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hamsterjill

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12. Doubt you carry a purse?

Reply to steve2470 (Reply #5)

Thu May 25, 2017, 02:30 PM

May 2017

Presumptive of me, I suppose, but perhaps you don't have a large bag sitting on your front seat, which is where I normally keep my purse.

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Wisconsin woman leaps on her car to stop carjacker at gas station [View all] steve2470 May 2017 OP

wow that lady has GUTS! you go Melissa Smith! nt steve2470 May 2017 #1

She's lucky she wasn't killed Orrex May 2017 #2

she was very lucky steve2470 May 2017 #6

My thoughts too. VERY LUCKY the carjacker didn't take off or turn suddenly as she would have been anneboleyn May 2017 #18

I always take my purse with me and lock the car doors when I pump gas, because of "sliders": tblue37 May 2017 #20

I'm not paranoid but I saw this on FB and Phoenix61 May 2017 #3

Good going! hamsterjill May 2017 #4

I always take my keys out but I don't lock my doors because I have nothing worth stealing steve2470 May 2017 #5

Doubt you carry a purse? hamsterjill May 2017 #12

no purse, no or large bag nt steve2470 May 2017 #13

I always carry a purse with a long strap. Moosepoop May 2017 #14

I do the same thing peggysue2 May 2017 #16

This is why I wear a cross-body purse--it is ON ME while I load my groceries into my trunk. nt tblue37 May 2017 #21

Good idea! hamsterjill May 2017 #23

I put my purse in the grocery cart but I actually strap it in.... usedtobedemgurl May 2017 #34

Yes, exactly. I have been locking our cars for years for these reasons. Purses get stolen. anneboleyn May 2017 #19

My gas tank is on the driver's side now but it doesn't make that much difference Warpy May 2017 #27

There is, as far as I know, only ONE reason to leave your car door unlocked, ever DFW May 2017 #7

smart lady indeed steve2470 May 2017 #8

We caught a car prowler at our old office like that Sen. Walter Sobchak May 2017 #28

I love that one Warpy May 2017 #29

This was 40 years ago DFW May 2017 #32

I travel with a large dog footinmouth May 2017 #9

her FB post steve2470 May 2017 #10

You Go Girl! talldarkhandsome May 2017 #11

I never leave my keys in my car when I am outside it. Blue_true May 2017 #15

Another reason I'm glad to live in Oregon. MissB May 2017 #17

Yes, it's very stupid, and it makes me cringe that so many on FB were cheering this as she was in anneboleyn May 2017 #22

Cars make people do stupid things Sen. Walter Sobchak May 2017 #26

Take your damned keys with you, and lock your damned car DavidDvorkin May 2017 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author Sen. Walter Sobchak May 2017 #25

I have a locking gas cap, so even though I can pop the gas tank door open from inside, Grammy23 May 2017 #30

Not very smart on two counts... JoeStuckInOH May 2017 #31

All these stories make me miss full service gas stations. iscooterliberally May 2017 #33