Jackeee
Just one more thing....
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I think of Thelma daily and check here and the Internet for any news of her. If it wasn't for her glasses being found, I would have thought that she had a medical episode and fell down an embankment and is hidden just enough that she was overlooked in the searches.
Just because Thelma is in her 50's, doesn't exclude her from a random abduction or assault.
I'm in my 60's and I was walking my dog on a road in an industrial area on a weekend so there was hardly any traffic. As I stopped in a shady spot to give my dog water, a man in a pickup truck drove slowly by in the middle of the road. As he passed I could see him watching me through his side view mirror.
I immediately felt uneasy. Maybe the driver was just looking at my dog rolling in the grass in front of the factory. Maybe having my dog with me (all 20 lbs of her) is what saved me, as in not worth the trouble. Maybe I was too old. Or maybe it was nothing. Regardless, I was by myself and vulnerable. Lesson learned. I was very glad to get home.
Since I'm rambling, three years ago I was the victim of a random assault in a city I recently moved from. I was waiting for a streetcar on a beautiful Sunday morning. While I was checking my phone for the time of the next streetcar I noticed a man approaching me with a cup in his hand. I thought he was going to ask me for money. However, what he had in that cup was urine, which he threw in my face. It was a nasty experience which I will never forget. I had never seen this man before but he chose me as his victim. You just never know.
Just because Thelma is in her 50's, doesn't exclude her from a random abduction or assault.
I'm in my 60's and I was walking my dog on a road in an industrial area on a weekend so there was hardly any traffic. As I stopped in a shady spot to give my dog water, a man in a pickup truck drove slowly by in the middle of the road. As he passed I could see him watching me through his side view mirror.
I immediately felt uneasy. Maybe the driver was just looking at my dog rolling in the grass in front of the factory. Maybe having my dog with me (all 20 lbs of her) is what saved me, as in not worth the trouble. Maybe I was too old. Or maybe it was nothing. Regardless, I was by myself and vulnerable. Lesson learned. I was very glad to get home.
Since I'm rambling, three years ago I was the victim of a random assault in a city I recently moved from. I was waiting for a streetcar on a beautiful Sunday morning. While I was checking my phone for the time of the next streetcar I noticed a man approaching me with a cup in his hand. I thought he was going to ask me for money. However, what he had in that cup was urine, which he threw in my face. It was a nasty experience which I will never forget. I had never seen this man before but he chose me as his victim. You just never know.