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Rolly

Nov 30, 1919, 12:00 AM

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An interesting little encounter with the police

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I always have assumed that I stick out like a sore thumb around my little city (Lerdo, Durango). I look a lot like Santa Claus. Today I got a taste of just how much I must be noticed.A plain-clothes federal police detective showed up at my house-building job site looking for me. It seems that a Mexican guy and a fat gringo with an ear ring and a white pickup (sounds just like me) had sold a bar in Torreón that they didn’t happen to own. The detective had a name and a description but no address for the hot-shot salesman. It didn’t take more than a look at my ID to satisfy him that I was not the crook he was looking for.But I must say, I was surprised that he knew where to find me based on nothing more than a description of a guy in Torreón, a city of more than half a million across the river in another state. It also kind of dispels any ideas about the police here being incompetent. Another interesting adventure south of the border.

keith

Nov 30, 1919, 12:00 AM

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how much did you guys get for the bar, Rolly? nmsg

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: I always have assumed that I stick out like a sore thumb around my little city (Lerdo, Durango). I look a lot like Santa Claus. Today I got a taste of just how much I must be noticed.: A plain-clothes federal police detective showed up at my house-building job site looking for me. It seems that a Mexican guy and a fat gringo with an ear ring and a white pickup (sounds just like me) had sold a bar in Torreón that they didn’t happen to own. The detective had a name and a description but no address for the hot-shot salesman. It didn’t take more than a look at my ID to satisfy him that I was not the crook he was looking for.: But I must say, I was surprised that he knew where to find me based on nothing more than a description of a guy in Torreón, a city of more than half a million across the river in another state. It also kind of dispels any ideas about the police here being incompetent. : Another interesting adventure south of the border.

jack

Nov 30, 1919, 12:00 AM

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it's probably the extended family thing

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like you , I'm often amazed to see how many people know so much of what's going on. i think it's the extended family thing. you probably have one of the cop's third cousins three times removed working for you on your building site and don't know it!