On Wednesday, February 13, 2002, at 09:10  AM, Jim Dixon wrote:

> In fact the only complaint I recall hearing recently about cameras was
> from someone upset that the police couldn't track down the person who
> stole their back, which had been locked outside a police station, right
> in front of a security camera.
>

"Stole their back"?

This doesn't look like a misspelling, as the Hamming distance to any 
other word I can think of (bike?) is larger than most typos.

So, this is a Britishism I am not familiar with.

Clarification


--Tim May
"Aren't cats Libertarian? They just want to be left alone.
I think our dog is a Democrat, as he is always looking for a handout"  
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