How to Avoid Pickpockets

On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:00:29 +0200, Martin wrote:

On 25/07/10 00:09, Ari Silverstein, C.T.A. wrote:
On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:45:03 +0100, bart.c wrote:

I find con-men more of a problem, always coming up with some story that
requires me to lend them some money.

Hi bart! I was going over my stock portfolio and have a few extra hot
shares of BP that I could sell to you...as a friend should, of course.

and those worthless US government bonds?

Please, send all you have to me. I wouldn't wish to burden you with
such crap paper.
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Magda wrote:
On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:21:17 +0000 (UTC), in rec.travel.europe, Erilar
arranged some electrons, so they looked
like this:

... Martin wrote:
... On 25/07/10 01:24, Erilar wrote:
... Hatunen wrote:
... On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:46:26 +0100, "Ian F."
... .jj
...
... It's not the accoutrements that mark an American. It's the
... behavior. And the speech.
... Ah, but I don't speak "American" in Germany, and not with an
... American
... accent, either 8-)
...
... but in France ...)

... After a couple unpleasant experiences, I have sworn never to
cross its
... borders again, and especially NEVER to touch ground in CdG
airport
... again.

Only a couple? That's all it took the French to get rid of you?
Two incursions pluss one additional CdG experiences(two ways) were more
than enough. There are no other countries I refuse to return to.


=====
It sounds much better in French, but then, everything does.


--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist

On 25/07/10 16:32, Magda wrote:
On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:21:17 +0000 (UTC), in rec.travel.europe, Erilar
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... Martin wrote:
... On 25/07/10 01:24, Erilar wrote:
... Hatunen wrote:
... On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:46:26 +0100, "Ian F."
... .jj
...
... It's not the accoutrements that mark an American. It's the
... behavior. And the speech.
... Ah, but I don't speak "American" in Germany, and not with an
... American
... accent, either 8-)
...
... but in France ...)

... After a couple unpleasant experiences, I have sworn never to cross its
... borders again, and especially NEVER to touch ground in CdG airport
... again.

Only a couple? That's all it took the French to get rid of you?

Where did the Germans go wrong? LOL

On Jul 25, 6:19*pm, S Viemeister wrote:
On 7/25/2010 11:53 AM, Zulus Vulva wrote:





On Jul 25, 3:02 pm, S *wrote:
On 7/25/2010 4:55 AM, Martin wrote:

On 25/07/10 02:11, wrote:
On Jul 24, 2:24 pm, "James
wrote:
An amusing fantasy but why don't you just pack some heat?
That's a good idea! *I used to worry about getting them toys past
airport security, but (not surprisingly), the TSA has not confiscated
any of it.

Recently, while travelling with some friends on the Athens subway, one
of them lost a wallet. *I admit that I was disappointed that they did
not get my fake wallet, instead.

Is there some scope for a skilled pickpocket in the USA?

The only time I had my pocket picked, was in the USA.

did they use a gun ?

It wasn't a robbery, it was a pick-pocketing.

did you ever get robbed ?

On 7/25/2010 4:33 PM, Zulus Vulva wrote:
On Jul 25, 6:19 pm, S wrote:
On 7/25/2010 11:53 AM, Zulus Vulva wrote:





On Jul 25, 3:02 pm, S wrote:
On 7/25/2010 4:55 AM, Martin wrote:

On 25/07/10 02:11, wrote:
On Jul 24, 2:24 pm, "James
wrote:
An amusing fantasy but why don't you just pack some heat?
That's a good idea! I used to worry about getting them toys past
airport security, but (not surprisingly), the TSA has not confiscated
any of it.

Recently, while travelling with some friends on the Athens subway, one
of them lost a wallet. I admit that I was disappointed that they did
not get my fake wallet, instead.

Is there some scope for a skilled pickpocket in the USA?

The only time I had my pocket picked, was in the USA.

did they use a gun ?

It wasn't a robbery, it was a pick-pocketing.

did you ever get robbed ?

No.

On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:34:21 +0100, Mike Lane
wrote:

Martin wrote on Jul 25, 2010:

On 24/07/10 23:19, Mike Lane wrote:
Martin wrote on Jul 24, 2010:

On 24/07/10 18:43, Ian F. wrote:
"S Viemeister" wrote in message
...

Or you could simply add velcro to the pockets of clothing you already
own...

Or they could simply not be so paranoid, thinking someone's about to
pounce on their pathetic few dollars around every corner!

If one buys Tilley products one won't have any money left to have stolen.

