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master lock, school lockers,,,,,,
Spartacus
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now days a lot of schools don't allow locks on student lockers (basterds) but that's another topic.
remember when you school locker was big enough to stuff a fellow student in?
there was a dial lock on the door.
we soon learned that a properly placed kick to the bottom of the latch handle would open any locker.
then we saw the master lock round dial padlocks being used.
initially on sports lockers.
going to an away game and coming home with the opponents jerseys was a status thing.
the round locks popped open nicely with a well placed rap with a hammer.
then they came out with the laminated locks.
thankfully, my high school safe cracking days were over by then.
were my classmates and i just bad eggs? or do you remember doing something similar??
tom
remember when you school locker was big enough to stuff a fellow student in?
there was a dial lock on the door.
we soon learned that a properly placed kick to the bottom of the latch handle would open any locker.
then we saw the master lock round dial padlocks being used.
initially on sports lockers.
going to an away game and coming home with the opponents jerseys was a status thing.
the round locks popped open nicely with a well placed rap with a hammer.
then they came out with the laminated locks.
thankfully, my high school safe cracking days were over by then.
were my classmates and i just bad eggs? or do you remember doing something similar??
tom
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Kids have to carry around everything they'll need for the entire day.
no one in my school had anything of value stolen. but you might fins a playboy centerfold hanging inside the door[:p]
other times, something that went missing from a classmates locker would end up in some ones elses locker. and quickly be placed in another locker![:D]
once, i voluntarily got locked into a gals locker and asked her to the dance when she opened it.
a Kinder, more gentle time......
must have come after my 1971-75 high sch[:D]ool years.......
were my classmates and i just bad eggs? or do you remember doing something similar??
tom
Not if taping the fuse of an M80 to a lit cigarette and placing it in an empty locker counts.
We had to bring our own locks from home. I think it as being funny now days when I think of that American Lock my Dad gave me to use. Took more time trying to get it through the lockers hole than I did worrying about something getting stolen. In those days it was OK with the teachers if we brought shot guns and rifles to school if we were going to go hunting at a friends house as long as they were in something like a guitar case and left in the teachers lounge.
Just a little cats claw bar and 99% of the time you can lock them again.
Not just dial locks, almost all master brand.
LOL, just looked at the pop top and aluminum can "picks"
must have come after my 1971-75 high sch[:D]ool years.......
wrong.... my perceived days of freedom was 1955-1958
Used to take a half hour with just a crappy dull file.
I liked the youtube instructional on the shims
I use to sell locker combos for $15. I would just just go to the office and ask what class someone was in or tell them i needed money they owed or me whatever. they would point me to the box with all the schedules in alphabetic order and i would look up their class and grab the combo while I was at it.
It took away my wide eyed innocence and trust in my fellow man from that moment on.
20 bucks in 1976?!?!
that was a 4 finger ounce of mexican green!
well, that's what i heard.........
A folded up piece of paper shoved underneath the linkage, stopping it from going into the lock position.
occasionally faculty, or custodians would go through and check all the lockers, pulling out the blocks.
The next morning the office was always full with students needing their locker combinations.
Those locks used at high school do nothing more ran keep honest people out.