Every so often, I'll decide I have too many pages open, but these are so nifty! If I just close them, or even save the links, I'll probably never look at them again. Go ahead, you know you have the same problem.
So periodically I'll go through bursts of posting stuff here so other people can see them. So, without further ado...
Library books thwart purse snatcher
Recently, my sister was living in Los Angeles and visiting her neighborhood library every day to use its computers and job hunting resources. One day, as she was walking from her parked car to the library, a purse-snatcher grabbed her bag. Luckily, she was holding a drink in her hand, which made the purse handle catch on her wrist. Unluckily, she fell. The thief continued tugging on her purse until my sister heard a grunt, and her purse went slack. She looked up to see an elderly gentleman by her side.
As they waited for police to arrive, this good Samaritan told my sister that he saw the whole episode unfold in front of him, but couldn't reach her fast enough to help. When my sister fell, this lovely man saw his opportunity and cracked the offender over the head with his stack of library books. When the police arrived, the thief was still unconscious!