Stroller theft?

[brewso.livejournal.com]

I will be a mama soon (!), and we recently purchased a relatively pricey new stroller. I am wondering about bringing it to places like Davis Square businesses and leaving it outside. I feel like I will be constantly worried about it. My thinking is that bikes get stolen all the time, even when they're locked - why not strollers? Some of them are worth more than the average bike. What do you all think? Should I lock it? Has anyone ever locked their stroller? Has anyone ever heard of a stroller being stolen around here? Am I just being paranoid? 

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[mattdm.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there was a large study a few years ago that showed that summer babies are on average happier their whole lives. Me, I'm a winter baby -- c'est la vie. My daughters are 2 and 4, both winter babies too (but so far doing a pretty good job of staying happy). Although, with the playground destined to be closed all summer....

[wallacestreet.livejournal.com]

Matt,

Do you know when they are supposed to start? I suppose it's off to Cambridge for us this summer, but what to do if we don't want them to get wet?

[mattdm.livejournal.com]

The public comment period for the final plan (http://www.somervillema.gov/Section.cfm?org=OSPCD&page=1326) ended on Monday, so at least according to the plan it's now out for bid, and Ellen Schneider (the city's landscape project manager) said that that would take about six weeks, after which work would begin pretty much immediately. So that means beginning of May, although I'll believe that when I see it.

From that point, the the playground area will be closed off for three months, possibly as long as four. The intention -- if the contractors will agree to it -- is to keep the grass field open as long as possible during the playground construction, and then work on it and close it off all winter so the grass takes a good hold.