haha i so got a kick out of this for some reason...
>
> I just had to share this. First of all, in case
> you
> don't know, where I live, Atascocita, was once a
> sleepy suburb on the outskirts of Humble, which was
> once a sleepy suburb way outside of Houston. At one
> time, crime was virtually nil out here. However, we
> have had a serious increase in crime with our
> increased population.
>
> I was driving by the Kroger parking lot in
> Atascocita
> and was going to cut through when I noticed there
> was
> a police car blocking my entrance into the parking
> lot; so I drove around. And I noticed that every
> single entrance into the parking lot was blocked; no
> one was going in or coming out. That was kind of
> odd.
>
>
> I bank across the street and asked the teller if he
> knew what was up, but he just relayed several rumors
> to me. I figured that this will be another
> newsworthy
> event which I will not see on the news because, if
> there is no video tape of an event, then, as far as
> the news is concerned, it did not happen.
>
> Well, it is a week and a half later and our local
> lawn
> newspaper has a story on this event. It seems that a
> 60-80 year old man walked into the Kroger's
> supermarket and robbed their bank (Woodforest bank
> has
> a small bank inside the Krogers). He is described as
> "a 60-80 year old white male wearing a black and
> white
> golf hat and a tan jacket." Since our golf course is
> within walking distance, perhaps he walked from hole
> #18 to here.
>
> Although he did not have a gun, he did put some
> device
> on the counter which he claimed would trigger an
> explosive device placed somewhere in the store.
> "Witnesses on the scene reported that the explosive
> device was made of prune juice cans taped together."
> (a quote from our newspaper).
>
> Finally: "Initial rumors that the man was caught on
> a
> tricycle proved untrue. Law enforcement officers
> merely stopped the man because he fit a similar
> description. The man is still at large."
>
> The newspaper fails to reiterate that he may be
> dangerous, armed with an explosive device made out
> of
> prune juice cans.
>
> :)
>
> Gary
--- nancy perrett wrote:
> hey!!! I saw that in the news, but i thought it
> happen in the Kroger down in Humble. They had a few
> interviews thAT night, not sure now. so im scared to
> work around golfers now =/
>
>
It was the Kroger's near your golf course. Probably
one of the old duffers that you serve food and drink
to. But, listen, girl who jumps out of planes, I
don't think you need to be afraid of a man who uses
prune juice cans to rob a bank. I think such a guy is
pretty harmless. :)
> I just had to share this. First of all, in case
> you
> don't know, where I live, Atascocita, was once a
> sleepy suburb on the outskirts of Humble, which was
> once a sleepy suburb way outside of Houston. At one
> time, crime was virtually nil out here. However, we
> have had a serious increase in crime with our
> increased population.
>
> I was driving by the Kroger parking lot in
> Atascocita
> and was going to cut through when I noticed there
> was
> a police car blocking my entrance into the parking
> lot; so I drove around. And I noticed that every
> single entrance into the parking lot was blocked; no
> one was going in or coming out. That was kind of
> odd.
>
>
> I bank across the street and asked the teller if he
> knew what was up, but he just relayed several rumors
> to me. I figured that this will be another
> newsworthy
> event which I will not see on the news because, if
> there is no video tape of an event, then, as far as
> the news is concerned, it did not happen.
>
> Well, it is a week and a half later and our local
> lawn
> newspaper has a story on this event. It seems that a
> 60-80 year old man walked into the Kroger's
> supermarket and robbed their bank (Woodforest bank
> has
> a small bank inside the Krogers). He is described as
> "a 60-80 year old white male wearing a black and
> white
> golf hat and a tan jacket." Since our golf course is
> within walking distance, perhaps he walked from hole
> #18 to here.
>
> Although he did not have a gun, he did put some
> device
> on the counter which he claimed would trigger an
> explosive device placed somewhere in the store.
> "Witnesses on the scene reported that the explosive
> device was made of prune juice cans taped together."
> (a quote from our newspaper).
>
> Finally: "Initial rumors that the man was caught on
> a
> tricycle proved untrue. Law enforcement officers
> merely stopped the man because he fit a similar
> description. The man is still at large."
>
> The newspaper fails to reiterate that he may be
> dangerous, armed with an explosive device made out
> of
> prune juice cans.
>
> :)
>
> Gary
--- nancy perrett wrote:
> hey!!! I saw that in the news, but i thought it
> happen in the Kroger down in Humble. They had a few
> interviews thAT night, not sure now. so im scared to
> work around golfers now =/
>
>
It was the Kroger's near your golf course. Probably
one of the old duffers that you serve food and drink
to. But, listen, girl who jumps out of planes, I
don't think you need to be afraid of a man who uses
prune juice cans to rob a bank. I think such a guy is
pretty harmless. :)