# Elder gives young robber a good fight, and wins!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 20, 2004, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elder-gives-young-robber-a-good-fight-and-wins/275855 "2004-11-20T19:38:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elder-gives-young-robber-a-good-fight-and-wins/275855/1 "2004-11-20T19:38:40Z")

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I absolutely love these stories. [A 78 year old gentleman](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NORWAY_SENIOR_HERO?SITE=MDFRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) fought off someone less than half his age, and won. Good on ya! :high five smiley:

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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elder-gives-young-robber-a-good-fight-and-wins/275855/2 "2004-11-21T09:16:33Z")

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Sadly, two little arseholes, 14 and 16, murdered an 86 year old man in a country city here during the week.