Unexpected kindness
Mar 24th 2012, 1:27 am
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Re: Unexpected kindness
i love a thread that makes you smile
you must have been nice to someone pal
people dont leave you secret gifts if your a prick!
the gift says more about you
thanks for making me smile
oh can you lend me a chop till tuesday?
you must have been nice to someone pal
people dont leave you secret gifts if your a prick!
the gift says more about you
thanks for making me smile
oh can you lend me a chop till tuesday?
Mar 24th 2012, 1:28 am
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Re: Unexpected kindness
oh can you lend me a chop till tuesday?
Mar 24th 2012, 1:33 am
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Re: Unexpected kindness
you can have the bone
just sitting here thinking about this thread. it must be a nice feeling to have people thinking about ya
at christmas a posted on facebook that someone had broken in, took everything and left my windows open.
friends of ours didnt read the whole post
the post was a joke about an advent calendar
they just read the first part then started texting people to try and get a whip round for us
it was funny, but really nice to think that people really care about you.
Mar 24th 2012, 2:06 am
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Re: Unexpected kindness
It's always nice when someone says, 'I care.' But nothing beats the feeling you get when they simply show it.
Mar 24th 2012, 3:24 am
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Re: Unexpected kindness
Our first years in the US were very unsettling and without the help of wonderful people we met there would have been many times with no food on the table, or even a table!
Fast forward 23 years and life is a lot easier so we make sure we return the favors any way we can.
It does a heart good to know there are people out there that care
Mar 24th 2012, 5:50 am
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Re: Unexpected kindness
We've occasionally struggled to make ends meet over the past 6 months, so I was grateful for what happened earlier this evening.
Somewhere between 8-9pm, I heard a knocking at the door. This was odd because we weren't expecting anyone.
I walked down the hall and approached the door cautiously in case of unexpected dodginess. (I didn't expect any dodginess, but I did expect unexpected dodginess. Unexpectedly, there was no dodginess. This took me by surprise).
I opened the door and looked around, but the mystery door-knocker had done a Harold Holt. There were three plastic Woolworths bags sitting by the doorstep. They were all full of groceries. One contained three kilos of good quality meat.
http://i41.tinypic.com/5oi143.jpg
Rummaging through the contents I found a note. It began with a quote from the Bible and ended with four kisses and four hugs. There was no signature.
The donation was obviously made by a member (or members) of our local church community, but we have no idea who it might have been. Of course we asked all the right questions:
Mrs Stampede: 'Who do we know that's rich?'
Me: 'Sweets, compared to us, Blind Bob under the bridge is rich.' http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/5344/mfbookread.gif
Mrs Stampede: 'OK, who knows we're hard up?' http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3019/unsureb.gif
Me: 'Anyone with a brain?' http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/5928/readeb.gif
Humour aside, it's a wonderfully generous gift. We're counting our blessings tonight.
PS. It was Pup's 3rd birthday today (party tomorrow; photos to follow).
Somewhere between 8-9pm, I heard a knocking at the door. This was odd because we weren't expecting anyone.
I walked down the hall and approached the door cautiously in case of unexpected dodginess. (I didn't expect any dodginess, but I did expect unexpected dodginess. Unexpectedly, there was no dodginess. This took me by surprise).
I opened the door and looked around, but the mystery door-knocker had done a Harold Holt. There were three plastic Woolworths bags sitting by the doorstep. They were all full of groceries. One contained three kilos of good quality meat.
http://i41.tinypic.com/5oi143.jpg
Rummaging through the contents I found a note. It began with a quote from the Bible and ended with four kisses and four hugs. There was no signature.
The donation was obviously made by a member (or members) of our local church community, but we have no idea who it might have been. Of course we asked all the right questions:
Mrs Stampede: 'Who do we know that's rich?'
Me: 'Sweets, compared to us, Blind Bob under the bridge is rich.' http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/5344/mfbookread.gif
Mrs Stampede: 'OK, who knows we're hard up?' http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3019/unsureb.gif
Me: 'Anyone with a brain?' http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/5928/readeb.gif
Humour aside, it's a wonderfully generous gift. We're counting our blessings tonight.
PS. It was Pup's 3rd birthday today (party tomorrow; photos to follow).
Great stuff - you are good people Vash.
You certainly get out of life what you put into it.
Last edited by Amazulu; Mar 24th 2012 at 5:53 am.
Mar 24th 2012, 10:07 am
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Re: Unexpected kindness
you can have the bone
just sitting here thinking about this thread. it must be a nice feeling to have people thinking about ya
at christmas a posted on facebook that someone had broken in, took everything and left my windows open.
friends of ours didnt read the whole post
the post was a joke about an advent calendar
they just read the first part then started texting people to try and get a whip round for us
it was funny, but really nice to think that people really care about you.
Mar 24th 2012, 11:22 am
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Re: Unexpected kindness
That's a nice post and a great story.
Back in the 'olden days' before toll passes, occasionally we'd pay for the car behind. The look on their faces was priceless, they'd overtake and toot and wave.
Back in the 'olden days' before toll passes, occasionally we'd pay for the car behind. The look on their faces was priceless, they'd overtake and toot and wave.
Mar 24th 2012, 12:12 pm
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Re: Unexpected kindness
Thanks guys.
As promised, here follow some photos of Pup's party.
The cake was made by Mrs Stampede:
As promised, here follow some photos of Pup's party.
The cake was made by Mrs Stampede:
Mar 24th 2012, 12:15 pm
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Pup receives a present and amuses herself with the gift bag it came in:
Mar 24th 2012, 12:16 pm
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Pup samples her birthday cake:
Mar 24th 2012, 12:18 pm
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Wibbly Pig enjoyed it too!
Mar 24th 2012, 12:55 pm
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great photos, thanks for sharing
Mar 24th 2012, 1:16 pm
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My pleasure.
Mar 24th 2012, 2:16 pm
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That was an awesome cake Vash. You must be very proud of Mrs Vash's skills