This morning, we were driving back to the old house for another round of things. We also needed to go to a couple stores.
I was driving, following a red SUV which began to slow down and then suddenly whipped off the road. The driver side door flung open and a man leaped out. He took off at a dead run.
My flabbers were ghasted when I looked in my rear view mirror and saw two men running for all they were worth down the road.
I said, "Where did that second guy come from? Was he the passenger?"
"No," Tim said. "He was walking down the side of the road."
We had a brief discussion. Should I turn around and head back? "At least if something happens, we could get the plate number from the vehicle..."
It is hard to know what to do in a situation like that.
But we did turn around. The SUV was just pulling away. The 'walker' evidently was a pretty good runner too, because we saw him cautiously coming out of the woods some distance down the road.
I was headed to the intersection to turn around and head back in the direction we had originally been going, but Tim said, 'Slow down,' and leaned out the window. "Do you need a ride?"
I was a bit horrified. It seems to me that when someone stops driving to chase a person down the road, well, there just might be a reason.
But the man smiled broadly, his teeth white in his deeply tanned face. "Nah, I am just going to Garland. I haven't got far to walk. Thanks a lot, though."
I am awfully curious, but I guess we will never know.
Tim got the letters for our mail box which we put up yesterday. I picked up some picture hangers and did this:
Do people REALLY think the USA is going to take over Canada? There is no end to the stupidity of those people.
ReplyDeleteI really don't believe that even they can believe the nonsense that he is spewing.
DeleteLove the pictures; they add so much! I cannot believe the idiocy of people. Including the so-called prez.
ReplyDeleteStrange days we are living in. Crazy talk everywhere
DeleteI wonder what she will do about the current fire in California? Too silly.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, what a story on the road!
Now Miss Merry! You know that logic will not work on minds like that!
DeleteMaybe the guy was running from the smoke - ha! I find experiences like that quite disturbing- I’d be pondering it first days.
ReplyDeleteNow that is funny!
DeleteThat encounter on the road would have set my stomach churning. Whatever the back story, I'm glad he escaped ... for now anyway.
ReplyDeleteReally? I guess that it is one of those things that makes me very aware of my surroundings. No place is 100% safe.
DeleteThat was a rather queer experience both running man and the MAGA. Bless her birdbrain.
ReplyDeleteMAGA faithful are like parrots...just repeat what they hear.
DeleteIntriguing! It reminds me of The Solitary Cyclist, a Sherlock Holmes story.
ReplyDeleteAs for the wildfires, well Trump will have that sorted out on day 1, just like Ukraine...
Just like Jared Kushner got the mideast all straightened out during his first term.
DeleteI think you were brave to stop and offer the runner a lift.
ReplyDeleteAs for US taking over Canada - some people are stupid enough to think it could happen. I think the rest of the Commonwealth might have a view on that!
Not to mention the majority of Americans...
DeleteSounded like a Twilight Zone episode, with the running men! Dump has solved literally nothing, and never will. Remember his glib advice about drinking bleach during Covid? I just shake my head at the stupidity and blind devotion. One more time, Magats, READ a history book.
ReplyDeleteLogic will not fix the thought process of an illogical mind.
DeleteSorry Maga dumbo, but you will have to keep breathing in smoke just like we have to up here, plus we will never be part of your country. We have a better one and we want it to stay that way. It is war when you try to take over other countries but that is what Russia does and your dear leader admires Putin because he is as dumb as you are. Gigi
ReplyDeleteBut Gigi...how do you really feel? It seems like you might be holding back😉
DeleteThe pictures on the wall are another step to making your house a home. Not silly at all.
ReplyDeleteIt is a touch of the familiar, bringing things from the old house to the new.
DeleteThat's an odd story about the runner and the chaser! It could be a basis for a mystery story.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is an intriguing beginning!
DeleteI always want my pictures up right away, not silly at all.
ReplyDeleteAs for the fires, the poor lady has no idea what a boreal forest is, or how big it is. More than half of my province is boreal forest, Manitoba is 75%, and Ontario is 66% boreal forest; it's going to burn for awhile. I'm guessing next summer will be Ontario as the fires seem to be moving east across the country, which makes sense.
Very strange about that runner. I'd want to know the ending as well. Curious minds:)
Most of them don't have a clue what they are talking about, but sadly this does not stop them from talking.
DeleteSometimes it's good to have a mystery to ponder when you have nothing else to think about. The Mystery of the Running Man.
ReplyDeleteOh yes. When the US takes over Canada, we will make sure to open another giant valve that will send water directly to where those fires are in order to put them out!
It is insanity, that is for sure.
DeletePutting pictures up really makes a place feel like home.
ReplyDeleteYou and Tim are braver than me. I would not offer a ride like that.
I can't believe the Trump bullshit that people believe. Crazy and horrifying at the same time.
It was not a joint decision, for sure. I thought he was going to ask the guy if he needed us to call someone.
DeleteThe encounter on the road was scary. I would leave those guys alone unless they looked local.
ReplyDeleteLol. Red, gotta say that there are plenty of locals I would do my very best to avoid!
DeleteMAGAts are just not intelligent, at all.
ReplyDeletePictures on the wall are like jewelry, the finishing touch.
I agree, scary about the runners.
That is a neat way to phrase it.
DeleteThat's a horrific and mysterious encounter. The frame looks good though. Cheers. Have a fantastic weekend! :)
ReplyDeleteVery strange.
DeleteBecause Canada being part of America means it will no longer catch fire? Because America has no wildfires of its own? Honestly, what are people smoking?! (Pun intended.)
ReplyDeleteVery strange roadside encounter. Sounds like the guy driving has a bone to pick with the guy walking and pulled over to try to catch him?
Sometimes, Steve, I do find myself wondering if MAGA says stuff like this just to be provocative. I mean, most of the stuff pouring from his mouth is pure crazy. Nobody believes he is going reduce prescription prices by 1500% or that gas is $1.99 a gallon. Prices are not going down. And Epstein...
DeleteI think I would have offered to call for help for the walker. There's no hope for the Magat. Too stupid to be helped.
ReplyDeleteThat was my thought on it, Celie. I did not know Tim was going to offer him a ride!
DeleteThe raccoon pic is lovely
ReplyDelete...and ironic. We have trapped nine raccoons out of here this year! In real life, they have clever little hands that can open about anything. They are also aggressive. We don't mind them around but we don't want them taking up residence. So we immortalize them in an expensive numbered and signed artist print.😒
DeleteApparently your MAGA reader doesn’t realize that the USA is a major culprit in climate change which has a direct bearing on forest fires. Although if Rumpy was in charge he might try vacuuming our forests which he apparently thinks is the thing to do.
ReplyDeleteYou know, I don't understand it. I never will. He spouts the most inane nonsense like vacuuming the forest. I mean he babbles. And MAGA immediately begins to try to make it make sense.
DeleteWhat a bizarre story! Do let us know if you hear more.
ReplyDeleteI am so curious, myself!
DeletePerhaps that MAGAT could volunteer to go rake Canadian forests as her cult leader has suggested. That incident with the red SUV was just straight up strange. The house is coming together nicely, you two should be proud, reckon you are. :)
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