I have read through a couple of "heavy" threads and wanted to throw this story out and see if any others have had similar incidents.
In 1990 I still lived in Virginia and had started dating a girl with a 6 mo. baby that was from Toledo. We drove up a few times via turnpike ,70,475 and I was looking for a quicker route. I mapped out a way through Pa on 250.
We left two days before Christmas and about two hours into PA in the winding hills I lost a ball joint on the front driver's side of a cutlass. A jeep stopped with a nice coupe and picked the three of us up. They lived in Harrisburg(I think) but there family lived in this really small town right up the road. He took us to his mom's house and his mom made up a "special bag" for the kid with all kind of goodies. I ask that he give us a ride to a motel so we could bed down for the night. The next morning, Christmas Eve, I heard a knock on the door and there, standing in the doorway, your typical country-boy, bearded, coverall wearing redneck( I say this with endearing thoughts, most of my friends in Va look the same). He told me to get dressed and go with him and that someone was going to come by and pick up the girl and child and take them to breakfast. I go outside and get on a tractor with a boom on it. We go down to my car, chain it and hoist it up and pull it to his farm garage. He then proceeds to pull the blown tire and rim off, replaces the ball joint and we get into a truck and take the rim to get a tire on it at the local gas station. When this is done, I try and pay the the garage and they said, he has already taken care of it. We get back to the garage and I try to pay the man and his statement is this...........I don't want your money,If I can't help out a fellow human being at this time of year then I don't need to know what know about cars.......just pass on this act of kindness to someone in need one day........................
we all run into some people that are shady and only out for themselves......but they are so many others that would give you a helping hand........
In 1990 I still lived in Virginia and had started dating a girl with a 6 mo. baby that was from Toledo. We drove up a few times via turnpike ,70,475 and I was looking for a quicker route. I mapped out a way through Pa on 250.
We left two days before Christmas and about two hours into PA in the winding hills I lost a ball joint on the front driver's side of a cutlass. A jeep stopped with a nice coupe and picked the three of us up. They lived in Harrisburg(I think) but there family lived in this really small town right up the road. He took us to his mom's house and his mom made up a "special bag" for the kid with all kind of goodies. I ask that he give us a ride to a motel so we could bed down for the night. The next morning, Christmas Eve, I heard a knock on the door and there, standing in the doorway, your typical country-boy, bearded, coverall wearing redneck( I say this with endearing thoughts, most of my friends in Va look the same). He told me to get dressed and go with him and that someone was going to come by and pick up the girl and child and take them to breakfast. I go outside and get on a tractor with a boom on it. We go down to my car, chain it and hoist it up and pull it to his farm garage. He then proceeds to pull the blown tire and rim off, replaces the ball joint and we get into a truck and take the rim to get a tire on it at the local gas station. When this is done, I try and pay the the garage and they said, he has already taken care of it. We get back to the garage and I try to pay the man and his statement is this...........I don't want your money,If I can't help out a fellow human being at this time of year then I don't need to know what know about cars.......just pass on this act of kindness to someone in need one day........................
we all run into some people that are shady and only out for themselves......but they are so many others that would give you a helping hand........