Forehead Smack Moments

[Beestie]

I used to landscape under the summer sun in south Georgia on the fairly expansive grounds of a large hospital complex. One day, while digging a hole to plant a tree, I heard the unmistakable clank of shovel on metal. More like a *tink* than a clank, I suppose. I put the shovel down and moved some clay around and what did I find but a military dog tag. I dusted it off, cleaned it up and took it home to show my father - a career Army CSM. FF to the end - it belonged to a WWII vet who had since passed on but my father tracked down his son and gave it to him.

The local fishwrap published a big article on it. Apparently, the family had lived on the grounds long before the hospital was built - it had been underground for at least 30 years.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Remember folks, pay it forward. Your good deeds will come back to you. Good Karma.

Just got a call from Reception. The young man dropped off a bottle of white wine for me. Some people are just lovely.

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Just got a call from Reception. The young man dropped off a bottle of white wine for me. Some people are just lovely.

Wow...that is wonderful. Around here, you can't even get a thank you wave when you let a car go ahead of you.

Good karma-girl!

SG put the Karma in Chameleon.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Well, if you hadn't been driving on my road, I wouldn't have had to wait for you to tell me to go ahead of you. Is that the look they give you? I've seen way to much of that.

[skysidhe]

Originally Posted by Beestie

I used to landscape under the summer sun in south Georgia on the fairly expansive grounds of a large hospital complex. One day, while digging a hole to plant a tree, I heard the unmistakable clank of shovel on metal. More like a *tink* than a clank, I suppose. I put the shovel down and moved some clay around and what did I find but a military dog tag. I dusted it off, cleaned it up and took it home to show my father - a career Army CSM. FF to the end - it belonged to a WWII vet who had since passed on but my father tracked down his son and gave it to him.

The local fishwrap published a big article on it. Apparently, the family had lived on the grounds long before the hospital was built - it had been underground for at least 30 years.

A very cool story and a very cool dad to do such a nice thing.

[mitheral]

Originally Posted by plthijinx

well, damn this is stupid, i forgot to replace the oil dipstick and close the hatch on the cowl. i did the rest of my walk-around and never caught what i'd done until after take-off and noticed the hatch flapping in the wind. "uh-El Paso tower, N12345 has an open hatch - negative emergency - just need to return to the airport." i taxied back to where i parked, picked up the dipstick and put it back.

My second car was a Chrysler sedan with a slant six. In hind site a great car, the thing just worked for 150K, even if it was as boring as plain white bread without butter. On one occasion I drove it to Southern California (from the interior of BC) and back. Being such a long trip I was extra vigilant checking all those things you father told you needed to be checked before leaving: oil, P/S fluid, trans fluid, tire pressure, all the exterior lights, diff fluid, the works.

Now the intake manifold on a /6 is something to behold. The engine is fed by a single carb set a significant distance from the head so the runners are ridiculously long, you can serve a three course meal on the thing. It was only when I checked the oil in Portland that I noticed the transmission dipstick laying on top of the intake manifold. Apparently I got distracted way back in BC and never actually put it back after checking the fluid level.

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Just got a call from Reception. The young man dropped off a bottle of white wine for me. Some people are just lovely.

Maybe he saw your pictures on the Cellar.