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Retiree Drives Off Without Wife
local6 ^ | March 29, 2006

Posted on 03/30/2006 9:48:35 AM PST by stainlessbanner

TUCUMCARI, N.M. -- A 77-year-old Minnesota woman says she's not mad at her husband for leaving her behind as they traveled through New Mexico.

Regina Vogt said it was "just a misunderstanding."

But she says she was really surprised to walk out of a Wal-Mart and discover the motor home she and her husband arrived in was gone.

Lloyd Vogt says he drove off, thinking she was sleeping in the back.

The retirees had stopped at the store last week on their way home to Rochester, Minnesota. They went in separately and never ran into each other.

Mrs. Vogt settled in at the store's snack bar and waited, while police put out an alert for her husband.

Hours later, state police spotted the motor home on a street in Tucumcari , where it had run out of fuel.

State police arranged a 3-car relay to reunite the couple.


TOPICS: Local News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: leaving; motorhome; stranded
Clean getaway. Almost.
1 posted on 03/30/2006 9:48:35 AM PST by stainlessbanner
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To: stainlessbanner

Nice try. Gotta fill up the gas tank first next time.


2 posted on 03/30/2006 9:52:39 AM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: stainlessbanner

--welllll-then there's the tale (urban legend, IIRC) about the guy sleeping in his camper who awakened, stepped out nude and half-asleep--only to watch his camper, driven by his wife, drive away from the stoplight--


3 posted on 03/30/2006 9:53:11 AM PST by rellimpank (Don't believe anything about firearms or explosives stated by the mass media---NRABenefactor)
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To: Incorrigible

Suprised he remembered to breath regularly.


4 posted on 03/30/2006 9:53:34 AM PST by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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To: stainlessbanner

If the old guy was a hot young chick, Greta would have given a whole hour to the story.


5 posted on 03/30/2006 9:54:17 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: rellimpank

I remember that one. The wife hangs out in the Wal-Mart snack counter....


6 posted on 03/30/2006 9:55:38 AM PST by stainlessbanner
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