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Yes, it's a pick gun. You just put it into almost any tumbler ('Yale', etc.) lock and keep pulling the trigger while gently turning the cylinder with a knife. Inside the lock are a line of (usually five) upper and lower pins that the pick will be flipping upwards against tiny springs. If you continually pull the trigger while turning the knife there will come a fraction of a second when the upper pins are simultaneously above the cylinder's turning point - thus allowing it to be 'unlocked'. It takes a little practice - the attachments are simply alternative picks that can be inserted depending on the lock you need to work on. Just because you lock your front door don't think you're safe, Lizzy. They'll come in whenever they want and steal it all - don't you worry about that.

Geoffrey wrote: Just because you lock your front door don't think you're safe, Lizzy. They'll come in whenever they want and steal it all - don't you worry about that.

And if you get one of those locks which are too slim for pick guns there is still the bump key method, don't you worry about that.

Jack

lazariuk wrote:
>And if you get one of those locks which are too slim for pick guns there is still the bump key method, don't you worry about that.


Right. And if you stick a padlock on it they simply cut out a so-called 'shim' from a beer-can, slide it down the 'U' (handle) into the actual lock, twist it 90 degrees and 'Hey presto!' Wave goodbye - it's all gone like the summer - gone like the snow.

Who you guys been hanging with lately? What you been doing? And Geoffrey, what is the tool you need to carry to cut out the shim? These levels of expertise are a tad concerning .

Awww... just guys being guys, right ?


~ Locket Lizzy

well I'm sorry if this is a cliche but Jazz Police totally does my head in, I've absolutely no idea what it's doing on that album

I've absolutely no idea what it's doing on that album

Keeping things in order, in the inimitable way police do .

Actually, I loved what Alexis/Judith said about it, comparing it with the Beatles song in the way of questioning whether we'll still love him, if he sings out of key. Rather than asking the question, he just does 'it' and lets the proof be in the pudding.

NOW I can't find what I thought was Lazariuk's posting that I wanted to comment on... where he quoted what a woman said [I'm guessing on the old ng]... someone he thought was beyond wonderful. I was going to say [after reading her take] that I could see what he meant. NOW I can't find the posting and don't have time to keep looking.


~ Lizzy

altinkum wrote:I'm not keen at all on Alexandra leaving,

yikes! that song is in the rotation of four or five all time favourites for me

Okay, are you guys going to kick me off the forum if I say that Jazz Police is one of my favorite songs ever???

I can't say why -- it certainly doesn't stir my soul deeply or anything, but it really grabs me nonetheless - -- (and it is quite funny!)

As for least favorites? I'm going to have to go with "On That Day" --

I, too, can't stand the jaw harp

"On that day...BOING!! ... they wounded...SPROING.... New York."

I love the rest of Dear Heather, however.

Zoe Martell wrote:"On that day...BOING!! ... they wounded...SPROING.... New York."

Well, when you put it like that...

Yes, when you put it like that, I can only laugh ... was jaw harp an intentional misspelling? It's jews harp [I believe ~ or at least what I've always called it] . I know what you mean about Jazz Police 'grabbing' you. Heavily syncopated, it is, with a strong, forward thrust .


~ Lizzy

I've changed my mind. I listened to Never Any Good again, for the first time in years. There's nothing wrong with it. The Great Event can't really be considered a song.

I don't think Leonard Cohen has any bad songs at all!

altinkum wrote:

I'm not keen at all on Alexandra leaving,

secretchord wrote:

yikes! that song is in the rotation of four or five all time favourites for me

If I had a rotation, it would be on mine, too, at the same rate.

Good on you, Yankovic, for relistening... it's funny what time can do.


~ Lizzy

Yes, the spelling of *jaw* harp was intentional. My ex-husband is Jewish, and took offense at the term "Jews harp" for some reason -- I gather this is not exclusive to him. (He could, admittedly, be a bit persnickety at times.)

I love the song Alexandra Leaving.

Ten New Songs is probably my favorite LC album,yes it really is but I don't particularly care for ''Alexandra Leaving'' or By the Rivers Dark''.Eight New Songs[and they are great] would have been a better title.

Hi Zoe ~

How did your husband feel about the sound of the instrument itself? If he felt as you do, might he have felt better about the name had he liked its sound? I see that you capitalized it and I wrote it in lower case, and I see that Leonard capitalizes it... per his "Dear Heather" album. I believe we may have discussed this here before, but I don't recall the answer. Was the instrument one which originated with, or was commonly used by, the Jews at one point?

~ Lizzy