[Rhodes22-list] Good Samaritan

[brad haslett]

Ed,

I only have a first name thus far, Keith @ Heppe's
Body Shop, 900 S 6th St, Charleston, MO  63834 (573)
683-6200.  

Fan seldom drives my Lexus and I've never read the
logic of the door lock system myself, but it is
different from her Honda Accord.  I've talked to other
Lexus owners who have locked themselves out as well. 
It might be time to hide a key somewhere on the
vehichle.

Brad

--- ed kroposki <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:

> Brad:
> 	Why not post his name, business name, phone #, you
> know all the
> particulars.  His email address if you can get it. 
> Imagine his surprise if
> he gets emails from all over the country thanking
> him?  Go for it.
> 	Since we are a list that covers two countries,
> maybe we ought to
> post an honest and competent garage list?  I have
> run across two trailering
> the boat already.  
> 	I will scan their business cards and post later.  
> 
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
> Behalf Of brad haslett
> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 11:01 PM
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Good Samaritan 
> 
> Just when I had all but given up on humanity, some
> one
> comes along and performs a good deed!
> 
> We just got home from a six-hour drive from Southern
> Illinois to attend my favorite niece's weeding.  The
> groom's family was from Chicago, and while well
> travelled, they had never been that far downstate in
> Illinois.  Three brothers and a sister had sampled a
> few local watering holes the night before and wanted
> to visit an authentic honky-tonk.  It would be
> impossible to pick better tour guides than my
> brother,
> best-friend Ken, and myself.  We took them to the
> Redwood Inn, a sleazy dive even by our not-so-picky
> standards.  I told the guests on the front-end that
> may be brave souls in Chicago, but this was a place
> where you could really get hurt.  Even growing up
> there I don't remember ever seeing such a motley
> collection of misfits.  I'm not quite sure what most
> of these people did for gainful employment unless
> you
> consider drug-dealing a legitimate career field. 
> Anyway, it only re-affirmed I made the right choice
> by
> leaving the area thirty years ago.
> 
> On the trip home today we stopped in Charleston, MO
> (in the bootheel) for fuel.  Fan was driving my car
> and I was driving our van, which my best friend had
> been using for the last few weeks.  Fan put Cora in
> the backseat, put the keys on the center console,
> then
> walked around to the drivers side door, only to find
> it LOCKED!  We're not quite sure how that happened
> but
> every year in Memphis the local day-care centers
> manage to cook about three kids.  The outside temp
> was
> 95 so it didn't take an MD degree to see where this
> would go.  Not being familiar with the area, I
> figured
> it would be quicker to call 911 than deal with the
> counter people so I called.  I asked the lady to get
> me a locksmith or better, a body shop with the tools
> to unlock the door.  I made the decision to give
> them
> five to ten minutes to show and then I'd break a
> window out.  About three minutes later a body shop
> truck pulled up, a young guy got out, opened the
> door
> in about ten seconds and got back in his truck.  I
> had
> to silence the alarm, re-set the engine disable
> mode,
> and get the air-con running, while Fan calmed Cora
> down.  I turned around to settle up with the
> body-shop
> guy and discovered he was gone.  He just got in his
> truck without saying a word and drove off.  I asked
> the fuel counter for the name of the company and if
> they knew the driver.  They only knew his first
> name. 
> Tonight I found their address on the net and
> tomorrow
> I'm sending this kid a check.
> 
> There are still some honorable people left in the
> world.  We stumbled across one today.
> 
> Brad
> 
> 
> 
> 
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