Had to lock the clinic down. Crazy guy with a hatchet out there.

[Aristus]

At least it's not a gun...

Cops are on the way...

[Nittersing]

1. Yikes!!

[underpants]

2. Michael???

[gab13by13]

12. Myers?

[underpants]

15. 😳😱😨

[padah513]

3. Oh wow!!!

Stay safe

[True Dough]

4. Hope you wore your chain-mail gear to work today!

Stay safe!

[Ohio Joe]

5. WTF? Stay safe...

Too many loons.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

6. smh...

Stay safe!

[SheltieLover]

7. Stay safe!

[Aristus]

8. All clear. The cops took care of him.

Took 'em long enough...

[Archae]

17. Any idea why he was there with a hatchet?

Druggie flipping out?

[Aristus]

18. Assessment based on initial observation says: Yes.

He had the emptiest eyes I've ever seen...

[Archae]

21. I know what you mean when you refer to his eyes.

A guy beat the crap out of me while stoned on PCP, his eyes were really dilated, and glazed over.

[IbogaProject]

43. I just read an article about the new meth being extra toxic

I just read an article about the new meth being extra toxic. An unintended consequence of banning ephedra. Now there are mega labs in Mexico and they've innovated making it from unregulatable chemicals. The process yields a product w impurities tgat hasten psychosis. Its also way cheeper.

Yet another Drug War win for death, suffering and increased illicit profit and street level chaos.

[RFCalifornia]

50. Not sure I should say this but legalize everything

And use the WOD money to finance treatment for addicts

[calimary]

48. Oh good. That's a relief!

At least for now…

You take care!!! And stay SAFE!!!!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Glad it's over and that you're OK!

[samnsara]

10. he belongs in some clinic somewhere

[Aristus]

11. Definitely.

But, you know, without the hatchet...

[soldierant]

44. Picky, picky.

[redstatebluegirl]

13. Oh my goodness! Stay safe Aristus!

[Aristus]

14. It's over. Everyone is okay.

Thanks.

[MontanaMama]

16. JFC.

I've got nothing...a hatchet? What the?

Just glad no one is hurt.

[Rural_Progressive]

19. What the bloody hell?!

You're in Tacoma right? I thought we had a monopoly on the nut job wankers over here on the east side of the Cascades.

Apparently not.

[Aristus]

22. It's not the best neighborhood in Tacoma.

Not the worst, either. But it has its moments...

[Rural_Progressive]

28. Going out on a limb here and guessing you have a bit of British ancestry

in your family tree.

Based on your last couple of experiences you do seem to have a mastery of understatement pretty well nailed down

[Aristus]

30. Nailed it.

I'm about 1/4 French. The rest is Welsh, Scots, and English.

Explains pretty well my affinity for wine, whiskey, and beer, too...

[cilla4progress]

20. Oh no, Aristus!

Stay safe and keep us posted. How can we help?

OK - I see it's over. Whew! As you say - thankful it wasn't a gun.

[Aristus]

24. Things are getting out of hand here in the Two-Five-Three.

Last week, Mrs. Aristus' clinic was locked down due to a multiple shooting in the neighborhood. Four dead, and they still haven't found the guy.

Mrs. Aristus is all right, and was never in any real danger.

[cilla4progress]

45. I just spent a day over there and heard about this in your local news!

Yes - tragic!!

I got a really bad feeling over there, I hate to say. I've ADORED Seattle for the over 40 years I've lived here - moving here from declining urban areas in the Northeast US.

Seattle looks like shit. Ugly graffiti everywhere - I'm sorry; I'm old school that way. It evinces an anger and kids having been ignored. I don't blame them. Also, the filthy homeless camps. Again - not all their "fault" - the result of a society that doesn't give a rat's ass about their neediest, while shipping $$$ to billionaires.

The litter, decay, is horrific.

AND I couldn't even get a decent cup of coffee in SEATTLE till about afternoon on Sunday.

Very sad.

