Kindness does still exist!

[TDCTDI]

[Emily's Owner]

Chivalry and kindness definitely still exists in the young. I was at Fred Meyer (Kroger to you out of area folks) and watched a Hispanic teenage boy walk out of one of the non-automatic doors and start to head down the sidewalk, all of the sudden he spins around and quickly walks back to open the door for an elderly woman loaded down with groceries who was about to struggle with the door - made my heart happy, and most likely made his Abuela proud.
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What (and I cannot stress this enough) The Actual Fuck?!

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Emily's Owner, I just noticed this in your signature and couldn't resist finishing it! I hope you will forgive me...


Askhole: noun * A person who constantly asks for your advice, yet always does the complete opposite of what you told them to do. (common name: Son or Daughter.)
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[finster]

I was going to suggest maskhole...
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nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect...

[LAGrunthaner]

Yesterday I met a guy who was in the next spot at the beach that I was surfing at. We had just realized we were surfing together earlier in the day and had a chat about my board in comparison to his board. Then I noticed I must have broken one of my fins completely off on my last ride. I said I'd stop at the surf shop a block away but he said he had a spare fin at home which fit perfectly and it was just a few miles from my place. Excellent guy who also gave me great surfing tips.

I reflected on the previous day and how I gave a young gas attendant a $10.00 tip for pumping my gas. We had chatted about his bicycle ride of 8 miles for an appointment and how he was saving up for a car.

Always do good things for others.
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[ToolBox]

A friend of mine is always posting worthy local Go Fund Me's. He is a bar tender by night and is always passing the hat IRL or virtually. He usually exceedes the goal in no time or in a couple of days. He goes the extra mile for these folks and it is a few buck a few times a month to his worthy causes that are mostly helping kids. He really make a difference.

Twice in the last few years we donated for plane tickets to get him from Detroit to California. He went out for 2 week stints to make and deliver food to the fire crews fighting the wild fires. We kept loading funds to their account at the wholesalers and fed a shit ton of hungry folks. They would do simple bags to go and sit down meals for those on break from their portable kitchen at base camps.

Jimmy Doom is the Hype Man you want behind your campagin.

[Emily's Owner]

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[16CVs]

I help a buddy of mine run his Self Serve car wash, pretty basic stuff really like broken lines and stuck coin acceptors. We have Homeless that come and try and stay on the property that we quickly shoo out. Sometimes it takes the Po Po to get them to move on.

Part of the job is emptying the coin bins, in the bins we get our tokens, quarters and $1.00 pieces (Susan B 's and Saq..) They are larger than quarters or tokens and jam the changer so we pull them and put them in our pocket and spend them. I've been rolling them and saving them and then convert them into Amazon funds.

I had a gallon coolant jug cut open that was full of rolled coins ($25.00) per roll. Christmas day I grabbed the bottle and and my youngest son (22) and we went out in search of Homeless and drove to the areas where they hang out. We walked up and introduced ourselves and asked how many people were there and if they all came out or whoever came out we were spreading Christmas cheer. At that in about 1.5 hrs we gave away about $1100.00 in coins.

The comments were interesting, from (No we don't take handout to no we do not want to work to out and out thanks that they had $20.00 left to their name) I have a local store near them that I stop in for something and asked them if they had an influx of $1.00 coins and the guy was like yea he couldn't figure it out.

I usually give homeless the bums rush, I read a book earlier this year that put a face to these people ( Leave out the tragic parts ). Our son that is normally shy and reclusive was had a big ol grin on his face and actually interacting with the homeless.

I will go back to my normal life of not giving them anything, but on this day I think they really appreciated it.
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[AlmostHeavenWV_VW]

Some of my favorites things:

Going through the ATMl wrapping the ATM money with a $1 bill to conceal and making the donation when the local volunteer fire department is doing a "boot drive" (they stand with the bunker gear boots on the sidewalks to gather donations from people as they drive down the street).

Making 'cold weather kits' with grocery bags for the homeless with the aluminim blankets, crackers, hand warmers, socks, knit hats, gloves. Then stuffing them in the backpack and letting the homeless know that they aren't invisible and I wanted them to stay warm.

Getting my auto 'jumper box' out to jumpstart a dead battery for random strangers.

My little envelope of McD's, Wendys, and gas gift cards I have to freely give to those who are in need.

Putting the 4-way flashers on and pulling my car off so I can push a disabled vehicle into the nearest parking lot. Always makes me happy to see that once I start pushing, more and more people come over and push until it's hardly any weight at all for all of us to push (even up hill).


"Be excellent to each other." -Bill & Ted
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[jinx758]

Totally forgot to update this ...

a).
About 2wks before X_mas I took fifteen $20 out of the bank account. I drove around to many bus stops. I found several people in uniforms - Taco Cabana, Whataburger, Wendy's, etc. I gave them a $20.

I actually respect people that use the city bus system to get to & from work. I think it takes discipline to ride the bus. Being mindful of schedules, the walk time to the stop, & transfers if needed.
I have it easy - I walk out to my vehicle, get in, turn the key, & go.

b).
Last weekend I was in line to pay for our tex-mex breakfast. I noticed 3 elderly people having their meal. I nodded to the wife & she gave me a thumbs up. I "picked up" their table. On the way out I told them I had payed for their meals. The look of surprise & joy on their faces was worth it. That cost me $38 with tip instead of $9 for just ours.
Big deal ... it's only money & it made all of our day.

Stay safe ... jinx
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[LAGrunthaner]

I love this. For those of us who can walk, talk eat on our own and have money in our pockets think about doing more. Even if it is just a larger tip, look around.

Do good things for others.

[Abscate]

We have a bunch of medical residents in our building from
Points South. I’ve got the XC70 down on Island so I’m shuttling them to the Hospital at 0700 and 1900

Hopefully will get on of them when my abused body vapor locks
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[Iowa Mark]

For years I was a member of the local volunteer fire department as an EMT. About every 3 to 4 months we would hold a pancake feed for new equipment and other expenses. We decided to go on a strictly donation basis for the breakfasts one year and the money collected instantly doubled. We also had to stop accepting freel pork sausage donations from the area farmers when the third freezer was full and we couldn't cook it faster than it was getting delivered.

[Abscate]

Went to a beautiful piano violin cello concert last night with Mr Ax, Ma, and Kovakilis

At the beginning, the announced the would open with the Ukraine national song

The entire audience just stood, en masse.
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[Abscate]

My daughter decided her collection of six years of prom dresses should be rehomed. Since she is overseas, I had to do the task with her via FaceTime.

I was a complete hot mess.
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