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07-16-2008, 11:43 AM
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Name: Scott Smith City: New Hill State: NC County: Chatham Join Date: Mar 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.53 over 30 days | Here's a truly heartwarming story about the bond formed between a little 5-year-old girl and some construction workers that will make you believe that we all can make a difference when we give a child the gift of our time.
A young family moved into a house, next to a vacant lot. One day, a construction crew began to build a house on the empty lot. The family's 5-year-old daughter naturally took an interest in the goings-on and spent much of each day observing the workers.
Eventually the construction crew, all of them 'gems-in-the-rough,' more or less, adopted her as a kind of project mascot. They chatted with her during coffee and lunch breaks and gave her little jobs to do here and there to make her feel important. At the end of the first week, they even presented her with a pay envelope containing ten dollars.
The little girl took this home to her mother who suggested that she take her ten dollars 'pay' she'd received to the bank the next day to start a savings account. When the girl and her mom got to the bank, the teller was equally impressed and asked the little girl how she had come by her very own pay check at such a young age. The little girl proudly replied, ‘I worked last week with a real construction crew building the new house next door to us.'
'Oh my goodness gracious,' said the teller, 'and will you be working on the house again this week, too?' The little girl replied, 'I will, if those %^&#$%' at Home Depot ever delivers the %^&#$%' sheet rock.'
Last edited by SteveColes; 07-16-2008 at 12:08 PM.
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07-16-2008, 12:09 PM
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#2 | | President
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Name: Steve City: Apex State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 64 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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07-16-2008, 12:13 PM
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#3 | | Asst. Webmaster
Name: Bas City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 35 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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07-16-2008, 12:39 PM
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#4 | | Administrator
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Name: Tracy City: Salisbury State: NC County: Rowan Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 47 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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07-16-2008, 01:44 PM
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#5 | | Moderator
Name: Mike Hall City: Indian Trail State: NC County: Union Join Date: Feb 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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07-16-2008, 01:49 PM
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Name: Bob City: Hillsborough State: NC County: Orange Join Date: May 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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07-16-2008, 04:23 PM
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Name: Andy City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 49 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I heard a longer version of that where the kid (a boy in the version I heard) is asked to repeat this "when your father gets home" and he does. His father asks him to go get a switch and he says "#$%^& you! That's the *&%ing electrician's job". | |
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07-16-2008, 06:28 PM
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#8 | | Webmaster
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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__________________   Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools. 
Heard from a client..."If I had your tools and experience...I could do it myself" 
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
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07-16-2008, 06:45 PM
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Name: Robert Arrowood City: Mount Holly State: NC County: Gaston Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 49 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Heartwarming and sidesplitting  .Man I needed that today! .gif "Drogar Laugh(DBG)") Dave you couldn't have said it better  . | |
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07-16-2008, 08:56 PM
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#10 | | Moderator
Advisory Panel
Name: Cathy City: Forest City State: NC County: Rutherford Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 53 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Even today my mother is amazed at how much of our father's profanity we picked up -specifically when driving. Thanks for the chuckle!
__________________ Cathy Skipper 
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07-16-2008, 09:01 PM
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Name: Chuck City: Rocky Mount State: NC County: Nash Join Date: Nov 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Wow...set me up and knock me down...that's funny!!
Chuck | |
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07-16-2008, 10:05 PM
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Name: jeff... City: Stovall State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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'gems-in-the-rough'
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07-16-2008, 10:41 PM
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Name: Ed City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Apr 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Thanks for the laugh! | |
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