*** LURKER ALERT!! LURKER ALERT!!! *** Hey! That's a new name!
*** Tim Painter *** Are you an ex-lurker? Or just a plain old-newcomer???!!! In any case, welcome to the mad-cap, wonderfully insane, sometimes turbulent world of CF-Community. May you have many fresh muffins bestowed upon you and not be the subject of any muffin pan bapping. Cheers, Erika (with a *K* in the UK) Todd for President!!!! ----------------------------------------------------- Erika L. Walker-Arnold, VP, RUWebby, LLC ----------------------------------------------------- Macromedia ColdFusion Alliance Partner Macromedia ColdFusion 5.0 Certified Developer ----------------------------------------------------- >>|-----Original Message----- >>|From: Tim Painter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>|Sent: 22 March 2002 15:28 >>|To: CF-Community >>|Subject: Re: A little boy needs help. >>| >>| >>|Geez.. Now I have to clean up my coffee all over the keyboard, >>|monitor..... >>| >>|Tim P. >>| >>|----- Original Message ----- >>|From: "Michael Corrigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>|To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>|Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 10:06 AM >>|Subject: A little boy needs help. >>| >>| >>|> I wouldn't normally post something like this, but I was so >>|moved by this >>|story, I had to share it with all of you. >>|> >>|> Dear fellow citizen, >>|> >>|> Several weekends ago, I was rushing around trying to do some >>|> Valentine's Day shopping. I was stressed out and not thinking very >>|> fondly of the weather right then. It was dark, cold, and wet in >>|> the parking lot. >>|> >>|> As I was loading my car up, I noticed that I was missing a receipt >>|> that I might need later. So mumbling under my breath, I retraced my >>|> steps to the mall entrance. As I was searching the wet pavement for the >>|> lost receipt, I heard a quiet sobbing. The crying was coming >>|> from a poorly dressed boy of about 12 years >>|> old. He was short and thin. He had no coat. He was just wearing a >>|> ragged flannel shirt to protect him from the cold night's chill. >>|> Oddly enough, he was holding a hundred dollar bill in his >>|> hand. Thinking that he had gotten lost from his parents, I asked him >>|> what was wrong. >>|> >>|> He told me his sad story. He said that he came from a large family. He >>|> had three brothers and four sisters. His father had died when he was >>|> nine years old. His mother was poorly educated and worked two full time >>|jobs. >>|> She made very little to support her large family. >>|> >>|> Nevertheless, she had managed to skimp and save two hundred dollars to >>|> buy her children some Valentine's Day presents (since she didn't manage >>|> to get them anything on Christmas). >>|> >>|> The young boy had been dropped off, by his mother, on the way to her >>|> second job. He was to use the money to buy presents for all >>|his siblings >>|> and save just enough to take the bus home. He had not even entered the >>|> mall, when an older boy grabbed one of the hundred dollar bills and >>|> disappeared into the night. >>|> >>|> "Why didn't you scream for help?" I asked. >>|> >>|> The boy said, "I did." >>|> >>|> "And nobody came to help you?" I queried. >>|> The boy stared at the sidewalk and sadly shook his head. "How loud >>|> did you scream?" I inquired. >>|> >>|> The soft-spoken boy looked up and meekly whispered, "Help me!" >>|> >>|> I realized that absolutely no one could have heard that poor boy cry >>|> for help. >>|> >>|> >>|> So I grabbed his other hundred and ran to my car. >>|> >>|> Sincerely, >>|> Kenneth Lay >>|> Former CEO, Enron >>|> >>|> :^D >>|> >>|> >>| ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
