The spirit of RCFM: This time it's haystack's fault.

[vakkotaur]

At RCFM Sunday night someone I then did not know or not know well wanted in on the dead dog party but was broke. I made a quick arrangement, effectively giving him a very small sum to gain entry. It would not have been a loss worth worrying about. I really expected not to see it again and get not much more than a "thank you" for it.

That was not the correct assumption. It turns out it was haystack who got a little help that night. I also recall jugularjaguar (well, Draconis, anyway) giving him some grief about the arrangement. And after that, I pretty much forgot about it. After all, how many times does one hear about a repayment that never comes?

haystack did not forget. He asked for my address a while ago. Today I got the result. A short letter with a sketch on it and repayment of more than the sum I lent him. He didn't have to do that. He did it anyway.

While it is extremely unlikely that Jim Groat is reading this, I can answer his question of Thursday afternoon about my being at RCFM: "You drove all the way down from Minnesota for this? Why?!" Why? To be with some of the coolest, most fun, and most honorable people around, that's why.

Comments

[tkcoyote.livejournal.com]

That sounds like something I'd do. I'm not one to really accept help with finances though, but if by some emergency I needed to, that is something I'd be doing as well. Good show to them for returning it ^_^ I suppose it's also another 'thanks for the help' or some such. I hope you're doing well...haven't been around so much.
-Tk

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

I'm doing fine. The COLT (http://www.conmicro.cx/~vakko/colt) stuff is still an ongoing project. Well, it will be for some time, but getting it caught up is the big thing for a while. Right now I have "only" a year's worth of issues to catch up on. Soon it should be in the single digits. I'm feeling pretty good about the progress.

Where's Rod?

[irpooh.livejournal.com]

Just before reading your post, I was writing, in a totally different context, about something very similar... do do do do... it must the "cosmic day" for Paying Things Forward or Back.... what nice thing to hear about!

Draconis does it again

[jugularjaguar.livejournal.com]

Draconis giving someone Grief? unheard of!
It is what he does, it is all he can do!

My pleasure, Vakkotaur ...

[haystack.livejournal.com]

As it turned out, the DDP was one of the nicest parts of the con for me, getting to hang out and relax (at last!) with several very nifty furs (including yourself!). I recall talking with Electronin wee into the morning until he finally ran out of gas and had to go to bed, and of course I was introduced by Bearcat to the delights of fine Scotch... and in general had a simply lovely time...

...how could I not repay you for a kindness that brought so many good things? Thank you!