Date:         Sat, 31 Oct 1998 08:43:57 -0800
Reply-To:     Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
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From:         Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Security Challange... Was RE: How to break into....
Comments: To: "ErikO@ebyte.com" <ErikO@EBYTE.COM>, vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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At 9:47 AM 10/31/98, ErikO@ebyte.com wrote:

>Here's the story about my mom.... The best vehicle break-in my mom was
>noted for involved a running car with a very small child inside. No one
>could open this car, it had broken power locks or something... I don't
>quite remember. They had two towing companies, city police and I think a
>state trooper there trying to get in the vehicle. They worked on this
>for an hour or so. The window was opened a crack and my mom grabbed two
>brooms. She took out her keys and hung them on the end of one broom and
>stuck the other broom end in the window. "Billy, I'm going fishing. Do
>you want to go fishing too?" Sure enough, the uncooperative little brat
>reached over, grabbed the keys, and put them over the end of the broom.
>Hundreds of spectators burst in to laughter and applause. She became
>infamous for that event :)
>

        Not to detract from your mother's achievement, but in an event
        such as the one described above...wouldn't breaking the window have
        been more expedient?




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