Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "jmcquown" Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: OT.....Be a Little More Cautious... Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 08:17:58 -0500 Lines: 94 Message-ID: <68b45tF2mtaq6U1@mid.individual.net> References: <68a9t7F2rq681U1@mid.individual.net> X-Trace: individual.net UNBqxlex4tr8TgM32/DIiQZwqCQGhLqeLG6o4cBzRPDvo0pDte Cancel-Lock: sha1:OBN/D+YueDmNJpqa0kgYUL252Ug= X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 Bigbazza wrote: > A MUST READ, very educational for your wife, daughter, sister friends > etc.! > > It never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in. > > > 1 Tip from Tae Kwon Do : > > The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close > enough to use it, do! > > > 2. Learned this from a tourist guide in New Orleans... > > If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. > > Toss it away from you.... chances are that he is more interested in > your wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the > wallet/purse. > > RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION! > > > 3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back > tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like > crazy. > Most cars these days have a safety latch on the inside of the trunk so you can't be locked in. Doesn't help if you can't reach it or if the car is an older model. > 4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, > eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their cheque book, or > making a list, etc We do?! That's funny, the first thing I do when I get in my car is lock the door, start the engine, put on my seat belt and drive off. I've never sat in my car doing the things described above. > 5 . A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or > parking garage: > > A.) Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger > side floor , and in the back seat. > True. > B.) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the > passenger door. > I never purposely park next to a van (or a big truck). This is definitely something to be cautious about. Never fails I'll come out of a store and find myself hemmed in by one or the other, though. > C.) Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and > the passenger side.. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest > your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a > guard/policeman to walk you back out. > A good tip. A guard or policeman may not be around but you may want to ask a store employee (like the "bag boy" at the grocery store) to walk out with you. There's safety in numbers. > 8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP...It may > get you raped, or killed. > Most people here will tell you, I'm not all that sympathetic LOL > Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, > who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. > True. Most of his victims were college girls, often around college campuses. It IS important to tell young, impressionable women to exercise a lot of caution. Travel in packs (so to speak) when possible. > He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked 'for help' into his > vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next > victim. > I'll hit him with my cane ;) > 9. Another Safety Point: > > Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch > the night before last, and she called the police because it was late > and she thought it was weird. The police told her ...'Whatever you > do, DO NOT open the door.' > Not true. MG posted the link to snopes dispelling this myth. Jill