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Sound Like A Typical Day In SE??? :-)

Mar 4, 2004 6:10PM PST

"WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) - A dispute at the salad bar turned into a food fracas at an upscale retirement home, with a man taking a bite out of another's arm and other residents suffering minor injuries.

Police said resident Lee Thoss, 62, of the Spring Haven Retirement Community was picking through the lettuce, which disgusted 86-year-old William Hocker, who was standing in line behind him.

Hocker told Thoss no one wanted to eat food he had been playing with. Thoss yelled and cursed at him, Hocker told police, and Hocker called him a nasty name. Then, witnesses said, Thoss then began punching Hocker in the face.

In the buffet melee that followed, Allen Croft, 79, tried to grab Thoss, who bit him on the arm, reports said."

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Re:Sound Like A Typical Day In SE??? :-)
Mar 4, 2004 10:23PM PST

Your comparison is too cute Happy

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Re: Typical Day In SE?? -- Does picking through lettuce count as baiting? (NT)
Mar 4, 2004 10:39PM PST

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(nt) Food Fight? Yippee!!!! Where's the Tapioca? LOL :)
Mar 4, 2004 10:59PM PST
Happy
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Those old people can get mean if you mess with their lettuce. LOL -nt
Mar 4, 2004 11:26PM PST

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I've been called a 'mean old man' at least once myself.
Mar 5, 2004 6:18AM PST

What can I say? I try to wear my title with distinction. Devil

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Re:Sound Like A Typical Day In SE??? :-)
Mar 5, 2004 1:59AM PST

Hi Blake,

I stuck the link for this story in a post reply in another thread, before I had seen you posted it first. Sorry! (Hope you don't think I was stealing your link.)

Cindi

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No Apology Necessary...
Mar 5, 2004 3:55AM PST
I stuck the link for this story in a post reply in another thread, before I had seen you posted it first. Sorry! (Hope you don't think I was stealing your link.) - Cindi Haynes

Hey Cindi,

I saw your post in the other thread. It fit in perfectly where you placed it. I don't see a problem reposting a story/link more than once within a discussion if it is relevant to the topic...

No apology necessary...
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Re:Hmmm. Now I know where my Mother-inlaw gets her bruises from(nt)
Mar 5, 2004 4:12AM PST

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