF's house, small place, block of 4 houses with just a front door. She left for work at 4am. I got up to leave for work (100 mile drive back down south) at 6am. Went to get out the front door..... Arse!
Couldn't call the GF to come unlock me as she was an air hostess and was on her way to Spain. Luckily she was back later that night.
Felt so ridiculous calling my boss

boblo - Member
Bus to hospital ~1 hr away and bus back with keys. You must have a few quid in change for the fare lying around, Shirley? More productive alternative to sitting on arse for those two hours? Still have the afternoon to play out...

Wallet is in frame bag with bike in garage. With train ticket. WIfe's hospital is 40mins train ride away. Also, no way of getting to find her before 2pm as she's doing hospital things.

I can jut climb out the window and wander around Hebden I suppose. I do also have some work I can do remotely.

Call a locksmith maybe.

Access to the garage is from inside the house. Behind two security doors :/

I can get onto the balcony... I could abseil down....no wait all my climbing kit is in the garage. FFS.

Put bear in toaster, set off fire alarm, fire brigade arrive and break window for you - genius!

Bear grills?

You've got double glazing I presume? Its very straight forward to remove a glazed panel from the inside.

The bear did not like it in the toaster.

I am now hiding in the toilet.

wallet and house keys, and bike in garage 🙄

better hope nobody breaks into your garage and pinches them while you're locked in the house ! 🙂

iainc - Member
wallet and house keys, and bike in garage

I was tired, and slightly drunk, after my ride last night! This is not a normal thing.

Jump off balcony. Break both legs. Call Ambulance. Free trip to hospital. Get keys.

<may be a flaw in this plan>

The bear appears to be drunk on syrup. You could try that ?

This is brilliant! Obviously laughing with you, not at you!!

Just don't set fire to anything!

I have found what I think may be a key to the external lock to the garage. I may be able to open it, then force it open a bit (aka bend it a bit) to get around the internal bolts.... wish me luck. First to climb out a window somewhere.

Go back to bed. That's what I'd/will do.

Outside is cold.

As John Bishop said..."RedTube.com" is your friend when your alone 😉

VICTORY!!!

Managed to crawl under the garage door, hurrah for being skinny, and get in. Found light switch after bumping into everything. Found bike. Found keys.

Instantly felt disappointed that I now have to go to work.

Break out...
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Do a bit of begging...
Buy more beer.

EDIT: Too late!

Rethink your bike security arrangements now you have found out how easy it is to break in to the garage...?

Managed to crawl under the garage door

HTF does that work!

Who fitted your garage door? I would be having words!

You crawled under the garage door?? There's skinny, and there's skinny.

Instantly felt disappointed that I now have to go to work

Woah there!

Before you go "rushing off to work"....

It's a lovely day.

You have an amusing and semi plausible excuse.

You have liberated your bike.

It's a lovely day.

If you can unlock yourself you can lock yourself back in ....After a bike ride.

Nobody will be any wiser.

Did I mention that it's a lovely day?

[i]Rethink your bike security arrangements[/i]

Yes! Such a thing would never would happen if you follow [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/nobody-stole-my-bike ]my security arrangements![/url] 😀

What kind of garage door can you have that it humanly possible to squeeze underneath?

In addition to getting another set of keys cut tomorrow, I’d be looking at reviewing security levels.

Mr May's garage doors, earlier;

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Internet shop - take delivery through window. Get drunk.

In work. Sad now.

I found a key for the garage door from the external lock. Opened it until it hit the deadbolts that are on the rails, I think there was about 28cm of space to crawl through. I'd not have got a bike out. But yes, I may need to think about getting the deadbolts moved a bit.

After I get a key cut.

Boss mostly just pointed and laughed at me.

TrekEX8 - Member
You crawled under the garage door?? There's skinny, and there's skinny.

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Also, it'd have been easier to get into the garage if I could move the Berlingo out of the way. Guess who had the keys....

GregMay - Member
Windows into a concrete garage where my keys are? Sadly not.

TrekEX8 - Member
You crawled under the garage door?

Obviously a cover-story…

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Another option was... idspispodsd 😆

Another option was... idspispodsd

*applause*

(idspispopd wasn't it?)

medoramas - Member
Another option was... idspispodsd

Now that was a nerd moment 🙂 Chapeau.

Sands - Close, but replace the Surly with a Fargo 🙂

Need more threads/escapades like this for Fridays... brilliant

I will work on getting myself locked into something every week from now on.

good work sands.
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Set the house on fire. The extra impetus will help you find a way round the problem.

I had the opposite once, mine was not being able to lock the house.

I was seeing a girl and we decided we wanted some quiet time alone 😉 I was living with my nan at the time and she was living with her uncle so either was a no go.

One of her workmates asked her to look after her flat over the weekend so, bingo, game on. The only issue was I had to drop the girl who's flat it was off in Liverpool while she went off with a lad she had met.

Last thing my girlfriend said was " don't forget to bring the key back " but yep I forgot and only realised the morning after when we were leaving for work. We had to leave it unlocked just praying that nothing went missing.

Never found out if anything did as the girl never spoke to me again. Don't know if it was the key or my overnight performance 😳

I suppose it would have been ok to have been locked in the house with no option to fornicate. Sadly, it was just me and the bear.

Many moons ago, I may or may not have swallowed a couple of blotters, walked next door to chat to my neighbours who I was going exploring with, and realised at the sickening moment I had left my keys inside as I shut the door.

Option A was to try and drive to my folks and back to get the house keys before it went wrong, Option B was hang out until Sunday, not unkown, on Friday evening for flat mate to return. Option c- whch worked, was finding out a hasp, can be used to turn a yale lock through a letter box.

Good weekend was had.

Quarrel, your dexterity is admirable.
Are you, perchance, a gynaecologists??

Unfortunately not, but in moments of desperation, my body can do amazing things. Meet my mum while two Hoffman's kick in, or bend my wrist, fingers and soul to get the hasp to push the yale lock around.

I bet the bear was feeling nervous

and realised at the sickening moment I had left my keys inside as I shut the door.

Always the way.

Oh shit, my keys are still ins-[i]*click*[/i]-ide!

Always the way.

Oh shit, my keys are still ins-*click*-ide!

If adrenaline speeds up the absorption of weekend frivolities in your early twenties, that is a sure way to test it.

[i] Meet my mum while two Hoffman's kick in[/i]

I'm baffled...

[i]I'm baffled... [/i]

I was worried about what the answer might be if I asked what two Hoffmans were doing to his Mum.

I think there was about 28cm of space to crawl through. I'd not have got a bike out.

Presumably you had tools in there? Pedals off, turn bars 90 degrees, sorted.

Woo Greg May!

Freeeeeeeee, Greg Ma-ay-ay!

As Vic and Bob once said;
"if you get trapped in your flat, try not to get trapped in your flat".

Sage words indeed.

DaRC_L - Member
I bet the bear was feeling nervous

Nervous...he was practically gagging for it. Stupid horny bear.

Nervous...he was practically gagging for it. Stupid horny bear.

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Nervous...he was practically gagging for it. Stupid horny bear.

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If its any consolation, I had 45 miles on the dusty dry trails today, in the sun, with a fish supper at halftime.
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Bear is now avoiding eye contact. I think he's a bit ashamed of what he felt.

Poor homo bear.