> Anyone that knows Dublin will appreciate that at "Nutgrove shopping
> centre" Ballinteer, near Dundrum, that this is not =A0plausible as the
> shopping and briefcase would have been gone, and possibly the car too.

I am not familiar with Dublin's finer geography, but I did like the
way that a number of inner city shops (Batchelors walk area) had a
leather jacketed moderately athletic looking young man leaning against
the front window and not too far from the door.

I don't know the why's thereof but in places in Taiwan there are
collections of wedding shops. They sell dresses plus photography and
no doubt  the whole accompanying package.
In Taichung (2nd largest city) the footpaths were wide with canopies,
and seats etc scattered along the road edge. Outside each wedding shop
there was one or often two men seated or standing at the road edge and
looking back at the shop. Seemed very focused. I don't think they were
overly focused on the wares. It was clear that taking photos was
unlikely to be encouraged. However, few of them seemed cogniscant of
the ease that photos can be taken from waist level while walking past
or standing in front of a shop twixt minders and window. A few got a
bit suspicious. Sometimes the camera may have pointed outwards
instead. (I imagine that the minders are to discourage competitive
attention - type unknown to me. While I doubt they'd have wanted me
taking photos, I think tourist shots are not high on their real threat
list.)

Then there were the rather more aggressive minders who thought guests
entering a KTV were not fair game ... :-).
I did get politely thrown out of a shopping centre :-).


  R

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