Robbery
Argh.
My backpack got nicked in Barcelona yesterday. It had inside 5 Spectranets (I think 5, anyway) as well as the only ZX Breakout that I've completed. While it's most likely the cabrones who stole my bag will have no idea what they are and will probably just toss them in the bin, there's an outside chance they might try to sell them on ebay.
There are only 2 Spectranets that I know of that are legitimately in Barcelona and I know who owns them. If you see anyone selling these boards on ebay, please let me know.
(When looking for how to file a police report, I discovered that Barcelona's reputation for thieving scum makes Liverpool look like a robbery-free city... the lady at checkin at the airport said it makes her feel embarassed to be from Barcelona it's so often a passenger arrives having had their boarding pass stolen - guess where my online check-in boarding passes were...)
My backpack got nicked in Barcelona yesterday. It had inside 5 Spectranets (I think 5, anyway) as well as the only ZX Breakout that I've completed. While it's most likely the cabrones who stole my bag will have no idea what they are and will probably just toss them in the bin, there's an outside chance they might try to sell them on ebay.
There are only 2 Spectranets that I know of that are legitimately in Barcelona and I know who owns them. If you see anyone selling these boards on ebay, please let me know.
(When looking for how to file a police report, I discovered that Barcelona's reputation for thieving scum makes Liverpool look like a robbery-free city... the lady at checkin at the airport said it makes her feel embarassed to be from Barcelona it's so often a passenger arrives having had their boarding pass stolen - guess where my online check-in boarding passes were...)
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I always try to make sure I put my foot through a strap if I put my bag down anywhere. Though I see Eastern European tourists in London wearing their bags on the front, wary of someone slicing the back open from behind whilst they're still wearing it.
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Beautiful city, but a lot of scum about :(
Hope you have some success in getting your nicked stuff back winston.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cabrones
it comes back on another page as something very rude..
scroll down to the end.. and who'd have thought I'd see a speccy game get a mention
it's probably someone from eastern europe who was behind it, London is full of them who go "on the rob" day-trip FROM spain. Living where you do, I guess you are have your guard down a bit.. but backpacks are rip picking for such folks in capital cities.
unless you had zx spectrum etc.. on the interface, they are probably clueless what it's for and it not being money maybe they chucked it.
Maybe next time put a note on the outside "Dirty underpants inside" as a deterrent.
It's possible. I couldn't place their accent - it didn't sound Spanish, but Barcelona for me is just a place where I catch the train to go somewhere else so I'm not especially aware as to what they *should* sound like. There had to be two people involved, but the one I did see was about as nondescript as they come. Same build as me, same height as me, looked pretty much like any white European.
But I'm going to tell the next stranger who tries to interact with me in Barcelona while I'm carrying stuff "vete a la puta mierda" and then be VERY vigilant.
In Spain, "cabrones" is as bad sounding as "bastards", but the meaning is different. A "cabron" is the man whose wife has cheated on him and everybody knows. A "cabron" is a male goat, and, supposedly, when somebody is cheated on, he or she's been "put the horns on". So men become "cabrones".
I did see another meaning for the word.. which was about 3-4 rude names combined
I just found it ironic "chav-os" was on that page.. and of course cholo
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000942
I hope can keep your cool Winston and I hope you can get your stuff back somehow.
The only positive thing is you've improved your spanish! ;)
I've even starred on Radio Arag?n :-)
Or get him arrested at customs :D
You'll be fine as long as they don't have a VW Camper.
Like you say, probably went in a nearby bin. Makes me angry.
I was in Barcelona in February and was fully forewarned about the problem and thankfully had nothing nicked. Two people tried though whilst I was waking into the subway. I quite litterally jumped out of the way and the man put his hands up as if to say 'no no I wasn't honest'. The second incident was attempted distraction. I just did not look and walked briskly on my way.
I was at a technology conference/expo so they knew we were ripe for the picking.