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[00:00:00] Charles Current: Welcome to Locksports cast your weekly source for Locksports news and sometimes interviews. This is episode 95 recording March 27th, 2022. I'm your host Charles Grant in today's episode, a first pick a marriage proposal. Lockpick ponds, a fake mail carrier sales, giveaways, and more. 

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[00:00:52] Just add a slash and the episode number, and it will take you right to them. A couple of quick announcements, the tool board elections are now in progress. Ballots should have gone out. If you are an active tool member in good state. They have a page up with the candidate, vision statements, uh, links to YouTube videos. 

[00:01:15] I'll link to that page will of course be in the show notes, but you can also find it on the tool that U S webpage and a link to it, I believe is in the email they send out for the ballots. Just a quick reminder that on the Lockie awards.net web page, I have a. Page called suggest videos for 2022. And I want to thank well if people that have already suggested videos for the 2022 Alaki awards, this is, these are not official nominations. 

[00:01:49] These are just a way to keep track of videos that you think are interesting. If you enter them into this suggestion page, I will create a list before the nomination period. That you will be able to look over to remind you of cool videos that might be worthy of nomination. This is not a nomination in itself, but just a way to keep track of videos that might be worth nominating or other things. 

[00:02:17] Um, I guess it doesn't just have to be videos because all of the categories are represented there and not all of them require videos. So a really cool custom made pick or challenge lock that you want to keep track. First up this week, a couple of weeks ago, Clayton Howard, AKA cool tune, shared a webpage, a painful puns.com has a locksmith joke section. 

[00:02:43] And he said, need a little laugh or two during your busy schedule. If so, here's a nice collection of locksmith related jokes, web pages, full of puns, even the titles to the webpage. Puns in themselves, locksmith jokes, keyed up puns, unlock humor, unlock the door to key jokes, funny locksmith, humor, keen laughter and revolting puns. 

[00:03:08] So an example of a few that you might find on that page, there is a, there are some that are called locksmith pickup lines. Here's one that says, Hey, there, are you a Lock? Cause I'd pick you any day. How do you know if a locksmith is a true perfection? He incessantly tweaks. The key details. Why did the locksmith's daughter do so well at gymnastics? 

[00:03:34] She was taught about tumblers at an early age. Why did the safecracker loved the locksmith because he held the key to her heart. Why did the locksmith keep getting promotions and raises? Because he was a key. And yes, that is the caliber of funds that you will find on that page. If you're interested link in the show notes, of course, or just go to painful puns.com and it looks like duck FACS has put up what appears to be the first public pick of the I'm going to butcher this Naga Salwa. 

[00:04:09] Could I, Casey, Y 31. It's a nasty little lock with thin lip spools matched with mildew chambers, and you can check out his video called the Naga SOA code. I Casey Casey Y 31 pick and gutted and link of course, in the show notes. So congratulations to duck facts on that first pick. So the fourth LPU shirt and beanie fundraiser is currently. 

[00:04:40] If you're a new member or you don't have a shirt or beanie yet, or you're one, a new one now is the time to pick it up. As of this recording, there are eight days left in the fundraiser. And to be clear, this is not the charity fundraiser. This is a fundraiser to fund giveaways for the LPU members. So if you're interested in grabbing either a shirt or a. 

[00:05:07] You can find the links in the discord announcement, of course, or I will put links in the show notes and Chirael shared a tweet by DVN alum on Friday, the 25th, where he said successful marriage proposal just happened in the Lock Pickers village at ShmooCon at it's Alisa. And at poor Emma, I'm going to probably. 

[00:05:32] Matt at these very same lockpicking tables at the same con years ago. So congratulations to the happy couple and best wishes for a long and happy marriage. And over@keypicking.com discord, they have added a resources channel to compile a list of Locksports and locksmith resources for pick and tool suppliers, forums, Wiki, discord, servers, and any other information resource. 

[00:06:02] Please DM zero, if you would like to suggest in addition to the list. So if you have time, I recommend heading over there, checking out the list, make note of anything that you don't already know about. And, uh, if they have, if they're missing something that you think they should have, let them know. And in products while looking at something else for this episode this week, I ran across this page Locksports tools by Jimmy longs. 

[00:06:29] I didn't even know this existed. So, uh, the picks that Jimmy was sending out to several of us to test are now for sale on his site Locksports tools by Jimmy longs. It looks like he has a few different profiles, both with flat tips and rounded tips in shallow, medium and deeper hooks and cutaway locks. 

[00:06:54] You can also buy the picks in sets. They are reasonably priced. Individually, they are $3 and 33 cents us a piece and $9 for a set, very reasonable pricing. So head over and check that out. It's www.jimmylongs.com. Or you can just follow the link in the show notes. 

[00:07:23] We have a couple new Lock Pickers, United belts to announce that. Crispix has attained a brown belt and John Lock who went brown last week is now a red belt. So congratulations to both of you. And, uh, that's nice, fast paced. Pick up there, John Loxo congratulate. Now it's time to say thank you. The people that made this episode possible start with the Patrion subscribers we have. 

[00:07:48] Panda-Frog Michael Gilchrist. Starrylock Wayland sprain, Dave Doobie, deciphered Liibans Locksports Journey, pat from on sensor tactical three records of coach REL, Dr. Haug master Clayton Howard AK Colton MOG, John Locke, rat yolk. Mr. Picker, cranky Lock Pickers. JGP picking and bare bones. Chief content producer. 

