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Gatorubet

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  1. Update: I received an unexpected call from a Detective from Oakland. Someone had called in and reported my mugging and the black sedan. They must have given a partial license, because the detective said that their crime detection cameras and license plate scanner had found the car quickly. Using my credit card information from the gas station they found my address and phone number, and called me to ask if I was in Oakland on Monday around 11:30. When I confirmed I was mugged around then and my watch stolen, the detective was extremely happy. They weren’t sure if anything was taken, but the guy they arrested had just gotten out of jail for robbing people at gas stations. There was also a mini crime spree Saturday, Sunday and Monday, which they think mostly involved this guy at nearby gas stations. Because of the information I gave them (watch stolen) they were now formally charging him with a felony. I told the detective that I would be happy to fly to Oakland on my dime to testify, and to tell the Dipshit that at the pre-trial. Given that I never made a police report, the fact Oakland detectives tracked me down and have arrested a likely suspect is pretty damn awesome. Remind me not to go crime-ing in Oakland. oh. They got a subpoena for the car from the scan match - and found what looks to be some stolen stuff in it. If they find my watch, they will send it to me after the case is closed.
  2. https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/27/politics/fact-check-trump-rogan-podcast
  3. Trump is doing some good for investors. Apparently, the market just assumes everything he says is bullshit and as long as he is Taco Man giving out extension after extension, the market will not recognize trade problems and tariff problems as a thing unless and until that final tariff assessment happens. Which is probably gonna be, I don’t know, in two weeks?
  4. I think he would get rid of an old white man, but as long as he has a glimmer of a hope of banging her, I doubt he’ll fire her.
  5. Well, I’m Swedish, but apparently the Apple voice recognition software isn’t. Wait! You aren’t by any chance Norwegian, are you?
  6. Well, she should’ve figured out the situation when you put her on the ice flow.
  7. I don’t think he’ll replace her - because someone who has no idea what they’re doing and who will do whatever he says is exactly what he wants.
  8. I think your question answered itself.
  9. basically, I think this is your life we are talking about, and all though you may not decide to have all your car at MD Anderson, once your local guy comes up with a care plan I would at minimum do a consult with MDA to get a second opinion. That does not require you to use their care or their MRI machines or their surgery, but at least you would get a second opinion. If I would not have gone to MDA, I would’ve been gutted like a fish in an unnecessary surgery. Which is not to say you would have a bad experience with your local provider, but I don’t think you should discount MDA because it is not on your insurance if you are simply going to get a second opinion using the diagnostics prepared by your local people.
  10. “There is no client list in that f-f-f-f-f-file…”
  11. Baby daddy nowhere to be seen. #marriedmooseproblems
  12. No sharting or shaking. More a massive Peruvian marching powder ingestion 15 minutes ago type feel. I’ve read.
  13. “This is not the client list you’re looking for…”
  14. Earn enough to buy a new watch.
  15. I shoulda said, “Do you know where I kept this watch for 30 years before I put it on today?”
  16. All of this continued global trade uncertainty is just the type of brilliant kickstart that our economy needs. Kia owners’ used cars just appreciated 25%! amirite!
  17. Tariffs coming in two weeks…..ish
  18. Oh. when I returned the car, the Hertz guy told me 20 minutes earlier another customer has been mugged at the same gas station, but they had taken the person’s wallet and all of their luggage. So I got that going for me, which is nice.
  19. it was honestly lamer than that. It was one of those gas station nozzles that dribble out gas like an old man pissing, so I doubt I got more than a cup on him. It was interesting because it took a full couple second to even realize two masked kids were running at me. And once we started tussling all I could think of was, don’t let them get me in the car and drive away. Because my driver side door was still open and I was between it and them. And the threat was actually pretty lame, because one kid had my left arm, trying to get my watch and my right hand held the fuel pump nozzle so there’s no way I could grab a lighter. I obviously wasn’t thinking that all through in the moment. When I studied Kempo karate forever ago, our instructor always told us to do anything to avoid an actual physical fight and it is never a bad idea when facing superior odds to try to act as crazy as hell. so when I saw gas hit his hoodie and mask the only thing I can think of was act crazy like I would set us on fire. The bottom line is I was careless and got lucky
  20. I have to admit the fight or flight rush for about 15 minutes afterwards was something
  21. it was a Citizens brand watch. Those kids had no idea.
  22. If anybody pulls a gun, I give him everything I have and I don’t say a word. These kids look 16.
  23. I just got mugged at the chevron getting gas before rental drop in beautiful Oakland. I had looked around and there was nobody suspicious and after I got the pump in my hand, a black sedan pulled up and two guys jumped out and ran at me…Teenagers with hoods and masks. We were so tight between the gas pump in the car that they really couldn’t use their advantage in numbers, one kid grabbed my left arm and was trying to take my watch off while the second kid was trying to grab m. The one kid kept struggling to figure out how to take off my watch for like 15 seconds while I kept trying to pull away an FU them. About that time I realized I had the gas nozzle in my right hand and pumped gas on the nearest one’s head, screaming, “ I’ve got a lighter... I want us to die!!” The car next to me had started honking his horn, and so both of them ran off and jumped in the black car which took off like an Indy car and almost got in a wreck. It turns out the second one had gotten my watch off my wrist before he ran. The whole thing could not have lasted more than 20 to 30 seconds. so that was different. But I kept my phone and credit cards and ID to get on the plane so all is good and I’m drinking a glass of wine at the airport. My $50 watch looked like an Omega - so they only focused on it and not my wallet. Feel free to share your I got mugged story.
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