MTNMAN52 Posted March 8, 2013 Member ID: 247 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 244 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 345 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 698 Achievement Points: 5144 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 12:53 AM Birthday: 02/27/1952 Device: iPhone Posted March 8, 2013 (edited) As a bagpiper, I've played many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper’s cemetery in the back country. As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn’t stop for directions. I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch. I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late. I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place. I didn’t know what else to do, so I started to play. The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends. I played like I’ve never played before for this homeless man. And as I played ‘Amazing Grace,’ the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I finished I packed up my bagpipes and started for my car. Though my head hung low, my heart was full. As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, “I never seen nothin’ like that before and I’ve been putting in septic tanks for twenty years.” Apparently, I’m still lost… It’s a man thing. Edited March 8, 2013 by MTNMAN eidolonFIRE 1 Awards
BeerGoat Posted March 8, 2013 Member ID: 2923 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 15 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1254 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 297 Achievement Points: 8424 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/24/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: Monday at 01:39 PM Birthday: 03/20/1976 Device: Windows Posted March 8, 2013 LOL. good one. Awards
TBB Posted March 9, 2013 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 293 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 21396 Content Per Day: 3.77 Reputation: 23075 Achievement Points: 153271 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 418 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 18 hours ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: iPad Posted March 9, 2013 lol - nice Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted March 9, 2013 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.69 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Posted March 9, 2013 lol... niiice. oh, and this:
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