[gps-talkusers] Re: They thought I was a terrorist

Well Rick, did you mark the POI where that stupid neighbor lives?  You should 
stand there every chance you get with your unit or some suspicious gadget and 
fiddle with it!  Jim

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rick Fox 
  To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 7:22 AM
  Subject: [gps-talkusers] They thought I was a terrorist


  Hi folks,

  Sunday was a perfect late September day in New Jersey, where I live, so I 
decided to take me and my guide dog on a 2-mile walk at around 8 am. We have a 
wonderful route in a quiet residential neighborhood.

  I was carrying mhy BrailleNote QT 32, and my old Magellan receiver, since I 
had left my newer one at work. I stopped to adjust some route settings and 
proceeded.

  About 5 minutes later a car pulled up beside me, and the driver said, "Excuse 
me, are you blind?" 
  I told him yes, though I thought it a strange question with my dog and 
harness in full view.
  "What's that thing on your shoulder?" he inquired.
  I told him about the BrailleNote and the GPS, and some things it could do, 
and then I heard the police radio. I found that one of the neighbors was 
concerned and suspicious because I was typing into a little computer in front 
of the house. For the life of me, I don't know what they thought I might be 
doing in full view in broad daylight. 

  The thing that bothered me most about this amusing encounter was the officer 
didn't immediately identify himself as a policeman before asking me questions. 
A person believing a questioner to be a civilian might ignore him or tell him 
to go to Hell or worse, which is not the kind of talk a policeman likes to hear.
     

  Rick Fox
  VP, Field Operations
  De Witt & Associates
  700 Godwin Avenue
  Suite 110
  Midland Park, NJ 07432
  Voice: 201-447-6500 Ext. 213
  Fax: 201-447-1187
  Email: rick@xxxxxxxxxxx
  www.4dewitt.com



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