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There is a very simple and clear answer, but if I was to write it, I would be down voted, banned, and soapboxed to oblivion.
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Don't know but you know what? get a towel and drink a lot of beer... 
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"If you've never been through a matter transference beam before, you've probably lost some salt and protein. The beer you had should've cushioned your system a bit."
Oh no! That means poetry is about to be perpetrated! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I'm afraid you are right, see?
Now the world has gone to bed
Darkness won't engulf my head
I can see by infra-red
How I hate the night
Now I lay me down to sleep
Try to count electric sheep
Sweet dream wishes you can keep
How I hate the night
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Not quite up to Vogon standards...
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Yes, but...
Where you will find a poem that is dedicated to MARVIN[^] and that is talking about sheep?
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What if Earth was the hell of another world ?
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OriginalGriff wrote: If we're on this planet to help others
Why would I do that? 
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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For the fuzzy warm feeling.
Of tax reduction. 
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You really need to work on your analytical skills.
The statement "We're on this planet to help others." neither states that the "Others" are already here nor does it assert that they must be on this very planet to get "our" help, does it? 
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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Others have been here a long time, They already existed in Roman times as early as in 180-AD Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus wrote in "Meditations" : “We are the other of the other.”
thanks OG, it's not so frequent to get Stoicism quote in TheLounge, so Cynicism and Scepticism are welcome. 
entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem
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Cycled down to the town centre this afternoon to get a haircut and go to the bank. I carefully locked the bike to one of the racks at the station, along with another 30-40 already there. I was gone for only about 30 minutes but when I returned some scunner had made off with it. I doubt that I'll see it again, so I can only curse in silence and hope the little weasel falls off it.
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Scrotes indeed: have you told the law? Bear in mind that there is a good chance of CCTV coverage at railway stations, so the scumbag could be caught.
Check your insurance? Some policies do cover bikes as part of the home contents (though it's unlikely they will pay out if it's at a railway station).
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Yep, told the police, and it is on my home insurance, but will cost me my excess and NCD. It's not the value so much as the annoyance of it happening when I am always careful to lock it. And unfortunately all the CCTV is on the town side of the station, where I will always park in future.
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Don't lose hope. Where I live, all second-hand dealers must report everything they buy each day to the police department (I worked on the software). Sellers are required to provide valid ID.
Serial numbers are tracked against stolen good reports. Often, the clueless thieves don't know this until the police show up at their door with a warrant. I had a bike nicked out of my garage. The pawn shop gave it back to me and the perp got 18 months (he had committed other thefts).
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I don't think bike dealers in the UK are that sophisticated: yet. But if it does change hands for money it's unlikely to go through a dealer. Just have to chalk it up to experience.
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It's probably up on FleaBay already...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Good suggestion, I'll keep my eyes open.
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That is a good idea.
I'm in the market for a bike!
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So's Richard!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Mate of mine had five grand of bikes nicked out of his garage last week, they cut through high security wire to get them, his bike, another he was building, his two sons', and his wife's.
Probably spotted riding it and followed, no chance of selling them locally.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Sadly, there are no bike locks that aren't easily defeated. Cables and chains can be cut. U-locks can be broken with a little LIQUID NITROGEN and the tap of a hammer.
The only solution is to have a cheap "beater" bike you use when commuting and you have to leave it somewhere, and keep your nice bicycle for pleasure rides.
Software Zen: delete this;
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