Cali Warning

expatriate says on Apr 20, 2006, 16:00:

**it happens I thought it was just common knowledge that you should put your purse under the seat and out of sight. I guess she learned the lesson the hard way.

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adela says on Apr 20, 2006, 19:38:

this kind of robbery is tipical during the night and early hours and is focused for women alone in cars. That happens to my sister in law that is dentist and works during night for emergencies and also happens the very next week to her sister that work at early hours.

becareful

Màs fe, màs abrazos, màs besos, màs disculpas, màs visitas a nuestros amigos antiguos nos haràn màs plenos cada vez.

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mariasman says on Apr 21, 2006, 14:16:

If they try to grab my purse I'll let my wife take care of it. She will kick their ass. She has been trained in one of the deadliest arts of fist2cock style which even the Shaolin monks of China don't know about.

mariasman

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arthur brode says on Apr 21, 2006, 17:38:

i still preffer to be in Cali in Miami they would have taken the handbag,the keys, the car,the woman(and rape her too)and if she had children in the back seat they would take them too.

http://www.calirentals.net/

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Gator says on Apr 21, 2006, 18:47:

If You See Mrs. Gator... on the street she is guarding her purse like a mother lioness guards her cubs. She NEVER carries it slung over her arm but always in front. In the car always on the floor out of sight. Both the purse(s) and the digital camera make a trip to the neighhood shoe repair where we have a thin metal cable sewn in the straps. No razor cutting for us.

The other thing I learned was never wear your watch on the left wrist while driving. Had a hijo de puta take it right off while stopped in traffic in Cali. But then a couple of years ago when were were shopping in Atlanta and leaving Lenox Square Mall had a SOB zip along the access road and snatch two packages as he passed us.

"SIC FRIATUR CRUSTUM DULCE. OBESA CANTAVIT."

"Credidi pretio parvo emere et magno vendere tibi in animo fuisse!" .

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Apr 22, 2006, 08:30:

what a dilemma I don't usually carry a purse or a handbag (especially at daytime), it's a small leather backbag instead and when in taxi I have it partially hanging from the shoulder on seat side (not by the window). I can't place it on the floor because I can't risk losing all my money and bringing seven years of economical hardship (vacas flacas) by placing my money on the floor.

I've solved the taxi problem too: I have my own taxista and body guard, he also works on my house when there aren't many people out on the streets. He's going to drive me and my friend to Parque del Café for free and we can sleep in his mother's house in Tebaida. Sorry, guys, he speaks no English and I'm not sharing.

Cheers,
Desi


Embrace your uniqueness. Time is much too short to be living someone
else's life.

-Kobi Yamada

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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kernow62 says on Apr 22, 2006, 10:15:

Gator, I have one of those straps too for my camera, I took it to Colombia. However I thought hmmm.... do I want someone with a knife pissed because they can't cut the strap of my $100 camera? I realized that it was better to lose the camera. So if anyone wants one of these straps I will post it to them. It does make an excellent garotte though.

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Apr 22, 2006, 14:32:

thanks, tinto
We'll follow your recommendations. Any other place nearby Coffee Park that's worth a day's visit?
Cheers,
Desi

Embrace your uniqueness. Time is much too short to be living someone
else's life.

-Kobi Yamada

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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