This is hardly new as we discuss it in passing via other subjects but - thought I'd bring it in as a specific. I think too I know most folk's take on this - it's nothing new.
I took truck into town earlier - had too much to pick up to be able to use bike. ((Oh and quite irrelevant but had to fill up - $60 - 23.4 gall's - yikes - this gettin just crazy. Up in a 15c jump. Ouch and ouch.)). Anyways - parked not far from a beat-up old Town Car - with two seeming punks on board. I got out and locked up, to walk over to store but observed that they were scanning as if planning, something - spidey sense anyways for me. So - I am suspicious!
I doubt very much they were packing but who knows, and there weren't a huge lot of folks around just then. So I continued in my normal yellow but with a hint of orange - and considered the total assessment aspect.
OK don't laugh, but I realized that I had already singled out two cars and a large square concrete base pad for a big sign. So I knew what cover I had should I need it. Shucks, it sounds so paranoid when I write it up!!
Of course - nothing happened and after a few more paces walk, saw their car moving off. It did tho make me realize that it ain't too bad a thing to have some sorta ultra short term plan for cover - just in case. Bit like when driving and approaching a blind curve - ''where could I go if someone comes round on my side''.
It means, including in one's awareness drill - not only scanning and assessing for threats etc but - adding that little bit more as a ''what if'' re cover. It requires constant refresh because each plan is obviously short term - it needs updating all the while. On the rare occasion I am in the big city I do this too - as well as trying to constantly register where folks are from a safety POV.
It almost amuses me now that since carrying, I have extended my awareness by huge leaps, compared with younger years - reckoning it must seem odd and so paranoid to those who live in a cocoon. If you saw me walk out front to mail box you might well laugh too - the scan process is subtle but thoro... and yet almost all times - the roadway is deserted and the front yards I can see are likewise - deserted!
Oh well - it gives me a feeling of being more in control. At my age being laughed at bothers me none. :smile: So - I'm an eccentric - always was!!
I took truck into town earlier - had too much to pick up to be able to use bike. ((Oh and quite irrelevant but had to fill up - $60 - 23.4 gall's - yikes - this gettin just crazy. Up in a 15c jump. Ouch and ouch.)). Anyways - parked not far from a beat-up old Town Car - with two seeming punks on board. I got out and locked up, to walk over to store but observed that they were scanning as if planning, something - spidey sense anyways for me. So - I am suspicious!
I doubt very much they were packing but who knows, and there weren't a huge lot of folks around just then. So I continued in my normal yellow but with a hint of orange - and considered the total assessment aspect.
OK don't laugh, but I realized that I had already singled out two cars and a large square concrete base pad for a big sign. So I knew what cover I had should I need it. Shucks, it sounds so paranoid when I write it up!!
Of course - nothing happened and after a few more paces walk, saw their car moving off. It did tho make me realize that it ain't too bad a thing to have some sorta ultra short term plan for cover - just in case. Bit like when driving and approaching a blind curve - ''where could I go if someone comes round on my side''.
It means, including in one's awareness drill - not only scanning and assessing for threats etc but - adding that little bit more as a ''what if'' re cover. It requires constant refresh because each plan is obviously short term - it needs updating all the while. On the rare occasion I am in the big city I do this too - as well as trying to constantly register where folks are from a safety POV.
It almost amuses me now that since carrying, I have extended my awareness by huge leaps, compared with younger years - reckoning it must seem odd and so paranoid to those who live in a cocoon. If you saw me walk out front to mail box you might well laugh too - the scan process is subtle but thoro... and yet almost all times - the roadway is deserted and the front yards I can see are likewise - deserted!
Oh well - it gives me a feeling of being more in control. At my age being laughed at bothers me none. :smile: So - I'm an eccentric - always was!!