Have a "great weekend"

Clodfobble · 07-21-2008, 10:21 AM

You know what makes for an awesome Sunday morning? Coming back into the living room where you left your toddler playing to discover the front door wide open.

We knew he could pull the handle down, but that's why we left the door constantly locked. As it turns out, he can now unlock the deadbolt, by standing on the very tip of his toes like a ballerina on pointe. We already knew from experience that the child-safety products designed for handled doors don't work in the slightest. So after his escapade in the driveway, we had to make an immediate trip to Home Depot to buy a new handle set, one which had an actual knob on the inside, just so we could then use a child-safety item made for knobs, which actually work.

$1 for the little plastic knob guard... $125 for the new exterior lock set. That's coming out of his college fund, dammit.

07-21-2008, 10:21 AM	#18
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	You know what makes for an awesome Sunday morning? Coming back into the living room where you left your toddler playing to discover the front door wide open. We knew he could pull the handle down, but that's why we left the door constantly locked. As it turns out, he can now unlock the deadbolt, by standing on the very tip of his toes like a ballerina on pointe. We already knew from experience that the child-safety products designed for handled doors don't work in the slightest. So after his escapade in the driveway, we had to make an immediate trip to Home Depot to buy a new handle set, one which had an actual knob on the inside, just so we could then use a child-safety item made for knobs, which actually work. $1 for the little plastic knob guard... $125 for the new exterior lock set. That's coming out of his college fund, dammit. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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