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From: bixenman@scr1.ocpt.ccur.com (michael bixenman <bixenman@scr1.ocpt.ccur.com>)
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Subject: Re:  Same Key?
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Date: 13 Dec 90 16:19:53 GMT
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We moved into a house 18 years ago. It was two years old at the time. We 
had new neighbors after after two years had passed. One day the neighbor 
came over and stated he locked himself out. I got my tools and went to 
jimmy the front door. Just for a joke we tried my key ( all the door locks
were the same manufacturer ). It worked! We found his keys inside and 
noticed they were keyed alike. We checked with the surrounding ten homes 
and none were the same. I went out and purchased a new lockset that weekend
(different manufacturer!). That was coincidence or what !
This happened to me when I started driving also. It was 1966 and my '62
Chevy Impala keys opened a similar car at a shopping center, I sat in the 
car and realized it was not mine. Strange ...