Twin Discussion Part 1

[Danemead]

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From: Danemead
Subject: Re: Twin Discussion Part 1
Reply To: [Yahoo! #6360] Re: Twin Discussion Part 1
Date: 8/9/00 11:54 am  (ET)

>>>>> the twins (snip)have some important Muggle skills - they know how
to drive a car, and are skilled lock-pickers (Ron, too, has these skills).

 I thought it was magical lock-picking. <<<<<<<

No, it was genuine old fashioned muggle lock-picking. Harry couldn't
undo the locks on his door or on Hedwig's cage by magic for fear of
another warning from the Ministry of Magic's 'Underage Wizard' dept.

Fred specifically is shown, in Chapter 3 of CoS, using a hairpin to
open the locks and saying "A lot of wizards think it's a waste of time,
knowing this sort of Muggle trick..."