[TheForge] Theft from Tailgate sales (was: Spring Fling Thanks)

[Larry and Pat Brown]

Hearing about this saddens me a great deal as I have witness a lot of deal 
making but not theft over the years
L Brown

At 10:58 PM 4/26/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>I have been attending blacksmith conferences since 1988 and up until
>about three or four years ago thefts were rarely heard of. You could leave
>anything from tools and books and even money in a honor box or can with
>out worry of anything being taken.NOT ANY MORE!!! It looks like our ranks
>are being infiltrated by unscrupulous persons. It would be a shame if we
>have to start including character references on the reqistration forms of any
>future conference.
>
>Ray Noble
>Oriole Forge
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