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I was eating at my favorite Mexican restaurant today and I see a guy across the street.. a young guy like 25.. I've seen him before, with a bucket in hand hustling down the street. He had came to the same place i was eating a while ago and asked to clean the windows.. I have seen him when it was 105* out practically jogging from place to place.. Well today he stopped in again.. and the owner once again said Okay.. But this time i got up and walked outside and asked him what he was doing.. He responded that he was out of work and was cleaning windows to make a buck.. He also said he had no car and was saving his money.. I told him i had seen him before earlier in the summer.. he was proud and said he had 17 accounts now.. So I asked him for his information.. He borrowed a pen and a piece of paper and wrote his business name.
I then told him I was gonna make him some shirts so he could wear whie he was working..He said "How much?" I said Free..He said "why" And i told him how I thought it was cool of him to be out hitting the streets day after day when most folks would just assume sit on their ass and want the Government to take care of him.. he said "that ain't happenin'.." He also asked to clean my windows and i told him there was no need as I worked out of my home.. He offered to do my house.. I just grinned..
shoot, I'm even gonna make him some little Printed decals to put on his clients windows in the lower corner..We need more guys like him.. He otta like this.. 2 T's and a Long sleeve for the cold months ahead..
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Now is he gonna ask for a design revision? Haha.
That is really cool PeeWee. Who was with you when you did that? Do they think you are nuts now. Every time I do stuff like that people look at me like I'm nuts.
-------------------- Dan Beach Cylinder 9 Designs 1650 Glassboro Rd Sewell, NJ 08080 Posts: 625 | From: South Jersey | Registered: Sep 2008
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VERY cool! Isn't that fun when you can do a random act of kindness like that?!
-------------------- Catharine C. Kennedy CCK Graphics 1511 Route 28 Chatham Center, NY 12184 cck1620@taconic.net "Look at me, Look at me, Look at me now! I't's fun to have fun, But you have to know how!" Posts: 2173 | From: downtown Chatham Center, NY | Registered: Feb 2004
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Thanks guys.. No one was with me.. Ya, he was a like ? But now he will be like I've been down and out before in my life.. And once I got my life back on track (1994) I've never looked back.. Until you truly been without you have no idea.. Nothing but a broken down car..no home, no job, nothing but a bad habit.. When you rise from that to where I'm at today ...it makes ya feel good. That's my story.
-------------------- Gonzalo Curiel Peewee Signs & designs Oroville Ca 95965
-------------------- Signs by Alicia Jennings (Mudflap Girl) Tacoma, WA Since 1987 Have Lipstick, will travel. Posts: 3813 | From: Tacoma, WA. U.S.A. | Registered: Dec 1999
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".We need more guys like him.." That's true. Really cool design. In the hands of a guy like you describe, I think the shirt and materials will be put to good use. I was up late, and have to take a nap, but I think somebody ought to report the both of you to your local newspaper.
-------------------- James Donahue Donahue Sign Arts 1851 E. Union Valley Rd. Seymour TN. (865) 577-3365 brushman@nxs.net
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for lunch, Benjamin Franklin Posts: 2057 | From: 1033 W. Union Valley Rd. | Registered: Feb 2003
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Thanks James.. But Na, I'm not looking for that.. Just doing what I do.. Besides with our luck somebody would complain he doesn't have insurance or something and just ruin it.,
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Monday, we start the National Gonzalo(Pewee)Curiel week! Any questions? Good for you Pewee, you just made this a better world to live in. Peace. Don
-------------------- Donald Miner ABCO Wholesale Neon 1168 Red Hill Creek Dobson, NC Posts: 842 | From: North Carolina | Registered: Apr 2006
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Peewee, you have a heart of gold. I know what you're talking about being down and out, I was under the other bridge. Beleive it or not I used to be a janitor and wash windows and was pretty damn good at it. That's how I got into sign painting. Had some biz cards made up and the designer was also a sign painter, I saw him painting a sign and knew that what I wanted to do. He ended up giving me my first set of brushes! Yeah let him wash your windows for you, he just wants to show his appreciation and your wife will also be happy!
