The man in the chair - what a fascinating start to a story nobody seems to know!
It was not sandflies (no-see-ums) that got me in Rhode Island - it was some creepy crawly little things and I thought someone said sand fleas, but my memory is a sieve.
Who would guess "sandflea" is a type of crab!
Offering rides to strangers - um, I did that, recently! It was a snowy day in February, and this guy was walking a busy road with white sneakers going six inches deep in the snow, so I offered him a ride, and he took me up on it. He had another mile to go. I dropped him off at some apartment and will never see him again, I'm sure, not in the news as a serial killer, anyway.... my daughter said I shouldn't have offered him that ride, but he looked young, and his shoes looked so nice....