Comments on: Getting Mugged?

By: mattE

mattE — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 21:39:21 +0000

I am always too cautious to bring anything with me on the skytrian or something! All my freinds make fun of me becuase i have a psp and an ipod but i never bring any of those things out with me. The only reason i have them is for travelling (or in the car).

By: DoubleSpeak

DoubleSpeak — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 08:39:50 +0000

*Whistles* Color me impressed. You are a tech junkie. You have two PSPs? I’m assuming that they aren’t both yours. I jumped on the PSP bandwagon just a few weeks ago myself, so I can’t fault you there. ;)

It’s such a handy device (makes a nifty ebook reader), I’m beginning to wonder how I ever got on without one.

By: tigerous

tigerous — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 06:25:05 +0000

I know, I’m admittedly addicted to video games. I just can’t help myself. Actually, it’s not so much games as it is technology that I’m additicted to. You should seriously see my house. In addition to having every major game console (and a couple older ones), my family also has like 350 video games, an HDTV, a portable DVD player with a 10.2 inch screen, a minidisc player, a Canon Digital Rebel (it’s a 6 megapixel SLR, beautiful camera, I must add), and a digital camcorder. Also, that little list of portable gaming systems isn’t entirely complete. We have 2 Nintendo DS and 2 PSPs and we have 4 GBA SPs (one of which is a variant color I had to import from Japan, but I got a really good deal on it). Ok, I think I should seriously consider starting my own little TAA (Technology Addicts Annonymous) group.

By: DoubleSpeak

DoubleSpeak — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 03:50:33 +0000

After tallying up the items I lug around town on a daily basis ($400 Digital Camera, $150 MP3 player, $600 PSP and accessories) I realize I should probably be a bit more wary myself.

Josh, maybe you should give some thought to replacing your iPod’s headphones with plain black ones; they loudly advertise the fact that you’re carrying an MP3 worth at least $150. And of course, our fictitious mugger may even think you’re sporting one of those $400 iPod Photos — personally, I’d hate to get jacked by someone laboring under a misapprehension. But then again, what’s the point of having an iPod if no one knows you have one?

By the way Tigerous, you have way too many portable game consoles. :P

By: tigerous

tigerous — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 02:41:55 +0000

You know, at first, that seemed like a costly bit of stuff to be carrying around with you, but I realized it really isn’t. When I took my trip to New Jersey I was worried about having my stuff stolen as well, because the stuff I had with me amounted to quite a bit. I had a $200 Audiovox camera phone, a Sony PSP, a Nintendo DS, a GBA SP, accessories for all of them, and games. I was probably carrying well over $1000 worth of stuff with me. What can I say though, I had to bring something to do with me. One way on a train was over 9 hours. Honestly, I’m more concerned about having someone break into my house and rob me though. Now, that would seriously suck way more than getting mugged (presuming I’m uninjured either way).