Karma pays you back.

[wvpolekat]

I live on a small blacktop road that is about 3/4 of a mile long that has 7 houses on it. Normally, whenever I plow my driveway, I make a run down the road and back, and knock the pile of snow down at the end of other peoples driveways. This gets me my seat time and out of the house. I enjoy it.

I have a neighbor on one side of me that has a drive that is about 100 yards long and very steep. Probably about a 25-30 degree angle. Normally, he plows it with his ATV and keeps it salted.

There have been days when he was at work or out when we got a dump of snow. If I happen to notice that he isn't home, I will run up his drive and clear it for him.

Yesterday, when plowing about 10" of snow off the road, poor lil Bota, lost traction going up a hill and very gently slid into a ditch, where it firmly lodged itself.

Well, me being alone, wasn't in a position to extract it. And, help would not be available until about 8 PM. Bota was left in the ditch to be retrieved later.

Fast forward to 6 PM, I hear something outside. My neighbor is on his ATV clearing my drive. I walk out to talk to him and thank him, he had seen the tractor and figured I needed help. He offered to help unstick it. About 15 min later, he and I had unstuck the bota using his ATV to clear the snow and give it a tug.

So, the lesson is that a simple 5 min act of kindness and being a good neighbor pays off. Even if I would have not needed his help, our neighborhood was a slightly better place to live because we are good to each other.

Take that cup of diesel fuel and 5 min to help someone out, they will help you or someone else and make things a little bit better for everyone.

 

[Johno Geo]

Very true!
Help your neighbors when you see they could use it.
....never know when you will need some help.
I'm with you... If I'm out first, I always make a pass at the neighbor road.

(hopefully, they never need to pull me out of a ditch, but it's nice to know they would)!

 

[miramadar]

That's how society is supposed to work. Unfortunately, a lot of Americans have become callous and self-centered that we are failing as neighbors. We see the world in a "global" context and forget about the more important "local" context of our existence. It is my opinion that man is supposed to live locally...not globally.

To quote one of my favorite bands: "Take care of those you call your own and keep good company."

10 points.if you can name the band.

 

[jlsmith]

Good for you.:drink: Im glad to see there are still some good guys out there.:thumbsup:

 

[smstonypoint]

To quote one of my favorite bands: "Take care of those you call your own and keep good company."

10 points.if you can name the band.

Queen. But I Googled to find out. How do I collect the points and redeem them for cash?

Steve

 

[wvpolekat]

That's how society is supposed to work. Unfortunately, a lot of Americans have become callous and self-centered that we are failing as neighbors. We see the world in a "global" context and forget about the more important "local" context of our existence. It is my opinion that man is supposed to live locally...not globally.

To quote one of my favorite bands: "Take care of those you call your own and keep good company."

10 points.if you can name the band.

That would be Queen- Good Company.

 

[nuffer460]

My home is my neighborhood. I don't want to know their business and they don't want to know mine. I watch their homes and they watch mine. I have a neighbor with a plow truck. He plows his driveway then makes a pass in the morning so my wife can get out. After his wife and daugter go to work and school. I really clean out his driveway. Then I clean mine and a couple of others. I had a health issue a little while back. He told my wife to call him if she needs anything. He told her, I've taken care of his family enough times. The best thing is we don't keep track of who has done what for who. It just gets done. :thumbsup:

 

[TripleR]

My home is my neighborhood. I don't want to know their business and they don't want to know mine. I watch their homes and they watch mine. I have a neighbor with a plow truck. He plows his driveway then makes a pass in the morning so my wife can get out. After his wife and daugter go to work and school. I really clean out his driveway. Then I clean mine and a couple of others. I had a health issue a little while back. He told my wife to call him if she needs anything. He told her, I've taken care of his family enough times. The best thing is we don't keep track of who has done what for who. It just gets done. :thumbsup:

I live in the country and the way it is around here is that often times, you don't even know who to thank. A fence will be repaired, a tree moved from the roadway, driveway plowed etc. and you will never know who did it. I have bush hogged neighbors plots, roadways etc and they have done mine. Nobody keeps count or expects payback, it just is the way it is and we love it that way.

 

[wvpolekat]

TripleR and Nuffer nailed it. I never did it expecting anything in return. I would have never expected him to plow my drive. I just did it because I know that it needed to be done and I could help him out. Just the way I was raised.

I think that the key thing is neither of us ASKED or EXPECTED the other to do something. We saw a way we could be helpful and did it. Even if he had offered me something for doing it, I would have turned it down, only asking him to help someone else out if he could.

I hope I am passing these values on to my son by example, and I think the TBN community as a whole has these same values. Just wish that more people as a whole had them and passed them on.

Last year, I was driving down I-79 with both boys in the truck. We see a tractor/trailer tire bouncing down the road, across the median, across the oncoming lanes, up a hill, back down, across our lanes, coming to rest on the shoulder.

I sped up knowing that whoever lost it wasn't far. I found a truck missing the passenger side duals on the rear trailer axle. I flagged the driver down and he stopped. I told him what I saw and pointed out his lack of wheels. He was mortified that someone had gotten hurt. After assuring him that nobody did that I saw, he asked if I could run him back up the road to fetch his wayward tire(s). I told him I would. We went back and loaded up the one we could find. Took him back to his rig, helped him load the tire in his trailer. He repeatedly offered me money, and I declined. I simply told him to help someone else out when he could. He made a couple of calls to locate someplace to get it serviced, I gave him some directions and we parted ways.

Sometimes, you just do what is the kind thing to do in the hopes that the person you helped will remember it when they see someone else they could help. Kind of a "pay it forward" attitude.

 

[s78wingrider]

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[stormpetrel]

It's really good to read what you wrote!! Nice!

