small acts of kindness

[windyscotty]

That was absolutely amazing when you least expected it. Of all things, a boat on the freeway. What is really neat is how you guys worked together so quickly to remedy that situation and prevent further accidents.

Hooray H-man, hooray!

[theHighwayman]

thankee "windy"

nother day t-DAY

HOLY JUMPIN DRIVESHAFT BATMAN!!!!!!!

as I was transitiin from SB SR 163 to SB I-5 I spotted a medium size box truck stopped on the GP of NB I-5 to NB SR163 -- same spot where Beulah got kilt last year :O

went around @ Imperial and came back prepared --
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come up on em, and LIT up to cover, as I'm way out on the point and many times idiots will cross it to take the offramp at the last second!

spanish speakin family - try to understand why they're there, not OOG, fella trys to explain "the big thing that goes round and round??" I have em open the hood and I'm lookin -- he says "no, underneath" VIOLA -- the DRIVE shaft! [ u joint let go and the shaft hit the pavement and went end over end behind em & a coupla cars hit it ---
[ he demonstrated w sign language ]

I didn't see it as I approached so I'm thinkin it's probably layin in the CD or on the RS -- HOPEfully NOT in lanes! So I go around and make it to the CD SB I-5 approx where I think I might find the shaft -- FIND it I do, and go around agin @ Imperial & come back agin to return it to em -- [ it'll be a LOT easier for em to git the Ujoints repalced then to find anuther drive shaft ]

several ordaniry incidents t-day as well

all in all a great day "playin" out there

[skibum4ever]

Highwayman, you are amazing! Thanks for all you do; it's wonderful.

[theHighwayman]

thankee skibum

had interestin day t-day -- wasn't able to "DEAL" w some idiots throwin things from an overpass [ nowhere near me but I saw em doin it - didn't hit *any* cars luckily ] because as I was preparin to "exit stage right" to go after em I spotted a SUV in the CD w a BO on the RF and landed behind him instead, and got to gittin him outta there -- probably better anyways cause I'd likely have got mself inta trouble w the idiots -- they made me MAD

come to think of it now -- maybe those monkeys were the cause of the fella's BO -- didn't think to ask him
Fella took a bunch of shots w his cell phone cam of me dealin w his BO -- hadta use my "persuader bar on ONE of the lug nuts that wouldn't come off w the SnapOn -- happens every so often - imagine how hard it woulda been to git off w a "one arm" lug wrench wouldntave happened

...be kinda nice if he thinks to send me copies -- don't GIT a lotta action shots lessin someone's ridin w me, cause I won't take time to git my camera out -- seconds kin count BIG time when yer stopped beside the road --

[theHighwayman]

26 November 2012

THANK YOU
I was on the side of the 8 East Saturday afternoon with an empty gas tank. I had already walked to a hotel parking lot, paid a cab to take me to a gas station, 1 gallon of gas didn’t cut it so I called my Acura roadside assistance. This takes quite a bit of time so I always attempt to “fix” it myself. I thought you were the roadside assistance, and little did I know,… who in fact you really were until I got home and pulled your card out of my pocket. I shook my head and instantly started crying. My older sister lost her baby to sudden infant death syndrome last week at just 1 week old. Thanksgiving I went to the Ralphs on University Ave in Hillcrest and bought a rotisserie chicken for a homeless woman I saw on the corner en route to meet my family for our own meal. I do the little things that mean the most. I had an extra $8.61 I did not mind sparing on a Holiday. Little did I know, this actually does pay off. I had the day from hell Saturday and the running out of gas just topped it off. I served 10 years in the Army, I have a Masters Degree, I have always tried relentlessly to make my mother happy. Nothing works. I had just had a screaming blow out with her 10 minutes prior to the empty gas tank. You have no idea what you did for me that day. I have your address and would like you to know that this kind deed did not go unnoticed. Because of you, and your selfless act, I will forever be grateful. You truly have changed my life, in every way, shape, & form.

I sincerely thank you from the kindness of my heart !

Tricia
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had a leetil difficulty maklin out the end o this letter couldn't see too good

this is WHY I keep doin what I love to DO

ya just never know -- this letter raised *my* spirits t-day as I'm havin troubles of my own just now

[Sierra Lady]

Well no wonder you had trouble reading the end of her lovely letter...I had to wipe some tears just reading your post about it.