I'm not sure about that. I bought a Tilley hat in about 1995 (I think).
They're guaranteed for life, so when it wore out after about 10 years I
sent
it back and they duly sent me another which I'm still using.


I bought a sun hat in 1998 that has faded a bit but is otherwise as new.
It cost a fraction of the price of a Tilley hat.

But would it survive being eaten by an elephant?

I'm not sure I'd want it back after passing through an elephant.

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Martin wrote:
On 25/07/10 16:32, Magda wrote:
On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:21:17 +0000 (UTC), in rec.travel.europe,
Erilar
arranged some electrons, so they looked
like this:

... Martin wrote:
... On 25/07/10 01:24, Erilar wrote:
... Hatunen wrote:
... On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:46:26 +0100, "Ian F."
... .jj
...
... It's not the accoutrements that mark an American. It's the
... behavior. And the speech.
... Ah, but I don't speak "American" in Germany, and not with an
... American
... accent, either 8-)
...
... but in France ...)

... After a couple unpleasant experiences, I have sworn never to
cross its
... borders again, and especially NEVER to touch ground in CdG
airport
... again.

Only a couple? That's all it took the French to get rid of you?

Where did the Germans go wrong? LOL

They accepted me as a lover of most things German and made me feel
welcome.
Unwary of them, wasn't it?

--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist

Hatunen wrote on Jul 26, 2010:

On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:34:21 +0100, Mike Lane
wrote:

Martin wrote on Jul 25, 2010:

On 24/07/10 23:19, Mike Lane wrote:
Martin wrote on Jul 24, 2010:

On 24/07/10 18:43, Ian F. wrote:
"S Viemeister" wrote in message
...

Or you could simply add velcro to the pockets of clothing you already
own...

Or they could simply not be so paranoid, thinking someone's about to
pounce on their pathetic few dollars around every corner!

If one buys Tilley products one won't have any money left to have stolen.

I'm not sure about that. I bought a Tilley hat in about 1995 (I think).
They're guaranteed for life, so when it wore out after about 10 years I
sent
it back and they duly sent me another which I'm still using.


I bought a sun hat in 1998 that has faded a bit but is otherwise as new.
It cost a fraction of the price of a Tilley hat.

But would it survive being eaten by an elephant?

I'm not sure I'd want it back after passing through an elephant.



It was supposed to have happened three times to an elephant trainer's hat in
Ontario
http://www.brandsonly.com/testimonials.html

--
Mike Lane
UK North Yorkshire
mike_lane at mac dot com

On 26/07/10 01:52, Hatunen wrote:
On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:34:21 +0100, Mike Lane
wrote:

Martin wrote on Jul 25, 2010:

On 24/07/10 23:19, Mike Lane wrote:
Martin wrote on Jul 24, 2010:

On 24/07/10 18:43, Ian F. wrote:
"S Viemeister" wrote in message
...

Or you could simply add velcro to the pockets of clothing you already
own...

Or they could simply not be so paranoid, thinking someone's about to
pounce on their pathetic few dollars around every corner!

If one buys Tilley products one won't have any money left to have stolen.

I'm not sure about that. I bought a Tilley hat in about 1995 (I think).
They're guaranteed for life, so when it wore out after about 10 years I
sent
it back and they duly sent me another which I'm still using.


I bought a sun hat in 1998 that has faded a bit but is otherwise as new.
It cost a fraction of the price of a Tilley hat.

But would it survive being eaten by an elephant?

I'm not sure I'd want it back after passing through an elephant.


You certainly wouldn't want to eat your hat.

On 26/07/10 02:43, Erilar wrote:
Martin wrote:
On 25/07/10 16:32, Magda wrote:
On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:21:17 +0000 (UTC), in rec.travel.europe,
Erilar
arranged some electrons, so they looked
like this:

... Martin wrote:
... On 25/07/10 01:24, Erilar wrote:
... Hatunen wrote:
... On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:46:26 +0100, "Ian F."
... .jj
...
... It's not the accoutrements that mark an American. It's the
... behavior. And the speech.
... Ah, but I don't speak "American" in Germany, and not with an
... American
... accent, either 8-)
...
... but in France ...)

... After a couple unpleasant experiences, I have sworn never to
cross its
... borders again, and especially NEVER to touch ground in CdG
airport
... again.

Only a couple? That's all it took the French to get rid of you?

Where did the Germans go wrong? LOL

They accepted me as a lover of most things German and made me feel
welcome.
Unwary of them, wasn't it?

Maybe if you loved all things French things would have gone better in
France )