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slim1977 my heart will always be in , Tennessee USA
Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:10 PM CST : I am happy to say there are still kind people who help strangers.
this realy impresed me, have to share.

I was driving my truck, delivering a load, in quebec canada. be being from the states I have no clue about were anything is up there, I was in a very small town, blew an air line on my tractor, made it to a gas station, the lady at the counter told me there was a repair shop I could walk to about 2km down the road, keeping in mind it was -20 c, I walked to the shop. it turns out it was a car shop not a semi shop, but the owner who was working though his shop was closed, answered the door, called around, found me an air line, had it delivered, charged me what he payed, gave me a ride back to my truck, lent me the tools to replace, and made sure that it worked and I was able to be on my way. now I wanted to share this, because it realy impressed me, this was way out of the realm of what I had expected, or hoped for. this man did much more than I could have even hoped for.

just goes to prove that there are still great people out there and you never know when you will run into them.

marry christmas to all.

Jim
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druidess6308 Aliquippa, Pennsylvania USA
Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:13 PM CST : I am happy to say there are still kind people who help strangers.
Awesome story, Jim. handshake Yes, thankfully, there are still people out there who will do things like this. I was raised to do things like this for people. My father is a man who will go out of his way to help a stranger, and has taught me well. Just remember it next time you come across someone in need of aid. I'm sure that's all he'd ask in return. That's all I ask in return when someone offers to repay me.

Merry Christmas gift
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mylifewithu Springfield, Missouri USA
Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:14 PM CST : I am happy to say there are still kind people who help strangers.
slim1977: this realy impresed me, have to share.

I was driving my truck, delivering a load, in quebec canada. be being from the states I have no clue about were anything is up there, I was in a very small town, blew an air line on my tractor, made it to a gas station, the lady at the counter told me there was a repair shop I could walk to about 2km down the road, keeping in mind it was -20 c, I walked to the shop. it turns out it was a car shop not a semi shop, but the owner who was working though his shop was closed, answered the door, called around, found me an air line, had it delivered, charged me what he payed, gave me a ride back to my truck, lent me the tools to replace, and made sure that it worked and I was able to be on my way. now I wanted to share this, because it realy impressed me, this was way out of the realm of what I had expected, or hoped for. this man did much more than I could have even hoped for.

just goes to prove that there are still great people out there and you never know when you will run into them.

marry christmas to all.

Jim
That's fantastic, Merry Christmas also, I have had a few great good samaritans help me thru the years. It is cool there are some good people out there.applause applause santa waving
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pretzelman Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:15 PM CST : I am happy to say there are still kind people who help strangers.
great story. Wonderful to know they (we?) are still out there!!cheers
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mylifewithu Springfield, Missouri USA
Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:17 PM CST : I am happy to say there are still kind people who help strangers.
This reminds me of a story I heard recently on the news about a man that spends most of his time in California watching for motorists broken down. He is a very good mechanic. I only caught part of the story. But I believe the story goes that someone helped him or his wife once and he was so greatful that now he spends his time repaying it, but by helping more than hundreds of times already. It's so cool. wink applause
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druidess6308 Aliquippa, Pennsylvania USA
Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:30 PM CST : I am happy to say there are still kind people who help strangers.
mylifewithu: This reminds me of a story I heard recently on the news about a man that spends most of his time in California watching for motorists broken down. He is a very good mechanic. I only caught part of the story. But I believe the story goes that someone helped him or his wife once and he was so greatful that now he spends his time repaying it, but by helping more than hundreds of times already. It's so cool.


Awesome story. A bit extreme, but everyone's gotta do what they've got to do.

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mylifewithu Springfield, Missouri USA
Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:35 PM CST : I am happy to say there are still kind people who help strangers.
druidess6308: Awesome story. A bit extreme, but everyone's gotta do what they've got to do.
I couldn't believe he kept it up either but that's cool.wink applause
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slim1977 my heart will always be in , Tennessee USA
Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:41 PM CST : I am happy to say there are still kind people who help strangers.
along the way in life I have helped many people, jumpstarted thier cars, helped them get gas if they ran out, out here on the road helped drivers if they were down on thier luck, all I ever said, and still do is, when you see someone that needs help, pass the favor on, I have never accepted money for helping. call it karma, getting what you give, or what ever you want. it gives me faith that what you do in life will be returned to you. have been going through some rough time of late, did my heart good to see someone do this for a compleat stranger.
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mylifewithu Springfield, Missouri USA
Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:43 PM CST : I am happy to say there are still kind people who help strangers.
slim1977: along the way in life I have helped many people, jumpstarted thier cars, helped them get gas if they ran out, out here on the road helped drivers if they were down on thier luck, all I ever said, and still do is, when you see someone that needs help, pass the favor on, I have never accepted money for helping. call it karma, getting what you give, or what ever you want. it gives me faith that what you do in life will be returned to you. have been going through some rough time of late, did my heart good to see someone do this for a compleat stranger.
I truely believe in that Karma too, and I am sure it is why you were helped.hug applause wink



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druidess6308 Aliquippa, Pennsylvania USA
Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:43 PM CST : I am happy to say there are still kind people who help strangers.
slim1977: along the way in life I have helped many people, jumpstarted thier cars, helped them get gas if they ran out, out here on the road helped drivers if they were down on thier luck, all I ever said, and still do is, when you see someone that needs help, pass the favor on, I have never accepted money for helping. call it karma, getting what you give, or what ever you want. it gives me faith that what you do in life will be returned to you. have been going through some rough time of late, did my heart good to see someone do this for a compleat stranger.


I call it being a human being...but I know others are always amazed by it. Especially in today's world. I've done all of the above as well, and given people rides out of my way if the weather's bad and I have the time. But yes, it does tend to come back to us...I do believe in the law of karma. And it just feels good to do something nice for someone else.

gift
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SexyAttorney Clearwater, Florida USA
Sat Jan 3, 2009 10:35 PM CST : I am happy to say there are still kind people who help strangers.
One good deed deserves another. Pay it forward....I try to.
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dcj22 Somewhere, South Dakota USA
Sat Jan 3, 2009 10:39 PM CST : I am happy to say there are still kind people who help strangers.
True about the strangers. I left my purse with several hundred dollars in cash, cards, everything in a shopping cart, in the parking lot of WalMart on Christmas Eve. A woman turned it in with everything still intact. She didn't take one dollar.

I've hoped she got something fabulous for Christmas like a diamond or a car. laugh
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Abram Goshen, Ohio USA
Sat Jan 3, 2009 11:03 PM CST : I am happy to say there are still kind people who help strangers.
It is great to hear that Jim, and is an example we no longer see, or hear much of in the world, or news, today. It's to bad, has examples like that are greater lessons for people to learn of, and do for others, then the examples of arm chair quarterbacks sitting snuggled, surrounded by personal possessions. Driveby's pearing out the window aghast at the turmoil, and turbulance, faced by others, and not lifting a finger to help. We will win in the long run, but it sure is a bitch wading through the diarrhea of those not of our fiber.laugh
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thewall2 montreal, Quebec Canada
Sun Jan 4, 2009 12:07 AM CST : I am happy to say there are still kind people who help strangers.
NICE....thumbs up
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