Hmmm, old truck vs. fragile type of car. Reminds me of SCCA corvettes thinking about what happens with our A Sedan metal bumpers going into a corner just as hard as them.
Yeah, two girls, at least one drugged, heading off into the desert at night with two guys they don’t know…this might work out for one of them or there might be two shallow depressions in the sand with coyotes sniffing around them. Attempted daterape or selling into modern slavery ?
Remember, hell hath no fury like that of a woman pissed off at, well, just about anything. And with the safety and well being of her own twin on the line? Yeah, pissed off just barely starts to cover it. Mr. tan F150 might just be in for the ride of his life, if not his last one. For his own well being, Mr. Ferrari probably takin’ notes right about now.
August 7, 2025 at 4:18 am
Timothy Moyer
I’m with Basseteer. I’m getting possible tag-team vibes here. Lack of a cell call bothers me.
Reminds me of the “Good Stud/Bad Stud” approach where BS repeatedly hits on the girl, annoys her to distraction, then the GS steps in and “rescues” her, tells off the slimeball, possibly with a well-rehearsed “show of force, and in gratitude she goes off with him…Next bar, change roles…rinse…repeat!
Alright Chris, I have my student ID and paid my 35 cents (down from 50). So that should get 3 cartoons, a nature film short, and a double-feature. Let’s get them gals back safe & sound.
At the snack bar. But I remember well the horrendous price increase mentioned below on comic books. Didn’t get them very often but the price increase was noted. Early education. Thus, mowing lawns, 2 paper routes and pop bottle deposits from the deli up the road. Always had money.
August 7, 2025 at 11:17 am
Oldarmourer
The worst hit my allowance ever took and the hardest lesson I learned about inflation was when movies went to .35 from a quarter and comic books went from .10 to .12 in the same week 🙁
We got the movie, at least two cartoon shorts, an old B&W serial, sometimes two (I remember Batman, the Lone Ranger, Superman and Blackhawk but there were others like westerns I can’t tell apart anymore) all for .25 and our parents got a whole afternoon of peace and quiet, small price to pay 🙂 Sometimes it was two whole movies for the same price but usually one of them was something we’d seen before or a really low budget one. Newsreels weren’t a thing anymore, everyone had a radio or TV, we had the first colour set on the block and the house got crowded in the evenings, especially if there was a big hockey game on.
Hurry up and do what, Kiko? Ram the truck? Let him know he’s being followed? Do a pit maneuver? As long as it’s only one guy in that truck, she’s safe.
Follow the truck and see where it goes.
Call it in to the police if you want them involved.
Call for backup from your parents who have air watch.
Mari should have a gun on her and maybe shoot out the tires but that alerts the bad guy and how it’s a hostage situation.
Solution. Shut off the headlights and discretely follow until he stops.. Maybe the bad guy is going to the desert and he already has a hole so you don’t have to dig for his body. SSS
The only problem with ‘shooting out the tires’ is
A: it doesn’t work
B: you use up your limited ammo supply
C: it doesn’t work
D: it’s kind of hard to hit a moving tire from a moving vehicle
E: it doesn’t work
F: you open yourself up to ‘reckless endangerment’ charges
G: it doesn’t work
Other than that, no problem, just remember you’re liable for every shot.
It’s hard to turn off the headlights on cars nowadays, the easiest way is to pull the parking brake on one notch to hit the microswitch. Our patrol vehicles had to be modified to put a switch on the dashboard for dousing the lights, why they didn’t just take the switch off the pedal and short it out is another question. For civilians though, driving at night without headlights is an offence in almost all jurisdictions.
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What a great depiction of that old Ford in the darkness, shape, color, just enough detail to make it out, good job old man!
That’s too nice of a car for a guy working inn a car to be driving. What if the plan was to kidnap both girls and drag Zed into it some how?
guy working in a bar….damn dirty glasses
Is he … bragging? :-O
Hmmm, old truck vs. fragile type of car. Reminds me of SCCA corvettes thinking about what happens with our A Sedan metal bumpers going into a corner just as hard as them.
