Today I was running the paper route. Several things happened along the way that made me think I was on the front lines of news-gathering.
Event #1
I was delivering papers in a convenience store and a guy came in with a gun!
Honest.
Apparently he was a bounty hunter!
The guy and his partner were wearing official-looking private investigator badges. They were looking for a local resident, so they were asking around and looking in the phone book. And the gun? It was holstered.
They'd already spent $400 on gas to and from Florida earlier this week. (Don't know if it was the same case.)
I've got a small list of cool-sounding things I'd like to do in life and bounty hunter is one of them. Others include being a docent, singing in a glee club, and being a senior fellow--just to name a few.
Seeing bounty hunters in action must be the next-best thing to actually being a bounty hunter.
Event #2
I was driving on a two-lane highway when I spied a blue-light special in the oncoming lane. I began braking and could soon see that the cop car was behind two other cars, a truck in front and a car.
'Bout the time I saw the second car with the cop hot on its tail, the car pulled out into my lane of traffic as if to pass the truck. The driver must have seen me coming when he/she pulled out, because he/she went right back into the lane.
I stopped to make sure everyone passed safely. When they did, I continued on my way, watching in the mirror to see what happened. Last I saw, it was still a three-car parade down the road.
Posted by JRC at June 2, 2004 09:21 PM | TrackBack