Handy Mayhem butt

I’ve mentioned swap-bot a few times recently. Kristi has a great post on how to establish a rating on swap-bot.

Check out the Biteberry yarn in its new habit!

A sign I saw yesterday that amused me – so that’s where preteens go to get rid of pesky parents! Do you need to bundle parents with twine like you do newspapers and corrugated cardboard? 😉

Monday evening I was unlocking my mailbox after work and my (admittedly large) bag fell off my shoulder onto the mailbox key and snapped it off in the lock. Ugh! I could still get the key pieces to work – but so could anyone else with a screwdriver. I was calling a locksmith yesterday when my coworker interrupted me and got me off the phone before I could make an appointment for an expensive locksmith house call (because of course the lock can’t be removed and taken into the locksmith, as it requires a special removal key). Turns out my coworker had a lockpicking kit on him. . . . I didn’t ask, either. Usually it’s best not to know. Anyway, he loaned me a “key extractor” and after a bit of fiddling with the key extractor and a leatherman tool, I once again have a secure mailbox. Make sure you have copies of all your keys for times like this!

“This stuff is too boring to even bother sniffing.” -Mayhem

Is it just me, or does it look like May is mocking Chaos’ tail? Anyway, she wandered off to play ghost paws on the Kitty Casa instead.

“This is much more fun! Whee!” -Mayhem

28 thoughts on “Handy Mayhem butt”

  1. Chris- It’s sometimes best not to ask questions. We have a guy down the street who has a tool that allows you to turn on the cable service- a long piece of steel with a screw on the end.
    They’re probably wondering why no-one pays for cable on the street.

    There’s a little larceny in all of us.

  2. Neatnik liked the Mayhem pictures but wants to know when Chaos is getting equal time.

    Perhaps Harry Dresden is our co-worker’s biggest hero?

  3. You work with… interesting people. But I wouldn’t invite them over to your house. Cause then they might show up and steal your yarn!

    Poor Chaos and his stubby tail. Remember size doesn’t matter. To a few people. 🙂

  4. Perhaps your co-worker works for CTU – Minneapolis?? I’ve been by that sign more times than you know on the way to the country club (don’t I sound snobby) and thought the same thing!! Computers are back in the land of the living!

  5. Good luck that you had a coworker who could help 😉 I think between computer people and car mechanics you’ll find a higher percentage (compared to the rest of the population) of people who know quite a bit about locks. I asked the only person in my office.. who happens to be Mark 😉 and he said it was a wafer tumbler lock and wasn’t surprised another IT person would have a key on hand to get your key OUT.. picking it however, is a whole different skill.

    Anyway, glad you have your mailbox secure!
    Cute ghostie paws May 😉

  6. Love the ambiguity of some signs! There was a restaurant in Bellingham, WA called “A Taste of Greece”. It may still be there, but I’ve moved… anyway, the name always made me laugh. I always lose keys. We have on solitary key for our new van. It has an electronic chip, etc. in it so buying a second key or replacement key will cost several hundred dollars. And then there are the keys which say “Do Not Duplicate”. It’s those and the van key that I dread breaking or losing the most. Give May and Chaos kitty scritches. Love the matching tail poses. They must have planned that.

  7. That sign is awesome. But it should say “Julia and Oliver drop off.” Now THAT would be awesome.

    Hmmm. Coworkers with lock picking kits on them? A bit of a blessing, and a bit strange too. But hey. I’d be a pot calling the ol’ kettle black if I knocked anyone for being strange.

  8. do your kitties have their claws? mine like to play ghost claws on the laundry basket and edge of my bed. pluck pluck. glad you have a ‘handy’ co-worker… and I guess you know who to look at if stuff in your desk goes missing?

  9. My favorite sign was outside my son’s school last year.. it said “Child drop off.. Keep moving” as if we were to just shove them out the door as we drove past and hope they rolled to the doorway.

  10. Hehe 🙂 Maybe the parents need more education than the kids? I can’t say I’m surprised your co-worker had a lock-picking kit though 🙂 I love those ghostly paws!

  11. Clearly your compatriot has a lockpicking set because he locks himself out regularly:) He wouldn’t have nefarious purposes. Would he?

  12. LOL at the sign. Hey do they recycle parents in Minnesota? 😉 Yay for lock picking coworkers! Ghost paws are much more fun that sniffing a bunch of tools.

  13. Love, love, LOVE the sign! When I was in jr. high that service would have been incredibly useful.

    Glad to hear you’re OK — the bridge collapse is really scary. Last time I actually lived in MN, I took that bridge 5 days a week to get to the U.

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