Whats the nicest thing you've ever done for somebody?

[leftyman]

This summer,I replaced my Mom's front gardens, she has complained about the shrubs for years and when I went over to start, she had no clue I was doing it.
So I tore out all the 40 yr old shrubs and I replaced everything with new shrubs and plants and landscaped it. For free of course
I know its not the most important thing ive ever done for someone or even if I would consider it the nicest thing ive done, but I think my mom thinks it is.

 

[Amused]

I risked my life and gave up much of my 20s so that others may be free and safe.

(I'm a veteran for you slow ones out there)

 

[quakefiend420]

umm...i once held a door for someone at a convienence store

 

[Atomicus]

ran out ahead of my friend to draw enemy fire and allow him to flank for the win.... hate being the meat-shield

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: Amused
I risked my life and gave up much of my 20s so that others may be free and safe.

(I'm a veteran for you slow ones out there)

Sure, there's no conscription, but in terms of "That wasn't expected of you", I'm not sure that necessarily applies.
I'm not saying anything about being in the armed forces, but it's a job, and you got paid etc, it was your duty to do that when you took the job, so it was expected of you.

 

[meltdown75]

wow, i didn't know you were a veteran Amused. :thumbsup: thanks man

nicest thing i have EVER done? hmm......

i would have to think about it more.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Lonyo

Originally posted by: Amused
I risked my life and gave up much of my 20s so that others may be free and safe.

(I'm a veteran for you slow ones out there)

Sure, there's no conscription, but in terms of "That wasn't expected of you", I'm not sure that necessarily applies.
I'm not saying anything about being in the armed forces, but it's a job, and you got paid etc, it was your duty to do that when you took the job, so it was expected of you.

Joining is voluntary. And the pay is crap for the work and risks involved. Especially for enlisted men.

If you think it's "just a job," you do it.

 

[mitmot]

Originally posted by: Amused
I risked my life and gave up much of my 20s so that others may be free and safe.

(I'm a veteran for you slow ones out there)

:thumbsup:

Amused is my hero and fearless leader

FSCK OFF AND DIE!

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: mitmot

Originally posted by: Amused
I risked my life and gave up much of my 20s so that others may be free and safe.

(I'm a veteran for you slow ones out there)

:thumbsup:

Amused is my hero and fearless leader

FSCK OFF AND DIE!

FSCK OFF AND DIE! :beer:

 

[Lalakai]

perhaps the understanding of military service is different in the UK.

Here, most vets are given quite a few brownie points for doing what they've done or are doing. Viet Nam was an especially difficult time with poor support of service people there, excessive lying from our politicians, and extreme lack of gratitude from people "back home".

Lol i don't think there has ever been a vet who signed up, with the full knowledge of what they would be doing.

as for my part, 2 years Peace Corps in remote part of Philippines, pulling 3 kids from a river (drowning). Lol never did find out their names.

 

[Juno]

i always open door whoever is behind me every time i go to the door.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

im a nice guy, so lots of nice things

im not appreciated, but thats not why i do it

 

[MisterJackson]

I didn't tell you that this thread sucks.......wait a minute.......nevermind......I'm an asshole

 

[Patt]

I once mimicked a local radio station's Toys for Tots type program for a few families I knew. They were all struggling to get by, and their kids had nothing. Spent about $800 on gifts for about a dozen kids, wrapped them up and delivered them on Christmas Eve. The parents could barely even meet my eyes because they were crying. It was all worth it up to that point, but got even better when after I had delivered the last package I heard the following as the door closed: "Mommy, was that Santa Claus?"

Didn't have to shovel my walks all winter

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: Amused
I risked my life and gave up much of my 20s so that others may be free and safe.

(I'm a veteran for you slow ones out there)

Which war?

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Lonyo

Originally posted by: Amused
I risked my life and gave up much of my 20s so that others may be free and safe.

(I'm a veteran for you slow ones out there)

Sure, there's no conscription, but in terms of "That wasn't expected of you", I'm not sure that necessarily applies.
I'm not saying anything about being in the armed forces, but it's a job, and you got paid etc, it was your duty to do that when you took the job, so it was expected of you.

Joining is voluntary. And the pay is crap for the work and risks involved. Especially for enlisted men.

If you think it's "just a job," you do it.

QFT

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: Patt
I once mimicked a local radio station's Toys for Tots type program for a few families I knew. They were all struggling to get by, and their kids had nothing. Spent about $800 on gifts for about a dozen kids, wrapped them up and delivered them on Christmas Eve. The parents could barely even meet my eyes because they were crying. It was all worth it up to that point, but got even better when after I had delivered the last package I heard the following as the door closed: "Mommy, was that Santa Claus?"

Didn't have to shovel my walks all winter

WOW, that is really nice of you!!!!... How did you find the families? Was it a local neighborhood?

 

[Patt]

Originally posted by: DaShen

Originally posted by: Patt
I once mimicked a local radio station's Toys for Tots type program for a few families I knew. They were all struggling to get by, and their kids had nothing. Spent about $800 on gifts for about a dozen kids, wrapped them up and delivered them on Christmas Eve. The parents could barely even meet my eyes because they were crying. It was all worth it up to that point, but got even better when after I had delivered the last package I heard the following as the door closed: "Mommy, was that Santa Claus?"

Didn't have to shovel my walks all winter

WOW, that is really nice of you!!!!... How did you find the families? Was it a local neighborhood?

Yup, I was living and working in a fairly run-down neighbourhood, and knew the families to say hello on the street.

