tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post8695529120765895216..comments2024-03-29T11:16:37.695-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: There was a Crooked VillageLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-62803710714338830112014-06-24T12:34:13.091-04:002014-06-24T12:34:13.091-04:00Be careful driving through Emporia, Virginia!Be careful driving through Emporia, Virginia!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239163766419735693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-9955921030628744122014-06-23T00:35:39.775-04:002014-06-23T00:35:39.775-04:00Deliverance theme… (laughing)
I think the short s...Deliverance theme… (laughing)<br /><br />I think the short story mentioned in my article above may have been set in Georgia, but I was just a kid when I read it. Mainly I remember the import rather than the venue.<br /><br />Glad you made it safely out of Alligator Alley as well as Waldo and Lawtey.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-86016460491126938082014-06-22T23:13:42.884-04:002014-06-22T23:13:42.884-04:00Lol. I was sternly warned thirty years ago about W...Lol. I was sternly warned thirty years ago about Waldo and Lawtey. Thank goodness I paid attention. I made it through without incident. However, On my way to Valdosta Ga about a month ago, I passed six cars withina half mike pulled over by six state troopers on I75n. <br />Just over the fl line. Maybe ga has joined the easy money machine.<br />Still none of the above compares to when I was nineteen. I was worried about gas on Alligator Alley. We pulled into a drive way in the middle of oblivion and found ourselves on a compound full of men in striped uniforms. <br />I kicked the car into reverse and we two girls became very religious the next ten miles or more until a gas station appeared. It was 1972. I drove one of the first two cylinder Honda's psold in the USA. <br />To this day I thank it for its 41mpg gas mileage and saving my schoolmate and I from a life of slavery in Fl or worse. Alligator alley has since been populated but I would still hate to be lost or arrested in Lawtey or Waldo. I hear the Deliverance theme every time I think of those towns. Thanks, Leigh, for tonight's nightmare. C.S.Poulsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16543815556918004433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-65161945988422962902014-06-22T20:18:42.529-04:002014-06-22T20:18:42.529-04:00Jan, citizens find it frightening when authorities...Jan, citizens find it frightening when authorities are willing to exceed the law to fill their coffers. People wonder if they're willing to compromise the law for one purpose, what will they do in other circumstances? Are how far are the willing to go, perhaps bend the law until they break it?Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-3724893179764763612014-06-22T20:05:22.146-04:002014-06-22T20:05:22.146-04:00Sometimes FL is as crazy as TX about crazy laws th...Sometimes FL is as crazy as TX about crazy laws then sometimes TX seems normal to the rest of the country. My late husband and I spent 3 summers in NM, 2000, 2001, 2003. Never saw any problems with speed traps or seat belt laws. But have been there in four years so can speak to current police gouging. Since I don't get out on the highway much, this just adds another reason to even head out onto one.Jan Grapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13323910083703514953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-76387318457925190852014-06-22T18:26:04.534-04:002014-06-22T18:26:04.534-04:00ABA, it took a lawmaker getting nailed for somethi...ABA, it took a lawmaker getting nailed for something to happen (although the Rep. Van Zant claimed there was no connection between his speeding citation and his efforts to dissolve Hampton). Even now, it appears legislators aren't willing to pull the plug on naughty Lawtey and Waldo. Judging from Carolyn's comment, those towns have been abusing the public trust for many, many decades.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-41861112258855598252014-06-22T18:00:34.222-04:002014-06-22T18:00:34.222-04:00Thought our elected officials knew every trick in ...Thought our elected officials knew every trick in the book, but they could learn from lawless Lawtey. Scary that it could go on for so long, undetected.A Broad Abroadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-5493031895873330682014-06-22T15:23:14.005-04:002014-06-22T15:23:14.005-04:00Aww, Eve. That poor little girl!
