Some of those door locks have a lever on one side and a knob on the other side, the outside. Do any of them have levers on both sides?
earlier, Betsy Whitney, wrote: >Oh my grandma had some of those! >Betsy >At 05:42 AM 2/24/2009, you wrote: > > >Lee, > > > >Not all of us are your age. > >smiling > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Lee A. Stone > >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > >Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 10:34 > >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] door nob question > > > >some of you in your travels must have seen old locks like in one of my > >first houses the locks were I think like a 4 inch or maybe 3 inch > >square block. and If I remember correctly there was a little piece of > >metal stuck up so you could flip it from lock to unlock and that > >actualy took a skeleton key. then there were the door locks per se > >which was simply a flat piece of metal that lay in a grove until the > >outer handle was turned.. the later one was on my first house which had > >double doors and at the bottom of one door was a place where you > >fliped up a metal piece thus allowing two or both doors to swing wide > >open. and that door had the old fashioned hand crank or turn knob on > >the outside which when turned would knock anyone out of bed. Lee > > > >-- > >Gates' Law: Every 18 months, the speed of software halves. > >Are you curious? Visit my web site: > ><<http://www.sedac.mailsent.net>http://www.sedac.mailsent.net>http: > //www.sedac.mailsent.net > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.3/1969 - Release Date: >02/24/09 06:43:00 John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
