Beating the Rap
Desperate circumstances merit desperate measures28 total reviews
Comment from Seshadri_Sreenivasan
Ahh! What an anti-climax!. You are brave. You are spunky. But looking at the list of punishments I don't blame you for backing off. NIce to see that you still remmebt the old times and relish in recollecting naughty days. Love it!Cheers!
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2021
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Ahh! What an anti-climax!. You are brave. You are spunky. But looking at the list of punishments I don't blame you for backing off. NIce to see that you still remmebt the old times and relish in recollecting naughty days. Love it!Cheers!
Comment Written 24-Jul-2021
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2021
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One of the most exhilarating experiences of my life!
Comment from karenina
Hey! That's not the way it ends in the movies! The driver is suppose to acquiesce and succumb to your daring hijack! You must have been a spry and stubborn lass with the confidence of the National Guard! I say you were performing a public service... Should have been awarded a medal or something...
(I may be a tad biased)
Jess is laughing as she types this so I think your write is a success!
I know it is! (Hey at least you didn't do this in Hawaii--that Aloha State isn't kidding!
Karenina (via Jess)
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2021
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Hey! That's not the way it ends in the movies! The driver is suppose to acquiesce and succumb to your daring hijack! You must have been a spry and stubborn lass with the confidence of the National Guard! I say you were performing a public service... Should have been awarded a medal or something...
(I may be a tad biased)
Jess is laughing as she types this so I think your write is a success!
I know it is! (Hey at least you didn't do this in Hawaii--that Aloha State isn't kidding!
Karenina (via Jess)
Comment Written 24-Jul-2021
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2021
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One of the most exhilarating experiences of my life!
Comment from Jay Squires
Damn, you're good, Liz. That had all the elements of good fiction in it: the establishment of a threat or danger. The admission that you had put yourself voluntarily in that position of danger ... and all before the opening of the story. You build a rising conflict with the freezing weather and freezing crowd, create the crisis scene with the open threat to the driver and suspend the climax while the driver goes inside to speak to his supervisor and then resolve it with the driver announcing the protagonist wins!
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2021
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Damn, you're good, Liz. That had all the elements of good fiction in it: the establishment of a threat or danger. The admission that you had put yourself voluntarily in that position of danger ... and all before the opening of the story. You build a rising conflict with the freezing weather and freezing crowd, create the crisis scene with the open threat to the driver and suspend the climax while the driver goes inside to speak to his supervisor and then resolve it with the driver announcing the protagonist wins!
Comment Written 23-Jul-2021
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2021
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One of the most exhilarating experiences of my life!
Comment from lyenochka
How cool! No, not cold cool but quick-thinking, brilliantly assertive, problem-solving, health-preserving kind of cool! Good for you and I don't think they could ever call that hijacking!
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2021
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How cool! No, not cold cool but quick-thinking, brilliantly assertive, problem-solving, health-preserving kind of cool! Good for you and I don't think they could ever call that hijacking!
Comment Written 23-Jul-2021
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2021
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One of the most exhilarating experiences of my life!
Comment from Wendy G
Oh this is excellent! How brave you were, and what a great outcome, especially in view of what might have been! You built up to your story very well by listing the different punishments first. Well done. I bet the bus driver was glad to finish his shift that night - and what a story for his family!
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2021
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Oh this is excellent! How brave you were, and what a great outcome, especially in view of what might have been! You built up to your story very well by listing the different punishments first. Well done. I bet the bus driver was glad to finish his shift that night - and what a story for his family!
Comment Written 23-Jul-2021
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2021
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One of the most exhilarating experiences of my life!
Comment from T B Botts
Well done Elizabeth! Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I can't imagine the reaction you would get now over such an incident. We need to take a serious look at the justice system. Minor offenses seem to be elevated in the eyes of the law into major crimes, while rioting and burning down cities is acceptable if you're doing it in the name of social justice. I applaud your courage. It appears that you haven't changed so much over the years. You go girl. Have a great night.
Tom
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2021
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Well done Elizabeth! Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I can't imagine the reaction you would get now over such an incident. We need to take a serious look at the justice system. Minor offenses seem to be elevated in the eyes of the law into major crimes, while rioting and burning down cities is acceptable if you're doing it in the name of social justice. I applaud your courage. It appears that you haven't changed so much over the years. You go girl. Have a great night.
Tom
Comment Written 23-Jul-2021
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2021
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One of the most exhilarating experiences of my life!
Comment from Robert Zimmerman
Hello Liz.
That is a very unique way to get a bus driver to take you to your destination. I'm sure the anticipation of the police boarding the bus with shackles to take everybody away did have a chilling effect, but it seems you got to your destination quite handily.
Robert
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2021
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Hello Liz.
That is a very unique way to get a bus driver to take you to your destination. I'm sure the anticipation of the police boarding the bus with shackles to take everybody away did have a chilling effect, but it seems you got to your destination quite handily.
Robert
Comment Written 23-Jul-2021
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2021
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One of the most exhilarating experiences of my life!
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I can imagine.
Comment from LisaMay
I'd have done the same thing too! If I was warm enough to move. You were an activist even then - an inspirational story of taking the law into your own hands for the greater good. When this happens at other times the perpetrators are often misguided about 'the greater good'.
(Makes me wonder what happened in Hawaii that caused the penalty to be so strict.)
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2021
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I'd have done the same thing too! If I was warm enough to move. You were an activist even then - an inspirational story of taking the law into your own hands for the greater good. When this happens at other times the perpetrators are often misguided about 'the greater good'.
(Makes me wonder what happened in Hawaii that caused the penalty to be so strict.)
Comment Written 23-Jul-2021
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2021
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One of the most exhilarating experiences of my life!
Comment from BethShelby
I think that was a cool thing or cold thing to do, I think I would have gotten on that bus no matter where it was headed just to get warn, I'm sure there were some grateful passengers.
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2021
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I think that was a cool thing or cold thing to do, I think I would have gotten on that bus no matter where it was headed just to get warn, I'm sure there were some grateful passengers.
Comment Written 23-Jul-2021
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2021
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One of the most exhilarating experiences of my life!
Comment from royowen
I suppose some might say, "that's my girl," at least the bus driver was in fear for his life or, their might have been a people tidal wave, "to Reg barricades" they shouted, we need to break out the guillotine! Madame Defarge , where are you? Well done Liz, blessings Roy
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2021
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I suppose some might say, "that's my girl," at least the bus driver was in fear for his life or, their might have been a people tidal wave, "to Reg barricades" they shouted, we need to break out the guillotine! Madame Defarge , where are you? Well done Liz, blessings Roy
Comment Written 23-Jul-2021
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2021
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One of the most exhilarating experiences of my life!