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So Karla and Finley had a close call today…

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  • CopperC Copper

    The Giant in that shopping center is where we used to get groceries when we first got married - 1982.

    We lived in Kingston Chase, kind of between Herndon High and the Golf Course.

    The neighborhood was fairly civilized back then.

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    @Copper said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

    The Giant in that shopping center is where we used to get groceries when we first got married - 1982.

    We lived in Kingston Chase, kind of between Herndon High and the Golf Course.

    The neighborhood was fairly civilized back then.

    20 years ago, I ran the Steinway showroom that was 100 ft west of the 7-11. I used to buy my cigarettes there.

    The Brad

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      Lord. Glad they are both ok. How about the woman who was carjacked?

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

        The drunk guy was an illegal.

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        @LuFins-Dad said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

        The drunk guy was an illegal.

        Ahem...You meant undocumented.

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • MikM Mik

          Lord. Glad they are both ok. How about the woman who was carjacked?

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          @Mik said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

          Lord. Glad they are both ok. How about the woman who was carjacked?

          She didn’t make it.

          The Brad

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          • JollyJ Jolly

            @LuFins-Dad said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

            The drunk guy was an illegal.

            Ahem...You meant undocumented.

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            @Jolly said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

            @LuFins-Dad said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

            The drunk guy was an illegal.

            Ahem...You meant undocumented.

            Oh, he’s plenty documented…

            The Brad

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              Something about Kia cars (and with MD plates too) that just LOVE to be carjacking targets, not sure why.

              Anyway... yeah that is scary. Even though the odds are near impossible, I recall walking by a car accident wreck that plowed through a sidewalk and fence one time in Virginia right where I'd walk my daughter once per day. Not fun to think about.

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                Seemed like a great lady too. Grandmother, taking care of her own mother, works at a nursing home…

                https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/grandmother-killed-during-carjacking-in-northern-virginia/3678241/

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                • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                  @Jolly said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

                  @LuFins-Dad said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

                  The drunk guy was an illegal.

                  Ahem...You meant undocumented.

                  Oh, he’s plenty documented…

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                  @LuFins-Dad said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

                  Oh, he’s plenty documented…

                  Herndon has had an undocumented population for a long time.

                  They took over the Alabama Drive area which was a quiet residential area that became a known hangout for drug dealers. They really trashed the area back around 1990. I think that it has been somewhat rehabilitated since then.

                  Then the apartments near the end of Sunrise Valley DR. became known as a place where drug-dealing gangs lived.

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                    This brings me back to 89th questions about safety. When we were driving I always was tuned in to who was around us and aware of the possibility of carjackings. Here? Never have given it a remote thought.

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                    • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                      @Mik said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

                      Lord. Glad they are both ok. How about the woman who was carjacked?

                      She didn’t make it.

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                      @LuFins-Dad said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

                      @Mik said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

                      Lord. Glad they are both ok. How about the woman who was carjacked?

                      She didn’t make it.

                      Oh no. That's terrible.

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                      • bachophileB bachophile

                        This brings me back to 89th questions about safety. When we were driving I always was tuned in to who was around us and aware of the possibility of carjackings. Here? Never have given it a remote thought.

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                        @bachophile said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

                        This brings me back to 89th questions about safety. When we were driving I always was tuned in to who was around us and aware of the possibility of carjackings. Here? Never have given it a remote thought.

                        I’ve never given it remote thought in the US, including when driving through Harlem and the Bronx.

                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                        -Cormac McCarthy

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                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                          @bachophile said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

                          This brings me back to 89th questions about safety. When we were driving I always was tuned in to who was around us and aware of the possibility of carjackings. Here? Never have given it a remote thought.

                          I’ve never given it remote thought in the US, including when driving through Harlem and the Bronx.

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                          @jon-nyc said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

                          I’ve never given it remote thought in the US, including when driving through Harlem and the Bronx.

                          Have you done that lately? Quite common in Chicago, in all neighborhoods.

                          ETA - there is a downward trend, however.

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                            @bachophile said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

                            This brings me back to 89th questions about safety. When we were driving I always was tuned in to who was around us and aware of the possibility of carjackings. Here? Never have given it a remote thought.

                            I’ve never given it remote thought in the US, including when driving through Harlem and the Bronx.

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                            @jon-nyc said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

                            @bachophile said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

                            This brings me back to 89th questions about safety. When we were driving I always was tuned in to who was around us and aware of the possibility of carjackings. Here? Never have given it a remote thought.

                            I’ve never given it remote thought in the US, including when driving through Harlem and the Bronx.

                            The Corolla didn’t meet their standards.

                            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                            • MikM Mik

                              @jon-nyc said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

                              @bachophile said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

                              This brings me back to 89th questions about safety. When we were driving I always was tuned in to who was around us and aware of the possibility of carjackings. Here? Never have given it a remote thought.

                              I’ve never given it remote thought in the US, including when driving through Harlem and the Bronx.

                              The Corolla didn’t meet their standards.

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                              @Mik said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

                              The Corolla didn’t meet their standards.

                              In Chicago, the most-hijacked car is a Camry.

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                This was a Kia…

                                The Brad

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                                  Man, you two can kill a good joke.

                                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                    It was a Malibu

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