I got a call Friday from one of my nearby farmer neighbors that his well pump was down. This was my chance to pay back for the hours of fun I've had playing on his property once the crops are down. I needed to change the oil in my boom truck anyway, and his place is right down the road from my home shop. Using the crane to change a domestic well pump is overkill maybe, but it goes real quick, pulling 60' of drop pipe at a time.

I had planned to head out for C.U's Austin fly-in, but Pat was out of water and no way was I going to make him wait! Saturday AM I felt a bit better about missing the fly-in when I saw the quartering tailwind down my runway of 25 to 38 mph, way too much for my strip for a safe takeoff, nothing like getting to watch the weather the rest of the day when you've canceled a flight, and feeling glad you did!

Payment for the job was going to be the problem: I wanted to do it for nothing, and he'd want to pay me! Sure enough, after resetting the pump (nothing wrong with it, the drop pipe was rotted out) Pat asked me what he owed, that was my cue to tell him he had already paid, and for the first time he saw this picture I took last spring, that is his property I'm on, and all around me.

I told him that getting to go play on his ground was MORE then enough payment, and as expected he wasn't buying it, and insisted on paying, finally I said "OK, 20 bucks for fuel and we're good". That made him happy, when I got home I looked at the check, 50 bucks, that's the kind of neighbors I have!

I've found that the people that get treated that well, are the people that treat others that well. Momma said it so it must be true; "you get what you give." It's nice to know there are people out there that realize this.

Enjoy the benefits!

KB

Yes.
Too many people are like a guy sitting in front of the wood stove demanding the stove give him heat before he gives it any wood.
More people need to learn to put the wood in the stove first. They would end up getting much more out of life.

Gerry

Good on you courierguy!! A friend in need, is a friend indeed! Kinda' got that feeling from you when I met you at JC.
Happy flying.
HC

While I'm sure it is typical of a lot of places in the U.S., I know it is in rural Idaho. Another reason I'm glad I was raised there and why I want to get back.

Good on you CG. Karma. What goes around comes around.