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The day before I was looking at a collegue's car, let's call him
"Charlie".  Charlie is divorcing his dear wife.  They each had a car they
brought into the marriage, and they bought a third car together, a
"Sequoua".  A couple of weeks ago, Charlie decided to drive off with the
Sequoia, since he had paid most of the payments and didn't get to use it.  
So he drove the Sequoia to work.  For some reason, his wife was pissed.

She had already gone to a state domestic abuse office and two court
hearings to retrieve the car.  The answers were "His name is on the title.
 If you don't stop yelling, I'll have you arrested."  "This is not an
emergency; it's a car", and "Counseler, I see 3 pleadings, all saying the
same thing, but with different captions."  She didn't get the car.

But about Friday.  On Fridays we have bagels, and I was in the kitchen
cutting mine, when I heard someone talking about a woman trying to run
someone over.  All I heard was "She tried to run him over." and
"4-Runner".  I thought, "Doesn't Charlie's wife drive a 4-Runner?"

It turned out that the woman was in fact Charlie's wife, who drove
the 1 1/2 hours in traffic from Maryland to get to the office in Virginia,
tried to talk to the people in charge of the firm (if they were there,
they would have kicked her out) and found Charlie on the street walking to
the office.  She drove the car onto the sidewalk trying to run him over.

At one point she had the car parked, and struck a parked car on the way
out, causing it to move.  She stepped out to look at the car she hit when
the owner came out, at which point she jumped back into the car and rushed
off, swerving across lanes.  (The car had a bumper gouge, but was a POS,
so there wasn't any real damage.)

Meanwhile Charlie was intimidated because he had no idea how this would
play out if he tried to do something.  He presumed it would be another
case of "he said; she said".  He was ready to skip work for the day.

It turned out there were two witnesses, plus the people in our office.  
When I called him and told them that the police want a report he was
surprised at the sudden change in events.  I told him, "You're in
Virginia.  They do things differently here."

When I came back with a camera (to photograph the skidmarks on the curb
and sidewalk, and photograph the car), Charlie was giving the police
report.  They issued a warrant for her arrest on felony assault and
misdemenior hit-and-run.  They also issued a protective order.  She will
probably arrange to voluntarily turn herself and arrange bail after she is
booked.

Other than that, it was a pretty boring day at work.

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Right now the blog is "under construction".

This is a reflection of what it's like living in an NT world and adapting to NT customs.
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