> The friend I was staying with in NYC told me to keep my wallet in a front
> pocket, since pickpockets are active in large crowds.

I've heard of that in most any big city, especially one with many international tourists or any kind of big crowd event going on.

> When I was in the Navy we had no real pockets in our blues.  One's wallet
> was looped over the waist, so half was visible.  That was generally done in
> the front with the jumper covering it.

Someone trying tvo lift that is as likely to get a throat full of teeth, as a  wallet, eh?

> Forgot to mention last time.
> I keep little in my chequing account, so if my card were lifted they
> wouldn't get much.  The bulk of my bank money is in savings.
> With online banking I just move the amount I need from savings to
> chequing if I'm going to make some (to me) large purchase or doing a lot of
> shopping.

That works -- I have no money, not by artifice, just because. . . so I worry  not.  & I know my bank's number by heart, even in this age of dialing via  contacts, so can easily cancel all my cards.

> I used to have a fantasy of owning a pair of magic pants.
> However much money I needed was in my pocket, no more, no less.
> If I were buying something for a quarter, I had a quarter in my pocket.
> If I were buy something that cost $2,892.31 (for example) I had exactly
> $2.892.31 in my pocket.

I've fantasized that, too, after hearing of the concept in an old joke. . . with the punchline usually involving a little head, or "Of course that genie  was deaf, you think I asked him for a million DUCKS?!"

>> Hiding it in plain sight is considered the best way, like  how New York
>diamond jewelers walk around with $100K in diamonds in a grubby paper lunch ba
> Yep.
> Someone snatching a bag might wind up with a bag full of diamonds or a
> stale baloney sandwich. 

I guess you're not likely to risk a mugging charge or a deadly self defence for those odds, when most will be a lunch, eh?

Sop nice to bnot have to wory about consequences for criminal actions, eh?

Hooray for understanding that it's safer & just as easy to earn the money to  buy the things you want.

I have no money, usually, but I can grab a grand or two from my line of credit  that's very low interest & a fixed $50/month repayment, if & when needed.   Typically I grabe a hun or two, if some thing comes up. . . but usually I  prefer to plan to have exactly what's needed in hand &/or in chequing. . .

We're getting a lot of stuff, including groceries, online, especially given  covid & the idiots coughing onto you in public!

I stay home when I'm sick -- even before covid -- I'd rather be home healing  than out making it worse. . . if I had to go out, I always wore a mask. . .


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