> *** Quoting Barbara McNay to All ***
 > BM> Say, I have a question for you folks.  Occasionally, I stop at
 > BM> the side of a highway in a rural area among flat, treeless or
 > BM> bushless fields, for various reasons.  Sometimes the reason is
 > BM> car trouble, and in that case I appreciate it when somebody stops
 > BM> to help.  Sometimes, though, I not only do not need help, I
 > BM> don'twant anybody to approach.  Let's say I've got to go, or
 > BM> freshen up, and have the necessaries for accomplishing this
 > BM> without getting out of the car.  How, in a case like this, can I
 > BM> make the would-be good Samaritan understand, even before he gets
 > BM> out of his car, if possible, that I want privacy, not help?
 > Yes.  If you don't want people to stop and see if you
 > need help, then don't stop on the side of the highway
 > to do your "freshening up".  Do it at home before you
 > leave, go to a gas station, or wait until you get
 > home.  Most decent people who see someone stopped on
 > the side of the road in a rural area, in the middle of
 > nowhere, assume you just might need help...so if you
 > don't...then don't give them the impression that you
 > do......pretty simple when you just think about it
 > isn't it??
Thinking doesn't solve all problems.  It's clear to me that you must be 
fairly young and inexperienced with the occurrence of personal emergencies, 
or the dearth of gas stations in rural fields.  Not to mention that if I knew 
my innards were going to take offense at something I had eaten, I would stay 
home to begin with.
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