The lost key
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This was in my college days. We used to live in a hostel, and had a large walled campus. One night I was coming back from dinner when my I saw my friend putting up a notice on the board. He had found a key, and I laughed and got my key out my pocket to see if it matched. And it did! I had infact lost a copy of my key a few weeks ago. The odds are astounding that my friend would find it and I would see him put up the notice and also compare the key.
It's an old style seven lever lock, so the keys are not very unique. In any case I did the logical think and changed to a more secure lock.
Date submitted:Fri, 24 Feb 2017 18:24:21 +0000Coincidence ID:9025
