I had to deal with a lot of transients over the years along the I-90 corridor many have a range of issues, many live off of panhandling or aid from the local churches for meals/rooms some even beg for gas. There are people that go on vacation and it’s paid for by others every step of the way. Somewhere out there is a big pile of lost wallets that are never found as that’s the #1 excuse I always got from them.
Many have drug and alcohol issues along with mental issues some are plain nuts, have had more then one tell me they were assassins for the President with a straight face.
The one thing that tells you it’s a abuse of the kindness of others is I never received a dime back or even a offer to pay it back from any of them. Some would do the God bless this or that until you said the word no then the the words after God are not allowed on here.
I guess it's just being vulnerable with no protection is what gets to me the most. I have traveled the USA, 5 provinces of Boco land and into Mexico, but I was in a truck . It's way different being 10 feet off the ground with 400 horsepower and surrounded with a protective enclosure.
I have not been trained as an Army Ranger, Seal, or Marine in self preservation fighting techniques.
Trapperman is where I've read the threads about which gun is best for bear protection. The one that riveted my attention was about a Tman member that had the bear gab him from behind while getting his mail.
For a while in California, they had a real problem with a short fad of having to (off) a police officer to join a gang. The CHiPs were targets in their patrol cars while sitting in the medians observing traffic.
Maybe it's my imagination, but I've witnessed some pretty nasty stuff.
One night at the produce market in Chicago , the guy next to me had a scar on his arm; that looked like it had been about cut off.
I inquired the cause of it and he told me he had worked with the DEA.
Long story short, while waiting to board a plane in Columbia, a cartel member tried to cut his head off with a machete and he threw his arm up for protection.
I said" wow!, after something like that I'll bet your not afraid of anything."
He told me no " I'm more afraid of being popped at a stoplight by some young gangbanger,"
