An interesting read from 2010....

Here's a thread on this board from two years ago. It could have been written in the last few weeks.

Thread from 2010 about crime and people's fears.

jackak10 wrote:Here's a thread on this board from two years ago. It could have been written in the last few weeks.

Thread from 2010 about crime and people's fears.

Ho, hum.

Merry

merry wrote:

jackak10 wrote:Here's a thread on this board from two years ago. It could have been written in the last few weeks.

Thread from 2010 about crime and people's fears.

Ho, hum.

Merry

agreed, just another BS post that the sky is falling. I haven't seen it fall yet.

johninajijic wrote:

merry wrote:

jackak10 wrote:Here's a thread on this board from two years ago. It could have been written in the last few weeks. ...

Ho, hum.
Merry

agreed, just another BS post that the sky is falling. I haven't seen it fall yet.

HERE'S what I don't get: millions of people drive on a road safely every day, then ONE person is kidnapped or carjacked or whatever on that road, and despite the many millions who are just FINE, some people refuse to drive that road ever again. Those odds are 1/XX,000,000.

Yet those people are tens of thousands of times more likely to be injured or killed within 5 miles of their own home, which they drive willingly every day. Wait, they are much more likely to win the national lottery than to be kidnapped or carjacked.

Statistically, it's just insane.

IMHO when your ticket is up, it's up - I'm not going to refuse to do something because my ticket might get punched.

Merry

At the same time, I wouldn't recommend hiking alone in the local hills after dark, unless you're eager to get it over with.

gringal wrote:At the same time, I wouldn't recommend hiking alone in the local hills after dark, unless you're eager to get it over with.

It's as if a site is forevermore "tainted" after a bad thing happens there, eh? Like don't go in the mansion where somebody died, and nooo, don't open that door!

Merry

The last time I hiked in the hills after dark I heard "La Llorona", scared the crap out of me,not doing that again.

A dash of common sense should season our choices, don't you think?
Fruit and nuts taste better with a little salt, IMHO. Lizzy

Yes, a dash of common sense is good, but on the other hand, it's very expensive, and rare as well.

By all means.......go hiking after dark in the local hills,......after all, any intelligent person knows it's perfectly safe, and any fear is JUST the same as believing in ghosts.
I give up.

bobnliz wrote:A dash of common sense should season our choices, don't you think?
Fruit and nuts taste better with a little salt, IMHO. Lizzy

I’m with you, common sense seem to be a real deal breaker for some.

Parker wrote:

bobnliz wrote:A dash of common sense should season our choices, don't you think?
Fruit and nuts taste better with a little salt, IMHO. Lizzy

I’m with you, common sense seem to be a real deal breaker for some.

Haven't we been at this fork before? It sure seems familiar. Read Gavin De Becker's THE GIFT OF FEAR and then start hiking:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0440508835/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B004SV5Y5S&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=187CXYAP6R7A83MVMWCF

Merry

gringal wrote:Yes, a dash of common sense is good, but on the other hand, it's very expensive, and rare as well.

By all means.......go hiking after dark in the local hills,......after all, any intelligent person knows it's perfectly safe, and any fear is JUST the same as believing in ghosts.
I give up.

Gringal, amiga mia... It may be in the best interest of all
if some choose to entertain more risk overall
statistically they are reducing...
the likelihood of reproducing...
and thus become...
candidates...
for the Darwin Awards. Lizzy

bobnliz wrote:

gringal wrote:Yes, a dash of common sense is good, but on the other hand, it's very expensive, and rare as well.

By all means.......go hiking after dark in the local hills,......after all, any intelligent person knows it's perfectly safe, and any fear is JUST the same as believing in ghosts.
I give up.

Gringal, amiga mia... It may be in the best interest of all
if some choose to entertain more risk overall
statistically they are reducing...
the likelihood of reproducing...
and thus become...
candidates...
for the Darwin Awards. Lizzy

merry wrote:

Parker wrote:

bobnliz wrote:A dash of common sense should season our choices, don't you think?
Fruit and nuts taste better with a little salt, IMHO. Lizzy

I’m with you, common sense seem to be a real deal breaker for some.

Haven't we been at this fork before? It sure seems familiar. Read Gavin De Becker's THE GIFT OF FEAR and then start hiking:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0440508835/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B004SV5Y5S&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=187CXYAP6R7A83MVMWCF

Merry

Or, just continue being scared of everything! For you two, Lizzy and Gringal, do NOT read this book, you do NOT want to know when fear is useful and when fear is just plain stupidity -- it's more efficient for you two to just be scared stupid all the time, then you don't ever have to think.

Merry

Merry... It's not a matter of being scared, it is rather, a matter of making intelligent choices.
I refuse to live in fear, but didn't some fella once say, "The Lord helps those who help themselves"?
I think that means, "Use your intelligence... that's why I gave it to you."
Lizzy

Merry is being a know-it-all and most of us know how pointless it is to try having a civil discussion with one of those.

Point well taken G-gal... ... time for tea... Lizzy

bobnliz wrote:Point well taken G-gal... ... time for tea... Lizzy

You bringing the crumpets?

Tea and Tea? How about a bagel... with cream cheese and jalapeño jelly? Lizzy