I thought I was going to Die

[rantnraven]

As many of you know, I went out to the dessert this morning for a banishing ritual. As night approached, I started and depite the cold, I started skyclad around the fire.

Then I saw the headlights approach and donned a rob. About six motorcycles pulled up. The riders asked who I was and what I was doing there.

I told them that it was not their business. And that was when it got scary. One of them actually got off of the motorcycle as if to threaten me.

I'm a lover but I can fight - just not 6 at a time. Fortunately, I had my baby near - a Remington A80 shot gun. And, with that now in hand, the unwelcome visitors left swiftly. Just as they swiftly left, I packed up camp and left too. I'm still a little shacky though.

Gotta love those Redneck's, :uzi:

RnR (at home and safe).

[Earth Walker]

I'm happy to hear that you are okay.
Those confrontations are always unsettling.

Give me a big hug, let's have some lemonade and talk.

[Mairwen]

{{{{{RnR!}}}}} Glad you're okay!

[bluecat]

It's always good to have a "friend" along when you are out like that. :D

[Amethyst Rose]

(((hugs))) Glad you're home, safe and sound. :)

[cydira]

Hey... You still did do a banishing anyways! :D

[SahuaDjet]

Well, that would scare me too! I am so happy no harm was done! Yes, I've had my share of rednecks from living in Georgia*wink*.

Em Hotep,
Sahu Djet

[Mairwen]

Originally posted by cydira
Hey... You still did do a banishing anyways! :D

Hey, you're right! LOL! :D Though I don't think that's the one he had in mind! 8O

[cydira]

"Be careful what you ask for"

I think we've all experienced it, but not quite like that. :)

Hey, RnR, I'm amazed that the rednecks didn't want to stay and compare notes with you about the firearms. I guess they were scared by the fact that you had a bigger gun. <winks and grins>

In all seriousness, RnR, I am really glad that you're ok. Goddess knows, I probably wouldn't have managed to keep my cool like that.

[vocis noctis]

You could do it like in Terminator. Hasta la vista Baby!!

[rantnraven]

Next time, I'll have to make sure it is loaded. Had they called my bluff... I had left the shells in the car. All I could have done was point and "click". :eek:

I'll be sure it is loaded next time. Though I hope there is never a next time.

Thanks again,
RnR

[Wynter]

I'm glad you are okay!

[Tigerwallah]

Several years ago I was nearly mugged by four teenage boys. I was crossing a street at night when they came up behind me. One told me to give him all of my money. I had just gotten paid, and was planning on buying a plane ticket to LA in the morning. So, there was no way I was giving up my cash.

I told them what they could do, and acted totally like I knew something that they didn't. I could feel the very real presence of the guardians sent to me by Sekhemet - two lions who are always by my side. Well, I showed no fear, and the situation ended up with the boys telling me that they would break my legs next time they saw me. I was so confident in the presence of my guardians, that I asked them what was wrong with "now." Then I turned my back to them and walked away very slowly and deliberately. Needless to say, but I never saw them again. I have other stories like that one. No one has ever called my bluff. To this day I have never thrown a punch at another person, and have never felt unsafe without a firearm.

Rantraven, I'm glad you're ok. When faced with that kind of situation become the leopard in your mind. When faced with many hunters surrounding it, the leopard often takes down up to 12 armed hunters before succumbing to their spears.

[rantnraven]

Originally posted by Tigerwallah
Several years ago I was nearly mugged by four teenage boys. I was crossing a street at night when they came up behind me. One told me to give him all of my money. I had just gotten paid, and was planning on buying a plane ticket to LA in the morning. So, there was no way I was giving up my cash.

I told them what they could do, and acted totally like I knew something that they didn't. I could feel the very real presence of the guardians sent to me by Sekhemet - two lions who are always by my side. Well, I showed no fear, and the situation ended up with the boys telling me that they would break my legs next time they saw me. I was so confident in the presence of my guardians, that I asked them what was wrong with "now." Then I turned my back to them and walked away very slowly and deliberately. Needless to say, but I never saw them again. I have other stories like that one. No one has ever called my bluff. To this day I have never thrown a punch at another person, and have never felt unsafe without a firearm.

Rantraven, I'm glad you're ok. When faced with that kind of situation become the leopard in your mind. When faced with many hunters surrounding it, the leopard often takes down up to 12 armed hunters before succumbing to their spears.

My power animal is the Hummingbird and I take comfort in that. Small, yes, but the Hummingbird is a fearless protector. This only problem that I had was the 6 to 1 ratio. 2 to 1 I may have been able to handle and, like I said, the gun wasn't even loaded. In the entire time I have owned it, it has never been fired. Can you believe that?

