Great solution!!!! ...... the thief gets "Stolen from ...." projected across their living room in large black letters l!!!!! :)

What about placing dummy bulbs full of black powder at intervals down the runway? I confidently predict the thefts will cease within days!!

Neil.
-----Original Message-----
From:   Morgan Olsson [SMTP:mrt@INAME.COM]
Sent:   21 May 1998 10:10
To:     PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject:        Re: How to prevent light bulb theft in airport runways ?

At 20:59 1998-05-20 +0000, you wrote:
>  Well, I keep trying a method that does not really work, but maybe
>they'll get used to it. They stael the bulb outside my place all the time,
>so I took an indelible felt tip pen for glass marking (has some acid in it
>or what, plus black ink), and wrote on the new bulb:
>
>Stolen from: <my address>
>
>  You would use a rubber stamp for this of course. Low tech, and might
>work once they get used to the idea that it's indelible.
>
>Peter
>
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