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 Posted By: jglass 
Mar 12  # 1 of 11
Does your town have one? Ours does.
He is a harmless old guy who rides a bicycle all over town. He rides it all summer and winter. Even in the summer he has on his winter coat while riding lol. Back before Jon lost his site he used to pick the guy up and give him rides where he was going.
You can always hear him when he is in a store. He is chatting up someone at a register telling them God bless you. I can always tell he is getting on the cashiers last nerve. Some of them are pretty patient and some are not lol. Jon and I are always kind to him. I ran into him while Jon was at PT Monday when I went down to the grocery store. He was showing me his new lock for his bike. He had some groceries tied to his bike and he pulls out a box of muffins he had bought and hands them to me. I didnt want to take his food and tried to tell him so but he insisted. He is always buying Jon and I a bottle of pop or something when ever he sees us. If he asks us if we want one before we always say no but if he has some pop in a bag he just bought he will just insist. I always tell him I cannot have soda but he still makes Jon take one. He really is a sweet old guy. Some days you can tell he is on track better than others. They were chocolate chip muffins which just happened to be my fav. I thought that was so nice of him. If I knew where he lived I would return the favor but he suffers from paranoia and moves around constantly.
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 Posted By: chubbyalaskagriz 
Mar 13  # 2 of 11
What a nice story, janie! Obviously this guy enjoys extending kindness- and having folks accept it from him.

Growing up, we lived around the block from an elderly man who had an adult son who was retarded. The town "legend" that we kids gossiped about was that Lester was "dropped on his head" when he was a baby. Lester was often seen walking around the block totally NAKED! I never saw this in my 18 years in that l'il farm-town but many swore they did!

I'm currently reading Truman Capote's classic "Other Voices, Other Rooms" which is a Southern novel FULL of town "eccentrics"!
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 Posted By: shipscook 
Mar 13  # 3 of 11
not to make light of these guy's plights and bless you for sharing a few moments with this guy Jani.

but in this town, it is said, we have so many we have to take turns!!

but, we do have a few sad cases and I must say, I often notice the locals taking a minute to chat or assist them onto the bus, etc. there is one gentleman with a walker who looks pretty rough, but always has a "good morning" for people. He and one or two others with physical disabilities live at the homeless shelter I believe.

Nan
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 Posted By: The Ironic Chef 
Mar 13  # 4 of 11
We have several "Town Eccentrics". The one I will mention for now is an older fellow. Long white hair and beard, probably about 70 years old. He wears an over coat and also rides a bicycle. Under his overcoat he wears a speedo. My wife and daughters nick named him Moses In A Speedo. Many mornings he stands on a corner waving hello to passer byes. Not wearing his over coat.
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 Posted By: Bubba707 
Mar 13  # 5 of 11
I guess I'm more or less the town eccentric. I wear kilts all the time, year round. It does get odd looks from time to time but for me kilts are way more comfortable than jeans.