Suspicious Vaseline

[des-res]

I know. It's an odd subject line. But seriously... I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else.

I came back home this afternoon, after being out for about an hour, to find Vaseline smeared around the Yale lock on my front door. Presumably, this is a sign of an unsuccessful break-in. The property has an alarm, which the perp would have experienced had they got in, and I've reported the incident to the police on 101. So I've probably done all I can for the moment apart from being a little more alert to goings-on when out and about in the area (probably a good thing) and being just a little more suspicious of folk (sadly, not so good).

Just wondered if anyone's noticed anything similar, or has any thoughts. PM me if you'd prefer.

Des

[DulwichFox]

It may not be Vaseline, it may be glue...

Glue can be used to stick the tumblers of Yale Lock to necessitate the calling out of a Locksmith..

DulwichFox

[goosey-goosey]

Thanks, DulwichFox. It happened to me too, and it's definitely not glue.

[red devil]

I've heard of Vaseline being used to prevent locks from freezing up in the Winter. Do you share the door with someone else?...

[des-res]

Thanks for the replies. I confirmed it's Vaseline. And, no, I don't share the door with others.

Take care, everyone.

Des

[sheilarose]

Could someone have been trying to make a cast of the inside of the keyhole? A bit far fetched, I know, but one would use Vaseline to stop the casting medium getting stuck.

[pablogrande]

I'm assuming this is the rear entrance?

[des-res]

SR, a cast? Good point. Or maybe they had a key whose profile was quite close to mine, so it nearly opened the door, and they thought using Vaseline would let the mechanism move a little more and so ease open the lock.

PG, no this was the front door.

Des

[Mick Mac]

I think PG was having a little joke. Hilarious.

[RosieH]

I appreciate this is a serious thread, but I really think Suspicious Vaseline would be a great name for a band.

[Salsaboy]

I was thinking that might have been sand in it. The Vaseline, not the door lock.

[titch juicy]

RosieH Wrote:

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> I appreciate this is a serious thread, but I

> really think Suspicious Vaseline would be a great

> name for a band.

I just logged on to write that the threasd title would make a great old school punk band name.

[miga]

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