Deeply Filled Mortician

On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:00:28 GMT, [email protected] (Kir�ly) wrote:

    >[email protected] wrote:
    >> so, anyone wants to share which solution is better, safer?
    >IMO go with a beneath-your-clothing money belt. It won't stop a
    >determined thief from demanding it from you at knifepoint but it will
    >thwart pickpockets.
    >Unless you are wearing a turtleneck or high-collared shirt, the strap of a
    >neck pouch is likely to be exposed. A pickpocket could fairly easily
    >slip a finger underneath and lift it out. If the strap is fairly strong
    >then it could act like a garrotte as the thief tries to run away with it.
    >--
    >K.
    >Lang may your lum reek.

What's a lum?
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Martin

On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:48:43 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:

    >On 6 Dec 2006 14:34:02 -0800, in rec.travel.europe, "RUSDC" <[email protected]> arranged
    >some electrons, so they looked like this:
    > ... What makes you think I am from US?
    >Date: 6 Dec 2006 14:34:02 -0800

Clueless time set up? :-)
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Martin

Rusdc

Let me put this out to all of you comedians out there.

If you got nothing remotely intelligent to share - just dont share it
all.


Now that we got THAT our of the way, lets move on.

Tom Peel

[email protected] schrieb:
    > I have both, but I really never traveled before to area that was heavy
    > on pickpocketing.
    >
    > Paris....from what I read, is pickpocketing capital of the world :-)
    >
    > so, anyone wants to share which solution is better, safer?
    >
    > If you had your neck wallet cut....tell us about it :-)
    >
I've tried both over the years and the belt wallet is far superior to
the neck pouch. Do you really want to walk round like a dork with a
pouch dangling round your neck. Your body language will betray you as
you slump forward trying to conceal the bump.

Failing a belt wallet, a good solution are the trousers (pants to you
colonials) made by Patagonia. Buitin zipper wallet inside the waistband,
and recommendable anyway as being totally indestructible, uncreaseable,
and wash-and-wearable.

Any kind of security wallet by definition is awkward to access. Just
carry your essential minimum needs in an outside pocket and your
valuable stuff in the hidden wallet. Also, keep your essential stuff in
the left hand trouser pocket, or in a right hand inside jacket pocket.
Pickpockets know that most people are right handed and go for the
pockets that RH people use.
Finally, why post this question in rte anyway? Europe is totally safe
(apart from London and Lisbon).

T.

Martin

On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:04:21 +0100, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:


    > Finally, why post this question in rte anyway? Europe is totally safe
    >(apart from London and Lisbon).

The Netherlands ...
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Magda

On 6 Dec 2006 14:57:23 -0800, in rec.travel.europe, "RUSDC" <[email protected]> arranged
some electrons, so they looked like this:

... Let me put this out to all of you comedians out there.
...
... If you got nothing remotely intelligent to share - just dont share it
... all.
...
...
... Now that we got THAT our of the way, lets move on.

Hey, NEW GUY!

You'll have to stay around for a few years before you can criticise the group - capisci?!

Pltrgyst

On 6 Dec 2006 13:23:38 -0800, "RUSDC" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Many of the belt wallets are made of nylon, which basicly doesnt bend
    >at all :(

I use the type of belt wallet which has a loop that goes over the belt. The
wallet itself is tucked inside your trousers. Mine is made of leather; I also
have one made of fabric. Neither is an impediment to bending or sitting.

And I've never had the slightest problem in Paris, where we visit every year.
Big cities in Italy, though (especially Milano), are another matter entirely.
8;)

-- Larry

Rusdc

On Dec 6, 6:08 pm, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
    > On 6 Dec 2006 14:57:23 -0800, in rec.travel.europe, "RUSDC" <[email protected]> arranged
    > some electrons, so they looked like this:
    > ... Let me put this out to all of you comedians out there.
    > ...
    > ... If you got nothing remotely intelligent to share - just dont share it
    > ... all.
    > ...
    > ...
    > ... Now that we got THAT our of the way, lets move on.
    > Hey, NEW GUY!
    > You'll have to stay around for a few years before you can criticise the group - capisci?!

yeah yeah

blah blah

Magda

On 6 Dec 2006 15:14:57 -0800, in rec.travel.europe, "RUSDC" <[email protected]> arranged
some electrons, so they looked like this:


... yeah yeah
...
... blah blah

Something tells me the new guy will never be an old guy.

Alan S

On 6 Dec 2006 14:57:23 -0800, "RUSDC" <[email protected]>
wrote:

<snip>
    >If you got nothing remotely intelligent to share - just dont share it all.

Excellent advice. Take it. But, of course, you can't, can
you? :-))

Cheers, Alan, Australia
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Padraig Breathnach

Deeply Filled Mortician <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu>
wrote:

    >On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:00:28 GMT, [email protected] (Kir�ly) wrote:
    >>Lang may your lum reek.
    >What's a lum?
You understand arcane Glasgow references, but you don't know what a
lum is? Shame on you.

It's a chimney.

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Padraig Breathnach

pltrgyst <[email protected]> wrote:

    >I use the type of belt wallet which has a loop that goes over the belt. The
    >wallet itself is tucked inside your trousers. Mine is made of leather; I also
    >have one made of fabric. Neither is an impediment to bending or sitting.
Clearly you don't carry enough money. A large wad of cash does not
flex too easily.

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Alan S

On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:51:58 +0000, Padraig Breathnach
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >pltrgyst <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>I use the type of belt wallet which has a loop that goes over the belt. The
    >>wallet itself is tucked inside your trousers. Mine is made of leather; I also
    >>have one made of fabric. Neither is an impediment to bending or sitting.
    >Clearly you don't carry enough money. A large wad of cash does not
    >flex too easily.

I would never carry sufficient cash to have that problem -
in any land. That would be silly security anywhere I know.

That's what cc's and ATM's are for.

Cheers, Alan, Australia
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Frank Clarke

On 6 Dec 2006 13:09:22 -0800, "RUSDC" <[email protected]> wrote:
<[email protected]. com>

    >-Is it safe to give out blue ribbons with "SUPPORT OUR TROOPS" in
    >Paris?

It's not safe to give those out in some parts of America....


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Iceman

Alan S wrote:
    > On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:51:58 +0000, Padraig Breathnach
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >pltrgyst <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >
    > >>I use the type of belt wallet which has a loop that goes over the belt. The
    > >>wallet itself is tucked inside your trousers. Mine is made of leather; I also
    > >>have one made of fabric. Neither is an impediment to bending or sitting.
    > >>
    > >Clearly you don't carry enough money. A large wad of cash does not
    > >flex too easily.
    > I would never carry sufficient cash to have that problem -
    > in any land. That would be silly security anywhere I know.

Unless you go to somewhere like Indonesia, where exchanging $100 US
gets you a literal mound of local bills.