Doesn't receiving a gift like that letter just fill your heart?

You're wonderful.

[theHighwayman]

hard to believe, but, nobody hurt here t-day WHEW!

[windyscotty]

I got a song I wrote just special for you today, pard. You sing along with me now:

Rollin', rollin', rollin',
Keep them big rigs rollin'.
Keep them big rigs rollin'-Rawhide!

A little bit of throttle,
To keep me off the bottle,
Rollin' down that highway all night.

Head 'em up, move 'em on,
Drive 'em in-sing your song.

Drive 'em in-Rawhide!

Yaw!

Rollin', rollin' rollin...

[theHighwayman]

hey windy

thankee pardner

I like thisyun better tho -- http://www.coronadoclarion.net/premier- ... ghway-man/

put yer mouse on the video & click play audio to hear my motovatin tune

then --

there's thisun too

THE HIGHWAYMAN----his lyrics to the music of the song sung by Willie Nelson
I am the Highwayman-----along the freeways I do drive-----my tools and gas can by my side------manys the maiden whose flat tire I've changed by hand------manys the fellow given gas out of my can-----I take great pleasure out of rescuing lost souls------and I have been around--




2nd verse
I am the Highwayman-----on the mountain roads I drive-----in rain, snow, sleet, and hail I survive------manys the stranded traveler helped along their way-------then came that fateful moment on that Christmas day------I had a blowout and I needed help myself-------and someone came along--




3rd verse
I am the Highwayman-----someone I'd helped before came driving up to say-------can I help you sir?-----You once helped me this way------and thats the way it goes----- it always goes around.-----------

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This happenin, on Christmas mornin 1996, is a true story - it happened to ME -- the fella who stopped to help me with my misfortune -- *I* had stopped to help NINE YEARS PREVIOUSLY when he had run out of gas in a snowstorm in nearly the same mountain area!
-----------------Pay it foward----------------------------------- you never know when, how, or where ya might need "it" back

[theHighwayman]

03 December 2012


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tied my record for a day's assists t-day NINE

FTs OOGs OH & a TC [ no injuries luckily ]

coupla folks real hesitant initally -- >chuckle< git that a lot

"what are you lookin for in return?" "why are you helping *me*?"

I kin see it in their faces

it's a tough world out there

*then* they realize

3 ofem were on the way back from my dentist appt this mornin early - fixed me up good he did had a painfull weekend tho

other 6 were this afternoon, once I got some heater-defroster issues fixed on my Merc [ took a coupla hours to diagnose & remedy ]

04 December 2012

Excitin time on the Coronado Bridge t-day! annnnd -- littl gal OOG on the SR 163 -- details comin up later -- jist got in - kinda tuckered

wha? WHOA! what day is it? what TIME is it? where'd the time GO?

just woke up from my nappy -- what's a nappy? that's what "codgers" haveta take after a fun days playtime

actually, I think it was *yesterday's* "playin" that caught upta me --

t-DAY's was a work van on the Coronado Bridge WB that had it's hood fly up and SMASH the windshield just after it passed the merge from NB - SB I-5 onta the bridge! I had just crossed the bridge WB as well and was returnin EB when I spotted the van cattywumpas across the #1 lane WB [ blockin 1 of 2 lanes open WB at the time]

I "LIT UP" and dived for the "go around" route, thru the Barrio Logan neighborhood below the bridge, and came roarin up the OR just in time to intervene and warn a pack of vehicles comin from both SB & NB I5 -- blocked the #1 w my vehicle "LIT" & my arrowbar strobin right -- signaled to the van driver to reverse back, past me, into the "pocket" formed by the moveable concrete "Jersey wall" barriers -- as he did, I then reversed into the pocket ahead of him shutting off all my lights as well to lessin the "distraction factor" to passing traffic on both sides [ lookie loos slowin to have a look cause a LOT of "secondary" TCs ]

traffic flowin smoothly agin, I assesed the damage and the passenger's minor cuts from flyin glass [ he was lucky SO was the driver ] and I managed to secure the hood down w 2 large bungee cords, of the 12 I carry for JIST this sorta occurance, fastened em to the wiper pivots, across the hood, down under the van's front to the sway bar underneath. Tied a coupla knots in em to tighten their fit appropietly. The windshield is shattered and bulgin in but secure enuf that the vehicle kin be driven off the bridge w-out a tow

