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Real Name: Chris
Lives In: Atlanta, US
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Warnings Or Dangers: Watch your credit card receipts
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  • Written by balfor on May 14, 2004
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  • I happened to look closely at one of my creidt card receipts after having been in London for a day or two. After seeing that my entire credit card number, as well as the expiration date on the card were a part of my receipt, I kept a closer watch on where those receipts went!

    After I discovered this, I watched very carefully and only 2 places that I used plastic X'ed out all but the last 4 digits of my credit card numbers. I'm not sure about elsewhere, but here in the U.S., it is normal to have most of the credit card info represented as X's. with the whole number and the expiration date, anyone can use that card for online or mail order purchases!

    Just be aware that most places leave your entire credit card information intact on the receipts.

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    Warnings Or Dangers: For some reason, the Bobby's...
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  • Written by balfor on Aug 26, 2002
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  • For some reason, the Bobby's don't like their picture taken.... :(

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    Warnings Or Dangers: Pickpockets
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  • Written by balfor on May 14, 2004
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  • Beware of pickpockets! When standing at a bus stop, I had a close encounter with a pickpocket. I felt him brush up against me and while the bus stop was crowded, it wasn't so crowded that people needed to be in contact with each other!

    This particular would be thief was working with a couple of other people. There was an Italian sausage cart next to the building by the bus stop that had three middle eastern people at it. One of them was the aforementioned thief. At one point, he took over the sausage cart and another of his co-horts attempted to rob someone who was just getting on the bus. After a near miss with the intended victims fist, the obviously inept pickpocket was chased down an alley and didn't come back for about 10 minutes..... where he calmly took over the duties of cooking and selling sausages while his partner began circulating in the crowd again.

    So just make sure you pay attention to what is going on around you!

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    Comments for balfor about London
    junecorlett Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:16 UTC
     I did the dame with a cabby on the way to the airport. My children were little and we saw all the London sites on our way to the airport. The cabby did a round trip for us.
    angiebabe Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:56 UTC
     Hi hows it!we met at the VT pancakes night. hope all is going well - and settled back into life in VT and Atlanta - you can fit a 3rd pic on yr London page you know!!am about to go surf some Balfor pages!bye for now
    Manyana Fri Jun 8, 2007 13:45 UTC
     you mean 'sanity' might be read as 'sanitary' in rush hours? lol
    toonsarah Thu Jun 7, 2007 12:39 UTC
     Bad news about your camera Chris. There are a couple of shots in a travelogue on my London page and I can send you others if you'd like?
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