<HTML>In a message dated 7/5/01 10:14:58 AM Central Daylight Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com (Farrell) writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I don't mean to preach, but WHOA! Do you live in Mayberry?(snip) Sorry for sounding like the proverbial mother, but for what it is worth, I would never, never do such a thing, and I think anyone else would be well advised to keep the same policy. Anything else is simply dangerous.</BLOCKQUOTE> Well, I've been in business here for 23 years and I do it all the time.  I've never had a problem or incident.  Many people around here leave their doors unlocked.  It's not uncommon at all.  I often don't lock my own.  Maybe that's one of the reasons why I like living here.  It's certainly not a backwards, lost in idyllic time as the name "Mayberry" suggests, either.  New York, Los Angeles, Florida?  I know them all and much more and as far as I'm concerned, you can have them.  You couldn't get me to live in one of those places for love nor money. While I don't have those magnetic signs (I don't use advertising of any kind), I think they're one of the best ideas for people in this business who want to attract more business.  I agree with Clyde when he says he can't imagine anyone wanting to steal such a sign.  Why?  What would you do with it? Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin</HTML>