[00:08:06] For this episode, we have a tie between Chirael and Panda-Frog other content producers are Albert LaBelle, artichoke 2000 bare bones. Lockpicking Clayton Howard, equal tune gravity, karma ifs. Jeff Moss, Joe picks Joshua Gonzales, Tony valley. And. So thank you to all of you for your support. And just remember the show is only possible because of the information and support, send him by the community. 

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[00:09:12] And thanks again to all the people that have been helping me keep this podcast going. Despite my busy. And in criminal news this week, we have a follow-up to the mail theft stories that I had covered a while back. This story is entitled. Fake mailman faces federal charges for stealing mail in Ann Arbor. 

[00:09:32] It's out of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Of course, the article says a us postal service worker arrested while picking up mail from an Anarbor mail collection box was not a real letter carrier. Despite the uniform he was wearing, according to federal investor. The suspect was arraigned Wednesday, March 23rd in us district court, Eastern district of Michigan on two federal felony charges for stealing mail and impersonating a letter carrier. 

[00:09:57] According to court records, he is accused of engaging in a conspiracy to steal mail in Anarbor, specifically targeting checks that were being deposited into USBs collection boxes for delivery. Then altering the checks to be paid out to him instead of the intended. According to a federal complaint submitted by the U S postal inspector. 

[00:10:19] The USPSA inspector began investigating the suspected mail theft in 2019 regarding checks being stolen from the mail stream in Ann Arbor area, then altered and fortunately negotiated at various financial institutions. They suspected whoever was taking this mail had a key to the targeted collection boxes. 

[00:10:40] So at 10:45 AM, Monday, March 20. Postal inspectors watching several collection boxes that had been targeted previously spotted a man dressed in a letter carrier uniform appearing to take mail out of one of the boxes. The suspect was first seen reaching and looking through the mail inside the collection box at airport Boulevard, rifling through the mail and taking a long time to collect the mail, instead of simply pulling the mail tub out of the box, like any layer carrier would normally. 

[00:11:08] He was then seen again, doing the same thing at another nearby collection box before crossing the street and ignoring another box, which would have been on the same collection route after confirming with the Anarbor post office that the carrier for the assigned route had not yet left the office investigators intervened. 

[00:11:27] And with the assistance from Anna rhe police department, detective confronted the. He ran from the officer into a wooded area behind Zippy's carwash before eventually surrendering police searched him, found he had 62 pieces of suspected stolen mail and seized his USBs clothing consisting of a letter carrier satchel pants, shirt, jacket, and stocking cap. 

[00:11:53] The suspect is currently free on a $10,000 bond. So it looks like this guy not only managed to a. Steal a letter carrier is key, but also uniform. So that has earned him two felony charges, federal felony charges for stealing the mail and for impersonating a letter carrier. So we know from previous articles, I've read that this is, this is big business. 

[00:12:19] So I wonder how many more of these letter thieves are using similar tactics. Using the post office uniforms, as well as the key so that they attract as little attention as possible. All right, moving on to sales. She's going to go through these real quick. We have the buy two, get one free@thinkpeterson.com S peers to still be working. 

[00:12:44] So check that. And at bare bones, lockpicking.com. You can use the code, listen to The Lock Sportscast 2022 to get 15% off store wide on top of other discounts. And if you check out their Aussie resources page on barebones lockpicking.com, you can find links to other Locksports YouTube channels from Australia, and they should also have coupon codes for you. 

[00:13:11] So you can save even more. If you happen to be shopping@lockpickmall.com, you can either use Albert LaBelle's code, which is Albert for 6% off. Or you can use Joe picks code, which is Joe picks four, 6% off as well. Either. One of those should work for you over at Matt Lock. Pickers dot com appears that he still has sale tags on several of his custom picks. 

[00:13:35] So you can check them. 3d Locksports dot com. You can save 10% off with the code LS, cast 10 on all of your favorite 3d printed Locksports gear@maacolocks.com. You can save 15% with the code by Maaco at UK Lock Pickers dot co.uk. You can save 10% with the code gift moving onto the giveaway section real quick. 

[00:14:00] Here Panda-Frog part two of the speed. Picking contest is still underway until the 31st of March. So if you haven't had a chance to get your speed picking times in now's the time to do it, also, he posted a update to the mini Panda-Frog to giveaway. I think he had a total of 16 entries. Remember there are four possibilities to win. 

[00:14:27] You can possibly win by guessing the correct birth. Or the birth weight or the birth size, and there will be one random draw. So with 16 entries and four different winners, the odds are really good. So head over there before it's too late and get your guesses in for the mini Panda-Frog to give away. Of course, there's always The Lock boss giveaway at CLK supplies. 

[00:14:52] If you're into giveaways, they are a locksmith supplier. Always have lots of great prizes to give away. So head over there and check them. Remember the show needs your support. So send in any information you have that's Locksports related, nothing is too big or too small. You can send it to podcast at The Lock Sportscast dot com or just go to The Lock Sportscast dot com slash support to find all the different ways to support the show. 

[00:15:17] And hopefully soon things will get back to normal. I'm hoping by the end of April, Thank you for listening. Thank you for all your continued support and remember to always keep it legal. .