> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Doug Franklin > > .... I'd have to kill the construction > workers. After all, "There is no secret known by more than one person". >
During my time working at a particular public institution, the studio was completely reconstructed. We had hoped that new lockup facilities would stop the constant equipment thefts we had experienced. Firstly, the old studio had locked cupboards. Each pair of doors had one side locked by a vertical bolt inside the door and into the timber frame, the other side was key-locked. After many thefts I scrutinized the cupboards with a magnifier, and discovered an almost invisible pinhole beneath each bolt. Push a thin wire into the hole, spin it until the bolt could lift, give another push and it was camera and lens smorgasbord for the crafty thief. An inside job without a doubt. We had great hopes for the new lockup, a walk-in storeroom for which not even the security guards held a key. Just the manager and I had keys, but the thefts continued unabated. But after a while something fishy became apparent - the bolt on the door lock was unguarded by the doorjamb, leaving the sloped side facing outwards and openable with a thin plastic ruler. No builder would have made such an "error" except by design, and knowledge of the deliberate soft spot was doubtlessly shared around. I already knew to "trust no-one", but those experiences were strong reminders. Regards, Anthony -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