Oh happy day. I am alive and uninjured. I can thank the Goddess for that.

Rednecks... Sheesh!

RnR

[Tigerwallah]

I often think that rednecks are another species altogether. Know what I mean? The other day a truck pulls up along side me, and it's a guy with a confederate flag on his window, a shot gun rack on the cab, and no teeth in his mouth smiling at me and asking me my name. To a New York girl like me, he looked like a cartoon or an alien. Sometimes I feel like I've stepped into the twilight zone.

[sherry]

BE CAREFUL !!

did you get your banishing done?

That was a close one , sure glad your OK

Skyclad with bikers what a headline that could have been!!

Glad your safe at home and didn't have to beat him up with the gun

[rantnraven]

Originally posted by Tigerwallah
I often think that rednecks are another species altogether. Know what I mean? The other day a truck pulls up along side me, and it's a guy with a confederate flag on his window, a shot gun rack on the cab, and no teeth in his mouth smiling at me and asking me my name. To a New York girl like me, he looked like a cartoon or an alien. Sometimes I feel like I've stepped into the twilight zone.


Sure that wasn't my ex-wife??? :D

[rantnraven]

Originally posted by sherry
BE CAREFUL !!

did you get your banishing done?

That was a close one , sure glad your OK

Skyclad with bikers what a headline that could have been!!

Glad your safe at home and didn't have to beat him up with the gun

The only thing that was bannished was me. I'm suprised I bothered with the tent and, like I said, the gun wasn't even loaded. But I'm sure that would have made an interesting headline, "Area man found nude and beaten with own 'unloaded' gun". Film at eleven.

Just glad I can laugh about it now.

RnR

[reanna]

What a scary thing!!!
Very glad to hear that you are okay.

(hugs)

[sherry]

Well I'm glad that your safe and at home so YOU CAN laugh about it too!

Have a glass of lemonade and Ill get you some more cookies that will fix everything!!

[rantnraven]

Originally posted by sherry
Well I'm glad that your safe and at home so YOU CAN laugh about it too!

Have a glass of lemonade and Ill get you some more cookies that will fix everything!!

You are too kind.

RnR

[Fawn]

Dang Honey I am relieved you are fine!!

BTW I love your quote!!!

[rantnraven]

Originally posted by Fawn
Dang Honey I am relieved you are fine!!

BTW I love your quote!!!

Thank you for your well wishes.

Which quote was that?

RnR

[Fawn]

"Never teach a pig to sing" That's priceless!

[rantnraven]

Originally posted by Fawn
"Never teach a pig to sing" That's priceless!

Very true though, just ask ask the pig. she'll tell ya.

RnR

[Amora]

I live in redneck country myself. I work in a mini city outside the capital of New York and most people around here aren't too shy to shout at a "cute little blond girl". I've had occasions where men walk by my car and drop their pants to show me their stuff. It gets pretty unnerving to say the least!! I've often thought about getting a gun but my weapon of choice is my brothers old carving knife. Get close to this little blond and you could end up like a turkey on Thanksgiving!!!!(thankfully no one has ever called my bluff either...whew!!!)

Glad to hear you are ok...What would we do without you??????

[rantnraven]

Originally posted by Amora
Glad to hear you are ok...What would we do without you??????

That is very sweet.

I would imagine you would all sit on the porch with your lemonade, lounging about in your comfy couch chair thingys and say, "Do you remember Rant?". And someone would reply, "WHO!" :D

RnR

[Silverwitch]

Glad to hear you're OK RnR. Sounds like a close shave to me, and you wouldn't be human if you hadn't had a bad case of the 'what ifs' syndrome after an ordeal like that.

Whilst we don't have 'rednecks' as such here, every country obviously has it's own version, and boy have I met some of them!! At present, I have a young single mum, who lives in the flat above me. She has two little boys of about 5 and 6months. She is also a born again Christian. I can take the bursting into hymns whenever she sees me, I can even take the dog's mess being smeared up my windows, or the dirty washing up water that somehow accidentally gets thrown out of her window whenever I go out, but the fact that she's teaching her two little boys that I am 'the whore of Babylon' or 'the Devil's Spawn' (which the older boy now thinks is great fun to shout out whenever he sees me), distresses me greatly. Fortunately our gun laws here generally mean that the public can't get hold of them. With the amount of screws that the lady upstairs has loose, I'd be really worried!! Phew, think I need to pull up a comfy chair on the verandah and have a lovely glass of lemonade. Come join me, and we'll drown our sorrows together! :bigredgri

[belladonna23]

RnR-
I'm glad you're all right. If anything had happened to you, I would have to come out there to So. Cali. and kick some biker ass. ;)

Silverwitch,
I'm sorry your upstairs neighbor is such an a$$%*!e. It's kinda scary how many screwy people are out running around. (And that they're reproducing...)

[rantnraven]

Originally posted by belladonna23
RnR-
I'm glad you're all right. If anything had happened to you, I would have to come out there to So. Cali. and kick some biker ass. ;)

Silverwitch,
I'm sorry your upstairs neighbor is such an a$$%*!e. It's kinda scary how many screwy people are out running around. (And that they're reproducing...)



Thanks for sticking up with me, Bell.
Sliver, I have fluffed up a big comfy chair.
Let's all sit and relax a while.
Sip our lemonade and laugh about the whole thing.

RnR

[Tigerwallah]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Silverwitch

At present, I have a young single mum, who lives in the flat above me. She has two little boys of about 5 and 6months. She is also a born again Christian. I can take the bursting into hymns whenever she sees me, I can even take the dog's mess being smeared up my windows, or the dirty washing up water that somehow accidentally gets thrown out of her window whenever I go out, but the fact that she's teaching her two little boys that I am 'the whore of Babylon' or 'the Devil's Spawn' (which the older boy now thinks is great fun to shout out whenever he sees me), distresses me greatly. Fortunately our gun laws here generally mean that the public can't get hold of them. With the amount of screws that the lady upstairs has loose, I'd be really worried!! Phew, think I need to pull up a comfy chair on the verandah and have a lovely glass of lemonade. Come join me, and we'll drown our sorrows together! :bigredgri [/B][/QUOTED BY SILVERWITCH

Jeesh, get a dummy video camera and install it where she can see it. Then tell her in no uncertain terms that you will contact the athorities if the indecent vandalism of your property continues. Don't let her know that her words bother you - they really shouldn't afterall. The only opinion that counts is your own. It's sad she was allowed to reproduce. Unfortunately, you probably can do little to save the children.
Be well. I find in such situations that killing em with kindness is the best weapon, but don't let them damage your home.

[Monkey]

Glad to hear you're okay. It is good you can find the humor in it now. Laughter is the best medicine. It is good to know you're back. Cmon up on the porch, I'll even bring the chocolate.

[rantnraven]

Originally posted by Monkey
Glad to hear you're okay. It is good you can find the humor in it now. Laughter is the best medicine. It is good to know you're back. Cmon up on the porch, I'll even bring the chocolate.

Monkey, You are such a tease. :D

RnR

[adrian]

Originally posted by Tigerwallah
Several years ago I was nearly mugged by four teenage boys. I was crossing a street at night when they came up behind me. One told me to give him all of my money. I had just gotten paid, and was planning on buying a plane ticket to LA in the morning. So, there was no way I was giving up my cash.

I told them what they could do, and acted totally like I knew something that they didn't. I could feel the very real presence of the guardians sent to me by Sekhemet - two lions who are always by my side. Well, I showed no fear, and the situation ended up with the boys telling me that they would break my legs next time they saw me. I was so confident in the presence of my guardians, that I asked them what was wrong with "now." Then I turned my back to them and walked away very slowly and deliberately. Needless to say, but I never saw them again. I have other stories like that one. No one has ever called my bluff. To this day I have never thrown a punch at another person, and have never felt unsafe without a firearm.

Rantraven, I'm glad you're ok. When faced with that kind of situation become the leopard in your mind. When faced with many hunters surrounding it, the leopard often takes down up to 12 armed hunters before succumbing to their spears. I am glad to hear that you were able to bluff your way out of this situation but i must say that it was a very dangerous thing to do...it's only money but your life is irreplacible. Please be careful when dealing with the gangs of kids, they can be very violent. I agree with not giving in too easily but...be careful how far you take it.

[Xois]

I am so glad that you are ok!

though it was yummy to think of you naked in "Dessert"! (mmmm. RnR on top of apple pie!) LOL

*wink*
I knew what you meant though!

Love
Xois

[Xois]

Well, you can either move :) or contact the authroities and get a restraining order for harassment!

I would also contact your super / landlord

May I invite you to "liberal land" (Massachusetts)

LOL

My mom was at work and a woman came in all worried becuase her daughter was a "witch" and she showed my mom the book "Wicca for the solitary practitioner" and my mom says ( I am so proud of her, I had no idea she paid that much attention) "Oh don't worry, this is a really good author. My daughter is a witch. Its not a bad thing"

And the woman was relieved! Can you believe that one! LOL!
That's my MOM! :D

Cheers
Xois

[Xois]

What city?! My SO is from Greenwood Lake, near Monroe and Warwick...

Talk about REDNECKS! Many, that is quite a place to visit!

LOL

Xois

[LaDaya]

I'm glad you're okay. Although, I would like to perform some rituals outside I'm not brave enough to risk it by myself. If I was part of a group or coven that practiced outside I wouldn't mind it but for the most part Houston is too dangerous and too heavily populate to be able to escape everyone.

[gunner]

sorry i haven't been around the last few days, i've been "enjoying" a migrane but it's past now and i'm back. glad you were able to bluff your way out of that situation raven but please don't let yourself get caught with an empty weapon again, the next time (though i hope there is never a next time!) the goblins might be just drunk or stoned enough to call you on it. but i'll admit there's an awful lot of "peaceful feelings" just in front of the muzzle of a 12 bore. with that disposed of i need a p.m. from you with a name to put on a p.m.o. i promised to send.
"gunner"

[gunner]

"liberal land" indeed, i'm in the process of renewing my mass. non-resident "class a" pistol permit again, $50.00 and they've finally figured out that my fingerprint aren't likely to have changed so they don't need a new set, nice of them.
"gunner"

(for those not familiar with mass. law, "class a" means full carry "for all lawful purposes" and i get to use the same "high capacity" magazines the cops use, 15 rounds in the magazine and "one up the spout").

[rantnraven]

Just keep it loaded so you don't have to bluff.:eek:

*whew!*

RnR

[adrian]

Originally posted by Tigerwallah
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Silverwitch

At present, I have a young single mum, who lives in the flat above me. She has two little boys of about 5 and 6months. She is also a born again Christian. I can take the bursting into hymns whenever she sees me, I can even take the dog's mess being smeared up my windows, or the dirty washing up water that somehow accidentally gets thrown out of her window whenever I go out, but the fact that she's teaching her two little boys that I am 'the whore of Babylon' or 'the Devil's Spawn' (which the older boy now thinks is great fun to shout out whenever he sees me), distresses me greatly. Fortunately our gun laws here generally mean that the public can't get hold of them. With the amount of screws that the lady upstairs has loose, I'd be really worried!! Phew, think I need to pull up a comfy chair on the verandah and have a lovely glass of lemonade. Come join me, and we'll drown our sorrows together! :bigredgri [/QUOTED BY SILVERWITCH

Jeesh, get a dummy video camera and install it where she can see it. Then tell her in no uncertain terms that you will contact the athorities if the indecent vandalism of your property continues. Don't let her know that her words bother you - they really shouldn't afterall. The only opinion that counts is your own. It's sad she was allowed to reproduce. Unfortunately, you probably can do little to save the children.
Be well. I find in such situations that killing em with kindness is the best weapon, but don't let them damage your home. [/B] I would definetly say that this is one for the authorities...health department,
police for harrassment, and landlord for destruction of property...this just make me angry. And were suppose to be the evil ones...hey maybe you should by a book on
how to cook kids and animals and let her see the cover.
Then hang around looking at them with a look of hunger.

[rantnraven]

Originally posted by adrian
I would definetly say that this is one for the authorities...health department,
police for harrassment, and landlord for destruction of property...this just make me angry. And were suppose to be the evil ones...hey maybe you should by a book on
how to cook kids and animals and let her see the cover.
Then hang around looking at them with a look of hunger.

I think Better Homes and Garden came out with a cook book called "The Finer Cuisines of the Fiji Jungles". There is also the "Headhunter Guide to Fine Dining". :eek:

RnR

[Kaylara]

I'm glad to hear that you are alright RnR... I know how scary encounters like that can be... The few I have had have all involved either police or fire fighters and jerky neighbors. :)

About two years ago on Beltane me and a few friends were having a party in the woods behind my house. We had a large bonfire pit, but it was around dusk, and we hadn't put anything in the fire pit yet. So, we decided to light some candles in the cinderblocks around the fire pit, so that we could see until it got dark enough to light the fire. All of the sudden, an entire unit from the local fire department shows up; a fire truck, a water truck, two cop cars, an ambulence, and the fire chief. I met the fire fighters half way across my back yard, and told them that we only had candles lit... They came back to see, and started cracking up. Within five minutes I had around 20 emergency personel milling around the empty fire pit, and one very jerky neighbor who told me not to burn anything in the fire pit. My parents came and told the emergency personel that they knew that we were having a party, and that it was ok with them. The fire chief looked around and praised us on how well we had prepared the area: cinderblocks, two fire extinguishers, a bucket of water, a bucket of soil, the fire pit itself was about six feet deep, and four feet wide, with an area of five feet around it completely cleared of anything flammable. They all went away laughing, and told us that they would not bother us for the rest of the night, and that the neighbor who called to report us would get charged with calling in a false emergency if they called again... So, the night ended well... :)
Just thought I'd share my funny experience!

Kaylara

[adrian]

Originally posted by Kaylara
I'm glad to hear that you are alright RnR... I know how scary encounters like that can be... The few I have had have all involved either police or fire fighters and jerky neighbors. :)

About two years ago on Beltane me and a few friends were having a party in the woods behind my house. We had a large bonfire pit, but it was around dusk, and we hadn't put anything in the fire pit yet. So, we decided to light some candles in the cinderblocks around the fire pit, so that we could see until it got dark enough to light the fire. All of the sudden, an entire unit from the local fire department shows up; a fire truck, a water truck, two cop cars, an ambulence, and the fire chief. I met the fire fighters half way across my back yard, and told them that we only had candles lit... They came back to see, and started cracking up. Within five minutes I had around 20 emergency personel milling around the empty fire pit, and one very jerky neighbor who told me not to burn anything in the fire pit. My parents came and told the emergency personel that they knew that we were having a party, and that it was ok with them. The fire chief looked around and praised us on how well we had prepared the area: cinderblocks, two fire extinguishers, a bucket of water, a bucket of soil, the fire pit itself was about six feet deep, and four feet wide, with an area of five feet around it completely cleared of anything flammable. They all went away laughing, and told us that they would not bother us for the rest of the night, and that the neighbor who called to report us would get charged with calling in a false emergency if they called again... So, the night ended well... :)
Just thought I'd share my funny experience!

Kaylara Now that's funny.

[gunner]

and the best of it..., you were doing nothing "illegal" the cops and fire laddies saw that and the idiot neighbor wound up with egg on his face. sometimes "what goes around comes around" quite quickly doesn't it?
"gunner"

[Mariposa De La Luna]

Oh RnR, i'm glad you're safe!What would we do without you?

Well at least you gave the women out there another reason to come calling after you! A man who can keep calm and brave! They don't come much better than that!

[Kaylara]

It was hysterical! (Even my parents thought that it was funny!) I think that you hit the nail on the head Gunner!
:) :) :) :) :) :) :)
Kaylara

[rantnraven]

Originally posted by SAHM
Oh RnR, i'm glad you're safe!What would we do without you?

Well at least you gave the women out there another reason to come calling after you! A man who can keep calm and brave! They don't come much better than that!

Thank you, SAHM for your words of confidence. I would love to think of this as bravry in the face of danger. However, it was more like me not having anywhere to run. Twenty miles from nowhere faced with six dirt bikes and the Goddess only knew where the keys to the Jeep were. This was simply an event of survival that left me a little weak-kneed.

But I will gladly trim up that story should any ladies come calling.

RnR

[Xois]

Sorry friend...I am one of those "ban 'em" types! :D

But that is just me...:D

Xois

[Tigerwallah]

Originally posted by adrian
I am glad to hear that you were able to bluff your way out of this situation but i must say that it was a very dangerous thing to do...it's only money but your life is irreplacible. Please be careful when dealing with the gangs of kids, they can be very violent. I agree with not giving in too easily but...be careful how far you take it.

Adrian, I have lived so many lives. So many, in fact, that I am beginning to remember a few. I often figure, really, what's another one? Something tells me that not showing any fear is the key to moving on to the next level. I am not quite there, but I'm pretty close - either that or just stupid :D

[Lilu]

Wow! I've NEVER had any experience like that!
Maybe it's because Australia is a little more liberal with religion and such stuff, I dunno. But even in America i haven't had any problems.

In fact, in Australia it was usually embraced. I worked in a library for 12 months during which I became the "resident pagan expert" and had all the "weird" enquiries sent my way. It was cool!

Although I do have to wonder if perhaps my pagan ideals might have caused my supervisor to hate and pick on me, but who knows? She hated about 1/2 of the people who worked there. To this day I haven't really figured out what her JOB (other than to boss me and about 3 other people around) actually WAS! LOL

I'm glad you're ok RnR - that must have been a pretty scary experience. I tell you, before moving to America, I would have NEVER considered owning a gun. (Mainly because Australia doesn't have "right to bear arms" in their constitution, but there are ways) But since moving to America, I gotta say - I've considered it. How scary is that?

Lilu

[Dria El]

I'm so glad you're ok. Though, I'm sure you'd have a 'gang' of ass-kickers swarming to your rescue had 'they' known of your plight. Love and security sent to you...

Relievedly,
Dria El