I have twins, turning 15 next month and they're great kids and I trust them.
but at this age I'd much rather remove temptation than rely on trust. My wife has seen instagram pictures of friends of theirs (ok one) obviously intoxicated at a new Year's Eve Party (at 15 years old) and there are stories that circulate in my wife's circle of moms about kids getting caught bringing alcohol to parties/gatherings.
So I have an awesome liquor cabinet, but not sure I've seen a lock that for it. and I'd rather not start drinking watered down bourbon or single malt Scotch and more importantly hear from a parent their child (or mine) drank alcohol at my house.
only thing I can see is something like below, so who knows of a non-intrusive key lock for a cabinet like this (not a baby-proofing lock)
You need to get working on that untouched Bulleit Rye
And what kinda people are those
At least when I went to college, it was always the kids who were cut off from booze in HS that ended up overindulging.
If my kids were 18 I'd consider this approach, but not at 14 going on 15.
and like I said, I really do trust my kids, they're open about stuff and when they're at parties where there was alcohol they tell me, and they've really demonstrated good judgment in the past.
But I don't and can't expect them to control or watch their friends every second and because we're the house with the pool, and the finished basement, this is where they spend a lot of time (and honestly I prefer it this way).
but I'd feel better with a lock, knowing myself at 15 and beyond, and I think I'd be able to tell if it was tampered with.
At least when I went to college, it was always the kids who were cut off from booze in HS that ended up overindulging.
I think its more about pj protecting his ass. If his kids have friends over snd they get into the liquor, hes responsible for what happens to then
Problem solved.
If you don't want to do that to your cabinet, then move your liquor to something lockable for the next few years.
I included a link to a lock that is similar to what they have. Good luck!
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but why not talk to them about it and empower them to make the right decision?
At least when I went to college, it was always the kids who were cut off from booze in HS that ended up overindulging.
I think its more about pj protecting his ass. If his kids have friends over snd they get into the liquor, hes responsible for what happens to then
Absolutely right, and it's not my own kids (though I have no doubt they're not saints), unfortunately in this day and age need to assume the worst, just safer that way.
I included a link to a lock that is similar to what they have. Good luck! Link - ( New Window )
That's for baby proofing. I'd hope any 15 year old could figure out how to defeat that.
If you don't want to do that to your cabinet, then move your liquor to something lockable for the next few years.
Move the booze into the gun safe and the guns into the liquor cabinet.
A: You don't want to lock that liquor cabinet.
At least when I went to college, it was always the kids who were cut off from booze in HS that ended up overindulging.
I second this
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Would involve drilling holes to install a lock.
If you don't want to do that to your cabinet, then move your liquor to something lockable for the next few years.
Move the booze into the gun safe and the guns into the liquor cabinet.
This is the most American thing ever written.
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Would involve drilling holes to install a lock.
If you don't want to do that to your cabinet, then move your liquor to something lockable for the next few years.
Move the booze into the gun safe and the guns into the liquor cabinet.
This is the most American thing ever written.
My gun safe is sadly too small to fit my booze.
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Would involve drilling holes to install a lock.
If you don't want to do that to your cabinet, then move your liquor to something lockable for the next few years.
Move the booze into the gun safe and the guns into the liquor cabinet.
This is the most American thing ever written.
My gun safe is sadly too small to fit my booze.
Time to upgrade!
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Would involve drilling holes to install a lock.
If you don't want to do that to your cabinet, then move your liquor to something lockable for the next few years.
Move the booze into the gun safe and the guns into the liquor cabinet.
This is the most American thing ever written.
My gun safe is sadly too small to fit my booze.
Only because you're nursing that bottle of Fireball like a 15 year old girl
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Would involve drilling holes to install a lock.
If you don't want to do that to your cabinet, then move your liquor to something lockable for the next few years.
Move the booze into the gun safe and the guns into the liquor cabinet.
This is the most American thing ever written.
My gun safe is sadly too small to fit my booze.
Only because you're nursing that bottle of Fireball like a 15 year old girl
too sweet, that's usually for the women, I do like the Jack Daniels Tennessee Fire, which is very similar, but not quite so sweet.
I didn't start this thread to brag about my liquor cabinet I really do want to a lock for it, but the other side is better, plus I have a drawer where I mostly put shot glasses and everyone gets pissed off who comes over because I make them drink out of Giants shot glasses (if they care to drink shots).
Is he still living in your basement?
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on some secret surveillance to keep tabs on people like you Larry.
Is he still living in your basement?
Someone is, I keep finding empty liquor bottles down there. I suspect Larry.
I think placing a lock on it tells them just that. Hey, Dad here ... I don't trust you.
Lots of ways to go. One is to pare down the liquor supply. That may not be something you want to do. No idea how much you like to have friends over to drink.
