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The Kindness Os Strangers
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I put an item on Ebay that I had made and it was bought by a lady in N. Ireland. Since then she has been in touch and ordered more. I told her I would be away for a couple of weeks when I went in hospital and that I would be in touch when I came home. Yesterday the biggest and most beautiful bouquet of flowers I have ever seen was delivered to my house from this lady. I was moved to tears.
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that's lovely mrs o and the nice things that have happened to others.
years ago I received a lovely bouquet from some people I had been working with on a temping job. they heard through the agency that I was not available to work as my father had died and had had a collection for me. so very kind and unexpected.
years ago I received a lovely bouquet from some people I had been working with on a temping job. they heard through the agency that I was not available to work as my father had died and had had a collection for me. so very kind and unexpected.
Morning...'tis good to see you posting...and nice things happening to you...x
Years ago when I was on my uppers my car died....difficult living where I did with poor public transport and a four mile trek to my son's school.
A chap I'd never met but who was a business colleague of one of my friends heard about it and gave me a car.....☺
Years ago when I was on my uppers my car died....difficult living where I did with poor public transport and a four mile trek to my son's school.
A chap I'd never met but who was a business colleague of one of my friends heard about it and gave me a car.....☺
Gt to hear from you Mrs O
and I hope what bits of you the surgeon left are getting better.
when I fell over and started acting like a beached whale - I need a hip replaced, and the dog was licking my face.....
someone pulled a pram over me - as I was covering most of the pavement.
It was raining and I think she was in a hurry to get the child out of the rain.
so yeah people can be kind, but not always. I did manage a soft - thank you ma'am.
and I hope what bits of you the surgeon left are getting better.
when I fell over and started acting like a beached whale - I need a hip replaced, and the dog was licking my face.....
someone pulled a pram over me - as I was covering most of the pavement.
It was raining and I think she was in a hurry to get the child out of the rain.
so yeah people can be kind, but not always. I did manage a soft - thank you ma'am.
I am not sure if this fits into 'kindness' but -
A few years back the outer door to our flats was sticking and I decided to fix it. I decided that hammering a nail into the frame would be appropriate. But after about five minutes the nail was still refusing to move.
A complete stranger came over and grabbed the hammer. With two well aimed hits the nail went in. He said that watching me trying to tickle the nail into position was driving him nuts. Then he gave me back my hammer and walked off.
☺
A few years back the outer door to our flats was sticking and I decided to fix it. I decided that hammering a nail into the frame would be appropriate. But after about five minutes the nail was still refusing to move.
A complete stranger came over and grabbed the hammer. With two well aimed hits the nail went in. He said that watching me trying to tickle the nail into position was driving him nuts. Then he gave me back my hammer and walked off.
☺
Some years ago I was volunteering on a residential basis and we were out just before Christmas with a group of disabled guests on a day trip. Some of us headed into a café with some of the guests for a drink and as we were getting everyone settled a man on another table caught my eye and said hello and asked about who we were. I said hello back and he came by on his way out, handed me £20 note and told me to get us all what we wanted.
On a charity collecting day I was called over by a elderly homeless gentleman sat by the side of the road with a begging tin. He put money in my collecting tin before I could stop him.
I was also overwhelmed by the kindness of strangers while on a charity jailbreak, hitching in very cold temperatures. We were called in by the staff at one service station who gave us free coffee and something to eat so we could keep warm until the lorries started running again (early hours in below freezing temperatures). Similarly the staff at the place we ended up at who gave us a free breakfast and a lift back to the nearest service station, a taxi driver also gave us a free ride to a better hitching spot and other drivers donated money to the charity.
More recently, my neighbours and near neighbours have been a absolute godsend to me with things I've not been able to do, my front lawn is mown by one, another has fixed numerous things for me and another one fixed other things.
Nice to see you back Mrs O :) x
On a charity collecting day I was called over by a elderly homeless gentleman sat by the side of the road with a begging tin. He put money in my collecting tin before I could stop him.
I was also overwhelmed by the kindness of strangers while on a charity jailbreak, hitching in very cold temperatures. We were called in by the staff at one service station who gave us free coffee and something to eat so we could keep warm until the lorries started running again (early hours in below freezing temperatures). Similarly the staff at the place we ended up at who gave us a free breakfast and a lift back to the nearest service station, a taxi driver also gave us a free ride to a better hitching spot and other drivers donated money to the charity.
More recently, my neighbours and near neighbours have been a absolute godsend to me with things I've not been able to do, my front lawn is mown by one, another has fixed numerous things for me and another one fixed other things.
Nice to see you back Mrs O :) x
It's heart-warming to hear that there are some civilised folk still about. That was a very generous act of your client indeed, mrs_o...... Don't think that I have had anything like that happen to me, excepting for 9-11. I was caught out over here with some of my fellow Americans, there having been a global marketing and sales meeting, (fortunately with some golf attached).
With things rather slow, I phoned up the Royal Liverpool GC (aka Hoylake) and asked if it was at all possible for three of us to play. "Not normally without a member but we'll make you guests of the Club."
We paid guest fees, the shop throwing in a stack of now-ex Ryder Cup gubbings including sweaters, far exceeding the value of what we had paid.
A wonderfully windy day (30mph+), I had to teach one of the Americans how to hit a stinger (low bullet like shot, keeping the white ball under the wind). As we walked back to the first tee, then right in front of the club house, a member passed us, the three of us standing out like sore thumbs with no member with us. "Morning gentlemen, a mere zephyr today...." Well the two Americans, now totally bemused.
A lovely round of golf, back into the (magnificent) club house and to the bar, a couple of drinks, sandwiches and salad. I went to pay the bill. "No Sir, it's on us; a little way of helping you American based folk out."
Wasn't expecting it, very nice and appreciated, and a letter of thanks sent in - and I believe the Americans did so.
They also had the most superb life-size portrait of Bobby Jones in the reception hall (who won the then equivalent of the Grand Slam) overlooking the Dee, out at the 13th, the Welsh mountains in the background. The USGA or Augusta would give their right hands to own that pic....as well Hoylake being the inspiration for his idea of the green jacket, Hoylake members wearing 'hunting red' blazers.
With things rather slow, I phoned up the Royal Liverpool GC (aka Hoylake) and asked if it was at all possible for three of us to play. "Not normally without a member but we'll make you guests of the Club."
We paid guest fees, the shop throwing in a stack of now-ex Ryder Cup gubbings including sweaters, far exceeding the value of what we had paid.
A wonderfully windy day (30mph+), I had to teach one of the Americans how to hit a stinger (low bullet like shot, keeping the white ball under the wind). As we walked back to the first tee, then right in front of the club house, a member passed us, the three of us standing out like sore thumbs with no member with us. "Morning gentlemen, a mere zephyr today...." Well the two Americans, now totally bemused.
A lovely round of golf, back into the (magnificent) club house and to the bar, a couple of drinks, sandwiches and salad. I went to pay the bill. "No Sir, it's on us; a little way of helping you American based folk out."
Wasn't expecting it, very nice and appreciated, and a letter of thanks sent in - and I believe the Americans did so.
They also had the most superb life-size portrait of Bobby Jones in the reception hall (who won the then equivalent of the Grand Slam) overlooking the Dee, out at the 13th, the Welsh mountains in the background. The USGA or Augusta would give their right hands to own that pic....as well Hoylake being the inspiration for his idea of the green jacket, Hoylake members wearing 'hunting red' blazers.
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