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Date:         Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:36:40 -0800
Reply-To:     PB <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         PB <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Beside myself!
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I'm at a loss! I did what may have been the dumbest thing I've ever done in my life! My purse may have been stolen last night at a small social gathering of about 17 people. Inside my purse was my only van key, plus the blank that I had planned to have cut at the locksmith, but didn't get around to it. (This is not to mention several other items of little or no monetary value to anyone, but extremely devastating losses for me.)

By some miracle, my hatch didn't lock the last time I locked the van, so at least I can get inside, and I even have a club to lock the steering wheel, but I don't know where to start. I'm hoping to deal with the key situation without needing a locksmith to come to my house. I do have a Bentley, but don't have much mechanical experience. Should I try to remove a door lock or the ignition lock? If a door lock, which one would be the easiest to take to a locksmith?

There is a chance that I forgot my purse at the event, and someone wound up with it without realizing it, as there was equipment at this event, and hopefully somebody picked it up thinking it was part of the equipment. I've asked the hostess to email everyone there, as we were all invited by email. I'll give it a little time, but need to know the most economical way to deal with getting a key made, or a new lock. Luckily I have another car AND the key to it, so there is no rush to use it right now. I'm just very panicked, as I've never lost my purse in my life! (I know people have lost entire homes, especially here in fires. I've only lost my purse - not my home or my life, but it's still very disorienting!)

Thanks in advance for reading this. Patti 90 Westy Automatic (with electric locks)

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