How to Avoid Pickpockets
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From: Ari Silverstein, C.T.A. on 24 Jul 2010 19:16 On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:28:44 -0700 (PDT), jfeng(a)my-deja.com wrote: > I also carry a "fake" wallet in the > "normal" place, filled with monopoly money and fake credit cards. It > serves, in part, as a reminder to me to secure my real wallet. It > also has a tiny ziplock bag filled with powdered colchicine (I am > hoping the pickpocket with think it is "good" stuff). > > My backpack is lined with metal screen mesh to protect aganst being > cut open with a razor. In addition, the screen is wired to a high- > voltage source (think taser) to give the pickpocket a pleasant > surprise. > > My shoulder/beach bag has a foam ball spiked with needles and razor > baldes. *laffter immense* > Please offer any other suggestions on fun ways to welcome the > pickpockets. I'd be more concerned with having your bluetooth cellphone blue-jacked by a pay-by-minute premium service. -- Ari Silverstein, C.T.A; C.T.A.S, FREE Cruise Travel Advisory Services Sign up for special email deals @ www.CruiseQuick.com - Sells more cruises than 99% of the agencies in America. (not affiliated)
From: jfeng on 24 Jul 2010 20:11 On Jul 24, 2:24 pm, "James Silverton" <not.jim.silver...(a)verizon.net> 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.
From: Nonnymus on 24 Jul 2010 23:40 "Mike Lane" <mike.lane.usenet(a)ntlworld.co.uk> wrote in message news:0001HW.C87124A9002F249FB02919BF(a)news.virginmedia.com... > James Silverton wrote on Jul 24, 2010: > >> jfeng(a)my-deja.com wrote on Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:28:44 -0700 (PDT): >> >>> On Jul 23, 11:41 pm, billzz <bil...(a)wildblue.net> wrote: >>>> Wear a Burberry trench coat that has so many pockets that no >>>> one would have any chance of finding anything. >>> That may be a little more difficult in the summer. When I >>> travel during the winter, I wear a ski jacket with a liner; >>> valuables go into a pocket behind three levels of zippers. My >>> pants pockets have been fitted with velcro closures. >> >>>> The real answer is to keep distance. >>> That is not always practical. I also carry a "fake" wallet in >>> the "normal" place, filled with monopoly money and fake credit >>> cards. It serves, in part, as a reminder to me to secure my >>> real wallet. It also has a tiny ziplock bag filled with >>> powdered colchicine (I am hoping the pickpocket with think it >>> is "good" stuff). >> >>> My backpack is lined with metal screen mesh to protect aganst >>> being cut open with a razor. In addition, the screen is wired >>> to a high- voltage source (think taser) to give the pickpocket >>> a pleasant surprise. >> >>> My shoulder/beach bag has a foam ball spiked with needles and >>> razor baldes. >> >> An amusing fantasy but why don't you just pack some heat? >> >> > > Yes, I have a strange image of him preparing to go out - checking his fake > credit cards, charging the batteries for his high voltage Taser, One of the sad and terrifying things that can happen an any home. . . . Poor Mrs. Nonny heard the phone ringing and mistakenly "answered" the Taser laying on the countertop. She's never been the same since. . . Nonny > -- > Mike Lane > UK North Yorkshire > mike_lane at mac dot com >
From: Gettamulla Tupya on 25 Jul 2010 02:43 On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:08:20 -0400, "Ari Silverstein, C.T.A." <AriSilverstein(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > I have, once. It was in Edinburgh on Hogmanay, back when the event > > was a totally uncommercial drunken melee at the Tron. After the bells > > everybody kisses or shakes hands with everybody else. I kissed one > > lovely red-headed woman who hoovered me into a passionate snog that > > lasted a couple of minutes. I later found my coin purse was gone. > > With only 20p in it, I figured I had good value for money. > > Totally depends on how long her tongue was or how good looking, Jack. And how many other men she had done the same to that evening. All that mixed saliva. Yuck!
From: Martin on 25 Jul 2010 04:53
On 25/07/10 00:15, Mike Lane wrote: > James Silverton wrote on Jul 24, 2010: > >> jfeng(a)my-deja.com wrote on Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:28:44 -0700 (PDT): >> >>> On Jul 23, 11:41 pm, billzz <bil...(a)wildblue.net> wrote: >>>> Wear a Burberry trench coat that has so many pockets that no >>>> one would have any chance of finding anything. >>> That may be a little more difficult in the summer. When I >>> travel during the winter, I wear a ski jacket with a liner; >>> valuables go into a pocket behind three levels of zippers. My >>> pants pockets have been fitted with velcro closures. >> >>>> The real answer is to keep distance. >>> That is not always practical. I also carry a "fake" wallet in >>> the "normal" place, filled with monopoly money and fake credit >>> cards. It serves, in part, as a reminder to me to secure my >>> real wallet. It also has a tiny ziplock bag filled with >>> powdered colchicine (I am hoping the pickpocket with think it >>> is "good" stuff). >> >>> My backpack is lined with metal screen mesh to protect aganst >>> being cut open with a razor. In addition, the screen is wired >>> to a high- voltage source (think taser) to give the pickpocket >>> a pleasant surprise. >> >>> My shoulder/beach bag has a foam ball spiked with needles and >>> razor baldes. >> >> An amusing fantasy but why don't you just pack some heat? >> >> > > Yes, I have a strange image of him preparing to go out - checking his fake > credit cards, charging the batteries for his high voltage Taser, and > replacing the needles and razor blades that have fallen out of his foam ball > since his last dangerous mission in this dangerous world we live in. Not to mention him donning his chain saw proof armoured clothing. |