The locksmith came on this 4-wheeled scooter thing. Apparently this isn't a lock problem but there is a crack in the building which prevents my door from opening.
ANyway, he went back down and got this thing which made a lot of noise and had sparks flying everywhere. Finally he screwed and unscrewed several things. The end result is that my door not only lets me in, but I can also lock it ! So an improvement from before.
Also, with Sarkozy's accesion to power,
stalker_p's joining the owning classes is quite timely. One celebrated with champagne on the new premises.