How to Avoid Pickpockets
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From: Jack Campin - bogus address on 30 Jul 2010 17:55 >> I must say one of the first things I do in Paris is buy a weapon >> suitable knife (last trip it was a balisong and a coup de poing >> (brass knuckles... the french do all sorts of sizes and styles)) >> I go anywhere I want now and I don't back down. > Do Europeans visiting the USA need to buy themselves AK47s or M15s > to feel safe? No. Just threaten the wimps with Marmite. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile: 07800 739 557 <http://www.campin.me.uk> Twitter: JackCampin
From: Angkor Wat on 30 Jul 2010 20:12 Tim C. wrote: > They make great open spreads if you eat cold meats and wurst etc. Let's > face that's what they are eaten with. Anything else and they are often too > heavy or have too much of a flavour of their own which limits what you can > make out of them. Caraway, anise and coriander seed don't really go with > jam or nutella for example. But for jam or nutella, you have Br�tchen. When it comes to bread, the Germans are very good at "comparmentalizing." Mind you, after looking at the ingredient list on the jar of Nutella, I won't ever touch the stuff, but for others, chacun � son go�t and all that.
From: Hatunen on 30 Jul 2010 21:32 On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:52:14 -0500, Anonymouse <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >On 7/30/2010 3:28 AM, Martin wrote: >> On 30/07/10 07:37, Anonymouse wrote: >>> >>>>>>>>>> An amusing fantasy but why don't you just pack some heat? >>> >>> I must say one of the first things I do in Paris is buy a weapon >>> suitable knife (last trip it was a balisong and a coup de poing (brass >>> knuckles... the french do all sorts of sizes and styles)) >>> >>> I go anywhere I want now and I don't back down. >> >> Do Europeans visiting the USA need to buy themselves AK47s or M15s to >> feel safe? > >Hi, > >there are bigger legal problems in the US with carrying a handgun... you >WILL go to jail for example... you will NOT make bail. Don't be so sure. Carry laws a matter of state law, and many states permit the carrying of an unconcealed weapon, e.g., in an exposed holster. Arizona's new law, effective today, makes the carrying of even a concealed gun OK, save where a proprietor has posted a no-weapons sign, or in places like schools. (When I was taching high school physics back in 1969-70 I was teaching a unit that covered the ballistic pendulum. One of the students volutneered to bring in his .22 rifle, which I set up in a ballistics pendulum configuration, then fired five shots into the pendulum, and had teh students calculate the muzzle velocity. Today it would be illegal for me to perform that experiment, and the student who brought me the gun would be suspened for a while.) > >US cops are very different than most European cops. > >but if you are moderately skilled with a knife get one! You can get away >with a lock blade knife in your pocket. > >I have a somewhat checkered past and am proficient with a knife, brass >knuckles, long and short arms. > >in one neighborhood I lived in I routinely carried a Street Sweeper >shotgun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armsel_Striker since it wasn't >concealed I was legal in that state. > >it all depends on where you are... if the people in the area look like >you you're probably OK... if they don't you're probably NOT OK. > >if you can bring in a decent sized automatic knife the shock value alone >will deter most muggers that aren't armed with a gun. > >btw... I happen to live in the most dangerous city in the US. > >ttyl > > > -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Martin on 31 Jul 2010 04:27 On 31/07/10 03:32, Hatunen wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:52:14 -0500, Anonymouse > <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > >> On 7/30/2010 3:28 AM, Martin wrote: >>> On 30/07/10 07:37, Anonymouse wrote: >>>> >>>>>>>>>>> An amusing fantasy but why don't you just pack some heat? >>>> >>>> I must say one of the first things I do in Paris is buy a weapon >>>> suitable knife (last trip it was a balisong and a coup de poing (brass >>>> knuckles... the french do all sorts of sizes and styles)) >>>> >>>> I go anywhere I want now and I don't back down. >>> >>> Do Europeans visiting the USA need to buy themselves AK47s or M15s to >>> feel safe? >> >> Hi, >> >> there are bigger legal problems in the US with carrying a handgun... you >> WILL go to jail for example... you will NOT make bail. > > Don't be so sure. Carry laws a matter of state law, and many > states permit the carrying of an unconcealed weapon, e.g., in an > exposed holster. Not if one is an alien.
From: Ari Silverstein, C.T.A. on 31 Jul 2010 11:10
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:22:05 +0200, Martin wrote: > On 30/07/10 16:52, Ari Silverstein, C.T.A. wrote: >> On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:19:08 -0700, John Sisker wrote: >> >>> Another thing we need to consider is, not all thefts will occur while we are >>> on vacation and/or in a foreign country. >> >> No duh, really? > > Alays sleep wearing body armour and knuckle dusters, in a chemical and > biological warfare suit, with an AK47 beside you especially if you are > at home in the US of A. Thank you for that. *nyuk* -- 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) |