iordseyton
iordseyton t1_jbqy58b wrote
Reply to comment by masshiker in B.C. man says he accidentally unlocked and drove someone else’s Tesla using the app by ChocolateTsar
Back in the 80s and 90s most car companies would make under 500 keysets for each make/ year. So if there were 350 keysets, you had a 1/350 chance of this working
iordseyton t1_jbqxjjw wrote
Reply to comment by Giantmidget1914 in B.C. man says he accidentally unlocked and drove someone else’s Tesla using the app by ChocolateTsar
Back in the 80s or 90s, Toyota would only actually have like 150- 250. Different keys/ locks for any given run of cars. Dealerships would buy packs that were each key and could figure out the right one based on Vin (iirc)
As luck would have it, in our small town, there was one other guy with a red 86 Toyota pickup, and his and my dad's had the same key.
To make matters worse, they both worked with boats (my dad built them, and the other guy was a fisherman we think)
Occasionally, when launching a boat or doing something at the marina, when we came back at the end of the day, the other guy would have taken my dad's car home for the night. So my dad would just take it home for the night, then drop it back off in the parking lot first the next day, and get his back when the guy came back for it.
It happened 3 or 4 times that I know of- first time was a surprise when we came back from a sail, My dad reached under the seat for a fresh pack of smokes, as he pulled out of the lot, and came up with a fishing knife instead.
iordseyton t1_jacnqxo wrote
Reply to comment by benji_014 in A farmer drove to a neighbour's farmhouse and knocked at the door... by Gaphumbala
'You've no idea' isn't grammatically correct either, it's just less obvious.
You could say 'you have no idea,' or 'you have got no idea' interchangeably.
'You've got no idea' would be a correct contraction.
The reason 'You've no idea' feels correct and 'will you've sex' from the original doesn't is because our brains are trained to sort of skip over, or add in if need be, the existential verbs, like 'is' and 'got.'
iordseyton t1_j5hl5eg wrote
Reply to comment by No_Measurement876 in Kyrgyz Workers With Russian Citizenship Prevented From Leaving Russia, Urged To Fight In Ukraine by -Fuck-You-Charles-
Maybe a bunch of people should emigrate, then hold a referendum
iordseyton t1_iy7ba9c wrote
Reply to comment by Middleofthemaul in Aren’t we all? by Deadhawk142
They don't call him pin prick for nothing
iordseyton t1_iwag3rp wrote
Reply to comment by MrPanchole in Texas homeowner says 'hooker' ghosts have taken over rental property: 'They're trying to stir up business' by The_R3venant
When they pull off the mask at the end, it turns out it's just the homeowner, who's got a side hustle giving blowies to the ghost hunters who rent the place
iordseyton t1_iwaf9ob wrote
Reply to comment by DragonGarlicBreath in Texas homeowner says 'hooker' ghosts have taken over rental property: 'They're trying to stir up business' by The_R3venant
"They try to stir up business, but they can’t figure out a way to conclude the transaction, so nothing ever happens." I'll say
iordseyton t1_iufso6q wrote
Reply to comment by Electr0Girl in TIL the song Tusk by Fleetwood Mac and the USC marching band is the only song that features a marching band to ever make the top ten of the US billboards top 100 songs. by MightGuy420x
I thought of Sgt Peppers
iordseyton t1_jbrqg8t wrote
Reply to comment by this_1_is_mine in B.C. man says he accidentally unlocked and drove someone else’s Tesla using the app by ChocolateTsar
I'm confused, are you saying that ford's came with 2 separate keys back then, or was it a half and half kind of thing?