Once.....when I was younger......after I sold my dinosaur (teehee!) and I had an older car.......I was driving to a friends house and I had to pass through a rather scary town. It's reputation was that the gangs never slept and if you had to stop there you should keep your motor running. I got a flat tire right in the heart of the worst part of the town. It was around midnight. I got out of my car and got the jack out of the trunk and tried to remove the lugs but they were put on with an air gun and I couldn't budge them. I was scared shitless. No one seemed to be around. I saw a light in a window of a house so I went to the house and knocked on the door. No one answered. I turned to go to the next house and I saw headlights. I was shaking like crazy. The car stopped. Three men got out of the car. They were tall and all of them wore black. I went to my car and was going to get in it and lock the doors but they came up to me and said, "Do you know you are going the wrong way on a one-way street?" I didn't. They said they would change my tire. They did. Then they said, "You shouldn't be out here at this time of night. It's dangerous and to top it all off there is a cop at the end of this road with someone pulled over. You have to get out of here now!" I thanked them and asked if I could pay them for their help. They refused and said to just drive safe and get out of here fast. They could have done ANYTHING to me and no one would have been the wiser. I was educated that night as to random acts of kindness.........from the most unlikely source for that matter!

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