Some of y'all might remember labgrade's post wherein he responded to a neighbor's call for help and/or general odd events in the neighborhood:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58241
Well, last night a neighbor (N1) calls up and asks, "Are you dressed? Can you come over here as quickly as you can?" Quite a bit of agitation in his voice.
Why, yes I can...after stuffing wallet, keys, CCW, cell phone, & a reload in my pockets. I had labgrade's incident on my mind as I stuffed my snubbie in my front pocket & locked the door behind me.
I high-tail it across the alley to see N1 & another neighbor (N2) in N1's driveway watching agitated neighbor (AN) tear off on his red Honda mid-life-crisis-o-cycle.
Turns out, AN was using his wife (ANwife) for a punching bag. ANwife was on the ground & he was pasting her good. N1 hears her cries for help, & tries to get AN of ANwife, to no avail (N1 recently suffered from an illness wherein he was hospitalized for nearly 2 weeks & lost ~30 lbs...he's not in any shape for physical confrontations). The spirit was willing, the flesh was weak. (My wife & I regularly invite him over for "stick-to-your-ribs" dinners, to fatten him up.)
He called me after he failed to stop AN from pummelling ANwife. He has some notion that I might be useful in such a physical situation.
By the time I arrived, AN's son/stepson (ANss) had called the police, which caused AN to cease his pugilistic exploits and think about moving on. I arrived to see AN makein' like the sheep & gettin' the flock outta there.
Not only had ANss called the police, but N2 put in a call. A policeman shows up about 3 minutes after I arrived & we directed him to ANss & ANwife, inside AN's house.
Since I did not see anything other than AN's exit, I decide that my presence is unnecessary.
Notes:
1. Richardson PD was on the scene pretty quick. Probably 5-7 minutes form the first phone call, IME. Pretty quick, but still enough time to beat someone to death.
2. N1 will go out of his way to square a neighbor/friend away (already knew that...he's good people).
3. N2, by his own admission, will not involve himself in such a situation, other than to call 911. (By himself, he couldn't have stopped AN, but in conjunction with N1, they likely could have). Keeps his yard/house in immaculate condition, though.
4. I made sure I was legal WRT CCW, due to labgrade's incident. It took, maybe, 15-30sec to do so, however.
5. I sure hope that, if a neighbor desperately needs help in the future, the 15-30secs don't make the difference between me squaring them away & me wishing I had arrived 15-30sec earlier.
6. What is it with all these mid-life-crisis guys? Were they so common before the baby boom generation? A guy turns 40- or 50-something & he gets all messed up in the head, buys expensive adult toys (motorcycles, sportscars, etc.) generally acts like a nitwit.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58241
Well, last night a neighbor (N1) calls up and asks, "Are you dressed? Can you come over here as quickly as you can?" Quite a bit of agitation in his voice.
Why, yes I can...after stuffing wallet, keys, CCW, cell phone, & a reload in my pockets. I had labgrade's incident on my mind as I stuffed my snubbie in my front pocket & locked the door behind me.
I high-tail it across the alley to see N1 & another neighbor (N2) in N1's driveway watching agitated neighbor (AN) tear off on his red Honda mid-life-crisis-o-cycle.
Turns out, AN was using his wife (ANwife) for a punching bag. ANwife was on the ground & he was pasting her good. N1 hears her cries for help, & tries to get AN of ANwife, to no avail (N1 recently suffered from an illness wherein he was hospitalized for nearly 2 weeks & lost ~30 lbs...he's not in any shape for physical confrontations). The spirit was willing, the flesh was weak. (My wife & I regularly invite him over for "stick-to-your-ribs" dinners, to fatten him up.)
He called me after he failed to stop AN from pummelling ANwife. He has some notion that I might be useful in such a physical situation.
By the time I arrived, AN's son/stepson (ANss) had called the police, which caused AN to cease his pugilistic exploits and think about moving on. I arrived to see AN makein' like the sheep & gettin' the flock outta there.
Not only had ANss called the police, but N2 put in a call. A policeman shows up about 3 minutes after I arrived & we directed him to ANss & ANwife, inside AN's house.
Since I did not see anything other than AN's exit, I decide that my presence is unnecessary.
Notes:
1. Richardson PD was on the scene pretty quick. Probably 5-7 minutes form the first phone call, IME. Pretty quick, but still enough time to beat someone to death.
2. N1 will go out of his way to square a neighbor/friend away (already knew that...he's good people).
3. N2, by his own admission, will not involve himself in such a situation, other than to call 911. (By himself, he couldn't have stopped AN, but in conjunction with N1, they likely could have). Keeps his yard/house in immaculate condition, though.
4. I made sure I was legal WRT CCW, due to labgrade's incident. It took, maybe, 15-30sec to do so, however.
5. I sure hope that, if a neighbor desperately needs help in the future, the 15-30secs don't make the difference between me squaring them away & me wishing I had arrived 15-30sec earlier.
6. What is it with all these mid-life-crisis guys? Were they so common before the baby boom generation? A guy turns 40- or 50-something & he gets all messed up in the head, buys expensive adult toys (motorcycles, sportscars, etc.) generally acts like a nitwit.
