On 10/12/2014 7:55 PM, Lew Hodgett wrote:
Having been visited by members of the sticky finger club,
I have been without tools for some time.

If that is a constant problem, get some spray paint and give all your
tools the most garish, butt-ugly paint job you can think of. Either
people will stop borrowing your tools, or they will return them just to
relieve their eyes, or you will be able to spot your tools among theirs
from a mile away.