A Small Victory
dd June 12th, 2007
When we renovated our house 7 years ago, the doors upstairs were fitted with new door knobs that you can lock from the inside by pushing a button. You know the kind - they’re all over the place. Occasionally, especially when Angelina has come to clean our house, the lock button gets depressed by mistake and when I close our bedroom door to keep Jake (our beloved hybrid retriever) out, I unknowlingly lock the door. The problem of course is that there is no one inside the room to unlock it.
Our builder left us a small circular tool for just such exigencies that theoretically can be used to unlock the mechanism through a small hole in the outer knob (see picture). However, I have never been able to figure out how to use this maddening little thing to actually open the door from the outside. My wife seems to have the knack, but today I accidentally locked myself out of the bedroom and my wife was not home. And, I had to get into the room to get my car keys and I had to do it fast or I would be late to my already rescheduled P.T. appointment.
So, I first found the little tool (btw, does anyone know what it is called?) and decided to give it a try. This time, however, I moved slowly and calmly about the task. And, good golly miss molly, the door opened! How had I managed to do it this time after failing on so many previous occasions? Was it the fear of missing my appointment that made my hands work effectively? Was it the inner calm after 3 days at the beach? Or, was it just blind luck? I really don’t know, but I think I’ll will no longer feel helpless if it happens again. One of life’s little victories is still as sweet.
I’m glad there remains at least one thing I can do more easily than you! I think you have the same irrational fear of unlocking doors and cutting up mangos than I have of figuring out my cell phone and my digital camera. This is why we complement each other so well!
barbara - i think i’ve caught up to you now on the door unlocking thing. mangos - never!
David, I’m the same way….. I cant get em to work either…. but mangos are a specialty of mine, and highly prized…if you put me in a room with one of those locks and some mangos, when I finally do get it unlocked there will be no more mangos!
I always say that cheap thrills are the secret to happiness. Bravo!!
That “little thing” could be called a key, I guess.
Steve - that makes me feel better. What’s the secret to mangos?
Reya - definitely a cheap thrill.
Dave- theres really no secret, they are just a mess-worth it- but a mess and there is going to be more waste than what you would like to see…. I cut down, paralell to the seed so you have a big wedge. Cut that in half (maybe even thirds)so you have something small enough to work with. Skin it with the knife by putting the skin side to the cutting board and then run the knife between the skin and the meat- puts thepressure to the skin and board and away from the meat. then you can cut the two side pieces away from the seed and suck on the seed for a while. I love Mango, you just have to accept that there going to be more waste than with other fruits. They are sliipperty little devils, no?
Ran over to wish you a Happy Father’s Day!
Thinking of you both and Dylan.
BTW- LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the mango!!!!!
And Papayas too!
Gewels - thanks so much for the father’s day wish! I’ve heard from both kids already this morning too. And, we think Dylan might be getting a little better - we’ll see.
It’s not called a Fob is it?
My sister and I used to bug each other when we were kids by using a bobby pin to open the bathroom door on each other! Then, at college, there was the old credit card trick!
Ruth - FOB - a friend of Bill’s. Are you trying to insult our former president?
Kidding aside, I followed up on your suggestion and looked up FOB on my Mac dictionary and on wikipedia and I don’t think that’s it. Still a mystery.
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