A lot of places I've parked, I would have had to walk home. For some reason people trust those magnetic key boxes, car thieves love them too.
As an aside I once met a guy who just left his keys in the ignition of his convertible even when he parked it top down. I thought he was crazy, but then if you can afford a new Cadillac Convertible every year you probably consider the price pocket change. Ciao, Graywolf ---------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr E D F Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 6:15 AM Subject: Re: OT: Survival Kit > All wrong! You don't take your car keys with you when you - climb rock, > hike, sail, dive, swim, fly-fish, fish-fish, glide, bird-watch, girl-watch, > walk on the beach, lie on the beach, make sand castles, walk about with a > camera, walk about without a camera, walk about with two or more cameras, > parachute jump, bungee jump, ice-fish, hunt big game, climb trees, collect > butterflies and the rest. You hide them carefully somewhere near the car > making - sure no one sees you do this. I often put them under one of the > wheels, covering them with grass and dirt or whatever. Under a rock is good. > A small zip-lock bag is a good idea when doing this. I would never take my > keys onto the water. Also ... if you have a key attached to the underside of > the car with one of those magnetic gadgets, take it off and put it inside. > > Don > _______________ > Dr E D F Williams > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams > Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery > Updated: July 31, 2003 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 11:22 AM > Subject: Re: OT: Survival Kit > > > > >>A friend went fishing in the tall reeds on vacation. > > >The boat rental firm had an elaborate safety/survival scheme. > > >Boat owner: "If the motor won't start, raise this flag on a mast and > we'll > > >find you." > > >My friend: "Don't worry, I'll just call you." > > > > > >>Regards, Bob S. > > > > This reminds me of a cautionary tale that some will find useful. Probably > > not many people on the list go on the water very much. Some, like sailors > > and fishers will already take precautions. > > > > If you do go on the water, even if it's a small pleasure boat or a bit of > > rafting or whatever, carry in your kit a small plastic sealable container > > - made for the purpose and available from most watersports stores - large > > enough to take your car keys. Even if you're not photographing from the > > water, use it for your keys. > > > > You're nodding now and saying hmmm yes, that's pretty smart. There's a > > couple of reasons. Firstly, modern car keys that include a remote locking > > device will usually fail if they get wet. Secondly, the larger the > > container, the better they are at floating... > > > > I sailed a Laser for a couple of years, and I used to wrap my car keys in > > 2 plastic bags and stuff the bundle in the small mesh pocket of the > > flotation vest. One dunking proved fatal for the remote device and on > > returning to the car later, I could not disengage the vehicle > > immobilisation system. The RAC (similar to AAA in the states) rescued me > > and I needed a new remote unit (used car with only one remote - always > > have a second unit - d'uh). > > > > After that I bought an inexpensive sealable plastic container - a rigid > > one. I thought about the heavy-duty plastic sealable bags but I didn't > > trust it not to get ripped or holed somehow. The container I have is only > > big enough for a bunch of keys. It has a cord attached that I then used > > to put around the mast of the sailboat. Worked great. However, I never > > sailed with the cell phone. This has made me think about it again and > > I'll pick up one big enough for keys and phone soon. > > > > The container is in the car and when I film or photograph from the water, > > the car keys go in it, always. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > Cotty > > > > > > ___/\__ > > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > > ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps > > _____________________________ > > Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk > > > > > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.514 / Virus Database: 312 - Release Date: 8/28/03