I feel like TFG and his cult broke America. I am not optimistic.

Sorry...don't mean to vent and hopefully I'm not saying anything hurtful. I guess I just need to understand that this is a normal part of aging - feeling / seeing things going downhill, "not the way we USED to do it."

School me..if I'm wrong.

Take care, Aristus and Mrs. Aristus. Stay safe.

[EarnestPutz]

23. Did the cops shoot him? Cause, you know sometimes they do.

[Aristus]

25. No. Thank goodness.

The guy is probably sitting in a cell in the Pierce County Jail right now. With any luck, he's getting some medication...

[whathehell]

26. What kind of clinic are you in?

[Aristus]

31. Primary care for our homeless population.

I don't know if the guy was homeless or not. But it's sad that people might be led to think: "Homeless people, amirite?"

I love my homeless patients, and prefer them far above mainstream patients.

[whathehell]

47. That's lovely..So good of you.

I find it appalling that a country as rich as ours even has a 'homeless problem"..As you might know, in this country, it didn't even exist as a phenomenon until
the Reagan Administration, early to mid 1980's.

[EarnestPutz]

51. Mr. Aristus, you're one of the good guys. Nice career choice.

[StrictlyRockers]

27. Whoa!

Beware of orcs and barbarians. They favor axes.

[niyad]

29. I just came in and saw this. Thank goodness you are all safe. Hope the crazy

gets the help he needs.

Having a drink for you. Any preference?

[Aristus]

33. Whatever you like, niyad.

That's thoughtful of you. I'm waiting until the weekend, as usual, before having a drink. But drinking vicariously never hurt anyone...

[niyad]

37. Huggggs. I have a nice little VSOP Napoleon. Happy to share, especially in such

fraught moments.

[Aristus]

38. A little brandy would go down nice right about now.

Do you have the snifters?

My opinion regarding brandy - Snifters, yes; heating it, no.

[niyad]

42. Of course the snifters. So declasse otherwise!

I admit that I love the ritual of warming the snifters. On the other hand, I once had a bartender ice my snifter! I, very politely, explained that he would NOT be serving my brandy in that snifter. Later, I had a little chat with the bar manager, suggesting that perhaps some further training was in order, and offering my services. Since he knew me, he assured me that my services would not be needed.

[CaptainTruth]

32. I'm sure he was a very fine person who just wanted to chop some firewood.

[Aristus]

34. More likely a guy suffering from schizophrenia, and possibly PTSD.

I hope someone is doing a mental health evaluation on him right now.

[Lulu Latech]

35. You are probably right but.....

Sometimes it feels like the Zombies are rising Crazy times

[jaxexpat]

36. Vikings? Turks? I hear they can be unruly with their hatchets. Says so in books.

Lots of movies, too. Anything can happen here in middle earth.

Pardon, couldn't help it, it's a weakness, I know. Hope all ends well.

[lame54]

39. Mairzy dotes and dozy dotes...

[Maine Abu El Banat]

40. Hatchet can kill

Stay safe my friend, hopefully no one will be hurt.

[ailsagirl]

41. Thank God everyone is OK!

[wendyb-NC]

46. Good grief

[Ocelot II]

49. Guy lost his shit with a bow and arrows last week, ran around the town

shooting off arrows, then stabbed five people to death with some other sharp object. At first they thought he might be a terrorist but more recently concluded that he's probably mad and they're holding him for a psychiatric evaluation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/19/norway-kongsberg-bow-arrow-attack-stabbing-police/

[malthaussen]

52. You lead an interesting life.

Too bad! Stay safe.

-- Mal

[Aristus]

53. We're all okay now.

Hoping for a quieter day today.

Interesting isn't always good.

[Vinca]

54. The cray cray are everywhere. Last week in a little town in southern Vermont the local

food co-op spotted a guy parading up the road with an offensive sign and a weapon. Cops talked to him, but open carry is allowed in Vermont and even whackos have their free speech. Very disconcerting though. It doesn't happen often in this neck of the woods.