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Off topic & small talk: Silly stories from the household (Page 2)

Topic created on 14th Oct. 2024 | Page: 2 of 2 | Answers: 21 | Views: 1,011
Donnie
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Silly stories from the household

16th Oct. 2024, at 12:07 pm CEST#16
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Mallpall wrote on October 16th, 2024 at 11:42 am:


Cool And I'm not resistant to advice; I'm happy to be taught better...

That was just my first apartment and the first machine I bought myself.
I was 19 at the time.
I thought it was bought 'ready to use'... I was never told anything about safety screws...
Falls under the category...
"Learned something for life"

When I told my father that, he had to laugh quite a bit...

I wasn't referring to you either, but more in general, it goes without saying that you don't know everything

There are also people who get big pieces of furniture to assemble and are too proud to read the instructions. "I can do it without instructions". Then they realize that they've mixed something up or done it wrong and go back to the instructions🤣

I bought a small battery-powered hand fan with an optional stand 5 years ago. It even came with an instruction manual, which was of course completely superfluous. Everyone knows how to turn it on or charge it. Honor the operating instructions, they are often useful and not always there for no reason

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MisterL
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Silly stories from the household

16th Oct. 2024, at 11:59 pm CEST#17
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back then at 19 the drain in the kitchen was clogged nothing could be done anymore

the daniel jet engine in me " hydrochloric acid that will work" 2-3 liters poured in not 10 seconds later rumms drain free

fun in a bake wants to go away splat splat all the acid on the floor tiles steaming

the rubber rings rolled and all the pipes were under the sink.

after 2 days of hard work (unbolting the large clay pipes on the outside of the house) we found the culprit. my girlfriend

she always cleaned the litter box in the bathtub.

the litter was as hard as concrete and clogged the 20cm diameter clay pipe

so dumping acid down the drain is not a good idea

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Falke
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Silly stories from the household

17th Oct. 2024, at 04:05 am CEST#18
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I recently locked myself out of my apartment. Locksmith came and the crook took 200 € from me. He then simply used a piece of plastic to open the door in 1 minute.
I then read on the Internet that €200 was the limit before it would have been usurious.

I could have flushed the money down the toilet or deposited it in a German bank. It would have been the same thing.

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Stromberg
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Silly stories from the household

17th Oct. 2024, at 09:25 am CEST#19
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Falke wrote on 17.10.2024 at 04:05: I recently locked myself out of the apartment. Locksmith came and the crook took 200 € from me. He then simply had the door open in 1 minute with a plastic piece.
I then read on the internet that exactly €200 was the limit before it would have been usurious.

I could have flushed the money down the toilet or deposited it in a German bank. It would have been the same.

But to get to the toilet, the door had to be opened first, so no need to get angry... 😄


It's already happened to me twice...
Once I was able to quickly get the spare key that was in my ma's room.

The other time I was still living with my mother, she was away for the weekend...
I came to the door with a crate of beer in one hand and wanted to unlock it with the other.
I somehow bent the key and took it out again. The door was still closed, but the key was useless...

That was before smartphones etc...

Then I went to the pizza service around the corner to ask for a phone book, luckily they also knew a locksmith around the corner, he came out from home first, looked at it, took the key with him to his store, I walked there too, then he filed the one I had just given him in something, and finally went back and hammered in the key that didn't quite fit and then I was back in the apartment at 10.30 pm instead of 7.30 pm at least, with a crate of warm beer...
I was so upset.... I can't remember how much it cost, but it was pretty fair. I think it was only €50 cash for the whole thing or something... 😄

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Donnie
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Silly stories from the household

17th Oct. 2024, at 11:25 am CEST#20
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A few months ago it was a national holiday during the week, I was awake all night and at 4.30 in the morning I wanted to go to the Trinkhalle (there's a pub with a kiosk here that's always open, 5 minutes' walk), back home I reached into my pocket, oh no, forgot my keys. I have to admit, I had smoked a bit and ran out of tobacco, so I went to the kiosk. First called the person for a spare key, hung up again, angry and sleepy 😅Then called my brother, he was still awake, bring 2 sturdy screwdrivers. I wanted to open my front door, but didn't because I would have broken too much. Called dad, he had to work that morning (steelworks where they always work, always works early from 6am, 6 days work 4 days off, so you have to work on weekends or public holidays). Didn't answer the phone, walked over for 20 minutes and was intercepted. Then sat on the couch for a few hours until the call came at half past 8, I can come over, spare key there. What a morning 🤣 I would have been too cheap for a locksmith and would have preferred to have the lock drilled out. It's only the second time in my life that I've forgotten my keys

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frapi07
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Silly stories from the household

17th Oct. 2024, at 11:55 am CEST#21
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It happened to me once too.

I wanted to go to the bakery, so I took my money and hurried out. I realized on the stairs that I didn't have my keys and cell phone with me. By chance, I bumped into one of the neighbors. He was so correct and lent me his cell phone. So I texted my mom. She came by an hour later with the spare keys.


18 years ago or so, I "lost" my key while walking the dog. I was out with my grandpa and we tested which of us was the faster (he was 51 or so). He won Well, before the race I put my bunch of keys on the ground and forgot them there. I couldn't find it again.

Falke wrote on 17.10.2024 at 04:05: I recently locked myself out of the apartment. Locksmith came and the crook took 200 € from me. He then simply had the door open in 1 minute with a plastic piece.
I then read on the Internet that exactly €200 was the limit before it would have been usurious.

I could have flushed the money down the toilet or deposited it in a German bank. It would have been the same.

They're quick if you haven't locked your front door. Now that I know how easy it is to open a front door like that, I always lock it when I go out. This also helps me to avoid forgetting my key.

It actually costs 80-100€. So you've paid just over half the price. It's annoying, but there are much more awesome cases. Sometimes they make extra stupid mistakes so that they can drill. It then costs a lot more because you also need a new cylinder.

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roccoammo11
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Silly stories from the household

18th Oct. 2024, at 03:09 pm CEST#22
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Donnie wrote on 17.10.2024 at 11:25 am: A few months ago it was a public holiday during the week, I was up all night and at 4.30 in the morning I wanted to go to the Trinkhalle (there's a pub with a kiosk here that's always open, 5 min walk), back home I reached into my pocket, oh no, forgot my keys. I have to admit, I had smoked a bit and ran out of tobacco, so I went to the kiosk. First called the person for a spare key, hung up again, angry and sleepy 😅Then called my brother, he was still awake, bring 2 sturdy screwdrivers. I wanted to open my front door, but didn't because I would have broken too much. Called dad, he had to work that morning (steelworks where they always work, always works early from 6am, 6 days work 4 days off, so you have to work on weekends or public holidays). Didn't answer the phone, walked over for 20 minutes and was intercepted. Then sat on the couch for a few hours until the call came at half past 8, I can come over, spare key there. What a morning 🤣 I would have been too cheap for a locksmith and would have preferred to have the lock drilled out. It's only the second time in my life that I've forgotten my keys

I once worked for a locksmith & if it's not locked you can open any door without damaging it & otherwise the only thing left to do is actually drill it open..first with small & then with larger drills & nice and slowly otherwise you just break the drills..on the first floor it would still be possible to get into the apartment via a tilted window. Locksmiths outside opening hours & outside the place of residence are almost unaffordable for normal earners. They want the money immediately & if you don't have your ID in your pocket, they might not open the door because it could be anyone's apartment.

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