From: Martin on
On 24/07/10 23:27, Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
>> I'm always amazed at these tales that are told whenever the dreaded
>> P... word comes up. I've travelled quite a lot in Africa and Europe
>> during the last 50 years or so, and I can say hand on heart, that
>> I have never, ever, not even once in all those years had my pocket
>> picked.
>
> 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.

Allowing for the cost of antibiotics?
From: Martin on
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?
From: Martin on
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" <firstname(a)lastname.oc.ku> wrote in message
>>> news:8b0hg9Fjv1U1(a)mid.individual.net...
>>>
>>>> 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.
From: Martin on
On 25/07/10 00:11, Ari Silverstein, C.T.A. wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:19:53 +0100, Mike Lane wrote:
>
>> Martin wrote on Jul 24, 2010:
>>
>>> On 24/07/10 18:43, Ian F. wrote:
>>>> "S Viemeister" <firstname(a)lastname.oc.ku> wrote in message
>>>> news:8b0hg9Fjv1U1(a)mid.individual.net...
>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>
> Our college fraternity maid's name was Tilley which I am sure has
> nothing at all to do with this thread.

but gets incandescent when pumped up, like a Tilley lamp?
From: Martin on
On 25/07/10 01:24, Erilar wrote:
> Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> 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 ...:o)