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

Jim,

That's a great idea!

Rick Fox 

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[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Gammon
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:23 PM
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Subject: [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
 

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From: HYPERLINK "mailto:Rick@xxxxxxxxxxx"Rick Fox 
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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: HYPERLINK "mailto:rick@xxxxxxxxxxx"rick@xxxxxxxxxxx
HYPERLINK "http://www.4dewitt.com/"www.4dewitt.com
 


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