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07-16-2002, 10:12 PM
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Ponder this....!
A theoretical moment in your life:
You arrive at a bus stop in your car, which can only hold one passenger, and there are three people waiting for the bus to come. It is late, cold, and pouring rain. The first is an older man whom is coughing and looks bad. He is waiting for a ride to get medication and looks and feels very, very sick. His clock is ticking.... The second is an old friend of yours whom you haven't seen in ten years or so. You will NEVER forget him as once he saved your life, and you always wanted to have an opportunity to repay him back. Perhaps now is that chance... The last is a beautiful woman who you immediately sense is the 'woman of your dreams' who will only come along once in your life. If you miss this chance you most likely will never see her again. ~~ What do you do, and why? ~~ Don't look at anyone else's answers--that's cheating. Just hit 'Post Reply' on the top of this note. All answers are valid. Come clean. Coop __________________ Jim Cooper - Capturing the Artistry and Significance of Handmade Knives  ?? New website improvement for 2010 - Over 5000 images searchable by maker's name! ?? Last edited by SharpByCoop; 07-16-2002 at 10:19 PM. 
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07-16-2002, 10:13 PM
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Nuhhhh-uhhhhh!
I said no peeking!!!!
   Coop __________________ Jim Cooper - Capturing the Artistry and Significance of Handmade Knives ?? New website improvement for 2010 - Over 5000 images searchable by maker's name! ??
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#3
07-16-2002, 10:29 PM
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Ok, I'll bite.....
Well....I go to the old gentleman and say...I can see you need some help and you're welcome to get in my car for some shelter--I'll even take you wherever you need to go, the clinic if you'd prefer? ....I say to my "bud" ..Hey pal..get in back with the old guy....you helped me once, I'm re-paying it by helping him! ....I say to the girl....... Honey, there's NO room in the back..sit up front with me! BTW....what's your sign? :evil Last edited by Tim Adlam; 07-16-2002 at 10:54 PM.
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#4
07-16-2002, 10:44 PM
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Well, I have a very fast car. The drug store isn't very far away. Bam....take the old guy to the store and bust him home.
Anyone who is cool enough to have saved me would be willing to wait a few minutes while you do a good turn for the old guy that deserve your time and respect. Bam......a ride home real quick! And any woman worth her salt would see what a great guy you are and would wait for you............cause she wants to see what you'll cook her for breakfast! That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!! Bob Sigmon Mr Nice Guy with a fast car!!!
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07-16-2002, 11:02 PM
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Be serious Coop, the chick gets the ride
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07-16-2002, 11:06 PM
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Martyn,
And they said chivalry was dead!  Bob Sigmon
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07-17-2002, 12:45 AM
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Well Bob, wouldn't want to appear anything less than a gentleman.
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#8
07-17-2002, 12:46 AM
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Hey, you're talkin' about the woman of my dreams right?!?!?...Hmmmm
OK,... I call a cab for the old guy from my cell phone (never without it!) If this lady is really the woman of my dreams she'll be cool enough to accept a ride, during which she'll have to sit on my friend's lap for the first few minutes while we drop him off at the Waldorf (My friend's a high roller) It's awfully crowded in the front seat, but she can handle it because she's that cool...hey, watch out for the stick shift! My friend is of course highly understanding, and with a wink leaps out at the hotel and says he'll give me a buzz tomorrow.The lady and I take off for Soho for an all-nighter...I'll just have to catch up with my friend at a later date...important, cause he's gonna be my best man! Dennis Yeah Baby! 
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#9
07-17-2002, 04:20 AM
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Re: Ponder this....!
Quote:
 Later on, I'll provide a rational 'best' answer for this, that I didn't guess myself, but let's see who else bites.... Coop __________________ Jim Cooper - Capturing the Artistry and Significance of Handmade Knives ?? New website improvement for 2010 - Over 5000 images searchable by maker's name! ??
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#10
07-17-2002, 06:06 AM
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I'd have my old friend drive the old man in my car to get his meds, while the girl of my dreams and I hung around the bus stop...
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#11
07-17-2002, 09:54 AM
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I stuff the old man and my old friend in the trunk and let the lady ride shotgun...
Or- I give the old man a ride, set my friend up with the hot chick so they can walk home in the rain. If she is -really- the woman of my dreams it won't work out and I'll get her in the end anyway... Or wait... Guy Rule #2: You can always ditch your buddy if it means you might get lucky. Sorry bro! Catch a cab with the coughing old man! Heh. Last edited by J.Arthur Loose; 07-17-2002 at 09:58 AM.
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#12
07-17-2002, 09:57 AM
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Make three trips.
1. get the old man home to his family or to the hospital 2. Take the lady where ever she's going and don't forget her phone number 3. get the buddy and go out for a drink and catch up on old times.... later call the lady and make sure she's doing well and offer to take her a some medicine for that cough ( that is if I wasn't married already Mike __________________ No Chance, No Dance
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#13
07-17-2002, 01:08 PM
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You guys crack me up!!
...especially Jon!
Dennis would pull up in his Lexus and hit the GPS for a detail of the closest hospital for the old fart, then he'd look up on his web-phone for tix to the next Colt's game for him and his bro, then he'd order 1-800-FLOWERS for a dozen roses and a cab for the pretty lady. ......RIGHT! Actually, Don Cowles and Drac got the idea for the best solution. Good choices! If he is as sincere a buddy as he's always been, and he has shown in the past to be willing to save a life, he should be quite happy to take your suggestion, as you flip him the keys to the car and tell him to get the old man to a hospital quick! You'll catch up with him later, and in the meantime you escort the little lady to a safe ride home on the bus... Happily ever after! Me? Initially I simply chose driving the geezer to the hospital. To my 'humanistic core' it was the hardest, but best choice. I needed to think out of the box! Coop __________________ Jim Cooper - Capturing the Artistry and Significance of Handmade Knives ?? New website improvement for 2010 - Over 5000 images searchable by maker's name! ??
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#14
07-17-2002, 02:15 PM
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Hey Coop, if one of my old buddies is sitting on the side of the road at a bus stop I'm not sure I would trust him with my car. It's just the nieghborhood I grew up in did not amount to that kind of trust.
"trust you with my life but not my money or my wife!!! "Mike __________________ No Chance, No Dance
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#15
07-17-2002, 02:51 PM
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What can I say? I like to buy the best and make use of what I have...
My last Lexus was the sport coupe- SC300 (stick). Although the passenger seat was technically only big enough for one, in a pinch I could fit a friend and a lady in his lap if I had to...hmmm...seems to me I in fact did that once or twice after a couple of parties that got out of hand. (Unfortunately, that car was stolen. They found it 7 months later...the head of the auto ring was driving it as his personal vehicle. I had to go to court and testify that he did not have my permission to take the car!..He got 12 years) As for that old guy, I know him...he's been on that corner for years pulling the same scam: "Hey buddy, (cough, cough) can you give an old guy (cough) some money for "medicine" (cough, cough)? I'll gladly pay you back on Tuesday." Dennis Yeah Baby!
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