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I want some credit; good deeds in a vacuum
Topic Started: Jan 24 2006, 07:16 PM (595 Views)
Horace
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HOLY CARP!!!
In keeping with my complete disregard for any sort of karmic payback, I feel absolutely cheated. I just found a wallet on the road next to a car (which was parked on the road). Didn't look inside beyond verifying it wasn't discarded trash, but did notice that there were quite a few bills. Knocked on the front door of the house nearest to the car, but no answer, so I briefly considered putting the wallet under the windshield wiper, but was afraid it might get stolen. But then I noticed the driver's side window was cracked, and so i dropped the wallet through. It's right on my walking route, so just now, after I got home, I prepared a note explaining what happened and to please find the wallet's owner if the car's owner doesn't happen to be him/her. I'll drop the note through the window on my way past.

At least they'll know a random act of kindness was bestowed upon them, which is better than not knowing, in the grand scheme.
As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good?
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ivorythumper
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Well that explains the wallet I found in my car -- thanks!!! I took out the bills and sent the wallet back to the owner.
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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JBryan
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The car's owner will no doubt thank you very much since they were probably not the bills' owner.
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
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Horace
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HOLY CARP!!!
Why do you say that JB?
As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good?
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Kincaid
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HOLY CARP!!!
Your Karma benefitted, just not so sure about the wallet's owner. Did you check the ID? Any address? I would have tried to contact the owner based on the address of the ID. If you were unable to reach the owner, turning it over to the police would probably have made certain it got to the right owner. Still, you get points for trying.
Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006.
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Horace
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Kincaid
Jan 25 2006, 10:17 PM
Your Karma benefitted, just not so sure about the wallet's owner. Did you check the ID? Any address? I would have tried to contact the owner based on the address of the ID. If you were unable to reach the owner, turning it over to the police would probably have made certain it got to the right owner. Still, you get points for trying.

You're probably right, though in context it was pretty obvious that the wallet was dropped by someone getting out of the car. It was parked on a steep hill that gets very little foot/bike traffic. Wallet was on the road right next to the driver's side door. No other cars within 50 feet or so. But I've been thinking about it today and I wish I'd have checked the ID in the wallet. At the time I felt like that was an invasion of privacy but that was a bit neurotic of me.
As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good?
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Shammy
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so Horace.... did you ever get any response to the note you dropped in the car?????
I'd rather fall into chocolate.
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Aqua Letifer
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ZOOOOOM!
Ling Ling finds a wallet on the ground filled with money. She takes the wallet to the address on the driver’s license but keeps the money inside the wallet.

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(In all honesty, I'd strongly consider taking the money. I most likely wouldn't, but I'd still strongly consider it.)
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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kenny
HOLY CARP!!!
Your Karma would have gotten a deposit, but by posting your good deed here the praise you got made a withdrawl.

Your Karmic balance is back to zero.
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John D'Oh
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kenny
Jan 26 2006, 10:41 AM
Your Karma would have gotten a deposit, but by posting your good deed here the praise you got made a withdrawl.

Your Karmic balance is back to zero.

I shouldn't worry. I've had to file for Chapter 11 Karmic protection on more than one occasion just to attempt to wipe out my teenage years. Unfortunately, the Karma Revenue Service are a completely humourless bunch, and don't see an infinite supply of lame jokes as capable of making up for inserting fireworks into small children.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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Mikhailoh
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I'm still paying off my student karma loans.
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
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sue
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HOLY CARP!!!
It's the new Karma Lite.
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Aqua Letifer
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sue
Jan 26 2006, 08:14 AM
It's the new Karma Lite.

Are you tired of being the victim of bad Karma? Wheel of Life not moving in your direction? Karmalite® [size=1]Placebothine HCL[/size] can help.


When bad Karma enters your life, it can disrupt your future place on the Wheel of Life.

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Doctors at the Letifer Institute for Scientology have linked leaving the Human Realm to high blood pressure, lower back pain, and heart disease.

Karmalite® works in your bloodstream to correct the imablance bad Karma creates.

[size=1]Red area indicates bad Karma buildup.[/size]
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The road to Nirvana is sometimes tough. You're no longer alone. Ask your doctor about Karmalite® today.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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Optimistic
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HOLY CARP!!!
Aqua :lol:
Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.
PHOTOS

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up.
- Mark Twain


We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
-T. S. Eliot
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Horace
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Shammy
Jan 26 2006, 04:21 AM
so Horace.... did you ever get any response to the note you dropped in the car?????

I didn't sign the note!

Kenny
 
Your Karma would have gotten a deposit, but by posting your good deed here the praise you got made a withdrawl.

Your Karmic balance is back to zero.


Shucks. Even if it was in the spirit of relating a potentially interesting little anecdote?
As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good?
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DivaDeb
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Dialogue of the Karma lites
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Mikhailoh
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
DivaDeb
Jan 26 2006, 08:48 AM

Dialogue of the Karma lites

Bad, bad, bad....
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
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sue
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Optimistic
Jan 26 2006, 08:39 AM
Aqua :lol:
Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.

Old person alert. :confused:
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Optimistic
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Nah, don't worry, Sue! Nothing to do with age.

It's a quote from a movie, Donnie Darko. The same movie that Aqua referenced with that whole "Fear vs. Love" line.
PHOTOS

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up.
- Mark Twain


We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
-T. S. Eliot
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John D'Oh
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If your karma is damaged, you can fix it by bending it into a new position. This is called a karma-suture.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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Kincaid
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Actually, that's the Karma-Sutra. Karma-suture is when you split your side open from bending yourself into position.
Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006.
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ivorythumper
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What car does the Dalai Lama drive?






















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A Karma Ghia.
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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John D'Oh
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THe Buddhist community in The People's Republic of Cambridge, Massachusetts have abandoned the traditional orange robes for loafers, cordoroy trousers and skanky old brown sweaters, and are often to be seen smoking a pipe in old bookshops. They are known as karmelions.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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DivaDeb
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John D'Oh
Jan 26 2006, 10:45 AM
THe Buddhist community in The People's Republic of Cambridge, Massachusetts have abandoned the traditional orange robes for loafers, cordoroy trousers and skanky old brown sweaters, and are often to be seen smoking a pipe in old bookshops. They are known as karmelions.

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