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+