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 helbus
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| posted on March 9th, 2009 at 10:14 PM |
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And so what do you think the world owes you?
Went for a drive today down to Rosebud. Melbourne people will know where it is. First of all I got pulled over by a Vic Police officer on a motorbike
on the Nepean Highway. Before he could come to me, his bike fell over. He couldn't pick it up. I got out, helped him pick it up. He had pulled me
over for not having a front number plate, which I showed him I had a new one on order. I helped him, he was in trouble with the bike on the ground.
How can you just walk away.
Then when we were in Rosebud, we went to the beach. We had some fish and chips, fed the seagulls, and when we were packing up to leave, another couple
were doing the same, and left a couple minutes before us. Their young son had left his new looking TONKA truck that he was playing with on the ground.
We stayed there for 20 minutes to see if they would come back for the truck, as their son would have been shattered. Finally just as we thought they
were not coming back, they did, and the mum was almost in tears that we had stayed to give the truck back. Her son was hysterical.
Yeah I know there is a difference between a cop on duty and a two year old kid. But what does the world owe me? I am not out to be a negative person
or rape anyone for what they have be it material goods or just a good feeling. If you cant do anything good for anyone, then how can you look at
yourself? Let people in on the road when they want to change lanes, be patient when in a parking lot, wait your turn when in line, just relax.
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 MickH
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| posted on March 9th, 2009 at 10:48 PM |
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Yeh well...if this sort of stuff happened more often the world would be a better place.Unfortunately some peoples attitudes are that the world owes
them something. I'm with you on this one.Good to see  
To answer your question....the world owes me a hole in the ground that I will happily pay for when I'm finished.
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| posted on March 9th, 2009 at 11:12 PM |
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It can be as simple as holding a door open for someone hey...
But boy it fires me up when the bastards don't even look ya in the eye and completely act as if u don't exist despite what ur doing. Sure its a
simple thing, and a simple guesture, but wheres the 'mutual' respect. Maybe i should move down ur way helbus.
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| posted on March 9th, 2009 at 11:25 PM |
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All nice stuff and how I like to be as well. But jeez some days dont matter what you do there is someone there to spoil it for you. Anyway , thats
another story and though I dont believe in Karma. I am gonna carry on being nice to everyone and accept that you cant please everyone.
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 05:53 AM |
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its sad but most of todays youth just have no respect which doesnt paint a bright future
lack of discipline is the key problem i blame, i think parents let there kids get away with blue murder now.
you only have to look around a busy shopping center to see the packs of school kids barging there way thro people, walking past an elderly person
struggling with bags of groceries or the change someone drops they'd rather keep than give back to the person that dropped it.
my old man used to thump the shit outta us when we kids if we stepped outta line, alot of parents wont even yell at their kids these days
unfortunately your a dying breed Peter, common courtesy is a foriegn concept to most of these kids
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 06:07 AM |
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Hey, Karma comes around.
I was on the way to dinner with some friends and I see a bug pulled to the side going the other way on the divided road. I did a U and pulled up
behind him.
The bug had died and we quickly determined that the distributor had popped up out of the engine.
While we were securing the distributor someone else pulled up in a non-VW. It turned out to be the father of one of my students who recognized my bus
and stopped to lend a hand.
Now, fast forward to last Friday. I have tickets for three students to attend a Stephen Hawking lecture. One student could not attend, so who do you
think I thought of to fill that slot? Yep, the student whose father stopped to lend a hand!
What goes around comes around, good and bad!
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 06:16 AM |
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Helbus,
your a top bloke !
Maybe that action might make the policeman think before he writes somebody a ticket ,
& as a parent of 2 small boys....thanks for taking the time to restore the happyness
Nath
Step up to get out !!!
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 07:00 AM |
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i am a great beliver of the old saying whitch is very simple DO NO HARM and i have found it to be a good thing to live by
just a quick history
35 years ago i was in a semitrailer head on
2 years later it was shot very toutch and go for 2 years
3 years later it drove my car into a light pole and had steel spike drove into m head
2 years later i fell out a window and bbroke my leg but while laying in the drive way a car ran over me
in short i have been blinded and paralised bitten my tongue off had amnesia had my guts spread over a road and gang green but i still walk and talk
with all my parts though a bit scared
my point the worl owes me nothing i owe it and the ability TO DO NO HARM
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 07:07 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Joel
its sad but most of todays youth just have no respect which doesnt paint a bright future
lack of discipline is the key problem i blame, i think parents let there kids get away with blue murder now.
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You should see how bad it is in SoCal. Clash of cultures, yes, but also plain lack of parenting.
Parents kick their kids out of the house in the evening with no supervision and then wonder why they get into mischief. 
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 07:15 AM |
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Damn Greedy, you sure have had some bad luck 
Hope you're alright
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 07:46 AM |
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it's called Pay it Forward.
U do it so your day is the best it can be no matter what others do.
If there is no acknowledgement of your good deed just say, 'Thats ok anytime" and watch for the response.
Watch 2day 2nite tonight (Tues 11/3/09) to see what kids are upto when they should be at school.
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 08:52 AM |
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your a good bloke hellbus I hope that one day when I'm in need there will be someone like you around to pick me up. I always try and help people out
because you never know when you may need help oneday.
The world doesn't owe me anything I'm just happy to be here.
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 12:22 PM |
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its sad but most of todays youth just have no respect which doesnt paint a bright futurernlack of discipline is the key problem i blame, i think
parents let there kids get away with blue murder now.
I agree that there are a lot of kids like that (when I think of some of the kids I went to school with, there always were), but there are also a lot
more terrific kids. They just aren't as noticeable a lot of the time. These are the kids that will shape the future.
I must say, it sure is good to find that there are so many people with similar philosophy to me. I always try and leave the world a bit better than I
found it.
From your ole' mate Jeff
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 12:54 PM |
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not bad luck good luck i'm still here and have full function
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 02:43 PM |
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good story
i hope the bike wasnt too badly scratched..
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 03:54 PM |
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Joel, it's not just the youth of today, it's just 'youth'. When I was a in my teens we were the original skinheads in London and we never had any
respect for the oldies and they were the generation that had to live through the war. Now I'm older I find it's too easy to blame kids but you'll
find it's every generation. Getting to the copper though about two years ago I had an accident in my cab (bloody P plater teen hit me!! ) and the cop taking my statement mentioned that he knew me through
a part time job he had delivering food orders to the resort I work at. Since then he's seen me several times on the roads around Noosa and each time
he flashes his lights at me and waves!!! Christ it gives me the sh*ts must be a guilty conscience
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 06:31 PM |
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Your probably right Barry, but i'd be willing to bet it wasnt half the problem back when you were that age as to what it is now
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| posted on March 11th, 2009 at 08:22 PM |
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Great Post Hellbus.
If only everyone had the same view, the world would be a better place.
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| posted on March 11th, 2009 at 09:02 PM |
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beetleboyjeff, i totallly skimmed passed you quoting me
it was a gross generalization im sure for every dropkick there are dozens of good kids out there
unfortunatley that would go unnoticed as its the dropkicks and their actions that get the most attention
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| posted on March 11th, 2009 at 09:13 PM |
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Me personally the world don't owe me nothing, i just want people to be more tolerant of each other regardless of race, i would like world peace
though. But there is one thing i would like come to think of it, i want all greed to be banished from this beautiful planet, if this had already
happened we wouldn't be in this financial and enviromental disaster that is the world today.
Damo.
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