Told driver NOT to "launch" W me but to wait for a large enuf "natural" break, AFTER I'd left, to launch himself -- [ since I was in front and couldn't "cover" his escape ] HE listened AND followed my instructions glory BE

saw the van pass by in traffic as I was situating myself @ the bridge plaza afterwards

*other* situation I encountered t-day was a simple OOG - easiest thing I kin do -- NB SR163 JSO the Robinson St OR - a leetil, older model, SUV w a right cute xray [ girl ] driver -- hugged me THREE TIMES she did! said I'd just MADE her day! "hey!", I said, "QUIT that!" [ no I didn't ] MADE *my* day she did

[theHighwayman]

My 1st "dedicated" time "out to play" in 5 days -- *besides runnin errands* [ been schleppin ] 7 assists -- all different kinds -- even got to help an officer make a stop by runnin "interference" for him to git his quarry to the RS safely -- waved as I went past he did -- my "witch" got to see me in action from a motorist's viewpoint as she passed by me helpin someone on the RS of the I-8 WB JEO the Severin DR OR, on her way to the mall to finish our Christmas shoppin -- [ told me on my arrival "back at the ranch" ] Shela got to "tailgate" some pooch friends at the "Dusty" [ OB dog park ] t-day as well

onea my "better" days

[theHighwayman]

Helped a family w a blown out tire on their trailer & no jack to fit -- EB I-8 on the RS JWO the West Main St exit yesterday afternoon -- seems like no good deed goes unpunished cause, as I "covered" their launch back into the traffic flow, I stayed on the shoulder with em as they accellerated to match the flow -- then I signiled w my high beams that they could move out into lanes as I'd "LIT UP" to cover -- at *that* moment I ran over some debris on the shoulder I'd not been able to see coming due to their vehicle being in front of me -- heard a crunch and a "pop" sound -- made it home safely -- backed into the garage -- did a coupla chores -- come back into the garage to find the RR tire flat on the Merc!

$145 tire ruined by debris puncture!

[ I *thought* I'd felt an unusual swayin just before exiting the freeway -- tire goin down

BUT -- AGIN -- I made it HOME safely -- thankee kindly Lord

[Sierra Lady]

Amen to that Highwayman! Stay safe out there in 2013. HNY!

[theHighwayman]

nice day for a "playin on the freeway" drive t-day -- but -- not much to DO cept for "LITIN UP" to protect a tow driver tryin to load a crashed car at the bottom of the Robinson St OR to SB SR 163 where a 3 car colliision had occured some time before and there were 3 tows on scene loading and the lone CHP was on the RS in FRONT ofem fer some reason and as i approached I saw the last tow driver havin to dodge passin vehicles that weren't givin him an INCH of clearance !!! WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH SOME PEOPLE!?

anyways -- I LIT up and covered the end of the OR w my strobes, roof rotator, & arrowbar agoin whilst he "saddled up" the wreck and then, when he gave me a thumbs up, I moved out and made a hole for him and one of the other tows as well to launch out inta the flow safely --

[theHighwayman]

bout mid day t-day, I was headed WB on the I-8 just passin Magnolia -- when I noticed, a distance ahead, a large older car w the trunk lid open on the RS of the SB 67 merge TO I-8 WB -- right AT the merge point

got into position, "lit up" and rollin on the I-8 shoulder, to be able to cross over 2 lanes of the transition thru heavy traffic -- to land safely behind what turned out to be a early 90s Lincoln where the fella had been tryin to deal with a LF tread seperation, centrifigual flail - that had whipped his fender somethin fierce afore they got stopped - tire didn't blow or lose pressure -- the tread came loose around most of the circumference of the tire -- he said his lug wrench wouldn't fit the lug nuts -- on closer inspection, ONE of the lug nuts was a lock nut requirin a key socket which they didn't have this is a common complication I encounter often

prior to our timely arrival *He* had attempted to TIE the tread on around the tire with a length of rope intending to drive the car off the freeway @ the next exit [ W Main St ] BOY am i GLAD i got there before he tried THAT
I kin jist visulize the probable concequences of THAT

Anyways, out w my lightweight service jack, my impact, my lock remover kit and WHALLAH!

Spare on and them under way safely

tried to pay me he did and when I wouldn't take it he tried to give it to Patti, who also told him to "Pass it On" and help someone he comes across, in any way that he can -- he vowed to DO that