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I can't even break into my own house (tongue-in-cheek) -- LONG
dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Jun 2 01:35:59 1991
Well, as many of you don't know, Sheung Li is our new housemate. So one
of my brilliant housemates, Steve Meachem, made new keys for Sheung. He
then promptly took them with him to England...
Then, while Jeanne (another housemate -- 4 in all) helped Sheung move in,
they manage to lock themselves out, so Sheung biked back for my keys. He
then planned on making a copy of them, and then returning them to me.
Unfortunately, all the key copying places he could find were closed, so by
the time i called home at 8:00, Jeanne told me that Sheung was on his way
from Porter to MIT to drop off my keys -- as i was on my way *to* Porter.
Groan. So Jeanne says, No problem, i'll let you in.
Midnight rolls around, and i wander home. Note that i have a new bag full
of stuff (heavy) and a backpack mostly empty. Note also that said bag
contains a 4ft "utility" cord, and also the loop of rope used as a belt for
my Epilogue robe. So, i ring the bell. and ring. and ring. and ring.
C-u C-u C-u (and ring.)
Nothing. Great. So, now i get to break in. Unfortunately, we live on the
upper two floors, which is really the third and fourth floors. So, i
despondently look up to see open windows. Well, gee, mine is open (4th
floor)... hmm. Well, there's the kitchen door that's probably closed that
i might be able to reach if i somehow cleverly threw this rope up there
(yeah, right, as if this string will support my weight).... the coal door
(now out-of-use) was cleverly properly shut by yours truly not less than
two weeks ago... other entrances to the basement are suitably found
unbreakableinable by me... carding the front door and the back door also
fails miserably... trying to ask the neighbors across the street to let me
call (two nice elderly ladies) fails miserably -- maybe because i'm wearing
my black fatigues, blue-on-black CARPE NOCTEM shirt, dark blue APO
sweatshirt tied around waist, and the rope & util belt also tied around my
waist... did anything else fail? Oh, i tried using my minimaglite to
illuminate various windows in an exceedingly vain attempt to wake people up
(no, i didn't think it'd work, but it was worth a shot). I guess i didn't
try sending bricks through windows... So, here i am, flaming away at
housemates who i'm not even sure are at home, who if they are, sleep way
too soundly...
and the reason for posting here instead of Bogus or Flaming is that of all
the hacking techniques i should've picked up by osmosis, i STILL couldn't
break into my own house... even though i had some (weak) rope, black
clothes, armor (sweatshirt), black leather driving gloves, minimaglite, and
inside info on the place.
sigh.... (read: <whimper>)
