Non-football related stuff that really makes your day

[Malto Marko]

Sir, permission to come aboard, sir!

[YT]

Congrats CG! Is the Mako filled with seamen????

[Malto Marko]

Congrats CG! Is the Mako filled with seamen????

Ahemmmmm. Let's make sure that everyone spells the ships name correctly with jokes like these, eh?

[SeattleLionsFan]

Congrats CG! Is the Mako filled with seamen????

Not once CG gets done polishing it!

[LWC]

O great! Maybe CGVT should rename the ship the "Good Ship Lollipop".

[YT]

O great! Maybe CGVT should rename the ship the "Good Ship Lollipop".

LOL!

CG looks like a giant lollipop!

[Malto Marko]

O great! Maybe CGVT should rename the ship the "Good Ship Lollipop".

I would prefer the DownO. ;)

[YT]

or the SS Bald-o

[The Cat]

Hey Stee...I was watching WWUP, the CBS affiliate in your area last Friday. Tuned in to cagtch an item on the Couric Show. 9&10 news was just signing off. They showed a live shot of you area baby! Man it was beautiful. I'm guessing it to be the entrance to the harbor from Lake Michigan. There was a huge sailing vessel headed out and a smaller craft coming in. The water was shimmering with reflection of the sun. What a super playground you have there!

Here's a story that will appear in our bi-weekly newspaper Friday. I know it's accurate 'cause it was my little girl.

AN HONEST JOHN


This is a story that proves there are honest people everywhere. Ever heard of Fairmont, West Virginia? It's a sleepy town of 20 thousand people in the heart of the state. It's home to Mary Lou Retton, a U.S. gymnastic star who grabbed as many headlines in the 1984 Olympics as Alex Baumann. It's also home to John Greynolds, who this week earned his 15 minutes of fame, whether he wanted to or not.

The story begins at 7:30 Monday evening. Andrea Catalano, a 21 year old Laurentian University student was calling it a day after travelling 10 hours from Sudbury with her friend, Julie Sarrazin. It was the first time she had ever made such a lengthy trip. The pair was on their way to Myrte Beach, South Carolina. They were checking into a hotel on Interstate 79 when Andrea suddenly realized she had lost her wallet. Her visa card, lost. Her birth certificate, lost. Her health card, lost! She was devastated.

Not only was she in a foreign country with no I.D. she had also lost the money she had been saving for the trip, $700 U.S. Her only recourse was to phone home. It took a few minutes to compose herself, then she concluded the only place she could have lost her wallet was at an Exxon service station near Fairmont. Andrea remembered
leaving the wallet on the roof of her car, but, she had already put 130 kilometers between herself and the service station before the frightening discovery. Her parents began the search and after a few phone calls located the station where she would have stopped.

John Greynolds answered the call. He was working the evening shift. Told of the lost wallet he searched around the pumps while Andrea's parents waited anxiously. Then came those ominous words, "I'm sorry." There was no wallet anywhere in sight. Greynolds took the Catalano's phone number in Sudbury, saying the familiar, "If anything turns up we'll let you know."

A planned vacation now seemed in ruins. It was 10 p.m. when Andrea got the bad news. Even with assurances from her parents that money would be forthcoming and new I.D. would be found somewhere, Andrea felt ill and was unable to sleep.

The economy of West Virginia is poor, even at the best of times. So people entering the workforce pretty well have to take what they can get. For 26 year old John Greynolds, it meant a couple of years employed as a custodian. Two years ago he landed a job at the Exxon Service Station. The pay is barely enough to make ends meet.

As he left work late Monday evening, Greynolds couldn't stop thinking about the young girl who had lost her wallet. He thought he'd take a walk down the main road that accesses the Interstate. A few minutes later he was amazed to find the wallet right on the center yellow line.

The Catalano's received a call with the good news. Andrea got the word at her hotel early the next morning. She returned to Fairmont where the service station attendant retrieved it from the safe and presented it to its rightful owner. John Greynolds wasn't there. Overcome with emotion she left the young man $50. By 11a.m. she was back on the road anxious to begin her Myrtle Beach vacation.

At six p.m.the Catalano phone rang again. The young man from Fairmont was on the line to express his gratitude. He was shocked, saying, "I can't believe a total stranger would leave me that kind of money! Please thank her from the bottom of my heart, she's a really great person!" Andrea's father replied, "Fairmont, West Virginia has some pretty nice people too."

In conclusion, I phoned the editor at the Times West Virginian. They're doing a story on John, photo and all, in tomorrow's edition.

[-Deborah-]

Wow, Bill. Thanks for sharing. Your daughter sure stopped in the right place, didn't she?

[Malto Marko]

Wow, not only honest but thankful and respectful. Too bad it is not these types of stories that the media seeks out to sell papers and advertising.

[YT]

Great story Bill! Glad eveything turned out well for your daughter and the good samaritan who found her wallet.

[The Cat]

I'll add this. My daughter's faith in other people had to be restored. For sometime now, (why I know not) she has had a very jaded view people in general. She isn't one to be very trusting. When she first called home and I told her I would see what I could do, she had muttered something along the lines of it being a waste of time. She felt whoever found it would grab the cash and thrown everything else away.
I suspect this life lesson will help her realize how jaundiced her attitude has been.

[Malto Marko]

I'll add this. My daughter's faith in other people had to be restored. For sometime now, (why I know not) she has had a very jaded view people in general. She isn't one to be very trusting. When she first called home and I told her I would see what I could do, she had muttered something along the lines of it being a waste of time. She felt whoever found it would grab the cash and thrown everything else away.
I suspect this life lesson will help her realize how jaundiced her attitude has been.

.....a good lesson to learn early in life. There is good all around you. Just because the bad catches your eye most often, don't become blind to the good. More importantly, heros are born out of someone elses misfortune.

[LWC]

^ My Hero!