Laptops
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SenorPolloFrito
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Laptops
I am going to be in the town by myself, and was planning on bringing my laptop with me. Is it safe to walk around by yourself with a backpack, or I am gonna get jacked.
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titus wong
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Just growl menacingly at whomever comes close to you! 
No sorry.. it's the voices telling me to say such things!!
Perhaps I shouldn't have scraped all the sticky residue off my grinder ('bout a gram and a half, I'd say) and slapped it into the middle of an already fat cone, and then caned the lot in about five minutes flat...
On a more serious note - while I can temporarily maintain this level of sanity - you'll be just fine. Do the obvious things like not showing it off in public places where you can perhaps already spot one or two "shady" ppl hanging around, and take it wherever you go.
It only takes a couple of seconds for some scumbag to spoil your whole day, and if you cut down the risk by just not making it available to them, then job done. I don't even leave things in my hotel room (unless it has a safe) that I wouldn't like to lose!
Out on the streets, well... There's usually a pretty good police presence around the centrum, so if you do feel that you're maybe being followed around by some scuzzball or set up for a snatch & grab, then just walk straight up to the nearest uniform you see and start talking to them and point in their direction - you could just be asking directions, but you can bet the low-life will be quite keen on making a sharp exit, either way.
Or... you could use your ninja skills to take 'em out.. you know, lead 'em down a small alley with the tourist map on full display, screaming TARGET at them... Then pounce! Hai-yah!
... Or growl. Growling's good...
(Here endeth the lucidity... oh yes... I think I shall retire to somewhere a little comfier than this PC chair now and have a good gibber...)
Have a good time, SenorPolloFrito! And keep an eye on your stuff!!!
No sorry.. it's the voices telling me to say such things!!
Perhaps I shouldn't have scraped all the sticky residue off my grinder ('bout a gram and a half, I'd say) and slapped it into the middle of an already fat cone, and then caned the lot in about five minutes flat...
On a more serious note - while I can temporarily maintain this level of sanity - you'll be just fine. Do the obvious things like not showing it off in public places where you can perhaps already spot one or two "shady" ppl hanging around, and take it wherever you go.
It only takes a couple of seconds for some scumbag to spoil your whole day, and if you cut down the risk by just not making it available to them, then job done. I don't even leave things in my hotel room (unless it has a safe) that I wouldn't like to lose!
Out on the streets, well... There's usually a pretty good police presence around the centrum, so if you do feel that you're maybe being followed around by some scuzzball or set up for a snatch & grab, then just walk straight up to the nearest uniform you see and start talking to them and point in their direction - you could just be asking directions, but you can bet the low-life will be quite keen on making a sharp exit, either way.
Or... you could use your ninja skills to take 'em out.. you know, lead 'em down a small alley with the tourist map on full display, screaming TARGET at them... Then pounce! Hai-yah!
... Or growl. Growling's good...
(Here endeth the lucidity... oh yes... I think I shall retire to somewhere a little comfier than this PC chair now and have a good gibber...)
Have a good time, SenorPolloFrito! And keep an eye on your stuff!!!
Amsterdam is actually one of the safest cities in the world, statistically speaking.
"It might surprise visitors to know that Amsterdam is actually one of the safest cities in the world. International consultancy Mercer ranked Amsterdam 22 out of 215 world cities for personal safety in its 2008 Quality of Life Survey. Fellow European capitals Paris and London didn't even make the top 50." - Source: http://goamsterdam.about.com/od/planatr ... estion.htm
I would still practice the same common sense as anywhere though, no reason to take any chances.
"It might surprise visitors to know that Amsterdam is actually one of the safest cities in the world. International consultancy Mercer ranked Amsterdam 22 out of 215 world cities for personal safety in its 2008 Quality of Life Survey. Fellow European capitals Paris and London didn't even make the top 50." - Source: http://goamsterdam.about.com/od/planatr ... estion.htm
I would still practice the same common sense as anywhere though, no reason to take any chances.
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angry pirate
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Funny that... I used to have an embroidered denim jacket!angry pirate wrote:Just wondering...you ever visit Big Earl in jail?? Will you turn up on wednesday with an embroidered denim jacket??DaveS wrote:... Or growl. Growling's good...
"Alright guys, I'm not gonna lie to you. This is gonna get kinda weird... Two dragons..."
"Oh, eureka. God, that's nice. It's like a little bowl of oatmeal with a hole in it. I got one too. I just got a little more brown sugar on mine."
I hope people realise what we're talking about...
