A Verry cool thing happened today

zippyt · 09-02-2005, 08:26 PM

A verry cool thing happened this morning ,
I was on one of those mindless drives accross the bean , rice and cotton fields that are NW arkansas and SW Mo, when i suddenly relised i was going to the wrong customer ( a customer that I have been spending LOTS of time at, I guess the truck and my mind were both on auto-pilot ) , so I turned onto I55 ( Major N-S highway ) headed north , a little while later i saw this van on the side of the road with smoke rolling out of the hood I slowed down and when i saw the Louisana plates i pulled over .
The engine of the van was TOAST , something sticking out the side of it ,BIG puddle of oil and coolant . I asked where they were headed , they were going to stay with a brother in Chicago ,I asked for some ID ( to many folks trying to scam nowadays ). I called AAA and explained , the operater put me in touch with his supperviser , he called the tow truck and the tow truck driver called his paster and browed the church van( there was 8 of them all togather ) , hugs and hand shakes later and they are on their way ,
this was about 9:30am , at about 2:00pm the supperviser from AAA called me to let me know they had arranged for the family to get a ride ALL the way to Chicago !!!!!!!

That made my DAY !!!!!!!

xoxoxoBruce · 09-02-2005, 09:08 PM

Well done, Sir. Kudos.

Griff · 09-02-2005, 09:29 PM

Awesome man. We need to hear the good stories, thank you. g

plthijinx · 09-02-2005, 11:07 PM

outstanding!

wolf · 09-03-2005, 12:07 AM

Good job, ZippyT!

Elspode · 09-03-2005, 01:04 AM

I suppose it is implicit in your tale, but...were these unfortunate people victims of the storm?

Well done in helping out, Zip.

zippyt · 09-03-2005, 01:23 AM

Splode , yeppers dudes id said New Orlines , he said what i saw was ALL that was left , but he didn't care about the material things , those could be replaced .
He cared that he and his family were safe .

Thanks folks but all I did was call for help , AAA took the ball and ran that Mother HOME !!!

xoxoxoBruce · 09-03-2005, 08:52 AM

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Thanks folks but all I did was call for help

But that's the secret. Maybe you can't make a major change by yourself, but you may be able to get the ball rolling by doing what you can. I can tell you from experience that's true.
Zip, you went the wrong way and were behind schedule which is a perfect excuse to blow right by that van.... but you stopped and made the difference.

09-02-2005, 08:26 PM	#1
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	A Verry cool thing happened today A verry cool thing happened this morning , I was on one of those mindless drives accross the bean , rice and cotton fields that are NW arkansas and SW Mo, when i suddenly relised i was going to the wrong customer ( a customer that I have been spending LOTS of time at, I guess the truck and my mind were both on auto-pilot ) , so I turned onto I55 ( Major N-S highway ) headed north , a little while later i saw this van on the side of the road with smoke rolling out of the hood I slowed down and when i saw the Louisana plates i pulled over . The engine of the van was TOAST , something sticking out the side of it ,BIG puddle of oil and coolant . I asked where they were headed , they were going to stay with a brother in Chicago ,I asked for some ID ( to many folks trying to scam nowadays ). I called AAA and explained , the operater put me in touch with his supperviser , he called the tow truck and the tow truck driver called his paster and browed the church van( there was 8 of them all togather ) , hugs and hand shakes later and they are on their way , this was about 9:30am , at about 2:00pm the supperviser from AAA called me to let me know they had arranged for the family to get a ride ALL the way to Chicago !!!!!!! That made my DAY !!!!!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

09-02-2005, 09:08 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Well done, Sir. Kudos. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-02-2005, 09:29 PM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Awesome man. We need to hear the good stories, thank you. g __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-02-2005, 11:07 PM	#4
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	outstanding! __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

09-03-2005, 12:07 AM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Good job, ZippyT! __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-03-2005, 01:04 AM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I suppose it is implicit in your tale, but...were these unfortunate people victims of the storm? Well done in helping out, Zip. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-03-2005, 01:23 AM	#7
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Splode , yeppers dudes id said New Orlines , he said what i saw was ALL that was left , but he didn't care about the material things , those could be replaced . He cared that he and his family were safe . Thanks folks but all I did was call for help , AAA took the ball and ran that Mother HOME !!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

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