[Idyllchat] Fanny pack in Paris and gypsies

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I have a purse/bag from Camp Mor that has wire in the strap, cut resistant  
mesh webbing in all sides and bottom and a clip lock on the zipper.  I'm  sure 
nothing is theft proof, but I feel better carrying it.
 
Deborah
 
 
In a message dated 3/28/2008 10:33:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
lynannerg at msn.com writes:

I've  heard true instances where people had their hand on the zipper of their 
 fanny pack sitting on their stomach, when an unknown got their wallet, and  
they didn't know it until they went to buy something, and the wallet was  
gone.  Never underestimate these gypsies - they are professionals, and  they teach 
their little children to be professionals also.  No matter how  much you hate 
it, you need an under-the-clothing waist belt.  Still,  never carry anything 
you can't afford to lose. 

I have a  TravelSmith long split skirt that advertised a hidden zippered 
pocket.   When it came, I looked for the hidden pocket.  Turned the garment  
inside-out, upside-down, everywhichway I could, but no pocket.  Before  calling to 
complain about false advertising, I tried one more time to find  that pocket.  
Aha , there it  was, nestled inside the deep right pocket, with one of those 
tiny  concealed zippers.  I'm confident no professional - no matter how good - 
 could have found it, and then if they had, they couldn't have  removed 
whatever was in that  pocket.

Lynanne 



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Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:18:22 -0500
From: WSLAZYK at luc.edu
To:  idyllchat at lists.untours.com; ShutterbugBill at verizon.net
Subject: Re:  [Idyllchat] Wearing a fanny pack in Paris
CC: 

I have a number of "travel" garments from TravelSmith.  These  garments have 
numerous pockets in different places.  Some of  them have zippers and some of 
them are very, very deep. Others are  accessed through slits where there are 
normally just seams.  These  designs are supposed to thwart pickpockets.  
 
I keep items that I need readily in these security  pockets when I travel and 
thus I feel  my important 'stuff' is safer.  Whether that's true or not, I  
really can't say since I haven't traveled to any of the places  notorious for 
pickpockets (e.g. Rome).  Maybe someone on this  forum can say if such 
specially designed garments really prevent  theft.
 
Walt Slazyk
Downers Grove, IL
 
p.s.  One technique I use when I go into the city (Chicago) is to  fold my 
handkerchief over my wallet and put it in my left front  pocket.  This pocket is 
supposedly harder for right-handed pickpockets  to enter cleanly. And if they 
do, they grab your handkerchief instead of  your wallet. 


>>> "Bill Kover" <ShutterbugBill at verizon.net>  3/28/2008 3:44 PM >>>

Eleanor hates wearing a money belt (or one that hanges  from your neck under 
her blouse).  She wants to wear a zippered fanny  pack when we're in Paris.
I am against it at least for carrying cash, credit  cards/debit cards and 
passports.  We plan to use buses rather than  the metro while in Paris.  
 
Can anyone who has been to Paris give me advise regarding  the safety of 
wearing a fanny pack.  Maybe I should carry the passports  and my credit cards in 
my neck (under-shirt) security pouch and leave  Eleanor's copies of 
credit/debit card back in our apartment.  Does  anyone have any alternative suggestions?
 
Any advise would be appreciated.
 
Bill Kover
Piscataway, New  Jersey 


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