KiltedClaymore
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to mods: this may belong in tactics or somewhere else, i dont know. feel free to move.
now back to our regularly scheduled program...
so i took a walk down to the safeway about a mile from my house to get an onion and some burger buns. it's getting close to sunset, but no bad vibes in the air so far. as im standing on the side of this major street here called Northern (more like a freeway than a street to non-phoenix folks) waiting to cross (yes, i admit i jaywalk, but it shaves 5-10 minutes off my route) and i see this guy kinda hanging out in the shade of a large dumpster near the the alley that goes behind the store. didnt look too threatening at the time, even though he raised both arms in the universal signal for "you got a problem?!" when he saw me. i kinda adjusted my path across the street to give the guy a wide berth, but he moved to intercept me! at this point i my warning signals are going nuts, so i opened the knife that rides in the change pocket of my jeans and slipped it into my vest pocket for quicker access (god forbid it ever goes that far). no idea if the dude saw me do that, i was attempting to not show i had it. anywho, guy calls out "hold up a second!" and to be polite, i did:banghead:. guy introduces himself and ends up making no sense. tells me he just got outta jail, talks about his kids, said he was a navy seal, ect. never asks me for money, he did want to shake my hand about 5 times though. saw he had some old track marks on the inside of his elbow. i had the feeling he was sizing me up, but i played it nice and polite (even though my right hand never left my vest pocket) and we went our seperate ways without incident. shook me up though!
now back to our regularly scheduled program...
so i took a walk down to the safeway about a mile from my house to get an onion and some burger buns. it's getting close to sunset, but no bad vibes in the air so far. as im standing on the side of this major street here called Northern (more like a freeway than a street to non-phoenix folks) waiting to cross (yes, i admit i jaywalk, but it shaves 5-10 minutes off my route) and i see this guy kinda hanging out in the shade of a large dumpster near the the alley that goes behind the store. didnt look too threatening at the time, even though he raised both arms in the universal signal for "you got a problem?!" when he saw me. i kinda adjusted my path across the street to give the guy a wide berth, but he moved to intercept me! at this point i my warning signals are going nuts, so i opened the knife that rides in the change pocket of my jeans and slipped it into my vest pocket for quicker access (god forbid it ever goes that far). no idea if the dude saw me do that, i was attempting to not show i had it. anywho, guy calls out "hold up a second!" and to be polite, i did:banghead:. guy introduces himself and ends up making no sense. tells me he just got outta jail, talks about his kids, said he was a navy seal, ect. never asks me for money, he did want to shake my hand about 5 times though. saw he had some old track marks on the inside of his elbow. i had the feeling he was sizing me up, but i played it nice and polite (even though my right hand never left my vest pocket) and we went our seperate ways without incident. shook me up though!