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What are some things for a new home owner to consider getting early on? (slrpnk.net)

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For example, I think I'll need a ladder. I'm looking for any suggestions from tools to security cameras, or whatever else you can think of. What should every new home owner consider getting?

Edit: in Canada btw, somewhere that gets a lot of snow in the winter

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[-] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Reminds me of an old lock at my job, which was notorious for eating keys. I had the magic touch and could get keys unstuck without any issues. But apparently nobody else in the building could figure it out. I was getting calls to come get random people’s keys out of the lock, like it was a fucking sword in a stone. So a maintenance request was put in to fix the lock.

The very first thing the maintenance guy did was blow some graphite into the lock, stick a key in it to wiggle it around and spread the graphite… And promptly get the key stuck in the lock. I had to walk all the way across the building, to pull the maintenance guy’s damned key out of the lock.

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