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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
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 Posted - Oct 16 2009 : 8:04:02 PM
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My sister and I took Mom up North to see the fall colors last week.
We were about 120 miles from home when the motor home just died. On the middle of the expressway in a construction zone with orange barrels everywhere.
The tow truck took us to the nearest town, Mt. Pleasant, and a garage called Metro 25.
The young guys at the garage were the sweetest ever. They discovered it was the fuel pump but couldn't get one until the next day so they let us hook up our camper in their parking lot overnight. They all assured us it was as safe a neighborhood as it appeared to be.
One of the guys even drove across town to get us a converter for our electric.
The next morning, about 9:00, a couple of the guys politely knocked on the door and told us that the part was in and they could make the repair.
All of them went out of their way to be nice to us. One of them even brought us a local phone book the night before in case we wanted to order carry out. They made sure we were warm.
All in all, it was a great experience. I think they thought that we could have been their Moms as most of them were my son's age. Mid 20s
Once they got things fixed and sent us on our way, we called and ordered pizzas to be delivered to all of them for lunch
Oh, and the repair was pretty reasonable, too.
Just did dmy heart good to meet such nice, hard working young guys . Wish I could tell their Mommas .
The rest of the trip was great
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
www.sissyandsisterstitch.etsy.com
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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lilwing
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Brooke
Fulshear
Texas
USA
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Posted - Oct 16 2009 : 9:42:47 PM
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This warms my heart to hear there are still alot of great guys out there being respectable and good to others, especially women. :)
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Hencho of Gulf Coast Farmgirls - Sub-group of Heart of Texas Farmgirls
http://maggielousdaughter.blogspot.com
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N@n
True Blue Farmgirl
223 Posts
Hackett
Arkansas
USA
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Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 06:15:09 AM
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Great story Michelle. Who says yankees are cold and impolite??? It must be those Michiganders. We had a blow out near Houghton Lake this summer and lady and her son who were coming to town to pick up pizza, took my husband to the nearest garage and brought him back in her air conditioned car so my husband didn't have to walk anywhere in the heat. Love those moments!!!
Nancy in Arkansas
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Primitive Doll
Farmgirl in Training
11 Posts
Nancy
Venice
FL
USA
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Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 06:53:46 AM
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| People so need to hear stories like this right now with all the pain and suffering in our nation!! I think writing a letter to the editor is a great idea. Their boss would love it, their moms would love it and of course they would love it. Not that that is why they did it. And yes Michiganders are a special lot. I am from Michigan myself originally and honestly feel that the people there are a special lot!!!!!! |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 09:06:58 AM
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There are still good people in this world, its a shame that they are so far and inbetween. I second the idea about the newspaper, thats a great idea.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 10:09:18 AM
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Michelle, that does does my heart good to hear about young men like that. Just when I thought all young guys were horribly bad mannered. I sure needed to hear this. I am so happy you had such a good experience. Thank the Lord for well raised guys. Their parents should be applauded for doing such a great job.
Kris
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