How to Avoid Pickpockets

On 30/07/10 17:57, Erilar wrote:
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-)


Even a freshly baked French baguette? Just the smell makes me hungry.

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 Brötchen. 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 à son goût and all that.

On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:52:14 -0500, Anonymouse
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




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On 31/07/10 03:32, Hatunen wrote:
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:52:14 -0500, Anonymouse
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.

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*
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On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:23:50 +0200, Martin wrote:

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.

Yeah, I bet you do.

We are driving off feelings of paranoia and/or killing thieves.

Have a good life.
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On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:52:14 -0500, Anonymouse 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.

Put down the crack pipe.

US cops are very different than most European cops.

1+1=2 are we bonding yet?

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.

So you're a arm amputated gorilla?

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.

Fun at parties too.

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.

Good reason not to visit Xrazdiak, yes?

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.

And those that are will shoot you dead.

btw... I happen to live in the most dangerous city in the US.

ttyl

That's in Oregon, right?

You haven't a clue what you are blithering about.
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Martin wrote:
On 30/07/10 17:57, Erilar wrote:
, but I find plain white bread, even good white bread, boring
compared with bread of other "colors" 8-)


Even a freshly baked French baguette? Just the smell makes me hungry.

Freshly baked almost anything creates hunger!


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Erilar, biblioholic medievalist

On 31/07/10 21:38, Erilar wrote:
wrote:
On 30/07/10 17:57, Erilar wrote:
, but I find plain white bread, even good white bread, boring
compared with bread of other "colors" 8-)


Even a freshly baked French baguette? Just the smell makes me hungry.

Freshly baked almost anything creates hunger!

EXCEPT what you call paste bread LOL

When I worked really, really late, I used to cycle home in the middle of
the night past a Dutch real baker.I used to arrive home starving.

On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:04:05 +0200, Martin wrote:



When I worked really, really late, I used to cycle home in the middle of
the night past a Dutch real baker.I used to arrive home starving.

Shouldn't that be spelled Bakker?