I saw a not so bright woman today

[dirtlooter]

I was sitting out in the vehicle, waiting for my wife to get some country style ribs for the ole smoker. As I sat there, watching people come and go, this 60ish woman comes out, walking slowly. I could tell that she was pretty tired but what really stuck out was the stack of $20 bills in her hand. She made no attempt to conceal them as she walked thru the parking lot to her car. You could the 20s on the bills quite easily as she swung her hands in her walk. All I could think of was how quickly and easily someone could come up from behind and relieve her of her cash. She made it to her car and finally got inside. I know a lot of places that she wouldn't have gotten very far like that. To me it was a major DUH moment that she was very lucky on, even in a smaller town.

 

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[smokeythecat]

She wouldn't have lasted 20 seconds in Baltimore! This week a deputy police commissioner was robbed and a lady with an infant was pistol whipped and robbed.

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Smokey, how could I have liked that?

But it's better to know than be oblivious.....

 

[A#1]

These are the reasons I left Detroit, and I dont miss a thing.....except maybe White Castle.

 

[smokeythecat]

I had to go to Baltimore to buy a rock Saturday. My head was on a swivel, I got to the store at 9:05 am, just after they opened and had the gentleman escort me back to the car (he carried the rock) at 9:20. Not staying there long.

 

[Billieg]

I live in Deltona Fl. I can't tell you how many times I've left the garage door open with my $28,000 Harley parked inside along with tools, washer/dryer/$3,000 water conditioner etc. and came back a few hrs/days later with nothing missing. I really pity the poor folks that have to worry about it all the time.

 

[Kray Gelder]

I had to go to Baltimore to buy a rock Saturday. My head was on a swivel, I got to the store at 9:05 am, just after they opened and had the gentleman escort me back to the car (he carried the rock) at 9:20. Not staying there long.

I'll bite. What kind of rock?

 

[Kray Gelder]

I was sitting out in the vehicle, waiting for my wife to get some country style ribs for the ole smoker. As I sat there, watching people come and go, this 60ish woman comes out, walking slowly. I could tell that she was pretty tired but what really stuck out was the stack of $20 bills in her hand. She made no attempt to conceal them as she walked thru the parking lot to her car. You could the 20s on the bills quite easily as she swung her hands in her walk. All I could think of was how quickly and easily someone could come up from behind and relieve her of her cash. She made it to her car and finally got inside. I know a lot of places that she wouldn't have gotten very far like that. To me it was a major DUH moment that she was very lucky on, even in a smaller town.

How does one reach the ripe old age of 60, and not know waving your cash around is foolish? A charmed life perhaps.

 

[RustyGold]

She may have been on medication.

 

[boogeyman]

I had to go to Baltimore to buy a rock Saturday. My head was on a swivel, I got to the store at 9:05 am, just after they opened and had the gentleman escort me back to the car (he carried the rock) at 9:20. Not staying there long.

If I hadn't been reading your posts & comments for this long, and feeling like you're good people, being from the West Coast the first thing that popped into my head was rock coke. Head on a swivel etc. Then she bought a rock big enough she needed help carrying it!?!? That must be one heck of a rich coke head. OK, just my weird sense of humor..............

 

[dirtlooter]

We still have people that leave their keys in the vehicle, saw an old man do it yesterday. we used to have a guy that would steal a vehicle and drive it 90 miles to Hot Springs and then drive it back and leave it where he originally got it. The cops knew him well but people are people and so he had a constant supply. I had a friend that had a truck that wouldn't start after you killed it, he ran to the parts store at lunch time to get the part needed and left the truck running so he could get back to work. Yep, he came out and it was gone so he reported it stolen. About an hour later, it was located about 45 miles south at a convenience store. whoever had stolen it had killed it and couldn't get it going again. We had a lady's car stolen at work one day, it ended up in Kansas. People just don't think it will happen to them.

 

[smokeythecat]

I bought a soapstone (steatite) block, just over 10 pounds to see how hard it would be to carve it into something totally stupid and useless. (Hint: I tried a little.) It may sit outside until the 2nd Coming. Thought I'd try it. When you cut soapstone you get talcum powder. It covered the entire deck. Part of my "I'm bored" surgery recovery but the doctor says I'm fine now and can do whatever I want now.

I am going digging.

 

[dirtlooter]

being bored does that to you. hope you have healed up fine, now go find something good! And the Cat will of course!

 

[gunsil]

Hey, maybe she was undercover looking for some muggers to bait with plainclothes detectives nearby watching.

 

[Megalodon]

I bought a soapstone (steatite) block, just over 10 pounds to see how hard it would be to carve it into something totally stupid and useless. (Hint: I tried a little.) It may sit outside until the 2nd Coming. Thought I'd try it. When you cut soapstone you get talcum powder. It covered the entire deck. Part of my "I'm bored" surgery recovery but the doctor says I'm fine now and can do whatever I want now.

I am going digging.

LOL. Always fun to read your posts. Way back in my college years, a friend made some nice looking pipes (for smoking, not for plumbing...) out of soapstone.

 

[smokeythecat]

I have that original soapstone Indian bowl in my little collection. My thought was I would try to see how hard it would be to make one. IT'S HARD. I may never finish, heck after 3 hours, I barely got it scratched.

 

[Megalodon]

I have that original soapstone Indian bowl in my little collection. My thought was I would try to see how hard it would be to make one. IT'S HARD. I may never finish, heck after 3 hours, I barely got it scratched.

Are you trying to cut it with tools similar to those the Indians would have used?

 

[Megalodon]

Picturing you in a cloud of dust grinding that block with a late archaic Craftsman angle grinder and hoping you're wearing at least a dust mask.

 

[smokeythecat]

No Megs...I used a diamond saw, uses water for cooling, so there was no dust until it dried on the deck. I did wash the dust off, twice. Talcum powder (the dust) is non toxic. I used a Paleo diamond saw... This is just an experiment, after all.

 

[Megalodon]

No Megs...I used a diamond saw, uses water for cooling, so there was no dust until it dried on the deck. I did wash the dust off, twice. Talcum powder (the dust) is non toxic. I used a Paleo diamond saw... This is just an experiment, after all.

That should make short work of soapstone. I've seen lapidary diamond saws cut geodes and large agates to make nice book-ends. One of the many trips I need to make is to lake Superior to collect agates. We've got nothing but boring sandstone down here in the Coastal Plain (and fossils).