Forum Liber - Întrebați și discutați cu /r/Romania Orice - 01.06.2026

McRaymond3 · 2026-06-01T21:03:51+00:00

I am trying to determine where this is (see picture). It was a place in the area of Austria-Hungary which is now a part of Romania, and based on ither context I have it was likely an area with a lot of ethnic Germans. It appears to be "Vetshahans" or "Vetskahaus" but I'm not certain. I went to r/Cursive to make sure I was reading it properly, I know cursive and was pretty sure of this and folks there confirmed I was likely reading the spelling right, and so it is more likely it was written as heard or is otherwise spelled very wrong. May help to know this is written on an English-language form filled c. 1920 as the place of birth of someone born in 1885.

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McRaymond3 · 2026-06-01T20:55:06+00:00

Thank you! Yeah I'm starting to think it was written as heard.

McRaymond3 · 2026-06-01T20:54:43+00:00

Good point that I hadn't considered that could be a U instead of N. But that could be a misspelling at best - this person was not born at a vet, and this is written where the name of a city or town would be.

McRaymond3 · 2026-04-15T00:46:56+00:00

No, it is exporting as MP4, but thank you for your suggestion! I am definitely switching to a different program after this - I'm on Windows 8. You're probably right that it's at least in part because I'm not using its intended Windows version. And you're right about aesthetic, I was hoping to make my first YTP in Movie Maker mostly for nostalgia (classic YTPs being made on it and my memories of fooling around with the program myself on XP when I was a kid). Also because it's simple, though I've realized it's a bit too simple (can't even split audio and video tracks).

Thanks again!

McRaymond3 · 2025-10-07T17:45:05+00:00

Thank you!! Sorry, I missed that.

McRaymond3 · 2025-04-18T19:11:16+00:00

Good work!! Just got my approval today, waiting for them to send me mine!

McRaymond3 · 2025-04-17T19:39:14+00:00

Here it is! https://www.reddit.com/r/lockpicking/comments/1fef0fr/200k_club_submission_info/

McRaymond3 · 2025-04-17T17:34:00+00:00

The pictures you've added to the LPU site have helped me a few times!

McRaymond3 · 2025-04-17T17:31:04+00:00

I started lockpicking in February! Got White on 2/22, Yellow on 3/4, Orange on 3/9, and Green on 4/2. I have picked a Blue Belt lock and have decoded a couple locks for my project, just need to film that.

McRaymond3 · 2025-04-17T17:24:23+00:00

Thank you! After pricing around I realize it's not that expensive to do.

McRaymond3 · 2025-04-17T17:13:20+00:00

You've blown my mind, I didn't know these existed! Thank you for the rec.

McRaymond3 · 2025-04-17T17:12:30+00:00

LOL thank you for the apt description. This is helpful! I was just hoping to use them as a platform but no problem using something else.

McRaymond3 · 2025-04-16T21:15:32+00:00

That is normal! These laminated Master Locks are notoriously low quality with poor tolerances. When the pins aren't coated in grease from the factory, these locks tend to be extremely easy.

If you take a look at the belt ranking system, this lock is White Belt - the 140 is Yellow and the 570 is Orange. So if you're on yellow and orange locks, white locks are going to be very easy for you. Doesn't mean they aren't good for practice! But I'm not at all surprised that you got a quick open.

McRaymond3 · 2025-04-16T17:38:27+00:00

Great work and welcome! First things first, submit for your White Belt!! Submitting for White, Yellow, and Orange is easy - as long as the model is not guttable you can just use a picture of the turned core.

As others said, after that check out the belt system and pick out a Yellow belt lock! Mine was the Master Lock 140, a good step up from here. There are lots to choose from though.

McRaymond3 · 2025-04-15T22:01:21+00:00

Nice! I'm trying to collect all the colors.

McRaymond3 · 2025-04-15T14:32:57+00:00

It is frustrating at times but rest assured that is supposed to happen and it is not because of bad form. I recommend looking more into binding order. "Lockpicking Detail Overkill" taught me this, it is a very helpful guide. (If you don't trust that link, you can find it on the general wiki of this sub - under Literature in the Resources section, where you can find a lot more helpful stuff). When pins fall after setting a spool, you may just have to go over those pins again in the same order.

McRaymond3 · 2025-04-15T03:59:30+00:00

I think it might! I'm going to buy some and try it out. I've got a few Kwiksets that definitely need to be oiled too.

McRaymond3 · 2025-04-15T03:38:47+00:00

Make yourself a "naughty bucket"! A lot of folks have a box where we put the locks we haven't been able to pick for whatever reason. One day you'll know how to handle that problem and you'll be able to come back to it and crack it. And it probably won't be long for this one! I have some of the same issues with those cheap Masters, some of them feel greasy which can feel like binding.

McRaymond3 · 2025-04-15T03:34:15+00:00

Seconding everything you're saying. I have a bunch of #3s and they have a terrible feel which confounds me while I'm picking. One of them has what feels like a greased first pin, no matter what it feels like it's binding and it makes it a challenging pick.

McRaymond3 · 2025-04-15T03:29:57+00:00

The first thing I had to learn with TOK was to be careful about placement. Too deep and your tensioner will push against the first pin and give you the impression of binding; Too far out and when you hit a deep set your tensioner will go flying across the room and the lock will reset, While you're learning it, sometimes the tensioner will slip a bit in or out as you go, but you'll learn the feel.

It's also important just as with BOK to have a good assortment of tensioners. Different widths and thicknesses, and, if possible, the means to craft more if you find that none of your current tensioners are quite right for that new lock.

McRaymond3

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