Well Guys, Readiing your posts gives me some comfort in the fact that across the pond from me , you folks have the same selfish, greedy scumbags as we have as well! sorry if I sound a bit bitter, but over the past three years I have been taken as an absolute sucker, both my wife and I had been too busy being kind to see we were being used , I do now tend to feel totally saddened, and anyone else coming along to ask for our charitable giving will be treated with a greater degree of caution, Scripture teaches us "It is more blessed to give than to receive" Fine words, But wouldn't it be lovely if a lot of people returned in kind?
Many years back when I first purchased a much heavier lathe a guy who lived near me asked for a favour, Well I was young and gullible, turning out various components was fun, Over a couple of years I was wondering if I had a part time job? Anything in return, over the years, ? Zero, Zilch !, Things caused the alarm bell to ring in my one solitary brain cell one day, when he showed me a couple of components, Which I said I could make no problem, Our man says, "O no those components will have to be professionally manufactured" What, Well he had them professionally made, What a damned mess they were, I would not have put my name to such a job, To add insult to injury our man said to one of my relations , I am lucky to know your relation he does a great job , well the cash cow suddenly dried up.
The same rule frequently applies to the chareacter whose back is up against the wall, After you have pulled them out of the mire, it is amazing how quickly they forget the favour , Usually that scenario applies after one has frozen the rear end of ones self in a cold workshop till after two o clock in the morning, I have saddly had that experience a couple of times Even with an employer I had , where i took a component home to complete , as their rubbish machines would not be up to the job, half an hour late in the morning and all hell broke loose, no gratitude shown , Well after that all co-operation ceased, even at work, It was amazing how the rest of the team did not manage to do any of my fine work .
However, all is not gloom and doom, I am lucky to have a group of like minded guys around me , where it is a case of mutual self help, and a couple of other guys who at least give one a bottle of "Stomach Lubrication Oil" It is nice to be nice.
