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OldCurlyWolf wrote:

ELB wrote:I just hope somebody gets the old guy a cell phone (after he replenishes his ammo). One of those pay-ahead ones, that he can keep just for emergencies.

Any cell phone that will turn on will dial 911. ...

I forgot about that. I'd send him my old phone, except I still use my old phone. I got so tired of the expensive upgrade-or-sign-a-two-year-contract rigamorole, especially since i am kind of rough on phones, that I bought two Nokias on ebay for $11 a couple year ago and the wife and I still use them. Mine has all the numbers worn off, most of the case coloring is worn off also, and a piece of the case missing, but it still makes phone calls and texts when I absolutely must text, so it's still good.

So hope someone else gives him a phone.

I just hope somebody gets the old guy a cell phone (after he replenishes his ammo). One of those pay-ahead ones, that he can keep just for emergencies.

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You need to go to the link just for the mug shots. Loughner has a cousin in Florida.

Synopsis: Three guys break into 72 y.o. man's house at 0300. Homeowner confronts them in hallway with a gun (which he apparently obtained after a previous burglary), shoots and wounds one of them, who then flees with one of the others; the third stayed put and grabbed a knife at some point. (The wounded one was found walking along a road and told police he had been a victim of a random shooting).

The homeowner then holds the third burglar hostage for the next eight or so hours -- because he does not have a phone.

About halfway thru, the burglar hits the homeowner's gun hand with a cane; the homeowner said this caused him to accidently fire the gun, which wounds the burglar in the wrist.

Another four hours pass (to approximately noon), and finally the homeowner forces the burglar outside and has a neighbor call police.

The two wounded ones will be charged; the unwounded one is still loose. The police found a trail of stolen items from the house to the point where the first wounded burglar was found by a taxi driver.