I was at the computer a little while ago and had not yet turned on my music. This was fortunate, as it turns out. I heard someone calling outside, what sounded like, "Hello!" It went on for a little while, and I realized that it was a combination of hello and Help!

I couldn't see anything from the window, so I popped outside to take a look. My next door neighbor, an 81 year old man, had fallen into his hedge while trying to turn off the water on his sprinkler. He wasn't hurt, but he was in too awkward a position to stand up on his own.

Also fortunate, a woman who had been bicycling past heard him, too, for I wasn't able to help him up on my own. Between the two of us, we got him righted and out of the hedge.

He was pretty happy that we'd been there. He told us that he has an alert button, but that he doesn't like to use it unless it is absolutely necessary, because "Four firetrucks will show up". He was a little embarrassed by the situation, but handled it pretty well.