I saw exactly one ARG flag before today. This afternoon I was stopped at a light and three cars in the space of 20 seconds passed by with the flag. Then an hour later at the grocery store was this car. down below The people checking out beside me were speaking Spanish so I assume it was them.
Between these two occurrences I was at Dollarama and it was seriously warm so I had to take the coat off and display the Messi jersey. Got a couple comments about the game. But also, there was a very rough looking person looking at lights and asked me what I know about them. I told him those are not battery operated, you'd charge with USB. Not sure he knew what I was talking about.
Anyway, he said nice shirt. Did they win today? I said yup. Then he proceeded to tell me about the time he was locked up at Maplehurst (prison in Milton off the 401). Surprise, surprise. He said he used to play with a former professional footballer from Argentina while there. He said he kicked the ball so hard that when he tried to stop the ball he broke his thumb. I told him about the time at school we had a Paraguayan student who was playing goal and broke him thumb. Then he told me how about when he lived in Hamilton there was a bar with all the WC flags and he stole them all and put them up on all the walls in his apartment. Said he also stole their speakers.
Dude also had a vintage Jays Alomar jersey on so we talked about that for a minute.
A couple months ago I posted in the weather thread about two separate camps along the river, where there is no trail, with one rough looking guys in their 60s in each one. This is like 200m from there. He could have been one of them. And across the street are a handful of small houses that back onto the GO station lot. They are halfway houses or something similar. He could be an inhabitant.
And a few weeks ago I was walking to that Dollarama and a guy was chasing a gypsy looking shoplifter through the parking lot and then tripped him and kneed him in the ribs every time he got up to resist. He was shouting for help and I asked the cop/security and two citizens helping/keeping an eye on things and he said he's under arrest. Guy was also on his cell calling the cops at the same time. And he spotted a white pickup and said white Silverado, watch out. Two seconds later it pulled out of the spot and drove away. Anyway, two minutes later cops pulled up and cuffed the guy. I still have no idea if that was a cop on a stakeout (he noticed the getaway vehicle that was nowhere near where the commotion started) or if he was just security at Home Depot, which is where I heard all the noise in the first place. He was so calm answering me and another member of the public while tussling with the thief and talking on his cell with the other hand. No badge visible.
I initially went over to this commotion to see if the guy needed my help but also to tell the perp to stop resisting because he was terrible at it and looked very weak and was getting a blow to the side each time. But when he said watch out, white Silverado, and the truck actually pulled away, you never know, he could have floored it and taken people out. Luckily he didn't. Gotta be careful.
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