Senior Fly Away

Some of you know every year in April and October, I take a trip to see my sister in Mississippi.  Now is the time.  I will not have a post until April 20.  Did not want some of you that follow me regularly to think I had kicked the bucket.

Wiped Out

 Sorry, I have not been around a few days, but have been in the "Geek" hospital. A week again I was hacked, virus-ed so badly had to go for help. I lost everything, so will not have too many post for a few days. Fortunately, had stored a few images on future post. May have to use internet or pinterest images for awhile. So thankful blog stayed with me.  I have been completely restored and doing just fine.  Trying to get use to the way they restored me.  It is just like I am a brand new computer.

While I was in the hospital, they wanted to covert me to Windows 10.  Has anyone gotten brave enough to do that?  Was wondering if it would be compatible with blogger.

 

Tuesday With MeMe

 YES, I AM A SENIOR CITIZEN

 I'm the life of the party, even if it lasts until 8 p.m.

I'm very good at opening child-proof bottles with a hammer.

I'm awake many hours before my body allows me to get up.

I'm smiling all the time because I cannot hear a thing you are saying.

I'm sure everything I cannot find is in a safe secure place, somewhere.

I'm wrinkled, saggy, lumpy, and that is just my left leg.

I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.

Quotes and images from the internet.

SENIORS BEWARE Tuesday with MeMe

Taking Advantage of Seniors

You read and see on television how so many seniors are victims of con artist.  I have often wondered how they could not see what was happening before they get hurt or robbed. It did not happen to me, but my neighbor.

A few reasons why she might think they were legitimate.  She is a very trusting lady and thinks the best of everyone. Just recently, the City hired tree trimmers to cut limbs away from the utility lines in our area. They all wore bright, colored vest.

Saturday, June 29, a man came to her door. He wore a colored vest. When she opened the door, he stated he was to trim a tree in her backyard that was touching a line. She never once thought he was not who he was supposed to be.  SHE should have as he was not in a company truck nor ever showed any ID.  There was another man in the car that she was not aware of.

The one in the vest was doing all the talking and had a clip board. At that time, he suggested they go to the back and check what they needed to do. After a few minutes, said he needed to discuss the situation with his boss and got on his cell phone. However, come to find out he was not talking to his boss, but the man in the car. The man in the vest got my neighbor behind a shed to look at the tree so the other fellow could go in the backdoor to her house. The one with her wanted to know if she had change for $100.  She did not.  The man in the house, on phone no doubt, told him there was clothing for a man.  At that time, he asked my neighbor where her husband was. She smartly told him he was visiting. After about ten minutes, the one inside must have informed the one outside there was nothing of value to take. He came out , but my neighbor could not see him from where she was. They told her it was too late to do the trimming and would be back on Monday.

I happened to be returning home about that time, and saw them coming from behind her house with her following.  I had no idea what was going on. We have so many vehicles and people coming and going, you just never think much about such as this. However, I did think it rather strange that a car was sitting in front of her house with the trunk up. As I was starting to go over and see what was happening, the guy wearing the vest even spoke to me. They both rushed to their car. Flew off down the street with the trunk still flopping.

I went over to speak with neighbor to find out what they had wanted.  She was still under the impression they needed to trim the tree and would be back Monday.  Everything looked suspicious to me so I gave her a good pep talk. Went back to my house.  In a few minutes, my neighbor was ringing my doorbell and very, very upset.  After she went into her house, she could tell the man had been in there.  I immediately got the phone and called 911. Went back to her house to try and give the 911 lady the right information. Finally, my neighbor got herself under control enough to tell the operator what had happened. The police came, went into her house and discussed the situation with her. They could not find anything missing. Just signs were he had ransacked the closets.

    
 



Then one of policemen came over to ask me questions. Since it all happened so quickly, there were things I could have noticed or done that never crossed my mind. He said I did the right thing by calling 911.  Also, there had been many such cases on the West side of town, but not ours.

As most of you know, as a result of my blog, I take my camera with me all the time.  I had it in my hand when they came around the house, and got into their car.  Could have captured them as well as the car and possibly helped the police find them. Had no reason to suspect what was happening.  Lesson learned for both of us. From now on, I will be taking photos of any strange looking person or car around our homes.

She was one of the fortunate ones that things turned out the way they did.

Somewhere along life's way the word TRUST fell through the cracks. It is a shame, but you just cannot afford to do it anymore.