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If all else fails I can get a job as a handyman

WD-40 failed to make keys turn any more easily in the front-door deadbolt, so I removed the blasted thing and replaced it. I suspect this may have been a perfect home-improvement project, as I got to visit the hardware store, employ both WD-40 and a screwdriver, and get my hands greasy to boot, while A was left to explain to our landlord why we now have different keys for the front and side doors—and possibly why we made the repair without checking first. (But the door locks without pliers now.)

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Posted by pjm on December 12, 2007 10:13 PM |

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Ahhh, sounds as though you’re practicing for homeownership. I hope you took advantage of playing the handyperson role; that role gives one license to cuss, at least a little.

I changed a lock mechanism (bolt, not the key) not too long ago. In my case, “success is counted sweetest by those who ne’er succeed.”

Teehee.

Posted by: John Lloyd | December 13, 2007 6:03 AM

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