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C-dub,

No, none and had there been maybe their odd behavior could partially be explained, adolescent style of showing off to impress women, but I can't see any young lady being positively impressed by attempting to bully an old guy, disgusted yes, but not positively impressed...

And as far as I know I don't know those two (middle to late twenties) guys from anywhere.

I don't go to bars or even leave the homestead very often except to run an errand now and then. Heck, it's been almost two years since we've been to restaurant. I go to Walmart about once a month and that's about the sum total of my getting out. Mostly, I stay home and yard work and exterior house maintenance. Ah, interior too...I love my new vacuum cleaner. And my still fairly new washing machine and dryer are the bees knees.

SWMBO does the majority of the grocery shopping, while I go to Walmart to buy heavy stuff I wouldn't want her to have to handle, plus, I don't like her driving my truck as her parking habits have left dings all over her car and I park waaaaaaay away from other cars to prevent such. She moans when we go together because she may have to walk a hundred yards or so to get into where we're going. I park where getting a door ding is unlikely. If she could park inside the store, she would... I love my truck as it's a thing of beauty and a joy for as long as I remain above ground.

So, since I'm pretty much a home body, I remain perplexed about budding thugs who I haven't the vaguest clue how I could've provoked or incited their threatening behavior.

Still musing on yesterday...

I wondered what would prompt two young guys into wanting to attempt to strike fear into me.

I don't dress oddly, am quiet (can't speak any longer, though they didn't know that) didn't in any way act
(as far as I know) obnoxious in any manner, therefore needed some sort of comeuppance. Nor, do I project my own brand of strutting, bullying behavior. I was just some old fart buying groceries.

When I was a young guy, I would've been embarrassed to act ugly/intimidating to an older/yes elderly guy.

What's the point?

Acting like a tough guy when your target isn't much (in appearance anyway) of a challenge just mystifies me unless maybe they were a couple of sociopaths, which is of course quite possible...

Is "disparity of force" in there somewhere?

As in: A young, strong, healthy guy is going to bodily attack an elderly guy with fists and general beatdown?

Just yesterday, while grocery shopping, two young guys suddenly came up behind me speaking very loudly, startling me and being startled, I quickly turned around to see them staring at me as if they startled me deliberately and expected me to be cowed by their behavior or acted belligerent justifying (in their minds) attacking me .

After seeing they weren't about to attack, I turned back to my grocery list. They walked past me, staring hard at me as if trying to intimidate. I ignored them, but until they went out of view they acted weirdly intimidating. I had done nothing to provoke them, ah, except existing and breathing. I'm sure had I rebuked them in any way they would've jumped me.

I never felt a need to fill my hand, but no doubt if they attacked me, I would've been forced to...I'm to old to take a beating, especially from two young, strong thugs.

The world of bullies, never mind terrorists, still exists...