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From: srm@nsc.UUCP (Richard Mateosian)
Newsgroups: net.travel
Subject: Re: pickpocketing: something to look out for
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Date: Fri, 19-Jul-85 08:23:11 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 19 08:23:11 1985
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>       Do what many Europeans do with their money - wear it in a pouch that
>	is fastened to your belt or hung from a string around your neck and
>	kept inside your shirt.

After my wife had her purse snatched in London last winter, we took some
precautions before going to France this June.  The main precaution was to 
leave unnecessary credit cards, library cards, museum memberships, etc.,
at home, so we knew exactly what we had with us.  My wife used a pouch
such as described above for a while, then went back to a purse.  I obtained
a wallet with a belt hook.  I wore it inside my pants, hooked over the waist
band, and carried most of my money and all of my credit cards and blank
checks.  An ordinary wallet in my back pocket contained just a small amount
of cash and my ID (a business card with my hotel written on it).
-- 
Richard Mateosian
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