Solomon Grundy; TRIAD; Scams; Viral Disease

Low 70's and sun... nice.


"Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday:
This is the end
Of Solomon Grundy."


Nursery Rhymes, ed. J.O. Halliwell (1842)






01.  TRIAD Meeting


Today was our monthly TRIAD meeting, where we talk about scams and criminal activity.  Some of what we talked about was:


a.  Whether local police got donated equipment from the Federal Government.. like tanks and such.  We don't think so, but some localities did.


b.  A policeman did a vehicle check in a parking lot without a complaint.. was it legal?


c.  Phoney IRS calls asking for money owed.


d.  Scammers looking into written obituaries to get the names of grandchildren to call to the widow.


e.  Credit card theft  from secured and unsecured lockers at gyms in the area.


f.  Calls from "court" saying that you missed jury duty and must send money for a fine.


g.  Shoplifters who come back later to get a cash refund on clothes they stole before.


h.  Call from the "Court bailiff" .. relative needs bail money.


i.  Your caller ID shows your own name and number.  (You've been hacked.)


j.  Hacking in general.. and the Hackers' Journal.


k.  Is synthetic marijuana treated as regular marijuana legally?


l.  Squirming guy who had 100 bags of coke in his rectum.


m. Missing guy was selling Scooby Snax at the local Oceanic Gas Station.


n.  A daughter who was stealing from her mother.


o.  A student who was making bio-toxin ricin in his college dorm.


p.  Ray Rice.


q.  Call.. you've won $X.. how will you spend it?  "Vacation."  Hangs up.


r.  The Elephant in the Matchbox rule.


s.  Call.. free equipment, Medicare will pay  (after they get your number to sell).


(If any of these topics is of interest to you, come to our TRIAD meeting at the Westminster, Maryland Senior Center on the third Thursday of every month at 10 am.)


02.  Watch out for this virus


A respiratory viral disease is sweeping the country.. it's not yet in Maryland, but is in Pennsylvania and New York.  It affects mainly children and the elderly.  We are being advised to wash our hands often and with lots of soap.
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(Well, we just spent hours in a Doctor's office and I am pooped.. so I'll resume tomorrow.)
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