>I haven't read any of the replies yet and imagine many of them will say the same thing. But are you really going to blame all black people -- "you have lost my respect, pretty much forever" -- because two black kids stole your bicycles? There is no defense for what they did. But please don't forget it was only them who did it, not anyone else.

And their parents and anyone else who knows these kids don't have bikes and now have them out of the blue in the middle of the day, yeah. Someone probably patted them on the shoulder and congratulated them for passing the rite. I wish them good luck in that life.

>Don't worry, your day will get better. And I doubt anyone here will hold your grumpy mood against you. Your grumpiness is part of your charm ;-)

Actually, I'm already sorry I wrote this, because I would have forgotten about it already. Did, twice, then came back here.

Of course, I'd remember every time I went through the back door.