Good News thread AKA what else can go Right

[Skyfire2020]

I came across one of these person helps random stranger stories and decided it was worth sharing.

http://www.yahoo.com/news/complete-str ... 00957.html

I couldn't find a good news thread after a very quick search so I started my own. Feel free to move it if there is some where more appropriate.

Mark

[Skyfire2020]

Another Random kindness story. Man finds stranger passed out in street and makes sure he gets home safely.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales ... d-13127800

[Norgarth]

http://embed.tumblr.com/embed/post/W05 ... S&did=null
http://embed.tumblr.com/embed/post/EJk ... S&did=null
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin

[Norgarth]

http://embed.tumblr.com/embed/post/GOy ... S&did=nulla story about Australia's first Winter Olympic Gold MedalUp and down arrow keys seem to work to scroll it.
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin

[Skyfire2020]

A couple of thoughts.  On toy sales (as in many other areas), I think there is a lack of imagination in sales departments.  As a kid I would have bought an Arcee transformers toy or a M.A.S.K. Shark vehicle if they were available and I doubt I would have been the only one.  As the quote goes "Boys play with dolls, they just call them action figures".  If nothing else I would have thought there would be a decent number of people who collect the entire set.
On to sports, as the saying goes, "To finish first, first you have to finish".  You can play it safe and end up wishing you had taken a risk, and you can take a risk and be left regretting not playing it safe.  You take a chance either way.
Mark

[Matrix Dragon]

Timote wrote:

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http://embed.tumblr.com/embed/post/GOy ... S&did=nulla story about Australia's first Winter Olympic Gold MedalUp and down arrow keys seem to work to scroll it.

This one always cracks me up, because the other teams threw a tantrum and tried to demand a rerace. Because being able to stand up for the entire race isn't an important part of racing, oh no...

[Norgarth]

NFL player turned farmer
http://embed.tumblr.com/embed/post/C6N ... S&did=null

from Wall Street to a Pizzaria
http://embed.tumblr.com/embed/post/H-n ... S&did=null
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin

[robkelk]

Seven-year-old boy sells lemonade for charity, gets Stanley-Cup-winning customer
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-b ... -1.4210355
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Skyfire2020]

work colleagues reward hard working biker.
http://www.faithwire.com/2017/11/20/on-t...o-workers/

Homeless veteran helps woman stranded on interstate.  The woman returns the favour with interest.
http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/young-wo...d=51343911

Mark

[ECSNorway]

Had my most pleasant and pain-free emergency dental appointment last week, just before the holiday.

Had a stabbing pain in a tooth that made me think it was broken -- I've had one before.

So I get in to see the dentist, he pokes around at it, tells me "Nothing wrong with the tooth that I can see."

Takes some X-rays, looks 'em over. Turns out the sinus cavity on that side is right up against the root, and sinus pressure is putting pressure on the root, causing the toothache. He suggested I invest in a box of antihistamines.

I did so. Still get occasional twinges, but pain pretty much gone.

[Bob Schroeck]

Let me also celebrate two painfree dental experiences in the last few weeks -- I had a deep cleaning done, spanning two appointments, and was warned that my teeth and gums would be sensitive after the anesthesia wore off. No such thing, for which I am grateful. (Almost as glad as I was for the painless root canal I had done 18 months ago...)

[robkelk]

Driver in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland and Labrador, gets pulled over by the police... for good driving. Instead of a ticket, they get a flat-screen TV.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundla...-1.4445408

[Norgarth]

A tumbler listing several things that got better in 2017
http://cryptidcaper.tumblr.com/post/1690...r.min.html

[robkelk]

Multiple-award-winning chef teaches children how to cook at local community center

[robkelk]

Arkansas mosque forgives, pays fine of man who defaced its walls

[robkelk]

Playing pickup with a champion

A 19-year-old gets to practice hockey one-on-one with a Stanley Cup winner - out of the blue.

[robkelk]

"Justin Trudeau, Barack Obama and Donald Trump all missed out on invitations to the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. But a 15-year-old girl from the Peterborough, Ont. area scored one."

[Bob Schroeck]

Donald Trump lashing out at 15-year-old girl on Twitter in 5... 4... 3... 2...