Cracking the COMBINATION

Jeremy has a lock-y break when it comes to dealing with a safe

- JEREMY CORBETT

Those of you who log every one of my columns and do AI analysis of their contents on a regular basis will know I have a certain set of skills when it comes to unlocking the unlockable.

Yes, I’m the guy in the movie they come to when they’re assembling a “crew” for a “heist” and need a crack safecracker. I’ve probably got a nickname in the criminal underworld: Aladdin, or Semtex or something.

I’ve written in the past of my deft picking of a family friend’s bike lock. For those whose memories fail them, let the record show it took me only 15 to 20 minutes to illegally take possession of a small pink child’s bike with trainer wheels and tassels on the handlebars. I have skills.