Good Deed for the day

10 October 2012, 06:29

Mike Smith

Ran into a gentleman who had been given short shift by a ph. He had a couple of major complaints all legitimate. One thing really bothered him though. The PH never sent the caracal he shot with his bow in the middle of the day. Now this guy is a once in a lifetime trip to Africa fellow. He is an honest hard working blue collar guy who makes great sacrifices for a trip like this. I didn't know him from Adam before this. So I told him I would see what I could do. Today I took him a caracal skull and said I have something for you. He was like a little kid at Christmas and the look on his face was worth every bit. Now I need to talk to Mr Dirk Faul and see if I can sort the rest out. Either way, I feel good and have a new friend. Now having said that turns out the 6 degrees of separation is more like two. He is friends with different people in my extended family and we never knew each other. So one small act of kindness not only finds me a new hunting partner, but renews some old ties as well. Pay it forward folks. Proof again it works.

10 October 2012, 06:45

retreever

Mike,

A thank you to you and kindness is always a great tool.

Mike

10 October 2012, 07:10

Tim Herald

10 October 2012, 07:23

Todd Williams

Mike, PM sent.

10 October 2012, 08:10

pagosawingnut

It feels good to do something nice for someone else occasionally, doesn't it?

10 October 2012, 09:43

BenKK

10 October 2012, 16:36

Muletrain

It's SHRIFT not SHIFT

Definition of SHORT SHRIFT
1: barely adequate time for confession before execution
2a : little or no attention or consideration <gave the problem short shrift> b : quick work —usually used in the phrase make short shrift of

One of my hobbies is being a grammar nazi. The nuns did it to me.

10 October 2012, 23:04

Mike Smith

Yes I know I just cant spell or anything else lately. Damn neurology problems have me all screwed up. I cant do math, remember without aides, spell, and lately continually pick wrong or inappropriate words. Frustrating to say the least. That said, I appreciate the polite correction. You would never know with all my degrees English was actually one of my favorite subjects. It upsets me to see the verbal and written skills of the majority now. Guess I fit right in.

11 October 2012, 03:29

Aspen Hill Adventures

Mike, you're awesome!

11 October 2012, 03:50

465H&H

Mike,

I hope your health problems are only temporary. You are a thoughtful guy that deserves better.

465H&H

11 October 2012, 09:17

twoseventy

Mike, the nuns did it to me too but I do not edit others' comments. You can write how you want-I knew what you meant.

Tom

...I say that hunters go into Paradise when they die, and live in this world more joyfully than any other men.
-Edward, duke of York

". . . when a man has shot an elephant his life is full." ~John Alfred Jordan

"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." Cicero - 55 BC

"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." - Ayn Rand

Cogito ergo venor- KPete

“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.”
― Adam Smith - “Wealth of Nations”