On 1/17/2014 5:09 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>>> So, as I was driving to my friends house, with my purse on the
>>>> passenger seat, some crazy looking older guy who was dressed for
>>>> jogging, leaped out of seemingly nowhere as I rounded a corner. Not
>>>> sure what his intentions were but he managed to get the passenger
>>>> door open. Thankfully it was a cold day and there was an ice puddle
>>>> in the street. He apparently did not notice this and his feet
>>>> slipped out from under him.
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>>> You were very lucky he did slip ( That is very frightening
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>> Yes. Alas, that corner was one I had to drive around to go see my
>> dad. In my mind I will always see that guy there. Even though he
>> isn't now.

(queue Twilight Zone theme) - anyone remember that episode where the
woman kept seeing the same hitchhiker around every corner?

>> But since I was on my own, I decided to go bag some things up while
>> the cashier continued to ring stuff up. After I filled two bags, I
>> went back near the register where I was horrified to see that I had
>> laid my wallet there where one would write checks. Eek! I did the
>> very thing that I accused others of doing and yet I wasn't even aware
>> that I had done it.
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> Hopefully that was such a shock you won't do it again!!
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We all have our "duh" moments. There aren't any grocery stores here
(yet) that have you bag your own groceries. I suppose WalMart would be
an exception with the self-checkouts. It doesn't affect me since I
don't shop there.

Jill