On Jun 12, 6:17 pm, Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:48:16 -0700 (PDT), JimH
wrote:



On Jun 12, 4:32 pm, "Don White" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in messagenews:nmt2549vf9jubbjr9siqsb5poblkieo84t@4ax .com... Got to the lake this morning about 7 AM - later than I wanted, but I
had to help a neighbor out by watching their kids until the school bus
came.

Launched and started out to my favorite early morning spots when I
spied a boat in trouble - as in the process of swamping. It was a 14
footer with five people on board. They were waving and hollering -
why somebody on the lake didn't call, I don't know, but I went over to
assist - get this - one PFD for five of them. Smart.

snip....

What do ya know!!
It was my turn to be helpful in a bit of a tricky situation this afternoon
at moms' nursinghome.
As I was pushing he wheelchair back up grade on the driveway (after a visit
to the fishpond and gazebo), I noticed a white taxi coming up over my right
shoulder. I kept glancing at it as we were sharing the same roadway and I
was being cautious..then he stopped suddenly.
I looked up and saw an elderly resident come hell bent crossing in front of
him. For a fraction of a second I thought she was driving a motor driven
wheelchair...as no one was pushing. I thought she was speeding up to beat
the cab until I saw the horror on her face.
I let mom go and ran to catch her just as she hit the soft mulch on the
center turnaround island.
Worked out great, she wasn't too shook up, the staff lady who came running
down was thankful...told me it was another resident who had opened the code
locked front door to let the lady out....and for good reason she wasn't
supposed to let past those doors.
Oh yeah mom... as I abandoned her, she started to roll backwards but had
the presence of mind to apply her wheelchair brakes.

Nice going Don.

I cannot compare to you guys regarding a good deed for the
day.......mine was moving from the kitchen to the outside deck to fart
this morning while my wife was eating breakfast. ;-)

I didn't even do that. Didn't have to fart. When the time comes that
I'm in the position to do such a deed I hope I have "right stuff" like
you do - and that it's not raining outside.
You princes here humble me. That's why I keep coming back.
Distressed boaters. Runaway wheelchairs. Emergency evacuations.
Pretty exciting stuff. All I did today was mow the lawn and do some
weed-whacking.

--Vic

Besides the fart redirecting I did the same thing today.......cut the
lawn.

But that does not take away the fact that both Tom's and Don's deeds
were commendable. I find no reason to put them down for posting them
Vic.

Hey...my wife volunteers at the Animal Protective League and today was
her day for volunteering.

My good deed yesterday was taking a 78 year old friend of ours out for
a boat ride.

BTW: I did not say so but I also did a good thing today. I visited a
shop owner who has a son in the Army recently deployed to Iraq and
suffering injury from a IED exploding in their base. A truck
carrying explosives blew through the entrance to their base and
exploded, killing on soldier, taking off the arm of another and
injuring several others, including the son of this shop owner. He was
expected to lose hearing due to the shattering of his ear drums from
the explosion........the good news was that she got a call from him
this morning and heard that he will be ok with the ears. Those
injured from the attack are being flown to Germany for hospitalization
and surgery. Her son will remain on base while he heals.

When I heard about the incident my heart went out to her and wanted to
make sure she was doing OK.

The bottom line is that good deeds are indeed...........*Good*
deeds.

Try doing some..............