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March 8, 2010

SOME TRAVEL SCAMS TO WATCH FOR… I’VE SEEN SOME OF THESE

There is also the one I got stung with in NYC where you’re getting in a cab and somebody is looking for change for a hundred. He did change my hundred but for $0…

THE FLAT TIRE SCAM:

Not all moving vehicle scams involve taxi drivers, suggests Robert Siciliano, head of IDTheftSecurity.com. “My wife was traveling in Spain and stopped at a red light,” he recounts. “Someone knocked on her passenger window and kept pointing towards [the car] and saying ‘tire flat, tire flat.’ She got out of the car to look and they opened up the passenger door and took her purse off the seat.”

THE TROJAN HORSE SCAM:

Tour guide Ann Lombardi of the Trip Chicks says she “recently watched a schemer in action in Frankfurt Germany train station” perform the classic hollow suitcase with rollers and frame trick, which Lombardi says works thusly: “A distracted tourist takes his eyes off his bag for a second. Behind the tourist lurks a guy with an enormous suitcase. In a flash, the thief lifts the enormous hollow luggage, puts it over the tourist’s bag, and calmly wheels away with his prized catch.” Avoid such schemers by always protecting your luggage between your legs while in crowded transportation areas, she says.

THE BASKSHEESH SCAM:
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March 5, 2010

TWO VIDEOS I RECENTLY EDITED DOWN TO WATCHABLE QUALITY FROM SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY DAYS IN 1986/7… SO MANY MORE TO COME… SO MANY…

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February 17, 2010

I’D RATHER KISS A LLAMA THAN LISTEN TO OBAMA…

February 10, 2010

LOOSE LIPS KILL OUR TROOPS… HEY POLITICIANS AND STUPID PEOPLE, LISTEN UP! STFU!!! WE SHOULD ANNOUNCE THE NEXT TIME A MEMBER OF CONGRESS PLANS ON FLYING INTO AFGHANISTAN… DATE, TIME, PLACE… SEE HOW THEY LIKE IT.

January 26, 2010

ITS TIME TO GET REAL WITH CAPTURED TERRORIST… THIS IS COMING, MARK MY WORDS…

December 31, 2009

.708 IS PRETTY BUZZED… OF COURSE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A MIRROR IN THE AREA AND SHE HAD TO DRINK THAT MUCH…

October 23, 2009

Nokia files a patent suit against Apple, claiming iPhone is getting ‘a free ride’

To paraphrase Yoda: “The Phone Wars, begun, has…”

Read the whole story HERE!

October 9, 2009

MY COMMENT ON MICHAEL YON’S LATEST DISPATCH FROMTHE HOT WAR IN AFGHANISTAN:

americanjarhead comment on yon
Click above to go to Michael Yon’s latest dispatch and comments section…

October 7, 2009

UNUSUALLY LONG…

CATAGORIES: BONERS, FAILURE TO USE BRAINS, MONEY, OUCH!, SPERM — Yarbz @ 1:32 pm

“…Boston Medical maintains it explained to Howard how to properly inject himself and what to do in the event of an unusually long erection…”

Read more: www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/10/07/2009-10-07_jury_awards_john_henry_howard_9m_verdict_after_erectile_dysfunction_treatment_yi.html#ixzz0TGv5IBTT

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