Good charity move

[Yadkin]

A friend of mine, who asked to remain anonymous, called up his propane supplier and told them that he was mailing them a check for $5000, to be used to supply fuel to needy customers this winter. His stipulation was that they be truly needy, not crack houses or welfare cheats. When asked how they were to determine that, he told them to let their driver's make the calls, because they are the ones who would know. :seasix:

[Taurus]

That's a great thing, so happy to see we still have good people out there. One of my weaknesses is a good fountain diet coke while out and about. Whenever I run through a drive through to get one during December I always pay for the car behind me, just paying it forward during the season. :cert:

[Steve_R]

The world needs more people like him. :seasix:

[Murray]

That's a great thing, so happy to see we still have good people out there. One of my weaknesses is a good fountain diet coke while out and about. Whenever I run through a drive through to get one during December I always pay for the car behind me, just paying it forward during the season. :cert:

I’ve done that for 5+ yrs at the local donut/coffee shop. It’s amazing how often something like that gets replicated.

[Aerovette]

I�ve done that for 5+ yrs at the local donut/coffee shop. It�s amazing how often something like that gets replicated.

What is doing this? "I�ve" Is that a Canadian apostrophe?

[Murray]

What is doing this? "I�ve" Is that a Canadian apostrophe?

No idea :shrug: this is what I see


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[Murray]

What is doing this? "I�ve" Is that a Canadian apostrophe?

You’ve fkd with your settings

[Frankie the Fink]

And creative but I wonder how that will work out on a tax return; he better have a receipt, even then it might get looked at hard.. But, maybe he doesn't care..

[Torqaholic]

Yup, that is beyond nice of him. Tis a bit cold out.


ANNUAL DEATHS DUE TO COLD TEMPS BY REGION:

Africa – 1.18 million
Asia – 2.4 million
Europe – 657,000
South America – 116,000
UK – 44,600
US – 154,800
China – 967,000
India – 655,400
Australia – 14,200

https://www.monash.edu/medicine/news/latest/2021-articles/worlds-largest-study-of-global-climate-related-mortality-links-5-million-deaths-a-year-to-abnormal-temperatures#:~:text=ANNUAL%20DEATHS%20DUE%20TO%20COLD%20TEMPS%20BY%20REGION%3A,%E2%80%93%20967%2C000%208%20India%20%E2%80%93%20655%2C400%20More%20items

Strange how global cooling never gets any mention. Apparently Russians are claiming to have measured the largest amount of Antarctic ice ever since records began. Bet you didn't hear that on your TV news :rofl:

Was looking at some solar radiance data (W/m2 yearly averages) earlier today while researching the previous warm period. It's on a downward slope and indicating a downward trend. Temperature rise looks to have leveled off. Fingers crossed this turns around.

[LATB]

A friend of mine, who asked to remain anonymous, called up his propane supplier and told them that he was mailing them a check for $5000, to be used to supply fuel to needy customers this winter. His stipulation was that they be truly needy, not crack houses or welfare cheats. When asked how they were to determine that, he told them to let their driver's make the calls, because they are the ones who would know. :seasix:

Tell “your friend” he’s a good man. :cert:

[DAB]

my last propane fill up was about 650, i'm due for two fill ups later this month (house tank and shop tank), so that should run about 1300-1500 (they'll be lower than last time).

being an adult means you just spend money.... :DAB:

[Taurus]

I’ve done that for 5+ yrs at the local donut/coffee shop. It’s amazing how often something like that gets replicated.

Agreed, you have to hope the people you help that can will pay it forward so more people get reached.

[Yadkin]

And creative but I wonder how that will work out on a tax return; he better have a receipt, even then it might get looked at hard.. But, maybe he doesn't care..

They are not a charity so he knows he won't get a deduction.

[Torqaholic]

What is doing this? "I�ve" Is that a Canadian apostrophe?

Those are Extended ASCII characters.

https://sqljunkieshare.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/extended-ascii-table.jpg

It's performed on a keyboard by holding the alt key down while typing the corresponding numeric code on the keypad, then releasing the alt key. So typing [alt168] for example would result in the ¿ you are seeing. Since you're not typing it then I can only assume that's how your browser is interpreting it. No idea why it would do that, settings I suppose? No idea how to fix it.

[DAB]

Those are Extended ASCII characters.

https://sqljunkieshare.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/extended-ascii-table.jpg

It's performed on a keyboard by holding the alt key down while typing the corresponding numeric code, then releasing the alt key. So typing [alt168] for example would result in the ¿ you are seeing. Since you're not typing it then I can only assume that's how your browser is interpreting it. No idea why it would do that, settings I suppose? No idea how to fix it.

i had the same glitch a few days ago.

gremlins....:slap:

[Torqaholic]

A simple reboot might help resolve it?

[Frankie the Fink]

They are not a charity so he knows he won't get a deduction.
Figured - the man has a good heart, sadly in my cynical geriatric view I've found that there is a group of people that simply can't be helped with monetary largess, they have "bulit-in" financial flaws that just can't be overcome - I have helped a bunch of relatives that fall into that category.. Get then out of one bind and in a few months they are in another, with a few very gratifying exceptions.

Your friend has done a good thing....

[ToolMaker]

Could the alt key be stuck?

[04 commemorative]

There is a local Chinese restaurant here in town and local police from 3 or 4 towns here will be seen eating there....when I go in and see them eating I'll pay for their food without telling them....:seasix:

[Yadkin]

Artic Blasts that swept down into the Southern states was a really good thing for wiping out the homeless population

We average about 40" snow/ year. Rain: 54". :seasix: