Was I silly...

[pastafreak]

...to walk home through the park after dark tonight?????
......midway I was questioning myself, as in "stupid woman....."

[joggerjayne]

Do you live in New York, pasta ?

[dot.hawkes]

mad as a box of frogs!!!!!

If ever you do that again ring someone on your phone and talk loudly to them as you walk, actually no don't do that ust never walk thru there again

[pastafreak]

err...not any more jayne
.....and,dot!!....either you are very protective or you were a rottweiler in another life.

It was only 5min...but I did question my sanity

[Eve]

I used to live up a ginnel at the side of a park.

I used to walk up and down the ginnel (part of it with no housing) and across the park, even at night.

I came home one night to find the entire park and alley selaed off by the police with forensics all over the place due to this...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/ 4469632.stm

It was also on Crimewatch.

I was a hell of a lot more careful after that.

[dustinmyeye]

yes id say that was kind of silly, id never do that.

just like i hate seeing people walking alone with earphones in and music blaring, at night especially.

[joggerjayne]

What's a "ginnel" Jenna ?

x

[pastafreak]

OMG jenna...that would put the fear of god in anyone!!...how awful.

[Bathsheba]

Ginnel is another name for "backings" Jayne. x

[Drisgirl]

Whats 'backings' bath lol x

[dot.hawkes]

The backsies, same as ginnel and backings

[Bathsheba]

Was waiting for that! Back alleys between houses :-)

[atsgran]

Ginnel is a narrow alley or passage between buildings - , at least thats what I think it is, dont think I'd walk anywhere dark and scary on my own

[Eve]

It's a bit northern Jane ;)

Thing Coronation Street, the little passageways between the back of houses.

I had a stern talking too by the boys in the street after that as they knew I used the alley and park all the time.

It was horrible, I looked after 4 houses with tenants in the street and went to do a reccy to make sure everyone was accounted for (police would only say nasty assault at that time). One of my housemates was missing and we wouldn't get hold of her.

We were literally just walking up to the police line to report her missing when she texted to say she was ok.

The whole park was sealed off for about a week and we had to sign in and out and had a mobile police station put up and loads of police interviews, they even tested some of the guys in the street for DNA and such.

I think it was the nature of it, no obvious motive, he had two knives and stabbed her 7 times, it was only about 7pm as well. Don't think they ever caught him, not that I heard anyway.

Really makes you think when it happens on your own doorstep.

[pastafreak]

Why didn't someone say so in the first place .....;-))

[Eve]

"couldn't get hold of her" even!

[sara3]

yes.. mad! someone from the Suzy Lamplugh trust was on TV yesterday and said that we shouldn't talk on our mobiles, or have earphones in, etc.. as we don't pay enough attention to what's going on around us.

it's a shame though, considering it's getting dark at 5pm..

and can we talk in English, please!!

[abstract]

a 20 year old got shot dead in the next street last friday,aint the first aint the last,unfortunately this is normal where im from.......nothing but wheelers,dealers,villains,victims and killers.................

[~max~]

I'd never walk anywhere secluded at night, it's scary enough sometimes during the day!

PS: I'm watching House of 1000's corpses...anyone seen it? Is it very gory? I thought the 4 youngsters look like the cast of Scoobidoo!

[abstract]

max is it any good? last night the devils rejects were on(part 2 of 1000 corpses) but did;nt want to watch it till i seen part one! had to make do wit that load of crap CREEP instead!

[~max~]

The devil's rejects is right after it on ITV4 tonight!

Not sure I'm going to watch both though!
Don't know if it's good yet, only just started. The clown is flippin creepy though!!!