When our kids got old enough that we thought there might be a chance for them to be interested, we trimmed down how much alcohol we keep in the house. A few unopened bottles of vino ... maybe a bottle or two of preferred liquor.
It is a very nice cabinet. I wouldn't mess it up with a lock, in your situation. I'd just significantly remove most of that temptation. You only have a few years and you'll be inviting them to share a drink anyway.
Then again, what the hell do I know? I'm right in the thick of it myself. :)
Davisian: "That's hot."
You might also consider a motion-activated spy cam for inside the cabinet, in case someone does manage to open it.
I would also say leaving an unlocked liquor cabinet around where there are teenagers could be a violation of various social host laws.
That's two votes for the pee ruse (or not a ruse).
lol
Try making a big production about how you inspect the liquor cabinet maybe even let them see you counting, inspecting all the bottles.
Kids will also go looking for which one of their friends parents stash is easiest to get too so all this effort may be for not, remember to know and talk to their friends parents.
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on some secret surveillance to keep tabs on people like you Larry.
Is he still living in your basement?
Someone is, I keep finding empty liquor bottles down there. I suspect Larry.
Hey don't knock it!! Easy access to free booze and a pool. He locks the cabinet I'm moving into your house Beez
Solution: Watered down dummie bottles in cabinet, real stuff moves to a secure location for a few years.
Good luck,
I think the easiest way to go while still being classy about it is to set up a couple of nest cams around the house with one of them having a view of the cabinet.
Second, put a simple lock on it, small, stylish. Just enough to make it so someone would have to "break in" to get to the liquor. Explain to your kids that this really is something to simply protect yourself from any of their friends doing something stupid, that you trust them (your kids).
If a kid breaks into that lock and gets pissed, you're in the clear legally IMHO (im not a lawyer.)
Of course back in the sixties at we just went into the local bar and ordered a shot and a short at 15 when the drinking age was 21 in Jersey. Turned back to 18 in '73.
You could also get a fake ID for 5 bucks at the local pool hall from one of the patrons.
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but why not talk to them about it and empower them to make the right decision?
At least when I went to college, it was always the kids who were cut off from booze in HS that ended up overindulging.
I second this
Yes because talking to your kids will keep them from doing what nearly every kid that age inevitably does.
Not every kid partying his or her ass off in high school had over bearing parents.
No, Ice tea for dark liquor and water for clear is an easy beat for that
Or a Hasp Lock
Second, put a simple lock on it, small, stylish. Just enough to make it so someone would have to "break in" to get to the liquor. Explain to your kids that this really is something to simply protect yourself from any of their friends doing something stupid, that you trust them (your kids).
If a kid breaks into that lock and gets pissed, you're in the clear legally IMHO (im not a lawyer.)
Thank you, as you can imagine they hate me (sports hate) up here in Mass.
and I completely agree, the lock is meant as a deterrent, not something I expect to keep out world famous jewel thief Borko Ilincic of the Pink Panthers.
Sadly most of my paranoia is based on my own experience. I drank my parents booze and filled the bottles up with water. I stole my stepfathers beer and put the empties back in the case so he'd think he drank it, my friends and i would steal bottles from girls houses or other people's houses we went to that we maybe weren't that friendly with, I was a bad kid.
and because of that I feel like I know the capabilities of other bad kids, so even if I trust my own kids I know there is going to be a bad kid just like me in the house and a locked liquor cabinet would have deterred me (at least temporarily).
Plus, my kids aren't even 15 yet, but they have friends who are 15/16 a grade ahead of them and every now and then a teammate or friend two grades ahead so 16/17 comes over and it's just exponentially different at that age because the kids are driving.
why wouldn't this work that Motley two suggested? I know it's easily picked, but probably wouldn't damage anything, its obviously ugly but the only time I'd lock it is when we're out and allow the kids to have friends over without parents around (which is rare, especially at night).
The difference is that he is willing to tell us everything that goes on. After the fact of course, because they don't really know in advance. I think its the open book life that they live on social media. And its way different than how we went about it years ago.
So every event becomes a learning experience for discussion, which again seems to be an important improvement from our youth...
Let me call my blacksmith and see if he can recommend a good locksmith.
Try making a big production about how you inspect the liquor cabinet maybe even let them see you counting, inspecting all the bottles.
That's what my parents did. Then one summer my step-brother and his friends drank every night. End of summer they filled the bottles back up with water.
Fast forward 6 months, my parents host a party with their closest friends. They serve from those same bottles, unknowlingly having been tampered with. Their guests, I'm told, make faces the entire night but no one says anything.
The best part is - my stepbrother bartends for them... and charges them for his services.
The next day, step-brother confesses to his crimes. Parents are mortified and apologize to all their friends.
Not sure if the 'bartender' had to give back his wages.