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I'm trying to separate my knowledge of the legal distinction between robbery and burglary from my impression of the meaning of CapK's sign, since commercial establishments are not known for attending to the niceties of the meanings of the signs they create or post. Still, I am left with a perception of a difference between an "anti-robbery" system and an "anti-burglary" system. If shopping for the former, I would expect a system designed to prevent the taking of valuables from my store, its employees and customers, by force (or threat); if shopping for the latter, I would expect a system designed to prevent the taking of valuables from the store by stealth, typically while it is unoccupied.
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Carpal Tunnel
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Sparteye has once again come through for us!
Newspapers are very sensitive about the difference between a burglary and a robbery ... If you want to hear from a handsome Judge just confuse the two when reporting on a Grand Jury's True Bill and you'll hear from him ... but not the sweet nothings you were hoping for!
wow ( who is feeling a bit silly and lightheaded today as the painters have finally finished and the house is back to a semblance of order and looking all fresh and perky thanks to new wall COLORS! Lordy me, but I was sick of white walls!)
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journeyman
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I thought that an anti-robbery device was one of those dye- shooting devices that covers the tea -leaf and the cash he tried to half -inch in a stinking red dye
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Ok, Duncan, you got me  --what's a tea-leaf, in your context? Might as well 'splain half-inch, while you're at it, please.
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Carpal Tunnel
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half-inch = pinch
Haven't got tea-leaf yet.
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tea -leaf =thief
but i didn't get it till faldage posted half inch=pinch..
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tea -leaf =thief
D'oh! I was reading it as a verb!
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No, wait. I had it as a noun but I was trying to make it the object of the verb half-inch.
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