Maybe I should have seen this coming.  It was the late summer of 2001 and I was renting an duplex in Oregon.  It was hot - no AC - just fans and I like being naked indoors anyway.  There was a loud rapping on the door so I put on a t-shirt and opened the door a crack.  It was the landlady and I was two days late on rent.  I said I was sorry and went to write a check and as I turned to give it to her I realized she had come through the door with the cane she used to walk.  She was about 80 -…