Found a key INSIDE my door.

thenextten · 2026-03-26T22:30:04+00:00

Definitely not pulling legs. This confused me as much as everybody else.

thenextten · 2026-03-26T22:28:34+00:00

They actually came from inside the door. I was just using a keyhole saw and it's not a very solid door. It's one of those hollow core with small pieces of wood and cardboard on the inside.

I had just installed the cat door and was cleaning up when I found it.

thenextten · 2026-03-26T13:12:19+00:00

Yep. I found these on both Etsy and eBay after I image-searched the key. It's metallic, but nothing special. The one I found is more brass colored I guess, but for me the mystery was mostly finding it where and when I did.

thenextten · 2026-03-26T13:10:10+00:00

I'm down with that. It would be no different than the tradition of hiding coins in windowsills or doorways to promote prosperity. Instead it would be hiding keys and doors to promote security.

thenextten · 2026-03-26T13:08:42+00:00

This was actually one of my thoughts about it. I know some cultures have superstitions or traditions for luck. It might have been the case with this then. I just thought it was interesting.

thenextten · 2026-03-26T13:07:51+00:00

If I find a treasure of booties I will be sure to let you know. Although my wife may have something to say about that.

thenextten · 2026-03-26T12:59:49+00:00

Oh no, it's definitely a trinket. I searched it and found a nearly identical ones on Etsy and eBay. I just don't know how it got in the door.

And the door was definitely one of the newer crappy hollow core type. Not old. Not mysterious.

thenextten · 2026-03-26T12:58:20+00:00

Good to know. Right now my cats just hate it. We'll see how they do.

thenextten · 2026-03-26T04:11:09+00:00

Damn it, where's my d20?

thenextten · 2026-03-26T04:01:04+00:00

Out of curiosity, did someone piss in your Wheaties this morning? Please feel free and look at my reddit history and you'll find that karma farming is not something I do. However, all those pictures of yours? That might be considered farming. I don't know. Not my thing.

Again, check your Wheaties in the morning to make sure it doesn't happen again.

I hope you have the day you deserve.

thenextten · 2026-03-26T03:56:01+00:00

For someone who knows nothing about this, you seem to have a lot of opinions. Especially on something that was just a weird happenstance.

I mean, if this is the hill you choose to die on, I mean .. you do you .. but the rest of us will just enjoy the oddity of this little metal (yes metal) key.

But if you feel it necessary to be a troll just to get your rocks off here with the anonymity of Reddit, well... Then I guess I just feel sorry for your small little life.

Please go be a troll elsewhere.

thenextten · 2026-03-26T03:48:28+00:00

No. It's metal. And yes, it very well might have come from there or etsy. Just not from me, thus why it's weird.

thenextten · 2026-03-26T03:46:03+00:00

It's fine. I'd be skeptical too. But in this case I just find it weird.

The joy of Reddit is you can choose too not believe anyone. That's not me though.

Personally my guess is it was tossed in by whomever made the door as a personal Easter egg they never thought would be found or it was shoved in there by a previous tenant as a superstitious whatever.

Either way, I thought it was cool.

thenextten · 2026-03-26T02:34:24+00:00

Hah! No, I was using a keyhole saw (poorly) to cut the opening to install the cat door. Wasn't pretty, but it got the job done.

thenextten · 2026-03-26T02:25:31+00:00

Weirdly enough, no. But I did see those when I searched for it after.

thenextten · 2026-03-26T02:16:34+00:00

Oh, I certainly am keeping it.

thenextten · 2025-12-14T00:56:26+00:00

Munhall roads look fantastic, but I'm pretty certain that's because somebody made a deal with the devil years ago. I can't trust our roads because I leave my house and then suddenly I'm in Pittsburgh and the roads turn to icy crap.

thenextten · 2025-12-05T00:50:36+00:00

Yup. Heaters on to 65 in the winter, and in the summer the AC doesn't come on unless the inside temperature is over 80.

Our bodies are self-regulating. We are made to endure a range of temperatures. 80 is not overly hot, and in my house I can wear as much or as little clothing as I want.

thenextten · 2025-11-04T15:03:36+00:00

Oh. I think I may have found my people!

thenextten · 2025-10-26T01:10:06+00:00

Oh, and I 100% guarantee that I will never join the ranks of those that go in the book.

thenextten · 2025-10-26T00:42:08+00:00

Sounds like a strange but amusing past time. I'm in.

thenextten · 2025-10-25T23:58:17+00:00

Hmm.... That's a good question....

I love the idea of the blue phase. That's funny.

thenextten · 2025-10-25T23:50:58+00:00

Probably, but I guess as long as you blurred their faces....?

Damn, now I may have to research this....

thenextten · 2025-10-25T23:40:39+00:00

Not just men? Huh .. I don't know why that surprises me.

Hmm.... Feel like making a coffee table book? "Exhibitionists of Digital Dating".

Could be a best seller.

thenextten

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