From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Richard Smith"  wrote in message news:m1a51llwhm.fsf@void.com...   
      
   That said - I realised that a ladder which would readily fit in a car   
   and could be carried without drawing a vast amount of attention to   
   yourselves to go exploring "our mining heritage" :-)   
   Adits emerge at above the highest tide height...  Tide ranges are up to   
   7m here...   
      
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   Around here a windowless white van with a ladder rack is assumed to be a   
   service vehicle even without any logo. On a beach a surfboard or kayak on   
   top might do.   
      
   https://abc7ny.com/post/louvre-jewel-heist-manhunt-underway-4-su   
   pects-priceless-jewelry-paris-stolen/18043128/   
   "They were wearing yellow vests, dressed as construction workers might be,   
   police said. They took the time to secure the area near the truck by placing   
   orange construction cones around it, police said."   
      
   A key element of spycraft is knowing and imitating what appears normal.   
   During WW2 refugees were given fresh new clothing and their old ones handed   
   to agents assigned to the area the refugees came from, so they would blend   
   in better.   
      
   As battalion photographer and a German-speaking GI comfortable with   
   travelling around I was asked to carry a tiny camera I could discreetly set   
   for distance and exposure, and could take a photo of a suspicious (Arab?)   
   vehicle with it at right angles to the direction I was pointing my touristy   
   SLR, or by pulling my hand and camera slightly out of a pocket. Then I could   
   transfer the film into a developing canister inside a light-tight black bag   
   and develop the negatives in a bathroom, to read license plates. Loading the   
   8mm film into the spiral reel by feel took some practice, exposure was   
   simply by the Sunny 16 rule. This was at the troubled time of the Munich   
   Olympics massacre and Baader-Meinhof gang.   
   https://www.ebay.com/itm/127275591219?   
   https://www.slrlounge.com/photography-essentials-the-sunny-16-rule/   
      
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