I've been hoping to do the same for my neighbors, but live on an island. the town nearest to us on the mainland got a foot; we got 2 inches!!!:laughing:
Maybe next time......

 

[wallace]

Its always great to help people out and there's really no words that can describe the felling you get when there is a positive responsive from it!
I'll give you guys a little story of a hand I lent.....

I was coming back from town one day with my 3 yr son in our 1991 hopped up Mustang 5.0, I spotted a car up against the center concrete median, the car was traveling about 40 MPH it was bouncing on and off the concrete median. I slowed down to see what was going on and I could see that the female driver had her head against the drives window, she was unresponsive to the jolting of the car..I knew that the concrete barriers were going to end soon and she may have crossed over into on coming traffic......
With out a second to hesitate I race up in front of her and allowed her car to run in to the back of me and once her car bumped me (I was pacing her speed) I then brought both cars to a controlled stop.
I jump out of my car and ran back as her car was trying to push mine.
When I got back to her car the doors were lock and she was still unresponsive, I had to break the window out and reach in to shut the car off......
Come to find out, she was in a seizure. We call for medical help. The woman came out of the seizure and away she went in the ambuliance...
I did not stick around as I felt I did what I could and moved on!
I'm sure the women and her family would be grateful to know who I am or what I did but I feel better letting them think their family is watched over by ANGELS!

 

[TripleR]

Its always great to help people out and there's really no words that can describe the felling you get when there is a positive responsive from it!
I'll give you guys a little story of a hand I lent.....

I was coming back from town one day with my 3 yr son in our 1991 hopped up Mustang 5.0, I spotted a car up against the center concrete median, the car was traveling about 40 MPH it was bouncing on and off the concrete median. I slowed down to see what was going on and I could see that the female driver had her head against the drives window, she was unresponsive to the jolting of the car..I knew that the concrete barriers were going to end soon and she may have crossed over into on coming traffic......
With out a second to hesitate I race up in front of her and allowed her car to run in to the back of me and once her car bumped me (I was pacing her speed) I then brought both cars to a controlled stop.
I jump out of my car and ran back as her car was trying to push mine.
When I got back to her car the doors were lock and she was still unresponsive, I had to break the window out and reach in to shut the car off......
Come to find out, she was in a seizure. We call for medical help. The woman came out of the seizure and away she went in the ambuliance...
I did not stick around as I felt I did what I could and moved on!
I'm sure the women and her family would be grateful to know who I am or what I did but I feel better letting them think their family is watched over by ANGELS!

You are to be commended for your selfless act. I believe you did the right thing in remaining anonymous. This year while deer hunting, my son had to go to a local country store where hunters and locals gather. A man and his son came in and shortly thereafter, he collapsed. My son has had Combat Lifesaver Training in the Army as well as EMT Training in addition to having been a Police Officer, so he began CPR. He kept it up for thirty minutes until the ambulance arrived. He then got in his truck and came back to camp. All the family knows is that someone cared enough to lend a hand.

 

[Stormtruck2]

I live in a small town of about 800 people. We have a couple of men and a few kids who have people that pay them to move the snow. I won't cut into their business, but I do know of a few seniors, widows, and widowers. I have a carry all on the 3pt that I carry my 928e SB on which I use to clear their sidwalks after I clear their drives. Some were friends of my father, whom they did favors for and whom he did favors for. When I help them I feel that I am honoring my father. Some of them are Vets, I do it as a thank you. Many though know not who I am, and that is fine with me. My identity is important only to me, my conscience and my God.

 

[Topkicker]

My neighbor across the street past away back in the fall. He kept a well groomed property and enjoyed being outdoors. I feel very sad for his wife. They were married for 40+ years. I keep her drive and walkway free of snow so she can get her mail without the worry of falling. She broke her leg last year after a nasty fall. I went home to GA to visit my mom and came back to 6in of snow. Her son came by with his snowblower and cut me a path to the garage door before I arrived home. He said it was the least he could do for me plowing his mother's drive. Giving a little of your time to someone does come back around when you need it the most it seems.

 

[boxygen]

It works both ways. I am lucky to live in one of these great neighborhoods with many other like minded individuals where I do whatever I can to help whenever the oportunity arrives. However, a few weeks ago after our first real snowstorm I was putting on my boots on to go out and plow my driveway.:thumbsup::thumbsup: I was excited. I then heard the sound of steel bouncing on gravel down my driveway. My neighbor was plowing my driveway I went out and asked him if he didnt have enough snow at his house . He did leave some for me.
If my worst problem is that someone else plows my driveway then I guess Im in pretty good shape.

 

[robs660]

I plow up to 8 drives for free every time it snows. Never thought twice about it. I have plowed commercially in the past and even then I had my pro Bono drives. My one neighbor flagged me down this week and gave me a giant bag of home made perogees and a case of imported polish beer. I put everything in my backhoe bucket and finished plowing. They were great for dinner and the beer was top notch. I also clear the side street intersections after the county plows them in. I do it because I can and I know it will make their day a little easier. I hope someday someone will help me out when I need it. I am glad that so many of the other members on here will and do the same. Fining selfless acts these days is rare.

 

[Stormtruck2]

Ummm, homemade perogies. sound great.:licking: Some homemade kielbasa and kraut and you have a meal fit for a King.:licking: Dang, now I have to make some perogies. Wheres my tator peeler?

 

[MF 1532]

This post has made for a good testomony , after watching the news , ( there are still some of us that try to make ths a better place , and help others .)

 

[robs660]

I ever understand why it is so hard to do something nice and selfless once in a while. I think it's a shame that we have become a culture that doesn't look out for one another. We would rather video the bad thing happening then try to help