Important DIY tip...

mrbadger · Post by **mrbadger** » Mon, 9. Apr 12, 16:04

When fitting a lock on a bedroom door, don't test close the door from the inside when you haven't put the handles in yet, and they are outside the door....

And no-ones home but me.....

halp!

BugMeister · Post by **BugMeister** » Mon, 9. Apr 12, 16:06

tell me, are you posting via mobile phone..??

ClearSky · Post by **ClearSky** » Mon, 9. Apr 12, 16:16

I vaguely remember something about mrbadger and a PhD... nah, must have been someone else.

Icky

ps. no internal doors should have locks for obvious safety reasons, especially bathrooms.

Gavrushka · Post by **Gavrushka** » Mon, 9. Apr 12, 16:20

mrbadger wrote:Day seventy-three of my incarceration.

The soap looks more appetising with each passing day. But still I can look on the bright side, my teeth have never been so clean...

LOL... Just LOL... Please, please call the fire brigade and video the rescue... Oh pleeeeasssse!

RegisterMe · Post by **RegisterMe** » Mon, 9. Apr 12, 16:24

Must admit, I am still giggling

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RegisterMe · Post by **RegisterMe** » Mon, 9. Apr 12, 16:25

Follow up thought, is this the first, genuine, Penelope Pitstop like "Hyeeelllpppp" we've had in OT?

jlehtone · Post by **jlehtone** » Mon, 9. Apr 12, 16:26

It does not sound like a locking lock.

A PhD does not require thinking, I believe. Practical Jeeves/MacGyver thinking.

@mrbadger: If you are fitting, is it really possible that you have no object in your bedroom that could work as a handle, fitting into the square hole and offering sufficient leverage?

Gavrushka · Post by **Gavrushka** » Mon, 9. Apr 12, 16:31

jlehtone wrote: @mrbadger: If you are fitting, is it really possible that you have no object in your bedroom that could work as a handle, fitting into the square hole and offering sufficient leverage?

HEY! Whose side are you on? You could at least wait until it makes the national news!

#Oh dear, what can the matter be, mrbadger is trapped in the lavatory...#

What if his batteries have gone flat?

Wouldn't it be awful if he turned round and found the last owner of the house, who died some years before, was trapped in there with him.

mrbadger, your incarceration has made my day... Can we schedule another one for next week?

RegisterMe · Post by **RegisterMe** » Mon, 9. Apr 12, 16:32

Actually, he may be trapped without a lavatory.

Everybody make waterfall sounds!

mrbadger · Post by **mrbadger** » Mon, 9. Apr 12, 16:38

jlehtone wrote:It does not sound like a locking lock.

A PhD does not require thinking, I believe. Practical Jeeves/MacGyver thinking.

@mrbadger: If you are fitting, is it really possible that you have no object in your bedroom that could work as a handle, fitting into the square hole and offering sufficient leverage?

It wasn't the lock that stuck, it was the normal sticky out thing that engaged and meant I couldn't open the door again. And no, couldn't find anything that would make it open from the inside

Had to give up my man card and phone someone to come and rescue me....

Gavrushka · Post by **Gavrushka** » Mon, 9. Apr 12, 16:39

mrbadger wrote: Had to give up my man card and phone someone to come and rescue me....

Does the rescuer drive a big red truck?

mrbadger · Post by **mrbadger** » Mon, 9. Apr 12, 16:41

Gavrushka wrote:
mrbadger wrote: Had to give up my man card and phone someone to come and rescue me....
Does the rescuer drive a big red truck?

Nope a friend whose already low opinion of my practical abilities has now flatlined...

Kind of hard to say come and rescue me from my bedroom....

Psychoclops · Post by **Psychoclops** » Mon, 9. Apr 12, 17:18

You could've saved your embarrassment by throwing everything soft (mattress, bedding, clothes etc) out of the window and jumping out onto it.

Unless of course you live in a high rise, then it's really not recommended

brucewarren · Post by **brucewarren** » Mon, 9. Apr 12, 17:35

I'd have stuck a screwdriver in the square whole where the metal shaft of
the handles go through the door and operated the latch that way or have
you got one of those new fangled types?

Unless of course you left the screwdrivers outside with the handles.

mrbadger · Post by **mrbadger** » Mon, 9. Apr 12, 17:57

wrong type of screwdriver. believe me, I tried, I didn't exactly enjoy the sound of my friend pissing himself laughing while he sorted out the door....

Jumee · Post by **Jumee** » Mon, 9. Apr 12, 17:58

silent hill: the room anyone?

thetack · Post by **thetack** » Mon, 9. Apr 12, 18:16

assuming the door is a normal swing into room, a simple knife like blade slid into the latch would open it,

just to make you feel better mr b my assistant a mantanance guy of 40 years experiance did it just after christmas and belive me i will not let him forget

felter · Post by **felter** » Mon, 9. Apr 12, 20:14

mrbadger wrote:wrong type of screwdriver. believe me, I tried, I didn't exactly enjoy the sound of my friend pissing himself laughing while he sorted out the door....

But you don't mind all of us doing it.

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mrbadger · Post by **mrbadger** » Mon, 9. Apr 12, 20:57

felter wrote: But you don't mind all of us doing it.

Didn't really think that one through, did I......

Starlight_Corporation · Post by **Starlight_Corporation** » Mon, 9. Apr 12, 21:06

mrbadger wrote:
Kind of hard to say come and rescue me from my bedroom....

This right here is comedic gold! Have to say, thanks for brightening up my day.

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Important DIY tip...

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