 

[Martin]

Originally posted by: Amused
I risked my life and gave up much of my 20s so that others may be free and safe.

(I'm a veteran for you slow ones out there)

Yes, well I am giving up my 20s so that yuppies can have instant access to their email and corporate applications.

(I'm a RIM employee for you slow ones out there)


<-- is cold, looking forward to the flames.

 

[MisterJackson]

Originally posted by: Patt

Originally posted by: DaShen

Originally posted by: Patt
I once mimicked a local radio station's Toys for Tots type program for a few families I knew. They were all struggling to get by, and their kids had nothing. Spent about $800 on gifts for about a dozen kids, wrapped them up and delivered them on Christmas Eve. The parents could barely even meet my eyes because they were crying. It was all worth it up to that point, but got even better when after I had delivered the last package I heard the following as the door closed: "Mommy, was that Santa Claus?"

Didn't have to shovel my walks all winter

WOW, that is really nice of you!!!!... How did you find the families? Was it a local neighborhood?

Yup, I was living and working in a fairly run-down neighbourhood, and knew the families to say hello on the street.

For $800 you better d@mn well get your drive shoveled!

Just kidding. We did something similar to this with my son's cub scout den. We adopted a family and provided their Christmas. No one else (paret wise) volunteered to do the shopping because of various excuses, so my son and I did it all ourselves.

We of course got the three kids some toys, but we tried to focus spending a bigger chunk on clothing and other necessities. In the end, between 5 sets of "financially well to do" parents in our den (not counting myself as, a single father with a single income household), only $70 was collected to buy a Christmas for three kids! I ended up chipping in $230 of my own money once I did the shopping and realized how pathetic it would be only to spend $70.

But of course when we dropped off the stuff for the family all of those "time deficent" parents were there smiling and feeling good about themselves.

Me personally I felt uncomfortable taking our den into that family's cramped apartment to deliver those presents for the simple fact that I know the mother of that family had to swallow alot of her pride, and the older kids, well I didn't want to put them in a position to make them even remotely feel ashamed.

I supported the idea of one of us dropping it all off to the mother one day when her kids weren't around, but they had to get their kicks off of it I guess.

In the end it was all worth it when the children, even the teenager, just seemd to forget the crap hand they'd been dealt for a little while.

 

[Zysoclaplem]

It's not much but I used to get up on the weekends, before my ex would wake up, and make him pancakes and fruit and juice and bacon or whatever else we had and serve it to him in bed, just to see him smile.
I guess he showed me huh.

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
It's not much but I used to get up on the weekends, before my ex would wake up, and make him pancakes and fruit and juice and bacon or whatever else we had and serve it to him in bed, just to see him smile.
I guess he showed me huh.

Not to be an ass, but you really need to drag yourself out of the self pity pit already.

 

[Patt]

Originally posted by: MisterJackson

Originally posted by: Patt

Originally posted by: DaShen

Originally posted by: Patt
I once mimicked a local radio station's Toys for Tots type program for a few families I knew. They were all struggling to get by, and their kids had nothing. Spent about $800 on gifts for about a dozen kids, wrapped them up and delivered them on Christmas Eve. The parents could barely even meet my eyes because they were crying. It was all worth it up to that point, but got even better when after I had delivered the last package I heard the following as the door closed: "Mommy, was that Santa Claus?"

Didn't have to shovel my walks all winter

WOW, that is really nice of you!!!!... How did you find the families? Was it a local neighborhood?

Yup, I was living and working in a fairly run-down neighbourhood, and knew the families to say hello on the street.

For $800 you better d@mn well get your drive shoveled!

Just kidding. We did something similar to this with my son's cub scout den. We adopted a family and provided their Christmas. No one else (paret wise) volunteered to do the shopping because of various excuses, so my son and I did it all ourselves.

We of course got the three kids some toys, but we tried to focus spending a bigger chunk on clothing and other necessities. In the end, between 5 sets of "financially well to do" parents in our den (not counting myself as, a single father with a single income household), only $70 was collected to buy a Christmas for three kids! I ended up chipping in $230 of my own money once I did the shopping and realized how pathetic it would be only to spend $70.

But of course when we dropped off the stuff for the family all of those "time deficent" parents were there smiling and feeling good about themselves.

Me personally I felt uncomfortable taking our den into that family's cramped apartment to deliver those presents for the simple fact that I know the mother of that family had to swallow alot of her pride, and the older kids, well I didn't want to put them in a position to make them even remotely feel ashamed.

I supported the idea of one of us dropping it all off to the mother one day when her kids weren't around, but they had to get their kicks off of it I guess.

In the end it was all worth it when the children, even the teenager, just seemd to forget the crap hand they'd been dealt for a little while.

Yeah, I pretty much just dropped the stuff off into surprised hands without much in the way of words.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
It's not much but I used to get up on the weekends, before my ex would wake up, and make him pancakes and fruit and juice and bacon or whatever else we had and serve it to him in bed, just to see him smile.
I guess he showed me huh.

*sniffle sniffle*

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
It's not much but I used to get up on the weekends, before my ex would wake up, and make him pancakes and fruit and juice and bacon or whatever else we had and serve it to him in bed, just to see him smile.
I guess he showed me huh.

Not to be an ass, but you really need to drag yourself out of the self pity pit already.

I'm glad you know so much about me...:roll:
No pity party here. And I don't feel sorry for myself. More of a feeling of regret.
Just something nice I used to do that was never expected of me.