but when its someone youve known all your life , when its a little too close to home to afford to pass it off with a nod of the head and a whispered there but for the grace of god go i , what i usually do is get into motion , which is exactly what i had to do when my uncle felton was arrested as he wheeled himself to the curb outside the hospital where he had recuperated for the week after the walking tall killer -- as the press had dubbed him -- had struck .