How to Avoid Pickpockets

On Jul 30, 7:37*am, 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.

****in' A

On 30/07/10 13:45, Zulus Vulva wrote:
On Jul 30, 7:37 am, 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.

****in' A

.... SOLE?

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?
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On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:28:57 +0200, 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?

Neither unless you know what you are doing with them.

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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.

On 30/07/10 17:03, Ari Silverstein, C.T.A. wrote:
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:28:57 +0200, 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?

Neither unless you know what you are doing with them.

We know what we are doing with them.We are driving off feelings of
paranoia and/or killing thieves.

"Tim C." wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:27:52 +0000 (UTC), Erilar wrote in post :



"Tim C." wrote:
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:45:52 +0000 (UTC), Erilar wrote in post :



Germany, on the
other hand, is the home of more delicious kinds of bread than any
place
I've ever been.

None of which make a decent sandwich.

Almost all of which make fantastic sandwiches, unlike boring white
paste.

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.

Dreikorn Brot is great with good jam, and caraway is good with honey. I
would have to be very well paid to eat Nutella on anything 8-)


--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist

Martin wrote:
On 30/07/10 11:24, Tim C. wrote:
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:11:41 +0200, Martin wrote in post :
:

On 30/07/10 10:57, Tim C. wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:22:00 +0200, Martin wrote in post :
:

German sour dough bread goes well with Black Forest smoked ham and
pickled gherkins

Which is basically what I said.

You did? LOL

Sort of he "They make great open spreads if you eat cold meats and
wurst
etc. Let's face that's what they are eaten with. "

You forgot the sliced pickled gherkins.


We both forgot the half litre of German lager that accompanies it.

Oh yes.

and senf!

Incidentally I have never had what Erilar describes as "paste" bread
in France. The only places where in general bread meets this
description are UK and the USA. Some Dutch rolls are fairly near to
being paste bread, but there is plenty of real bakers bread available
in NL, so there is no need to eat it.

Quite so. I grew up eating the stuff. No, I didn't encounter the junk in
Europe, but I find plain white bread, even good white bread, boring
compared with bread of other "colors" 8-)

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Erilar, biblioholic medievalist

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.

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

On 30/07/10 17:47, Erilar wrote:
"Tim wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:27:52 +0000 (UTC), Erilar wrote in post :



"Tim wrote:
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:45:52 +0000 (UTC), Erilar wrote in post :



Germany, on the
other hand, is the home of more delicious kinds of bread than any
place
I've ever been.

None of which make a decent sandwich.

Almost all of which make fantastic sandwiches, unlike boring white
paste.

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.

Dreikorn Brot is great with good jam, and caraway is good with honey. I
would have to be very well paid to eat Nutella on anything 8-)

How about Nutella pizzas, popular with some Italins?