Ok so I am officially going crazy.
I live at the end of a very long cul de sac and whenever sombody washes
their car or waters the grass (san Diego) all the water puddles up in
front of my driveway.
Well my neighbor lady about 75 she is like to sweep the water into this
huge drain that runs essentially right under my house.
Sinkhole waiting to happen, luckily its been dry this year.
So she has this little broom she likes to push the runoff over this
highspot and get it out of the way. maybe five gallons so the mosqitos
don't take hold.
Te handle is broken and since I am kinda like the local handyman I chuck
the handle up in my trusty 6 inch Atlas and turn it down so it just fits
in the cleared out hole in the body of the broom. Steady rest and 3 jaw
chuck.
Rubbed the whole thing down with Linseed oil and she was very pleased.
I know my neighbors think I am clearly demented but I am quiet and do
things like this with no particular request for reciprocity. I may ask
for a cup of sugar or some catfood if he seems famished
Does this go on in your area?
I am determined to leave some form of legacy. It may not be noble or
even noteworthy but someone will remember that I fixed a broom or passed
on some long lost letters found in the attic of a burned out house
Rant mode off.
dan

"daniel peterman" wrote in message
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I am determined to leave some form of legacy. It may not be noble or
even noteworthy but someone will remember that I fixed a broom or passed
on some long lost letters found in the attic of a burned out house
Rant mode off.
dan

Till the Next Time

Chuckle!

Well, if I know some of the members of this group well enough, and I think I
do, you'll have left a legacy already, posting in HTML. I'm sure they'll
be thrilled.

Harold

Sorry I forgot to drop the sig.

Just realize that those random acts of kindness and irrational bouts of
helpfulness are the only legacy that some of us will leave.
Merry Christmas & Happy Hanukah to all. May the new year bring peace to
all.
Bugs

Bugs, I would say, not just the only legacy, but about the best.

These things do happen, in many places. In spite of the fear & despair
in the news, there are still a lot of nice people in the world.

I could share a story he

I was working away, fettling a motorbike one day, when a local kid
comes in & asks would I mind doing a bit of welding for him? Turns out,
he's building a go-cart affair, bits of wood, scavenged wheels, etc.

Found himself a pivot, made from an old shopping trolley (shopping
cart), with the bit that holds the wheel hammered out flat. So I weld
the couple of bits of metal on for him (after grinding the galvanise
off, of course). Give the lad the run of my bolt box to find some
fixings, and away he goes.

day or so later, kid comes back. Could I re-weld the pivot? "How
comes?" I ask, a bit worried. "It broke & we crashed!"

Yeek! I was mortified! My weld had broken & this young soul had crashed
his cart he'd built himself!

"What happened??"

"well," say the lad, "there was six of us on the cart, and when we hit
this metal post for the 3rd time, the front end [of the cart] broke
off"

I laughed, wagged me finger at him and said that the weld wasn't meant
to take that kind of load & I wasn't at all sorry.

So I found a bigger bit of metal & applied a bit more weld.

I for one love to do things for people, makes ME feel good. In our old place
I ran a handyman shop on my off time, I had a good bit of business to
contend with. I would also have people stop by asking to fix little things
that may have taken a few min. When they ask how much, I wave them off.
There are some things that I don't charge for, that SHOULDN"T be charged
for. WE have been quite nomadic for the past 6 years but have finally bought
a house (we now have a child, though it best to settle). I can't wait to
"get to know" the people round here and hope they can come to me for help.
On big jobs I like to be paid, that's why I do what I do. But as for many
jobs I wouldn't take a dime for. I would wnat my son to see that not
everything is based on money, but kindness.

Searcher

Can't think of a better way to set an example.
Every time I do something of the sort it reminds me of the folks who
did the same when I was kid.
So don't think your acts go un-noticed.

heard about this on a radio program...

http://www.elvesandmore.org/

was truly an amazing story on the radio show.

b.w.

(oops, i guess i misunderstood, was just looking at their website, i was
under the impression their purpose was repairing old discarded bikes and
giving them to kids, seems they collect money and buy brand new bikes.)




"daniel peterman" wrote in message
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Ok so I am officially going crazy.
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"daniel peterman" wrote in message
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I am determined to leave some form of legacy. It may not be noble or
even noteworthy but someone will remember that I fixed a broom or passed
on some long lost letters found in the attic of a burned out house
Rant mode off.
dan

Remember, though. No act of kindness goes unpunished.

STeve

"daniel peterman"

I am determined to leave some form of legacy. It may not be noble or
even noteworthy but someone will remember that I fixed a broom or passed
on some long lost letters found in the attic of a burned out house
Rant mode off.
dan

I am sure that when we reach the final accountant, those things are written in the deposits column.
And if they ask you, "hey, what are some of the good things you did?", you can rattle off some of your kind acts.

Don't know if it works that way, but doing kind things for people who need them make me feel better. I hope that's not selfish.

Steve





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On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 20:44:42 -0800, (daniel
peterman) wrote:

I am determined to leave some form of legacy. It may not be noble or
even noteworthy but someone will remember that I fixed a broom or passed
on some long lost letters found in the attic of a burned out house
Rant mode off.
dan

I too am inclined to do things for folks when I can. I especially
remember one day quite a few years back when a young fellow appeared
in the shop at Ellis Tech one day with a bent shaft in hand and a
panic stricken look on his face. He was a student I had know at the
school I had previously been working at and we had a bit of a
friendship even though he had chosen the plumbing shop instead of
machine shop.

Seems he had been backing a fire truck into its bay and the snorkel
wasn't fully stowed. Oops.

He was desperate to get the thing fixed before the Chief found out
about it. As luck would have it I had a piece of suitable S.S. stock
on hand and was able to duplicate the bent piece (without the bend of
course) and he went on his way.

It is a nice feeling to put our skills to use helping out someone in a
jam!

Errol Groff

Instructor, Manufacturing Technology
H.H. Ellis Technical High School
613 Upper Maple Street
Danielson, CT 06239

New England Model Engineering Society
www.neme-s.org

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Martin Eastburn
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Steve B wrote:


"daniel peterman"

I am determined to leave some form of legacy. It may not be noble or
even noteworthy but someone will remember that I fixed a broom or passed
on some long lost letters found in the attic of a burned out house
Rant mode off.
dan

I am sure that when we reach the final accountant, those things are
written in the deposits column.

And if they ask you, "hey, what are some of the good things you
did?", you can rattle off some of your kind acts.

Don't know if it works that way, but doing kind things for people
who need them make me feel better. I hope that's not selfish.

Steve


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"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote in message
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Martin


Sorry. Did a computer rebuild, and didn't set Options to text only.

Forgive me.

Please?

I won't do it again.

I didn't even mean to this time.

Sheesh.

Steve