New member 'England'

madhatter

I have recently become interested in locks and how they work. I especially love the feel and look of our old locks. I find them intriguing in many ways.

Dean Nickel

Welcome aboard!

I am totally with you on that one…. I play with locks… sometimes for days…. ok its my job…. hobby…life.🙁rofl):🙁y):

Arcade Al

Hello and welcome from another UK lock enthusiast

🙁nod):

Doug MacQueen

Other than the preceding post doesn’t seem to relate at all to welcoming a new member, it certainly sounds like one of my recent posts in another thread. Whats up with that? Doug

Huw Eastwood

welcome madhatter- you’ll feel at home here.

As for the post Doug’s just responded to, I saw it early today and wondered what the heck’s going on???

Arcade Al

Mobango420 wrote
Good clear pictures. Then you may ask the questions you have and we will know what you have. Be aware though, if it has to do with getting the safe operational, determining or changing the combination you will, most likely, need to hire someone who can do this for you. Doug

When I first read this post I smelt spam, and I’m certain now.

Adrian Weber

Hey madhatter,

welcome my friend 😃:
I believe we already know each other :o:

Adrian

Doug MacQueen

So now a computer is searching this site and posting responses? Can’t the forum be a little more discriminatory. I am feeling violated. At least it could delete my name.🙁rofl):

Arcade Al

Doug MacQueen wrote
So now a computer is searching this site and posting responses? Can’t the forum be a little more discriminatory. I am feeling violated. At least it could delete my name.🙁rofl):

It does seem like it yes. Spammers keep getting more sophisticated, forum software can’t easily keep up!

[unknown]

Doug MacQueen

How about a nice booby trap? Send it back something to ponder on. Infinitely.

Billy B Edwards Jr. CML

Doug MacQueen wrote
How about a nice booby trap? Send it back something to ponder on. Infinitely.

As use of forums becomes popular there is an interesting phenominon that happens when two different individuals post at exactly the same clock time. Posts get mixed up and end up in the wrong pla`ces many times with the wrong titles. Programs can’t really multitask, that is the problem. Most likely Doug was replying to some other post as was someone else and when they both hit Submit Reply at the same time, that post was the result.
BBE.

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Doug MacQueen

Yes, except that posting of mine was made maybe a couple weeks ago. Also notice Mr Bojangles has yet to respond further to make any corrections. Rather strange for the fact that it was also his/hers (it’s) first time posting on the forum. No, something else is going on here. I know there are a few hard core computer geeks (Adrian) on the forum, possibly even a couple hacker freaks. Can something be done here? I mean this is a forum studying the history of security, right?

Paul Prescott

The forum system does have a good degree of anti-spam measures in place. Accidental posting by the system into the wrong thread is very unlikely, more likely either a human error, or a human spammer although there is nothing really spammy about the post.

I’d plunk for a mistake.

One of the mods can move the post.

Arcade Al

oldlock wrote
The forum system does have a good degree of anti-spam measures in place. Accidental posting by the system into the wrong thread is very unlikely, more likely either a human error, or a human spammer although there is nothing really spammy about the post.

I’d plunk for a mistake.

One of the mods can move the post.

I have to disagree, as someone who has been dealing with forum spam for many years I can see it a mile off.

It makes no sense.
it refers to pictures. There are none on the thread.
It’s a member from a country that I would need to google.
It’s a copy and paste of someone else’s post from another thread.

Im prepared to be proven wrong, but I don’t expect to be.
🙁

[unknown]

Arcade Al

Arcade Al wrote
I have to disagree, as someone who has been dealing with forum spam for many years I can see it a mile off.

It makes no sense.

it refers to pictures. There are none on the thread.

It’s a member from a country that I would need to google.

It’s a copy and paste of someone else’s post from another thread.

Im prepared to be proven wrong, but I don’t expect to be.
🙁

Having used Google, the poster purports to be from the small group of islands that are part of Finland, known as “Aaland”.

On registration I see that the first country flag that comes up in the list is Aaland… Coincidence, no. I consider my case rested!

[unknown]

Tom Gordon

Be sure that Brian will be looking into this

wolfaj55

Hi Everyone. I am Alex And also a new member. I love old safes, furniture and cars. I am thinking of buying a Dominion safe with wheels on it. It looks really old. Thats what brought me to this wonderfull website. Cheers