/johnny
Here's a story - elderly woman lives in townhouse next to me. She is a short lady. One evening, the fire truck is in front of her house, again right next door to me. I go out there and there are a couple of neighbors who also came out, and there is the lady who says she is okay.
Her nephew is a fire fighter, was on duty and little old lady called him that her battery in fire detector was low and it was sounding and she couldn't reach it to turn it off. He drove the fire truck over here just to get her fire alarm off the wall and turn it off. Really, how much did it cost to drive a fire truck over here even if it is just a few miles away? He could have used a bicycle.
We have lots of little old ladies here and they know every person and their cars. Those old ladies are better than detectives to know what's going on in here.
An elderly couple live across from me and they hadn't seen me in several days coming and going so the lady came and banged on my door at dark and I didn't open the door. So, the husband called the phone and I answered and went to the door then. They were making sure I was okay. The lady said they watch out for me since my husband died. I had no idea they were doing that.