Intensive care doctor, 33, is hit and killed with his own Mercedes by carjackers who jumped in when he left the engine running while delivering a package to his girlfriend

Daily Mail UK ^ | March 10, 2022 | Alyssa Guzman

[Jamestown1630]

Was this ‘battery pack’ installed by the same company that provides your landline service?

[the OlLine Rebel]

It’s Verizon, so it would be. Except that we have to plug it in…..to the outlet that is closest to the house input. It’s nothing but a simple battery pack with plugs.

[Jamestown1630]

Well, I’m not sure I understand, but if you actually still have an old-fashioned landline I’m thinking that Verizon will be phasing those out.

https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2019/04/08/verizon-to-retire-copper/

[the OlLine Rebel]

Yes. We had to go to fiber-optic. It’s still a landline but it does not have independent power so is susceptible to utilities outages.

[Albion Wilde]

Even the 'urban outdoorsmen' dressed decently and were helpful on the weekends. I had one dude (Jacques, I think?) who I'd pay $20 to find me a parking space for the weekend, and then I'd drive around the block.

Son of a gun. We had one named Jacques in our neighborhood in South Philly in the early 90s--he would pick up your newspaper off the front step, tell you someone tried to steal it but he stopped them, and hope for a tip, and similar scamettes. Once, however, he saw that I left my keys in the front door lock and did return them, to my great gratitude and large tip. xHe as a relatively honorable grifter. He would wash cars and do odd jobs, but he was very rough looking. 38 going on 50. Maybe he moved to DC for better pickings.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I thought it was a pretty safe place. But in 1991 I was working a security gig at Saint E’s in Anacostia, so what do I know?