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Old Apr 28, 2016 | 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by OldGrayMare
But if you lost your keys, wouldn't that tell the person who found them which car they went to ?

Thieves were more honest back then, you just can't trust the ones now..
 
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Originally Posted by South of BC
A lot of times "back then" the keys were left in the car. My dad used to put the key under the floor mat. Until the day he came out of a store and caught a guy poking around in the truck. After that it was always locked and he kept the key in a rubber coin purse. Remember those?

I do remember them, both my mom and dad carried them..
 
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