Plumbers Crack 4,040 Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Something good to cheer you all up:- Honesty pays off for homeless Boston man Donations of more than $110,000 (£67,000) have poured in from across the US for a Boston homeless man who returned a lost bag with $42,000 in it. Glen James alerted police after he found the backpack containing cash and traveller's cheques last weekend, and the bag's owner was then tracked down. A complete stranger later started an online fund for Mr James after reading media reports about his honesty. The man, Ethan Whittington, now plans to meet Mr James to give him the money. Mr Whittington, who lives in Midlothian, Virginia, said he was so overwhelmed by Mr James' honesty that he decided to start the fund. "The fact that he's in the situation he is, being homeless, it blew my mind that he would do this,'' Mr Whittington was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. He said his idea of starting donations on a crowdfunding website for Mr James "caught on like wildfire ever since". "It's brought me a lot of hope. This isn't only about rewarding a great guy. I think it's a statement to everyone in America. "If we come together and work toward one thing and work together, then we can make it happen." Meanwhile, Mr James, a former Boston courthouse employee, said that he would not have kept "even a penny" of the money he had found in the backpack - even if he were desperate. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24170670 BO7H B4RRELS and Just Cal 2 Thanks to Capn_Underpants for the artwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tronic44 3,628 Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 I saw this earlier, so nice to read about some good in the news for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chookes 965 Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 What? Our country lacks some humanity... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24171384 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tronic44 3,628 Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 What? Our country lacks some humanity... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24171384 Now that's the shit i hate! And i also hate hospital car parks charging a fortune! Me and my dad must of spent of fortune when my mum was in hospital! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deterioration 443 Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 And i also hate hospital car parks charging a fortune! Me and my dad must of spent of fortune when my mum was in hospital! Wait, they charge you to park at hospitals!? Thats low. Real low. tronic44 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberwarrior 373 Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Wait, they charge you to park at hospitals!? Thats low. Real low. Yeah, they certainly do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BO7H B4RRELS 2,450 Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Good to read some positive stories. In my town the Juggalo's have now been going around beating up and killed one homeless man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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