In Britain, OAP means 'Old Age Pensioner'.

And it certainly would be great if reporters DID report what they had with them. It might make a few people think for a couple of seconds and grab something that they would ordinarily leave behind. But that doesn't make news, does it?

Something to keep you out of the cold wind could make the difference between life and death.

"Death knows no time, nor respects rank... Death walks in darkness and carries away young and old, high and low, good and evil wayfarers that it meets on the way." (Ahura Mazda)

He doesn't mention the careless and stupid, but I guess poets don't.

Sue