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11-09-2001, 07:28 AM
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Help! Help! Help!
Yeah, so this happened to me Wednesday night. I was on the 405 drivin' home to Cerritos and goin' about 85-90 mph (for any law enforcement peeps reading this, mph = millimeters per hour
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11-09-2001, 04:16 PM
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If I could help you I would. Im sure someone here can help.
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11-09-2001, 04:29 PM
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 lolsorry johnny.. i don't know how to help you... maybe call a locksmith??
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R.I.P. Lamont Coleman a.k.a. Big L -- 1975-1999 "Your ice don't shine an your chain hollow/ why you front in clubs for hours wit tha same bottle/ takin midget sips/ I run wit the richest clicks/ Tap the thickest chicks/ plus drop the slickest hits/ you know nothin about L/ so don't doubt L/ what's this muthafuckin rap game wit out L/ Yo that's like jewels wit out ice/ that's like china wit out rice/ or the holy bible wit out christ/ tha bulls wit out mike/ crack heads wit out pipes/ or hockey games wit out fights/ don't touch the mic if you aint able to spit/ flamboyant is tha label i'm wit.. muthafucka.... Big L"
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11-09-2001, 07:25 PM
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I do need the help tho. If anyone has an extra life there not using, id like to buy it, i NEED one.
54 posts in the last 24hrs. Not that that is not cool, but im sure there is something else i should be doing with atleast part of this time  To help you johnny, I agree with G$. Maybe a locksmith can get it off for ya, nothing to lose?
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11-09-2001, 07:27 PM
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11-09-2001, 07:37 PM
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R.I.P. Lamont Coleman a.k.a. Big L -- 1975-1999 "Your ice don't shine an your chain hollow/ why you front in clubs for hours wit tha same bottle/ takin midget sips/ I run wit the richest clicks/ Tap the thickest chicks/ plus drop the slickest hits/ you know nothin about L/ so don't doubt L/ what's this muthafuckin rap game wit out L/ Yo that's like jewels wit out ice/ that's like china wit out rice/ or the holy bible wit out christ/ tha bulls wit out mike/ crack heads wit out pipes/ or hockey games wit out fights/ don't touch the mic if you aint able to spit/ flamboyant is tha label i'm wit.. muthafucka.... Big L"
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11-09-2001, 08:09 PM
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I always only post for a couple hours and it just ends up piling up.... but i'll be leavin soon 9pm is my friday night mark when i have to be outta the house
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R.I.P. Lamont Coleman a.k.a. Big L -- 1975-1999 "Your ice don't shine an your chain hollow/ why you front in clubs for hours wit tha same bottle/ takin midget sips/ I run wit the richest clicks/ Tap the thickest chicks/ plus drop the slickest hits/ you know nothin about L/ so don't doubt L/ what's this muthafuckin rap game wit out L/ Yo that's like jewels wit out ice/ that's like china wit out rice/ or the holy bible wit out christ/ tha bulls wit out mike/ crack heads wit out pipes/ or hockey games wit out fights/ don't touch the mic if you aint able to spit/ flamboyant is tha label i'm wit.. muthafucka.... Big L"
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11-09-2001, 08:16 PM
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If you have enough clearance around your rim, I would get a nice, heavy pair of vice grips, and clamp the bolt. Sure, your going to tear the shit out of the bolt, but you can get it off. Then, go buy another set of locking lugnuts, and keep the key.
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11-09-2001, 08:25 PM
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I wouldnt suggest the vice grips. Call a dealer, or a locksmith.
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11-09-2001, 08:27 PM
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