About 10 years ago I found a padlock on the allotment. A few years later I found the key. A few years after that I found a length of chain. Our neighbour has just used all 3 to secure their side alley gate. The sense of vindication I felt when I told my wife was glorious.
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Fesshole 🧻 (fesshole@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Aug-2025 01:20:11 JST
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Developing Stacy :pico8: (the4thcircle@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Thursday, 07-Aug-2025 16:44:49 JST
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This sounds like the first half of a story that ends with your neighbor building a time machine which explodes, taking the padlock, chain and key with it, scattered in the past, never to be seen again.