-------------------- aka:Cisco the "Traveling Millennium Sign Artist" http://www.franciscovargas.com Fresno, CA 93703 559 252-0935 "to live life, is to love life, a sign of no life, is a sign of no love"...Cisco 12'98 Posts: 3576 | From: Fresno, Ca, the great USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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Thanks again guys.. Francisco,Awesome! and yer probably right.. But maybe .. just maybe.. he will stop somewhere and they will tell him they can't afford it at the moment.. then he may step up as well... thats all I'm doin' The best part is.. he made an impression on me.. and now look.. he made an impression on all of you.. and he doesn't even know it
"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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Cisco, I remember one year when you sat with me and Bob Bond, at a sign show in San Jose. You said "I can't believe I'm sitting here with you two guys" Well here's the deal...I can't believe now that you consider me an old friend. People with good hearts deserve to do good for others. Stay with it Bro' I'll get back down to Cal, one of these days...
-------------------- Jack Wills Studio Design Works 1465 E.Hidalgo Circle Nye Beach / Newport, OR Posts: 2914 | From: Rocklin, CA. USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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Crazy Jack...that's because you were the coolest!!
Glad to be your friend
-------------------- aka:Cisco the "Traveling Millennium Sign Artist" http://www.franciscovargas.com Fresno, CA 93703 559 252-0935 "to live life, is to love life, a sign of no life, is a sign of no love"...Cisco 12'98 Posts: 3576 | From: Fresno, Ca, the great USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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Several years ago a man came by (in a car) and asked to wash my windows. I paid him what he asked and then made him a set of magnetic signs for his car...for free. He still comes by from time to time (usually when I'm not here) and washes my windows for free.
He has also sent some work my way. What goes around, comes around.
-------------------- Chapman Sign Studio Temple, Texas chapmanstudio@sbcglobal.net Posts: 6306 | From: Temple, Texas, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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I love doing random acts of kindness. I repeatedly try to teach my son the act of giving without recieving.
I even brake it down to the point of reminding him, don't even expect a thank you. If you give without even expecting a thank you, you have truly given without recieving.
-------------------- Bob Rochon Creative Signworks Millbury, MA 508-865-7330
"Life is Like an Echo, what you put out, comes back to you." Posts: 5149 | From: Millbury, Mass. U.S. | Registered: Nov 1998
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Notice how a drop of water falls. Starts with one direction then upon impact with the floor it goes in many. I'm one of the little splatters from your noticing this guy and responding. Thank you for influencing my future with this story of kindness and caring.
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Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. — Charles Mingus Posts: 6713 | From: Mendocino, CA. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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thanks guys.. Just thought I'd share since it was sign related .. Most of the time I never mention what I do .. Nobody needs to know.. It comes from my dad as he was always a giver Thanks again
-------------------- Gonzalo Curiel Peewee Signs & designs Oroville Ca 95965
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Great job PeeWee! Sounds like he should get hooked up with a window splasher. Might turn into a pretty good gig for him scrapin' old paint and getting it ready for new paint.
-------------------- Bill Reusch Reusch Sign Company 3258 80th. ave. Knapp, Wis. 54749 715-665-2647 Posts: 83 | From: Knapp, Wisconsin | Registered: Aug 2007
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I can't add much more to what has already been said, except to say thank you for Paying it Forward ! The ripple that you started in the water may turn into a Tidal Wave ! You are my Hero ! Here's hoping your new friend will soon need to hire helpers....
-------------------- Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain ! Jim Moser Design 13342 C Grass Valley Ave. Grass Valley, Ca. 95945 530-273-7615 jwmoser@att.net Posts: 488 | From: Grass Valley, Ca. | Registered: May 2006
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Update.. I had left the goods at the local Subway that was one of his accounts with instructions to give them to him when he came in to do the windows.. Well he called the house today while I was at work.. He spoke with my wife.. as she put it "He sounded pretty happy"
I get a kick out of doing things like this..
-------------------- Gonzalo Curiel Peewee Signs & designs Oroville Ca 95965
-------------------- Jack Wills Studio Design Works 1465 E.Hidalgo Circle Nye Beach / Newport, OR Posts: 2914 | From: Rocklin, CA. USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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Thank you Peewee....you are an awesome person
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We are not human beings on a spiritual journey.We are spiritual beings on a human journey."-Stephen Covey Posts: 336 | From: Chiricahua National Monument, Az | Registered: Nov 1998
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Good work, Peewee ! thought turned to action...goes a long ways.
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this is cool! Helping someone out that is trying their best. THIS is what makes days better and gives something to be thankful for
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