[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

Here in Texas, people ask me all the time to get things off the top shelf. No matter what shirt I have on.

I am grateful to God I am able-bodied and can help.

I am always glad to help. It’s called being neighborly.

[tsowellfan]

Something I noticed is that opening a door and allowing the person behind you enter the store first seems to be an American thing. I was in Saigon not long ago and opened the door for the elderly woman behind me and she hestitated to go inside almost as if she wondered why I wanted her to go in first. Then her son or grandson appeared to explain what I was doing and then she turned to me hands clasped together and smiled appreciatively. Same thing happened again at another store with an elderly gentleman. When he realised what I was doing he smiled and said in very broken english “Oh, you American. Thank you!”