Both of them, out on a dark country road, each riding in a car with a total stranger.
Both of them are in for a “talkin’ to” from Zed and Sam like they probably haven’t heard since they were teenagers.
Yeah, two girls, at least one drugged, heading off into the desert at night with two guys they don’t know…this might work out for one of them or there might be two shallow depressions in the sand with coyotes sniffing around them. Attempted daterape or selling into modern slavery ?
At least one of them drugged…….
And the other? The other one is PISSED OFF!
Remember, hell hath no fury like that of a woman pissed off at, well, just about anything. And with the safety and well being of her own twin on the line? Yeah, pissed off just barely starts to cover it. Mr. tan F150 might just be in for the ride of his life, if not his last one. For his own well being, Mr. Ferrari probably takin’ notes right about now.
I’m with Basseteer. I’m getting possible tag-team vibes here. Lack of a cell call bothers me.
Reminds me of the “Good Stud/Bad Stud” approach where BS repeatedly hits on the girl, annoys her to distraction, then the GS steps in and “rescues” her, tells off the slimeball, possibly with a well-rehearsed “show of force, and in gratitude she goes off with him…Next bar, change roles…rinse…repeat!
Zar Belk!
Alright Chris, I have my student ID and paid my 35 cents (down from 50). So that should get 3 cartoons, a nature film short, and a double-feature. Let’s get them gals back safe & sound.
You forgot the next episode of the Republic Serial!
Zar Belk!
At the snack bar. But I remember well the horrendous price increase mentioned below on comic books. Didn’t get them very often but the price increase was noted. Early education. Thus, mowing lawns, 2 paper routes and pop bottle deposits from the deli up the road. Always had money.
The worst hit my allowance ever took and the hardest lesson I learned about inflation was when movies went to .35 from a quarter and comic books went from .10 to .12 in the same week 🙁
We got the movie, at least two cartoon shorts, an old B&W serial, sometimes two (I remember Batman, the Lone Ranger, Superman and Blackhawk but there were others like westerns I can’t tell apart anymore) all for .25 and our parents got a whole afternoon of peace and quiet, small price to pay 🙂 Sometimes it was two whole movies for the same price but usually one of them was something we’d seen before or a really low budget one. Newsreels weren’t a thing anymore, everyone had a radio or TV, we had the first colour set on the block and the house got crowded in the evenings, especially if there was a big hockey game on.
It’s Ian, guys, I’m telling you. He has a Beige Pickup truck.
Hurry up and do what, Kiko? Ram the truck? Let him know he’s being followed? Do a pit maneuver? As long as it’s only one guy in that truck, she’s safe.
Follow the truck and see where it goes.
Call it in to the police if you want them involved.
Call for backup from your parents who have air watch.
Mari should have a gun on her and maybe shoot out the tires but that alerts the bad guy and how it’s a hostage situation.
Solution. Shut off the headlights and discretely follow until he stops.. Maybe the bad guy is going to the desert and he already has a hole so you don’t have to dig for his body. SSS
“Mari should have a gun on her”
Not if she’s going drinking in a bar in Texas…
The only problem with ‘shooting out the tires’ is
A: it doesn’t work
B: you use up your limited ammo supply
C: it doesn’t work
D: it’s kind of hard to hit a moving tire from a moving vehicle
E: it doesn’t work
F: you open yourself up to ‘reckless endangerment’ charges
G: it doesn’t work
Other than that, no problem, just remember you’re liable for every shot.
It’s hard to turn off the headlights on cars nowadays, the easiest way is to pull the parking brake on one notch to hit the microswitch. Our patrol vehicles had to be modified to put a switch on the dashboard for dousing the lights, why they didn’t just take the switch off the pedal and short it out is another question. For civilians though, driving at night without headlights is an offence in almost all jurisdictions.