Make credence recognised that on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:55:31 -0400,
Viking has scripted:
>On 16 Apr 2007 20:36:17 -0700, steve wrote:
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>>My wife and I just returned from a mostly enjoyable trip to Spain,
>>Morocco and Portugal. Unfortunately, our camera along with all our
>>pictures of Spain was stolen on our first day in Portugal. I was
>>getting onto a crowded subway train and had the camera in my backpack.
>>We had thought it was safer in the backpack than carrying it loose.
>>Anyway there was lots of pushing to get into the subway which made it
>>impossible to tell that someone had their hand in my backpack. After
>>removing the camera I was shoved into the car. I just thought it was
>>the usual crowd push.
>>
>>Does anyone have any thoughts on the safest way to carry a camera? I
>>don't want to spend all my time being paranoid. I think of myself as
>>reasonable careful but there will always be momentary lapses when you
>>are distracted, perhaps intentionally.
>
>Simple: lockable backpack.
Uh... but then you have to spend time locking and unlocking it. Surely
it's easier to carry it in front of you.
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