[meteorite-list] mean streets of PF

From: joann breitbarth <joseph_town_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:29:50 2004
Message-ID: <000c01c37264$c4fe44c0$d078540c_at_computer>

----- Original Message -----
From: "joann breitbarth" <joseph_town_at_worldnet.att.net>
To: "almitt" <almitt_at_kconline.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] mean streets of PF


> In 17 years as the proprietor of my own business, located in Chicago
> Heights, and as a Park Forest mailman, I never had a single incident.
Since
> I bought and sold antiques, household merchandise and entire estates on a
> daily basis, it was well known that I carried goodly sums of money. We all
> know that anything can happen anywhere and caution should always be the
> rule. Over the years and to this day I've had dozens of friends and
> assosciates in and around Park Forest. I have nothing but positive
> experiences to draw upon. Since March i've spent at least 2 days a week
> hunting meteorites in the area without a negative word from anyone. There
> are a lot of aggressive dogs you might want to watch out for though. I had
> one stick it's head through a fence, snapping and snarling....
>
> Bill
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "almitt" <almitt_at_kconline.com>
> To: <joseph_town_at_att.net>
> Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 9:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] mean streets of PF
>
>
> > Hi Bill and all,
> >
> > I have lived in the general area of Chicago all my life before 1963.
> Though I think
> > there are a lot of nice people who live in this area there area also a
> number of hard
> > core people and it isn't uncommon to hear of someone breaking down in an
> auto on
> > Chicago's south east side and running into trouble, shootings, car
> jackings, and a
> > variety of other problems (probably related to drugs). I seriously doubt
> you would go
> > into the Chicago Heights with money or anything of value out in the open
> during the
> > night time hours. You are kidding yourself if you don't think something
> couldn't
> > happen.
> >
> > I live and work with people who grew up in that area and they have
> cautioned me,
> > people that lived in that area had cautioned me while I was hunting in
the
> area so
> > there has to be something to the stories that I have heard. When I was
in
> Chicago
> > itself one time looking for a camera store, the people in the store gave
> me detailed
> > directions on how to get to their store, and gave me areas to stay away
> from. They
> > advised me to lock my doors until at the store. Like any city it has its
> bad spots and
> > with all the people carrying wads of cash around at Park Forest, I am
> surprised that
> > someone didn't get mugged. All my best to you and the list!
> >
> > --AL Mitterling
> >
> >
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Received on Wed 03 Sep 2003 05:45:59 PM PDT