Do you have a neighborhood watcher? No, I did not say, “neighborhood watch”, I said, “Neighborhood Watcher”, a person who sees much of what happens in the neighborhood.
Our neighborhood has one of these, “Watchers”. He is a retired person, of high moral values, and who lives on a fixed income.
Ok, you guessed, it is me. The “neighborhood watcher” is not to be confused with the “neighborhood stalker”, even though they may have some of the same talents.
A watcher observes, on a regular basis and then puts together info, from one day to another. Info gathered and analyzed will reveal patterns and answer questions.
Example:
The older lady that walks down the street early morning, she is fatter than me and I have observed that she leans to the left when she walks.
No, it is not a political statement, it is a physical statement. After careful observation and analyzing the data, I have learned that she leans to the left because; she walks facing the traffic (if there were traffic early morning) and everyone knows that streets have a slight convex shape which helps move water to the sides of the street.
What is the definition of Convex, it is the opposite of concave.
Ok, let me try another way to explain this, the street is higher in the center and lower at the sides which means it is slightly rounded (convex) which will cause a person to lean a little when they walk on the side of the street.
Let me give you another example of the Watcher’s ability to observe, analyze, and summarize (make assumptions based on observations).
The newest neighbors leave for work at the same time in two different vehicles, both vehicles are the same color.
The man and woman smoke but not in the house.
They have two folding chairs that they sit in when placed under the shade tree in the front yard.
They arrive home in the afternoon at about the same time.
The first person home opens the garage door but do not enter, they then go to the front door and let the dog out.
They return to the garage and enter the house.
Within 5 minutes they come back outside.
The woman must like red shorts. She wears the red shorts every afternoon.
They sit in their folding chairs and smoke.
Using that info and the fact that they have a sign in the front yard stating they have an alarm system, I have deduced that they open the front door to disarm the alarm, and the dog coming outside is coincidental.
May all your “watchers”, be nice.
Don Ford
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