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metaphortunate son ([personal profile] metaphortunate) wrote2011-11-16 07:49 pm

access control

We paid a guy to go through our apartment & put those child safety locks on all the drawers & cabinet doors.

I know he only did what we hired him to do but I really want to superglue his peehole shut.
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[personal profile] commodorified 2011-11-17 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
... hon can you, I dunno, ROT-13 that or something?

I am probably super oversensitive due to having seen it while chatting to the person I know a) for whom that would be a trigger b) who was in a bad accident a couple years back that required a catheter and I am remembering how utterly terrifyingly awful that was for him, but I am picturing him coming casually across this - and he may have you friended, you met him at WisCon - and I am cringing horribly.
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[personal profile] commodorified 2011-11-17 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
it worked and <3
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[personal profile] lovepeaceohana 2011-11-17 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Ooo, did you get the fancy ones that use super-magnets? Cause those look extra annoying. XD
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[personal profile] jrtom 2011-11-17 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
Actually, those are really handy, as long as you don't lose the magnet unlocker. They're much easier to cope with than any of the other kinds IMO.
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[personal profile] lovepeaceohana 2011-11-17 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
as long as you don't lose the magnet unlocker being the key phrase for us. With a toddler and a preschooler in the house, we lose everything from keys to glasses to cell phones on a regular basis. Keeping them out of the chemicals is easy relative to that!
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[personal profile] jrtom 2011-11-17 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Oh yes, we lose all sorts of stuff all the time; my kids are 6, 4, 4, and 1. And we have lost the super-magnet once...but at least you can just get another magnet. We generally didn't because we had a place to put it that was out of reach but next to the locked cabinet.
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[personal profile] cassidyrose 2011-11-17 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
We had several magnet keys and that helped, but mostly we just kept them attached to a magnetic surface up high and the stayed put. Love the magnet locks...one child-safety thing my kids could not immediately defeat through brute force.
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[personal profile] cassidyrose 2011-11-19 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Tot Loks: http://www.safety1st.com/usa/eng/Products/Home-Safety/Latches-Locks/Details/96-71173-Tot-Lok-Starter-Set

Loved them since S. broke the hook-type ones by just yanking hard on the cabinet door.
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[personal profile] trinker 2011-11-18 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
Magne-what?! This sounds useful to me.
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wait, what?

[personal profile] jrtom 2011-11-17 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
You mean because it's now a major pain in the ass to get into anything, or because

I mean, I can see wanting to put a child safety lock on his pants. But supergluing him seems a bit much.

We (not exactly intentionally) went the other direction: we had to get our kitchen cabinet doors refinished so they've been all gone for a couple of weeks. This has made Liam very happy and us at first slightly frantic and eventually somewhat jaded with him playing with the plastic containers (which is fortunately what he gravitates to; he can't reach any of the sharp stuff).

We tend to close off areas rather than drawers, but that doesn't work in all cases.
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[personal profile] wordweaverlynn 2011-11-17 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Superglue wears off.
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[personal profile] dancingsinging 2011-11-18 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
OMG, I love your icon!
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