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When I first started dating my wife 44 years ago we had a quizzical misunderstanding about locks.   I was raised in Brooklyn which taught me to lock up everything (except my mouth).  My wife's early years were on a ranch in Eastern Washington, then after 5 years old she grew up in Seattle.

When we would get out of the car to go into a store I would lock the car every time.   She thought that I was being silly as that that was unnecessary.  I told her that I just couldn't give up that habit.  After a relatively short time she too would lock her car (or at least not question my locking up the car).  As America has devolved into its current state people around Seattle now lock up their cars more than they used to. 

What bugs me is that, even though we live in an extremely low crime neighborhood, is that she doesn't lock the door to the house when she is home.  When I come home from work, and the door is unlocked, I ask her if the killers called in sick today.  I can't get it out of my mind that about 25-30 years ago a psycho committed gruesome murders in this neighborhood.  I guess the male gender is more genetically evolved to be the protector.

On the occasion that we forget to lock the garage the first thing I look for is my Stihl orange chainsaw holder.  If it's still there I know we weren't robbed.

Crime is everywhere, and I think worse than ever.  But, it's nothing new.  I built a clinic about 40 years ago which we opened before Christmas.  Someone stole a fir tree right out of the landscaping for a Christmas tree.  Many years ago I coined the phrase: there's an a**hole for every occasion.

Alan

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