Here are some great tales from where I live. About 12 years ago an old man in a nursing home here in town called a taxi and escaped with his walker--had the driver take him to a bank and went in and demanded $50.00--got it and went back to his taxi--had the driver take him to his old favorite pub and was on his second drink when the police came to get him--the cops took up fund and paid back the bank and no charges were filed. In 2003 our airport was overhauled and updated, lots of oohs and asaas on the new security. Seems some elderly lady rented a big van drove right thru the motion sensor doors and thru the terminal to the rental agency to return the van without running over anyone in the terminal. Their solution was to put big flower pots in the front of the doors outside. Tell me your good ones???
2007-08-13 08:45:32 · 5 answers · asked by lilabner 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
An elderly man was sitting next to a young lady on a public transit bus. She had apparently just arrived in this area. I overheard him telling her: "Young lady, you can be anything you want to be in Las Vegas, except be innocent.".
2007-08-13 08:55:53 · answer #1 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was growing up, Toronto had an international reputation as "Toronto the Good". We had a sparkling clean city, and the people were polite and friendly. We had a summer long street festival that closed down half of our major north/south street right downtown, and everyone would pack in to have fun with the clowns and the buskers and sitting at all the outdoor cafes that popped up.
Toronto has changed somewhat from then. We no longer have that street festival. I think Toronto should bring it back. It used to be a big tourist draw, as well as drawing in the actual residents.
And our people are no longer as friendly as they once were. I blame the propensity of our younger people to follow American culture for that one. When you have wannabe gang wars going on, all pedestrians just become targets.
But we still have some good left in us as a species (Torontonians). You still see news stories of $10,000 being found at the curb by a welfare mother--and being turned in to the police. Or a wallet containing all of a Dutch tourists identification and credit cards--turned in to the hotel that they are staying at, because their key card was also in the wallet--and nothing was missing. Or the stories that tell us of yet another penniless child in dire need of corrective surgery that is flown in from their third world country and cared for by the donations of our citizens. Torontonians still have heart. We just have to dig a little deeper to get past our newly awakened wariness.
2007-08-13 17:00:14 · answer #2 · answered by Susie Q 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting stories!
Well, in 2002, we were unfortunate to have a serial killer running around shooting innocent people, day time, night time, it did not matter. Everyone was afraid to go to market or pump gas, just doing normal, routine things.
These bad people (2) killed 7 people in my neighborhood, went to a neighboring state and shot a few other people. They taunted the police and even killed a child going to school. They were finally caught and we all were quite relieved.
Seems the shooter was in a car with the back seat torn out using a high powered rifle to shoot innocent people through the trunk of the car. It was just awful, and I hope I never go through an experience like that again.
2007-08-13 15:57:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jessie James {the out-law lived in this area and you know we are all kin to one another in the hills of Arkansas {I love the colorful past of this area.}
2007-08-13 18:50:44 · answer #4 · answered by Gypsy Gal 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a tale of two cities on my book shelf. (Sorry, I couldn't help myself.)
2007-08-13 19:51:28 · answer #5 · answered by oldman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