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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 428189" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>You are a wonderful person. You and he will never forget each other. Reminds me of a day I was driving home from the city. Hot, sunny, NOT a day to be outside if you could avoid it. I saw a truck, packed trailer and 3 people - 2 of them elderly, on the side of the road. Truck was not workign right. I had enough water bottles to fill the radiator the rest of the wya so they could get into town. I also took them to a garage that wouldn't rip them off. Of course we had 3 big conferences in town plus a sporting event and the hotels were packed. So I called my mom and asked if we could at least give them dinner and a place to shower. Ended up with the dad (driving another truck) and the son sleeping outside by their truck so nothing got stolen (couldn't get it to our house) and the older couple sleeping on our sofa bed. They were helping move the dad and son to another state for work because he lost his job and couldn't get one where they lived. They were almost out of $$ and would have spent it on a motel anyway but there were not vacancies anywhere. I still get cards from them at the holidays, almost ten years later!</p><p></p><p>Who knows, maybe someday your paths will cross again. I hope he has a safe journey and his puppy makes it. He is right that she wouldn't make it that far with-o your help. Heck, HE might not have made it either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 428189, member: 1233"] You are a wonderful person. You and he will never forget each other. Reminds me of a day I was driving home from the city. Hot, sunny, NOT a day to be outside if you could avoid it. I saw a truck, packed trailer and 3 people - 2 of them elderly, on the side of the road. Truck was not workign right. I had enough water bottles to fill the radiator the rest of the wya so they could get into town. I also took them to a garage that wouldn't rip them off. Of course we had 3 big conferences in town plus a sporting event and the hotels were packed. So I called my mom and asked if we could at least give them dinner and a place to shower. Ended up with the dad (driving another truck) and the son sleeping outside by their truck so nothing got stolen (couldn't get it to our house) and the older couple sleeping on our sofa bed. They were helping move the dad and son to another state for work because he lost his job and couldn't get one where they lived. They were almost out of $$ and would have spent it on a motel anyway but there were not vacancies anywhere. I still get cards from them at the holidays, almost ten years later! Who knows, maybe someday your paths will cross again. I hope he has a safe journey and his puppy makes it. He is right that she wouldn't make it that far with-o your help. Heck, HE might not have made it either. [/QUOTE]
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