Just something I wanted to share.

[Marshmellow]

Today my neighbor came to my house. He asked me if i had any extra go kart parts. I said yeah some, why. He said he had just bought a go-kart for his grandchildren and needed an engine shroud. I said yea I have one lets go see whatcha have to see if it'll fit. Went to his garage there it was a 1995 manco dingo. So my shroud fit but he couldn't get it to start. So i go back over there. I ended up opening the idle screw and getting it to go. I said you need anything else. I've got a set of tires too, I see yours are looking bald. So I gave him those too. He says well what do i owe you. I say well since it's something i love doing I'll take 15 for everything I've done, and given to you.

 

[Marshmellow]

Anyone else have an experience like this where you feel like someone's truly appreciated your skills?

 

[OzFab]

My buddy & I do this sort of thing all the time: Last week he called me & asked "can you help me bleed my brakes?" "Sure, bring it around". Ten minutes later he was in my driveway, half an hour later (we messed around for a bit first), we were done. He goes to hand me a 20, I look at him & say "What?" He just looked at me, put it away & shook my hand.

Every now & then, I'll be doing something that requires more than two hand so, I'll txt him & ask "you got a spare 5 minutes?" Providing he's not at work, I usually get the response "Be there in a few." He also provided the artwork I submitted for the forum logo (eventually)

A couple of days ago, same mate calls me again. "Any chance you can help me load my ipod; he doesn't own a computer & trying to get his stepson to do it is like getting blood from a stone. So, yesterday he comes around & spends an hour or two going through my music (my collection is quite extensive) & loading his ipod. Later on, I got a txt message from him "DOOOOOOOOD, SICK, SICK, SIIIIIIICK"

 

[ML-TOYS]

My neighborhood is pretty condensed and i am now known as the guy who fixes things. I have people come over with generators, mowers, weedwackers etc. i only ask for like five to ten bucks to get them fixed and running right, unless i put new parts in then i charge list price(no markup,no profit).
Here are kids around with scooters and pocket bikes that ask if i can fix broken pull starts or brake cables etc. but i do all that for free for the kids, they tell their parents who then stop by and give their appreciation.
I do that because when i was a kid there was one neighbor who always helped us out no matter what it was and it continued when we got our first cars too. I learned a lot from him and feel i can do the same with the neighborhood kids, i also invite them to stop by anytime i am working on stuff and teach them how to do fix things and build.

Thats my story