I couldn't believe that Lowes in little Lancaster, PA just put locked screens over all the copper wiring shelves!  No one around to unlock it so I left vowing to find enough for my project in one of the garages and order more on line.

We are now on the left coast and our son here described the theft going on at the local stores.  I went to the high end grocery store near here.  They had the entry doors locked and the exit side was now both entry and exit with an armed guard.  The nearby Target still had both entry and exit doors open but armed guards stationed at both.  Seems like we are witnessing the collapse of ......