Mine happened in...Aww, Eve. That poor little girl!<br /><br />Mine happened in North Carolina in the early hours of the morning. It was spooky. I may write about it one day.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-3017456135983709992014-06-22T14:26:18.118-04:002014-06-22T14:26:18.118-04:00I've got a Carolyn story, too - only ours was ...I've got a Carolyn story, too - only ours was in Texas, and, to be fair, my father was going 110 in a pink - white tank of a Buick. We got stopped and taken to the local small town, where they were taken inside and little 6 year old me was left to sit in the car (in the shade) for what seemed like hours. We'd parked next to a school, and I remember assuming after a while that they weren't coming back out, and I'd go to school there, and I'd sleep in the car, but where would I go to the bathroom? <br /><br />There are still speed traps all around the country, and if you're ever coming through SD, please remember to go the exact speed limit in the little towns. On the highway, good luck keeping up with the locals. Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-90466012164521665172014-06-22T13:47:55.782-04:002014-06-22T13:47:55.782-04:00Thanks, Rob. I'll check it out!Thanks, Rob. I'll check it out!Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-81292649655708439312014-06-22T13:20:03.298-04:002014-06-22T13:20:03.298-04:00Leigh, good scary piece. You might want to read T...Leigh, good scary piece. You might want to read Thomas Perry's novel DEATH BENEFITS which takes this sort of thing way up the ladder.<br />Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-78833975729610497172014-06-22T13:04:36.334-04:002014-06-22T13:04:36.334-04:00Carolyn, I'm so sorry! That must have been tra...Carolyn, I'm so sorry! That must have been traumatic for your family, especially because you were trying to enjoy your time together. That also suggests the road has quite a history of sucking from the pockets of strangers.<br /><br />Anon and Vicki, I hadn't heard that about New Mexico. It's a shame that towns and counties see visitors and people minding their own business as sources of money. I wonder what 'properly' means? And how often do authorities stretch the truth?<br /><br />When I was 16, I installed seatbelts in my mother's Rambler and the following year, when I got a car, I installed seatbelts in it– and used them. The joke around town was that I made my dates wear a seatbelt– see, one was installed on the driver's side and the other in the middle. I don't think I've ever driven without a seatbelt.<br /><br />A program like 60 Minutes did a television news exposé about northern Texas, targeting out-of-state people driving through, even those at the speed limit. These things can be frightening, but that's probably the point– scared people are quiet, unquestioning people.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-4132048054596056962014-06-22T12:06:04.288-04:002014-06-22T12:06:04.288-04:00Good article, Leigh. I’m a native New Mexican and...Good article, Leigh. I’m a native New Mexican and love the state. I saw on TV that the FBI is investigating the police force of the state’s largest city-an action I thought long overdue. Someone I know once came through the N.E. corner of the state from Colorado. This person noticed something odd. All the out of state cars were pulled over for speeding while all the instate cars were allowed to pass on through. I’ve never run across any problems and have driven through the state (with Colorado plates) south from the Colorado border and into West Texas, which is a distance of some 500 odd miles. This was two different times, coming from Cortez, Colorado to Farmington through Gallup to Albuquerque and on down, the other time coming from Aztec to Albuquerque and on down.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18211113589300842194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-86769671889188077042014-06-22T11:06:09.321-04:002014-06-22T11:06:09.321-04:00In New Mexico -- and this is contemporary -- many ...In New Mexico -- and this is contemporary -- many towns have "seat belt traps" that nab only people with out-of-state license tags. This includes people who are simply not wearing their seat belt "properly" (although it is on and fastened). And the fines are hefty. The officers there also stop people for driving "too slow" as well as for speeding, and I am sure you've seen some of the gunplay that's been involved in recent traffic stops and even moving homeless people off public lands. I had never heard of the situation there until we lived there for 2 years. I've lived in a number of states, including the deep South, and I never lived anywhere I was so afraid of "law enforcement officers" in my life as there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-87408254651449751252014-06-22T09:40:49.904-04:002014-06-22T09:40:49.904-04:00Ahhhh, you brought back memories. Way back in the ...Ahhhh, you brought back memories. Way back in the mid '50s, my parents took the family on a vacation to Florida. Actually, the Martin company in Maryland was dividing and relocating half its employees to central Florida. This vacation was more like a search for a house expedition with kids in tow. My Dad was stopped in Waldo for going 7 miles over the speed limit and ended up in jail. The rest of us, Mom, my sister Beth and me spent the night sleeping in the car until one of my Mom's brothers came through with the money to get him out. My sister was able to relate this story to me since she was the oldest. I was around 2 at that time. The car did not have A/C back then. Didn't need it in Maryland in the summertime, at least back then.CarolynJenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249132123564685697noreply@blogger.com