From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.3 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_50 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e6a2e4a4c0d7d8a6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-04 07:51:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!199.45.49.37!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny02.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Frank J. Lhota" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: OT: Crime X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 15:51:06 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.157.181.139 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny02.gnilink.net 1046793066 141.157.181.139 (Tue, 04 Mar 2003 10:51:06 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 10:51:06 EST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:34856 Date: 2003-03-04T15:51:06+00:00 List-Id: > Or in large parts of Sydney. > > My front door and french windows lie open all day. > I close the front door at night. > But leave the french windows open most nights. > ( I close them in winter ) > > The back door and all the windows are left open 24 hours a day , > regardless of whether or not there is someone at home. > > However, I do live in a rather low crime part of Sydney. Or in large parts of Ohio, USA. As a child growing up in Canton and Ashtabula, the only time I recall locking the doors was when we moved. Recently, I was reading a memoir of a woman who grew up in Harlem (a primarily African-American section of New York City) in the early 50's. She said that her family did not lock their doors either.