Self-Defense Club, The Gym, Monday afternoon

Dec 15, 2008 14:45

There were wee little gift boxes with shiny ribbons all over the gym today. "Please don't assume they're from me, since they were here when I showed up," said a puzzled-looking Hoshi. "But help yourselves. I got a really nice mechanical pencil in mine. Anyway, I thought this would be a good time to talk about being safe when it comes to dealing ( Read more... )

tony foster, liir thropp, adam park, cheerleading, gym, hoshi sato, cal stephanides, naomi wildman, summer roberts, viki, amber atkins, tabitha-ruth wexler, self-defense club, dick grayson

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Discuss holiday spending safety [12/15] itsjustlanguage December 15 2008, 21:25:14 UTC
Because most of you know how to use cash better than Hoshi.

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Re: Discuss holiday spending safety [12/15] stocksgrrl December 15 2008, 22:04:46 UTC
Oh, man. Turtle just kind of grinned a little, waving a hand. "Trust me," she said, "you guys don't even want to get me started."

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Re: Discuss holiday spending safety [12/15] minnesota_teen December 15 2008, 22:06:53 UTC
Amber shrugged. "I never have much cash on me, so it's really never an issue with me."

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Re: Discuss holiday spending safety [12/15] wantstodirect December 15 2008, 22:40:59 UTC
"You don't have to have a lot, just more than someone else who needs it," Tony said.

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Re: Discuss holiday spending safety [12/15] minnesota_teen December 15 2008, 22:44:30 UTC
"Point," Amber nodded. "Think it matters that I don't carry a purse?"

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Re: Discuss holiday spending safety [12/15] wantstodirect December 15 2008, 22:49:56 UTC
"It helps," Tony said. "It's a lot easier to grab a purse than pick a pocket." He knew this from experience.

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Re: Discuss holiday spending safety [12/15] minnesota_teen December 15 2008, 22:52:43 UTC
"I would think so too," she agreed. "Have you been the victim of a pick pocket before, Tony?"

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Re: Discuss holiday spending safety [12/15] wantstodirect December 16 2008, 00:09:10 UTC
"I used to live in a pretty rough part of Toronto," Tony said.

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Re: Discuss holiday spending safety [12/15] minnesota_teen December 16 2008, 00:40:10 UTC
"I'm taking that as a yes," she replied. "How'd you handle it?"

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Re: Discuss holiday spending safety [12/15] wantstodirect December 16 2008, 00:42:47 UTC
Tony shrugged. "Not much you can do once it happens. It's a good idea to keep money in more than one place, though, so if someone gets one pocket, they don't take everything you have."

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Re: Discuss holiday spending safety [12/15] minnesota_teen December 16 2008, 00:48:36 UTC
"Good idea, and I'll remember that for the future." Amber grinned. "Least I'm done holiday shopping, without any kind of mishap. What about you? All done?"

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Re: Discuss holiday spending safety [12/15] wantstodirect December 16 2008, 00:57:06 UTC
"I've still got some to do," Tony admitted. "But the island's pretty safe."

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Re: Discuss holiday spending safety [12/15] minnesota_teen December 16 2008, 01:21:51 UTC
"Safe and odd," she chuckled. "The garland yesterday was something else."

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Re: Discuss holiday spending safety [12/15] wantstodirect December 16 2008, 01:47:24 UTC
"Okay, yeah," Tony smiled. "But less in the way of pickpockets and such."

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Re: Discuss holiday spending safety [12/15] minnesota_teen December 16 2008, 01:51:41 UTC
"Definitely," she said, smiling. "It wasn't all that bad."

A beat.

"So tell me, are you staying here during the holiday break?"

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Re: Discuss holiday spending safety [12/15] wantstodirect December 16 2008, 02:08:56 UTC
"Yeah," Tony said. "How about you?"

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