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   Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:   
      
    AH>  WRT the bike, I've heard of bicycle wheels being stolen   
    AH>  here in Vancouver.  I wonder if the owner forgot about it   
    AH>  or chose to keep the wheels & abandon the other parts....   
      
    AK>  The problem where to keep things safer is actual around   
    AK>  the world.   
      
      
              Yes, I'm sure it is.  You may think your bicycle is safe because   
   you chained & locked it, but you can't count on that around here.  And what   
   one may think of as big-city problems also appear in the suburbs &   
   elsewhere... (sigh).   
      
      
      
    AK>  For instance, where to keep your money safer -- in bank   
         | in a bank or in the bank   
      
    AK>  or at home?   
      
    AK>  In bank your money are eaten by inflation,   
         | your money is [blah blah].  Dollars, Euros, rubles etc.   
          are countable... the word "money" isn't.   
      
      
              Or bank fees or whatever.  Here in Canada the federal government   
   now provides deposit insurance (up to a limited amount) so that it's unlikely   
   we'll find our life savings reduced to zero in an eyeblink, as many people   
   apparently did long ago.  The theory, however, has not yet been rigorously   
   tested....  :-Q   
      
      
      
    AK>  but at home they can be taken by more conventional   
    AK>  robbers. ;-)   
      
      
              Uh-huh.  Dallas & I read a book by a professional thief, in which   
   it was made quite clear that such people know where others are most likely to   
   hide their valuables regardless of how clever they think they've been.  We   
   have also heard from friends & relatives about their experiences while   
   travelling abroad. One individual said his watch was stolen in England from   
   underneath his pillow, although he slept with his head on the latter.  Another   
   noticed someone outside his bedroom window who quickly disappeared when it   
   became obvious he was awake. And a friend's wallet was stolen in Italy...   
   apparently by "a cute little girl"   
   ... from the pouch he carries underneath his middle-aged belly.   
      
              If you hide your $$$ under the mattress, under the edge of a   
   carpet, etc. it seems likely dishonest people will check out such places   
   first....  :-Q   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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