BTW,do you guys know what today is??? (Page 2): Can't say I didn't feel good, especially seeing her begin t***sferring her stuff. :sm04:...

Seth

Tug484 wrote:

It always feels good to be kind and helpful to someone.

Can't say I didn't feel good, especially seeing her begin t***sferring her stuff.

Tug484

Seth wrote:

Can't say I didn't feel good, especially seeing her begin t***sferring her stuff.

I was in Louisiana one time and I saw this old lady h*****g onto a sign.
I asked her if she needed a wheelchair.
She nodded yes.
I went to security and pointed her out and asked him to have someone get a wheelchair for her.
She can't walk another step.
He asked me if she was my mother.
I told him I had no idea who she was.
I thought, when does someone have to be kin to you to offer help.
I had a good deed done to me.
I was in a steak house and when I went to pay, someone had paid it.
I didn't know anyone in there.
I paid it forward.

Seth

Tug484 wrote:

I was in Louisiana one time and I saw this old lad... (show quote)

Right on.

There is some kind of balance out there, I think, though not being one of those metaphysical dudes, that's the farthest I can get on that topic. 😁

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Seth wrote:

Came over to Santa Monica for the afternoon, had a... (show quote)

I already knew you to be a good man, Seth. This only further confirms that fact

But, if I remember correctly, you are a 'Coastie,' aren't ya'

Good and/or humanitarian deeds are the Coast Guard's forte'.

Tug484

Seth wrote:

Right on.

There is some kind of balance out there, I think, though not being one of those metaphysical dudes, that's the farthest I can get on that topic. 😁

Seth

slatten49 wrote:

I already knew you to be a good man, Seth. This o... (show quote)

Semper Paratus

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Seth wrote:

I h**e to see people who don't seem to deserve it having to fight a perpetual uphill battle just to barely survive, especially a woman you can tell was thrown into it for no reason she can even understand.

Small kindnesses from strangers do as much for people in her position inside as they do from a material perspective, perhaps more, because now they know somebody someplace actually cares.

The money I spent was, as far as I'm concerned, the best investment I've made in some time.

I am a retired firefighter, Seth, I know what it is like to help people who really need it. Fire can really be mean sometimes.

Tug484

Blade_Runner wrote:

I am a retired firefighter, Seth, I know what it is like to help people who really need it. Fire can really be mean sometimes.

My son's a policeman and always has to go to the fire.
I read in the paper about his best friends ranch catching on fire.
That was scary for them.
Him and his daughter were walking it and he noticed a fire.
He called my son and said, please come rescue us.
They are lucky they survived.

Seth

Blade_Runner wrote:

I am a retired firefighter, Seth, I know what it is like to help people who really need it. Fire can really be mean sometimes.

I was involved up to my eyeballs in a SAR case in the Guard that involved an engine room fire on a trawler. I boarded with three of my deckies, and we got the skipper and crew off before it was too late. That was close enough for me.

During basic training we spent a day at Treasure Island doing firefighting training in large concrete mock-ups of ships' compartments, hose team and applicator stuff under more or less supervised conditions.

My hat's off to you guys who actively go into burning buildings and get people out while fighting some serious fires as a regular diet.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Seth wrote:

Semper Paratus

Back at ya' with our own SEMPER FIDELIS

Seth

Tug484 wrote:

My son's a policeman and always has to go to the fire.
I read in the paper about his best friends ranch catching on fire.
That was scary for them.
Him and his daughter were walking it and he noticed a fire.
He called my son and said, please come rescue us.
They are lucky they survived.

A cop is a combination of many things, and bravery, a protective instinct and the natural instinct to help others seem to go with the territory, just as with firefighters.

I have several friends who are cops in a few cities. I'd actually rather socialize with cops or firemen than politicians, CEOs or lawyers.

Tug484

Seth wrote:

A cop is a combination of many things, and bravery, a protective instinct and the natural instinct to help others seem to go with the territory, just as with firefighters.

I have several friends who are cops in a few cities. I'd actually rather socialize with cops or firemen than politicians, CEOs or lawyers.

Me too.
I like good ole' boys and I appreciate every service they provide us.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

My Family has a rather large influx of LEO's. My oldest cousin , a retired McClennan Country Deputy Sheriff, was one of the first at the scene of the Koresh Branch Davidian compound outside of Waco. No firemen, but we do also have a number of EMs and nurses...both male and female.

We have our share of 'do-gooders'/service providers.

Seth

slatten49 wrote:

Back at ya' with our own SEMPER FIDELIS

Yours goes way back to William Eaton and lessons learned the hard way by some Barbary dudes.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Seth wrote:

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Damn, Seth

You're proving to be quite the 'Salty' one.

Given another choice, I believe you could'a/would'a made a great Leatherneck.